The following settings apply to all of XDCAM and XDCAM HD files. It is also used for XAVC footage shot with Sony cameras.
Tips when importing Sony XAVC:
- The guiding principle that applies to Panasonic P2 cards also applies to XQD cards: preserve the original XQD-card structure when using these media files. That is, only browse to the XDROOT folder, and import the clips from there. Do not browse within the folder hierarchy to import the essence directly.
- A split clip, that is a clip recorded over two XQD cards, is not seen as a single, continuous, clip, but as multiple clips.
Material at 1080i sometimes uses a thin raster frame format. It uses a frame size of 1440x1080or 1280x1080. When importing, enable Scale to Full HD in to scale the material to the full 1920x1080 frames. Disable Scale to Full HD to import the clip using the thin raster frame format.
Metadata Settings
- Tape Name box
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Select an option to determine how the tape name is set when importing clips.
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Enter Tape Name
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Activate the Tape Name field where you enter the tape name. When selecting multiple files for import, this tape name is used for all imported files.
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Tape Name from File Name
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Use the name of the imported file as the tape name.
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Tape Name from Directory
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Determine the tape name from the detected directory structure. Use the Level field below to configure the relative path to the directory from which the tape name can be determined.
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Tape Name from Essence
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Use the tape name inferred from the directory structure of the clip.
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- Level field
- Set from which directory the tape name is taken, relative to the location of the clip in the directory structure.
Although available for all types of files, the Level field is intended for directory structures output by film scanners. A typical image file directory structure looks like this: ./<tape>/<resolution>/clip.######. In this case, selecting Levels Up 2 in the Level field identifies the directory that corresponds to the tape name (./<tape>). Enabled if Tape Name is set to Tape From Directory.
- Tape Name field
- Enter the name to use as tape name when importing the clip. Enabled if Tape Name is set to Enter Tape Name.
- Timecode box
- Timecode is read from the file header, when present. Not editable.
Clip Settings
- Clip Name box
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Select how the clip is named when the file is imported.
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Enter Clip Name
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Activate the Clip Name field so that you can manually enter the clip name. When selecting multiple files for import, this name is used for all imported files.
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Clip Name from File Name
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Use the name of the imported file as the clip name.
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Clip Name from XML
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Use the clip name listed in the XML file accompanying the file.
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Clip Name from Essence
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Use the clip name inferred from the directory structure of the clip.
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- Clip Name field
- Enter the name to use when importing the clip. Enabled if Name is set to Enter Clip Name.
Image Settings
- Aspect Ratio box
- Select the aspect ratio assigned to imported clips. Enter Pixel and Enter Aspect affect pixel and frame a pixel and frame aspect ratios respectively. You might need to change the aspect ratio as many applications erroneously write to exported files a pixel aspect ratio of 1 (a square pixel), even for formats that have non-square pixels (NTSC, PAL).
Viewing the clip in the Player with the specified aspect ratio requires you to enable, in the Player, . The Previewer in the MediaHub always displays clips using the specified aspect ratio.
Note that the application internally uses a frame ratio, not a pixel ratio. To specify a pixel ratio, you must select Enter Pixel Aspect Ratio; Aspect Ratio from Resolution and Aspect Ratio from Header are interpreted as frame ratios.
- Aspect Ratio field
- Enter the aspect ratio of the imported frames, as a Width:Height ratio. Enabled when the Aspect Ratio box is set to Enter Aspect Ratio or Square Pixels.
- YUV Decoding box
- Select the YUV colour space used by the clip to import. Because Flame Premium works in the RGB colour space, it needs to translate YUV information into RGB. This setting ensures that the right decoder is used for this. The Auto setting selects the colour decoder based on the resolution of the clip: Rec. 601 for clips with a resolution lower than 720 lines, Rec. 709 for everything else. Specifying the wrong colour space results in colours that are off.
Per Recommendation BT. 2020, UHD media should use the Rec. 2020 colour space. But this is rarely the case at the moment: UHD clips use Rec. 709. The Rec. 2020 option is there is case you come upon a correctly encoded UHD clip.
- Include YUV Headroom button
- Enable to keep the YUV headroom information during clip import. Disabling this option for clips that use the headroom (usually clips from cameras) results in clips with clamped black and whites. Enabling this option for clips that do not use the headroom (usually clips from Final Cut Pro) results in an imported clip with lowered contrast.
- Scale to Full HD button
- Enable to have media with a 1280x1080 or 1440x1080 resolution display at a standard 1920x1080 resolution. Disable to display the media at its native (1280x1080 or 1440x1080) resolution.
Browsing Settings
- Essence Mode button
- Enable to browse the directory structure of a Sony clip (XDCAM, XDCAM HD, and XAVC). This allows you to import specific video and audio media contained within that clip.