XDCAM disks Re-name at DVinfo.net

Steve Cahill · March 14th, 2007, 03:28 PM

Presently on the Mac and want to rename the XDCam discs from "Untitled" to something more meaningful. When I do a get info on the XDCAM "Untitled" disc mounted on the desktop it says I only have read and NOT write permissions. So I cannot rename. The disc is not write protected any ideas?

Greg Boston · March 14th, 2007, 04:02 PM

Something's not right. I can click on the disc name to select it, then click again to get the cursor for renaming the disc.

You should do this anyway when you first mount it, then eject and re-mount it. This will insure that all your imported disc files get their own unique folder name from XDCAM Transfer.

Are you logged onto the Mac as administrator? Maybe that has something to do with it. Sometimes you can change the permissions in the Get Info dialog from Read Only, to Read and Write if you have permission from your user account.

-gb-

Steve Cahill · March 15th, 2007, 01:55 PM

Intereesting to note... This disc that was unnameable had been formated again in the camera after some clips were deleted, It was reformated from dvcam to HDCAM all in camera. After being unable to rename it via the MAC, I took and reformated it using the deck, after this I could rename it by the Mac.. Any other discs that had been shot in camera once with out a camera reformat I can rename. The combination of double reformat and or clip delete, made it un-nameable, via the Mac. Not sure why this could be. I will have to try to duplicate the situation again.

Greg Boston · March 16th, 2007, 02:50 PM

One thing to remember, Steve, is that the camera must be in the same mode as the format of the disc or you won't be able to write to it, including disc naming.

Perhaps that's what's going on?

-gb-

Phil Bloom · March 18th, 2007, 05:16 PM

you will be able to rename from within the transfer software no matter what the camera's mode is in

Greg Boston · March 18th, 2007, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil Bloom

you will be able to rename from within the transfer software no matter what the camera's mode is in

Interesting, Phil. I had never tried doing it from within XDCAM Transfer. Always went through the standard OS way of renaming a disc volume label.

-gb-

Steve Cahill · March 19th, 2007, 04:38 AM

The Transfer software did not want to re-name as well, on this particular situation, from the deck. Did not try from the camera with this disc.

Vincent Rozenberg · March 19th, 2007, 12:48 PM

Here the same, can not rename it at all.

Steve Cahill · March 19th, 2007, 05:07 PM

What did you format the disc, camera or deck? How many times did you format it, and with what device? Mac or PC, platform for renameing

Herb Forsberg · March 29th, 2010, 04:12 PM

So...I have a PDW-700. It was set for 1080/29.97. I shot six disks. I created a sequence of same specs in FCP 7 on a snow leopard system equipped with XDCAM Transfer 2.11.0. When I "import/Sony XDCAM" from the project window, XDCAM Transfer launches, the proxies are loaded but I'm unable to change the Source name. For every disc I load, the source name is the same. I've unsuccessfully tried changing the name of the disc/volume via Finder as well. Anyone ever figure this out?
Thanks much,
Herb Forsberg

Luc De Wandel · March 31st, 2010, 03:50 PM

Writing back to disk is impossible under Snow Leopard, at least for disks in my PDW-U1. Could that be the reason that renaming is impossible as well?

Daniel Wright · April 1st, 2010, 04:25 PM

If your camera/deck is connected using FAM you should be able to rename the disc either from Finder or with XDCAM Transfer provided the disc is writable. If you can record to the disc with the camera or deck that it is mounted from then it must be writable.

The FAM driver that shipped with XDCAM Transfer 2.10.0 (and 2.11.0 but was not installed) worked well enough on Snow Leopard for clips to be imported using XDCAM Transfer but apparently it did not work properly with Finder. Assuming you are using Snow Leopard, installing the updated version of XDCAM Transfer reported in the following thread should solve your problems by the sound of it.

http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/sony-xdc...-software.html

Luc De Wandel · April 2nd, 2010, 02:21 AM

Downloaded the new updates and now renaming is perfectly possible under Snow Leopard. Even on the desktop icon of the disk, without opening Finder.

March 14th, 2007, 03:28 PM	#1
Steve Cahill Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 321	XDCAM disks Re-name Presently on the Mac and want to rename the XDCam discs from "Untitled" to something more meaningful. When I do a get info on the XDCAM "Untitled" disc mounted on the desktop it says I only have read and NOT write permissions. So I cannot rename. The disc is not write protected any ideas? __________________ Regards Steve

March 15th, 2007, 01:55 PM	#3
Steve Cahill Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 321	Intereesting to note... This disc that was unnameable had been formated again in the camera after some clips were deleted, It was reformated from dvcam to HDCAM all in camera. After being unable to rename it via the MAC, I took and reformated it using the deck, after this I could rename it by the Mac.. Any other discs that had been shot in camera once with out a camera reformat I can rename. The combination of double reformat and or clip delete, made it un-nameable, via the Mac. Not sure why this could be. I will have to try to duplicate the situation again. __________________ Regards Steve

March 18th, 2007, 05:16 PM	#5
Phil Bloom Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 1,939	you will be able to rename from within the transfer software no matter what the camera's mode is in __________________ Philip Bloom Cinematographer, Director, Filmmaker www.philipbloom.net

March 19th, 2007, 04:38 AM	#7
Steve Cahill Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 321	The Transfer software did not want to re-name as well, on this particular situation, from the deck. Did not try from the camera with this disc. __________________ Regards Steve

March 19th, 2007, 05:07 PM	#9
Steve Cahill Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 321	What did you format the disc, camera or deck? How many times did you format it, and with what device? Mac or PC, platform for renameing __________________ Regards Steve

March 14th, 2007, 04:02 PM	#2
Greg Boston Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 6,117 Images: 1	Something's not right. I can click on the disc name to select it, then click again to get the cursor for renaming the disc. You should do this anyway when you first mount it, then eject and re-mount it. This will insure that all your imported disc files get their own unique folder name from XDCAM Transfer. Are you logged onto the Mac as administrator? Maybe that has something to do with it. Sometimes you can change the permissions in the Get Info dialog from Read Only, to Read and Write if you have permission from your user account. -gb-

March 16th, 2007, 02:50 PM	#4
Greg Boston Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 6,117 Images: 1	One thing to remember, Steve, is that the camera must be in the same mode as the format of the disc or you won't be able to write to it, including disc naming. Perhaps that's what's going on? -gb-

March 19th, 2007, 12:48 PM	#8
Vincent Rozenberg Major Player Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 475	Here the same, can not rename it at all.

March 29th, 2010, 04:12 PM	#10
Herb Forsberg New Boot Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ridgewood, NJ Posts: 15	can't rename disc So...I have a PDW-700. It was set for 1080/29.97. I shot six disks. I created a sequence of same specs in FCP 7 on a snow leopard system equipped with XDCAM Transfer 2.11.0. When I "import/Sony XDCAM" from the project window, XDCAM Transfer launches, the proxies are loaded but I'm unable to change the Source name. For every disc I load, the source name is the same. I've unsuccessfully tried changing the name of the disc/volume via Finder as well. Anyone ever figure this out? Thanks much, Herb Forsberg

March 31st, 2010, 03:50 PM	#11
Luc De Wandel Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Knokke-Heist, Belgium Posts: 963	Writing back to disk is impossible under Snow Leopard, at least for disks in my PDW-U1. Could that be the reason that renaming is impossible as well?

April 1st, 2010, 04:25 PM	#12
Daniel Wright New Boot Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 15	If your camera/deck is connected using FAM you should be able to rename the disc either from Finder or with XDCAM Transfer provided the disc is writable. If you can record to the disc with the camera or deck that it is mounted from then it must be writable. The FAM driver that shipped with XDCAM Transfer 2.10.0 (and 2.11.0 but was not installed) worked well enough on Snow Leopard for clips to be imported using XDCAM Transfer but apparently it did not work properly with Finder. Assuming you are using Snow Leopard, installing the updated version of XDCAM Transfer reported in the following thread should solve your problems by the sound of it. http://www.dvinfo.net/forum/sony-xdc...-software.html

April 2nd, 2010, 02:21 AM	#13
Luc De Wandel Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Knokke-Heist, Belgium Posts: 963	Downloaded the new updates and now renaming is perfectly possible under Snow Leopard. Even on the desktop icon of the disk, without opening Finder.