EX-3 footage in FCP 7.

Hello All!

Thank you in advance to anyone reading this. I have shot on an EX-3 in 1080p25 format (I am in Europe). I am using FCP 7.0 on a MacBook Pro (OS 10.8.4). I downloaded the sony "xd cam ex log and transfer plug-in" (PDZK-LT1).

I have 2 questions:

1> When I set up the project in Easy Setup I selected Format: XDCAM HD. Then my question is do I use CBR or VBR? I.e. XDCAM HD 1080p25 VBR or CBR?? Regardless of what setting I use I notice that after doing log and transfer, when I look at the clips in the browser the format is always XDCAM HD 1080p25 VBR (35 Mb/s VBR) .

2> In the log and transfer window I can see the clips fine. But I do not see in the import preferences menu of log and transfer a section for xdcam. Should that be here?

I just want to make sure I have this set up right before I begin processing thousands of clips!!

Thank you all very much!!

Kind regards,
Robert

1) VBR...Variable Bit Rate.

2) XDCAM only comes in one way...as XDCAM. L&T simply re-wraps them as QT. So there's nothing really to change. Some formats allow you to convert to ProRes upon import...XDCAM does not. Like DVCPRO HD...it only comes in one way.


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As Ben says, what you're doing is fine. No changes need to be made, nor will they. It's just taking the original shot file and putting it in a wrapper that FCP can handle.

Ben who?


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