Support for Sony XDCAM EX media includes support for clips recorded as multiple segments on single SxS card (split clips) or multiple cards (span clips). Flame imports a serie of split & span segments as a single clip.
To ensure that Flame is able to see the clips organisation, copy the full folder structure from the SxS cards to a single folder on your local storage.
For example, with two SxS cards (named Card1 and Card2), you would recreate the following structure:
You can conform AAF files referencing XDCAM EX content in Flame. Make sure to import the XDCAM EX clips in Avid products through AMA (the Avid Media Architecture). If you prefer to work with transcoded media in Avid products, but still want to conform with the original media fils, enable in Flame the Use Original Media option when importing the AAF file. That way the conform uses the original media, instead of the transcoded MXF generated by the Avid products.
Select an option to determine how the tape name is set when importing clips.
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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. |
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Tape Name from File Name |
Use the name of the imported file as the tape name. |
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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. |
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Tape Name from Essence |
Use the tape name inferred from the directory structure of the clip. |
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.
The Default Resolutions table uses a frame's height and width to assign it an aspect ratio, a scan mode, and a frame rate. You can find the Default Resolutions table in . It is also used when restoring legacy archives.
Select how the clip is named when the file is imported.
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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. |
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Clip Name from File Name |
Use the name of the imported file as the clip name. |
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Clip Name from Essence |
Use the clip name inferred from the directory structure of the clip. |
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.
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 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.