HELP! Transcoding and batch importing lost XDCAM files.
by Annu Lilja
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Aug 31, 2009 at 2:54:23 pm
Hi,
IGNORE THIS IF THERE IS NO WAY TO MAKE AN AVID PROJECT INTO A FCP PROJECT!
The Lacie raid drive broke which held all the material for my film, and I need to import/batch import all the material again. The technical advisor at the company where I am working says that I cannot batch import the material, because the material that I have been editing was transcoded from the original XDCAM files, and that the AVID project will not recognize the untranscoded files. He says that even if I transcode the files again, I cannot batch import those files because the NEW transcoded files will not be identical to the OLD transcoded files.
He said that I might be able to do it if I edit on Final Cut, since FCP might recognize the files based on length, but I'm not sure if there is a way to turn my existing AVID project into a FCP project.
If I cannot batch import the files, I will lose 5 weeks of work, plus I will need to sync the material again, there is 35 hours of it.
Re: HELP! Transcoding and batch importing lost XDCAM files. by Victor Perez on Aug 31, 2009 at 4:41:17 pm
You should be able to batch capture if you have an XDCam deck with SDI out & 422 machine control (PVW-F70 or above) and a capture card with SDI in and 422 machine control.
If so you can take the deck out of PC remote and run a SDI cable and RS 422 to your capture card. This will turn your XDCam import deck into a player allowing you to capture / batch capture your material. We have done this in SD mode for an older 4x3 project, but have not tried in HD mode.
