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Offloading clips to MacBook
Hi there,
I know there are other ways of emptying cards whilst on a shoot but all I have (in the meantime) at my disposal is a MacBook. After a shoot I'd then ingest the footage from the Macbook into my Mac Pro, and any other footage from the cards, then edit. Do I have to install Final Cut on said laptop or can I just install Log and Transfer or Sony Xdcam Transfer? From memory I thought both were Final Cut plugins. I do not wish to edit on the laptop, just use it to offload clips. Plus, the MacBook is my girlfriends and she does not want Final Cut permanently on her Mac, silly girl ha ha!! Any help much appreciated! Thanks |
Personally I just copy the BPAVs to the hard drive and use 'compare' in Toast to check the is the same.
Or you can use one of the Sony programs to copy the files, but I don't know about that. |
I wish the MacBooks had the SD card slot. You'd be able to shoot with the SDHC adaptor, add ClipBrowser to the computer and you'd be able to import as well as screen clips
If you're just using for import all you'd need is ClipBrowser and a means to import the cards. As noted, ClipBrowser will copy and do CRC check (why take the extra step of using Toast although it can certainly check too) and you'd be able to screen clips as well. |
Hi,
So in theory I could just grab plug the camera into the MacBook, grab the files off and when I put them onto the Mac Pro later all should be ok?? |
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I'd rather spend $800 US on 4 32GB Sandisk Extreme Class 10 for nearly 8 hours of video than risk an offload during a shoot. |
Thanks Craig,
Wonderful.......if you have the funds!! |
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I suppose I have always been wary of them. Always preferred to stick by sxs. Worth investigating.
Thanks |
Get a NextoDI NVS2500 and you won't have to worry about offloads. Fast, simple, reliable and very easy. Not cheap, but you don't need to have so many cards when you can offload 16Gb in 3 mins.
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