User Manual

Importing XDCAM EX Media
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There are several ways to access XDCAM media:
• Automatically import all proxy media when you load a disc in your XDCAM device. See
“Automatically Importing Proxy Media from an XDCAM Device” on page 307.
• Manually import all proxy media on all discs currently loaded on your system. See
“Importing Proxy Media from an XDCAM Disk” on page 309.
• Copy the proxy media files to a separate location (for example, to a folder copied on an FTP
site), transfer them to a local drive or removable disk, and import the proxy media without
directly accessing the XDCAM device. See “Copying XDCAM Proxy Media to a Local
Drive or a Server” on page 310.
• Import proxy media, high-resolution media, or both using the Import function. See
“Manually Importing XDCAM Media from the XDCAM Disk” on page 310.
For some workflows, you might want to import the proxy media first so you can start editing.
Once you create your sequence, use the batch import function to import only those portions of
the high-resolution clips needed for your sequence.
For other workflows, you might want to import the proxy media to an editing workstation, and
then separately import the high-resolution media either to another workstation or to an Avid
shared storage server using Avid Interplay Transfer. Your Avid editing application maintains the
connection between the proxy media and the high-resolution media, so you can relink the edited
clips at any time to the high-resolution master clips in a shared storage environment.
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When you relink proxy media to high-resolution media, do not select Specific Resolution as the
Relink Method option. Instead, select either Highest Quality or Most Compressed.
The import process for XDCAM media differs from the standard import in that you can import
XDCAM media only at the native resolution of the XDCAM media (for information on
XDCAM resolutions, see “Using XDCAM and XDCAM EX and XDCAM SR AMA Plug-Ins”
on page 398).
XDCAM cameras record proxy audio at a sample rate of 8 kHz. When you import proxy media,
you can choose to change (upconvert) the sample rate to your project rate. This might slow the
import process a bit, but it greatly improves playback of audio tracks.
Importing XDCAM EX Media
XDCAM EX devices store media as MP4 interleaved files. Your Avid editing application does
not directly support these files. You must first convert them to MXF OP1a files using the Sony
XDCAM EX Clip Browser application, then you can import them in the same manner as
XDCAM and XDCAM HD clips.