You should be able to use the free avid DNXhd codecs. I render out to 1080P dnx and send my Apple friends the apple version of the codec. both are available free from Avid. I've used it with two editors running FC7, worked great.

There always stuff like cinac too to convert to prores, but it can be a bit of a pain, plus you are rendering twice.

Hi Roy,

I have some serious FCP 7/X tools in my bag-o-tricks (I'm looking at converting from Mac). Could you send me a sample or link to an HD Intra clip so I can give you specific details about the HD Intra stuff in FCP? timj atsign tolisgroup period com.

> "I rendered a file to XAVC HD Intra.mxf from Vegas 12 but I wasn't able to import it into FCPX 10.1.1 even if I installed XAVC/XDCAM Plug-in for Apple (PDZK-LT2)"

Same results here but I think I know what the problem might be. FCP X won't import certain files types directly from the file system. They must be in a memory card structure. For example, FCP X will not recognize AVCHD files in my Movie folder, but if I place the entire AVCHD folder structure from my memory card on my drive, they import just fine. It sees the AVCHD folder as a "container".

This may be the same problem. Does anyone know the format of a memory card containing XAVC files? Maybe that will work.

~jr

@Johnny

That makes sense. I shoot with an EX1 and while I keep the file structure from every card I record on, I always extract all .mp4 from the BPAV folder into an event folder and drop these onto the Vegas timeline.

But I was never able to import my EX1 .mp4 files into FCPX and I didn't want to rebuild every folder by individually sliding each shot inside each folder.

After much experimentation, I did find a way to rebuild the BPAV folder in order to import my files into FCPX. Therefore, I would format an SD card in my EX1 camera and then use the BPAV folder as a dummy folder. Afterwards, I would copy the dummy BPAV folder on an external drive and copied a 1000 shots at a time inside the CLPR folder inside the BPAV folder on my PC. Then I would start FCPX on my mac and hookup the external drive and FCPX would rebuild the entire folder structure where each event has it's own folder and code name. This workflow was quick and easy.

So the XAVC import might be similar to the XDCAM import process and I believe, but not sure, that your files needed to be on an external drive.

Rob

Someone once describe that taking the files out of the memory card folders was like removing the tape from a DV cassette. You would never dream of removing the tape from a cassette so why would you extract the files from a memory card and throw away the container with all of the meta-data. It makes sense when you think about it.

I always archive my entire AVCHD folders from my memory cards and I always import them into a project using Vegas Pro's Device Explorer so that split files get rejoined. Just because you can brute force copy files from a memory card doesn't mean that you should. I much prefer FCP X's way of working with the AVCHD folder of the card as a opaque container much like a DV cassette.

~jr