Native Sony's X-OCN Media In Final Cut Pro (And QuickTime).Via Nablet X-OCN Media Extension

 We saw in my previous post that both Resolve and Premiere could deal with X-OCN clips without plug-ins or add-ons.

Final Cut Pro on the other end, as of version 11.2 and ProVideo Codecs v3.0, needs Nablet's X-OCN Media Extension to load X-OCN clips. So we downloaded and installed it.

Nablet's X-OCN Media Extension, ready to install.

According to the user manual, minimum supported configuration is macOS 15.6, Pro Video Formats 3.0, and FCP 11.1 or 11.2

After installation, we need to manually turn the Nablet extension(s) on. To do that, go to System Settings, General, Logging Items and Extensions, scroll down to Extensions, Media Extensions and click on the ⓘ

You are then presented with Three Media Extensions: Nablet X-OCN Decoder, Apple ProRes Raw Processor, Nablet X-OCN Processor. Turn them all on.

Clicking on the respective ⓘ, brings you to the location of the extensions. In this example in the Applications folder, under tablet Media Extensions.

Click on done, and you are done with installing the Nablet extensions.

And now Final Cut Pro can read and import X-OCN footage.

Also, since the extension is system wide, Quicktime now recognize and plays the clips as well, including in the Finder previews.

Without Nablet X-OCN Extensions, no preview.

With Nablet X-OCN Extensions installed, preview is available.

As well as QuickTime Player playback.

In the next post I will look into the X-OCN settings within Final Cut Pro, and compare them to Resolve and Premiere settings.