Sony XAVC Format Settings - Import

The following settings apply to XAVC footage shot with Sony cameras.

Tips when importing Sony XAVC:

• 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.

Metadata Settings

Tape Name box

Select an option to determine how the tape name is set when importing clips.

Select:	To:
Enter Tape Name	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.
Tape Name from File Name	Use the name of the imported file as the tape name.
Tape Name from Directory	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.
Tape Name from Essence	Use the tape name inferred from the directory structure of the clip.

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.

Clip Settings

Clip Name box

Select how the clip is named when the file is imported.

Select:	To:
Enter Clip Name	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.
Clip Name from File Name	Use the name of the imported file as the clip name.

Clip Name field

Enter the name to use when importing the clip. Enabled if Name is set to Enter Clip Name.

Image Settings

YUV Decoding box

Select the YUV colour space used by the clip to import. Because Flame 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 Include YUV Headroom when importing content that has Full Range video levels. Content with Full Range includes original media from cameras, such as:

• Sony S-Log
• ARRI Log-C
• Canon Log
• Panasonic Varicam Log

Include YUV Headroom should also be enabled when importing from grading systems content that has not been legalized. Disable this setting when importing content with legal video levels, like masters or final grade media.

Note: This setting has no impact on media that is not YUV.