Calibrated-software MXF Import v3 Manuel d'utilisateur

User Guide Calibrated Software, Inc.

Page | 7 The following MXF files will work with Calibrated{Q} MXF Import: Panasonic P2 P2 Video Formats Supported AVC-Intra 100/200, DVCProHD, DV5

Page | 8 Windows Requirements and Installation Ensure your PC meets the following requirements prior to installing Calibrated{Q} MXF Import:  Pe

Page | 9 Mac OSX Requirements and Installation Ensure your Mac meets the following requirements prior to installing Calibrated{Q} MXF Import:  M

Page | 10 Installing on Mac OSX To install Calibrated{Q} MXF Import on a Mac Computer: 1. Quit any applications using QuickTime. Run the Calibr

Page | 11 Mac OSX Applications Support For Mac OSX systems without Final Cut Pro X (v10.0.6 or greater), Final Cut 6.0.6 or greater or Final Cut Pr

Page | 12 Known Issues and Limitations The following known issues and limitations are associated with Calibrated{Q} MXF Import:  When working wit

Page | 13 files are stored separately then FCP will only copy the Video MXF file during Media Management functions if the typecode of the MXF file i

Page | 14 first since Calibrated{Q} IMX Decode and most Windows applications will work with IMX NTSC video frames as Upper-Field first.  When usi

Page | 15 QuickLook component IS INSTALLED then you will only get a thumbnail of a MXF file but you will not get a video preview. This has been repo

Page | 16 Global Options Overview This chapter describes the features available in the Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options interface. Important

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Page | 17 Version The version box shows the version of Calibrated{Q} MXF Import you are running and it display a webpage link of where to download

Page | 18 ‘dnxhd’ options The below options control how DNxHD MXF files, Meridien MXF files and Avid 1-1 10bit MXF files will be decode to RGB color

Page | 19 Overview of YUV/RGB in Avid Media Composer Avid Media Composer is aware of the color level differences of YUV and RGB data, and Avid MC al

Page | 20 supply this Color Level setting to the Avid QuickTime Codecs so that they will know whether to use SMPTE RGB or Full Range RGB. Another i

Page | 21 Please note that none of the three options affects the actual MXF file on your harddrive – rather these options are used by Calibrated{Q}

Page | 22 is NOT used as the Sequence Renderer. The reason we have currently labeled this BETA is that it has not been tested out with round-trippin

Page | 23 Before getting started please make sure that you’ve read over the User Guide (especially where we have sections that deal with the applic

Page | 24 DNxHD MOV file is imported into the same application. All of the comparisons were done visually on the computer screen in the application

Page | 25 ‘dnxhd’ options for Final Cut Pro 7.0.3 Control file used was the XDCAM-MOV file. Test was performed on a Mac OSX 10.6.8 system with all

Page | 26 Editing on a DNxHD Sequence When viewing the unrendered files in the Canvas Window from a FCP Sequence with DNxHD set as the Sequence cod

Contents INTRODUCTION ... 5 Overview ...

Page | 27 DNxHD Sequence with “Render in 8-bit YUV with Color Levels set to RGB in Advanced Options of DNxHD Codec” and setting the ‘dnxhd’ option t

Page | 28 ‘dnxhd’ options for FCP X 10.0.6 Control file used was the XDCAM-MOV file. Test was performed on a Mac OSX 10.6.8 system with all of the

Page | 29 ‘dnxhd’ options for Compressor 3.5.3 & 4.0.2 Control file used was the XDCAM-MOV file. IMPORTANT: Any change in the ‘dnxhd’ options

Page | 30 ‘dnxhd’ options for After Effects CS5.5 Control file used was the XDCAM-MXF file. Please note that After Effects CS5.0 & CS6.0 were

Page | 31 AE/PPro which most likely would impact playback speed. This is an advanced setting in AE/PPro and should only be used for playback and edi

Page | 32 ‘dnxhd’ options for Premiere Pro CS5.5 Control file used was the XDCAM-MXF file. Please note that Premiere Pro CS5.0 and CS6.0 were not t

Page | 33 As an ADVANCED OPTION: The 8-bit importing of DNxHD MXF and DNxHD MOV files can be set to 8-bit YUV422 instead of 8-bit RGB. Bit depths gr

Page | 34 ‘dnxhd’ options for Sony Vegas 11 (Build 512) 64-bit Control file used was the XDCAM-MXF file. QuickTime Player 7.7.1 was also installed

Page | 35 ‘dnxhd’ options for eyeon Fusion eyeon Fusion has their own recommended workflow for importing DNxHD MXF files into Fusion using Calibrat

Page | 36 ‘dnxhd’ options for creating QuickTime Reference MOV files For creating QuickTime Reference MOV files of DNxHD MXF files, it is recommend

‘dnxhd’ options ...

Page | 37 ‘indexing and parsing’ options (See the Chapter 4: Indexing for more information regarding workflows) Indexing (Please see next chapter

Page | 38 ‘advanced’ options The advanced page contains options for various advanced options when Calibrated{Q} MXF Import opens a MXF file. Auto

Page | 39 Index Table Error Checking This option was added in v2.2.0. Occasionally a MXF file may be created with an Invalid Index Table – this has

Page | 40 Indexing Overview This feature does not work in DEMO MODE or if a MXF file is less than 70000 frames. ‘Indexing’ will only work in

Page | 41 Setting Up Indexing 1. First open the Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options application Location in Windows: [System Drive]\Program Files\Ca

Page | 42 Software License Software License Agreement By downloading, installing, ordering, or using the software - you are agreeing to the S

Page | 43 Use with Windows Applications Overview This chapter describes using Calibrated{Q} MXF Import in Windows applications. Calibrated{Q}

Page | 44 CatDV 9.0.6 & greater Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least CatDV 9 or greater 2. Calibrated{Q} Decode codecs

Page | 45 After Effects CS5.0.3 & 5.5 & 6.0 & CC Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least After Effects CS5.0.3 or 5.

Page | 46 (c) For reasons unknown any MXF file with embedded Audio will have the audio play as ‘silent’ even though Premiere Pro/After Effects are

QuickTime Player 7.6 & 7.7 ...

Page | 47 Premiere Pro CS5.0.3 & 5.5 & 6.0 & CC Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least Premiere Pro CS5.0.3 or 5.5

Page | 48 (c) For reasons unknown any MXF file with embedded Audio will have the audio play as ‘silent’ even though Premiere Pro/After Effects are

Page | 49 Other Windows Applications Other ‘QuickTime-centric’ applications (i.e. applications that use the QuickTime SDK to open media files) may

Page | 50 Use with Mac OSX Applications Overview This chapter describes using Calibrated{Q} MXF Import in Mac OSX applications. Calibrated{Q}

Page | 51 Final Cut Pro 6/7 Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated Final Cut Pro 6.0.6 or Final Cut Pro 7.0.3 or greater 2. Avid QuickTi

Page | 52 IMPORTANT for FCP: In Final Cut Pro – certain Media Management functions will not work properly if the typecode of a MXF file is not ‘MooV

Page | 53 Final Cut Studio 2/3 Applications Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated Final Cut Pro to 6.0.6 for FC Studio 2 or that you are u

Page | 54 Final Cut Pro X v10.1.2 Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6 or greater 2. Avid QuickTime Codecs are

Page | 55 that XML file into FCP X which will natively import the MXF files into FCP X. Please see the Calibrated{Q} Import Assist User Guide for m

Page | 56 of the same length that was captured at the same framerate prior to editing the MXF file in the FCP X Sequence, or to create a ‘Compound C

Troubleshooting ...

Page | 57 CatDV 9.0.6 & greater Getting Started 9. Make sure you have updated to at least CatDV 8.1.11 or 9.0.6 or 10 10. Calibrated{Q} Decod

Page | 58 After Effects CS5.0.3 & 5.5 & 6.0 & CC Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least After Effects CS5.0.3 or 5.

Page | 59 (c) For reasons unknown any MXF file with embedded Audio will have the audio play as ‘silent’ even though Premiere Pro/After Effects are

Page | 60 Premiere Pro CS5.0.3 & 5.5 & 6.0 & CC Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least Premiere Pro CS5.0.3 or 5.5

Page | 61 (c) For reasons unknown any MXF file with embedded Audio will have the audio play as ‘silent’ even though Premiere Pro/After Effects are

Page | 62 Media 100 1.6.2 Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least Media 100 1.6.2 2. Calibrated{Q} AVC-Intra Decode for OSX v

Page | 63 Other Mac OSX Applications Other ‘QuickTime-centric’ applications (i.e. applications that use the QuickTime SDK to open media files) may

Page | 64 MXF Metadata in QuickTime Overview This chapter describes where Calibrated{Q} MXF Import adds various parts of the Camera MetaData

Page | 65 P2 Specific Private Metadata 1. QuickTime Album MetaData Key – Global Shot ID and Top Clip Name (if span) 2. "com.calibrated.pr

Page | 66 29. "com.panasonic.professionalplugin.p2.clipmetadata.access.creator" – Creator 30. "com.panasonic.professionalplugin.p2.c

Ikegami GFCAM MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping ... 7

Page | 67 Ikegami GFCAM Specific Private Metadata 1. "com.calibrated.proapps.isGood" – Clip Mark 2. "com.calibrated.proapps.maste

Page | 68 MXF Metadata in FCP X Overview This chapter describes where Calibrated{Q} MXF Import maps MXF Metadata so that it can be seen in F

Page | 69 AS-11 MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping Requires FCP X 10.1.2 or greater When you install the Calibrated AS-11 FCP X Metadata Definitions, th

Page | 70 P2 MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name – Clip Name from the XML file 2. Original Name – Clip Name_DiskName (if Clip Name

Page | 71 29. MXF Application Name – Name of application that created the MXF file 30. MXF Application Supplier Name – Company that created the ap

Page | 72 Sony XDCAM MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name – Alias and Title from the XML file 2. Original Name – Alias_Title_DiskName

Page | 73 Ikegami GFCAM MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name – Clip Name from the XML file 2. Original Name – Clip Name_DiskName (if C

Page | 74 Canon MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name –Title from the XML file 2. Original Name – Title_DiskName (if Title existed in t

Page | 75 Arri MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name – Clip Name (if exists in the MXF file) 2. Original Name – Clip Name_DiskName (if

Page | 76 All other MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name – Clip Name (if exists in the MXF file) 2. Original Name – Clip Name_DiskFile

Page | 5 Introduction Overview Calibrated{Q} MXF Import is a QuickTime component for NATIVE Importing and Playback of Panasonic P2, Sony XDC

Page | 77 Calibrated Refresh For FCP Overview You can access the ‘refresh’ feature’ by opening Calibrated{Q} Import Assist application and c

Page | 78 Calibrated{Q} Import Assist Overview Calibrated{Q} Import Assist is a ‘helper’ application for Calibrated{Q} Import software produc

Page | 79 Calibrated MXF QuickStat Overview Calibrated MXF QuickStat is a standalone application that lets you conveniently view the video, audio

Page | 80 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting a MXF file not opening 1. Is Calibrated{Q }MXF Import installed properly? On Mac OSX, please mak

Page | 81 Open the MXF File in QT Player first, this changes the TypeCode to the one set in Calibrated{Q} MXF Options, and then you should have no p

Page | 82 Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options application (see Chapter 3: Global Options and Chapter 5: Use with Mac OSX Applications for more detail

Version History Version 3.0.0  New Software Licensing and Software License Agreement  Updated User Guide  Update GUI  Re-written t

 On OSX and Windows – true 60.00fps MXF files are now reported as 6000/100 fps previously they were reported as 60/1 fps.  On OSX ( and Windo

 Added support for ‘Source Clip Duration’ – this is more commonly found in Avid generated MXF files where the displayed duration is slightly less

 Fixed an issue where a Cinegy Long-GOP SD MXF file had a mislabeled Picture Encoding ID and thus was not being opened correctly.  Fixed an is

Page | 6 Getting Started Compatible MXF Files Many types of DNxHD, XAVC, AVC-Intra, DVCProHD, XDCAM HD, IMX, DV50, DV25, AS-02 (BETA), AS-11

Version 2.1.2  Fixed issue with audio not being read correctly for some K2 DV50 MXF files.  For Windows only – 25fps Standard Definition MXF

 Added support for the ‘Origin’ key which has been found (on rare occasions) in partial restored XDCAM MXF files from hardware servers (like Omne

Version 2.0.2  Updated User Guide  Fixed issue with Avid Uncompressed MXF files  Fixed issue when using Google Chrome on Mac OSX to generat

 Bug Fixes  More MXF File support  Removed rarely used features from the Options application Version 1.8.0  Auto-Referencing has been mad