MPEG-4 and XDCAM

I am trying to import MPEG-4 files into Final Cut 6 and I am getting error codes. I have tried to open the same files in Compressor and Quicktime and I get the same message (or similar). I have worked with XDCAM before (where these files came from) but that was on my laptop. I just purchased a 24inch iMac. Unable to open the files on the laptop too. Got all the Flip4Mac and all that.

Help?

Try using the XDcam Transfer 2.9. Import the XDCAM footage into your computer - to your capture scratch and then import this footage into FCP

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Still having no luck. Downloaded the software but it doesn't se the BPAV folder (where the MP$ is) at all.

What am I doing wrong?

After you download the drivers, you need to either use the LOG AND TRANSFER option in FCP, or the Sony Tranfer tool.


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What are you doing?

The XDCAM files need to be converted to something [.mov] the FCP can use. We do this with two applications, Sony's Clip Browser which transfers the XDCAM BPAV files from the camera to a disk. The BPAV folder is a file system, although you can copy it by drag and dropping. for example, its not recommended, Clip Browser copies and verifies that the file system is till in tact.

It appears that someone has already copied the BPAV files from the camera to a disk that your trying to use. To accomplish the next step you need to use Sony's XDCAM Transfer software to convert the BPAV's to .MOV, whether you use it as a stand along application or launch it from the file menu in FCP its the same process. Navigate to the folder that contains the BPAV folder, not the BPAV folder itself and you will be able to see and import or convert the clips you want. If you navigate to the BPAV folder itself you will not be able to see the clips.

If you need the Sony software just call me and I'll send over a disk.