Showing posts with label Sony A7s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sony A7s. Show all posts

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Sony A7s footage import in Avid MC, FCPX, Resolve, Adobe

Avid MC 8.3 doesn't like the Mp4 (AVC) files created by the Sony A7s.

I can actually AMA link, but there is no image, and Avid gives me a "Wrong Format" instead of an image.  Now, the AVCHD .MTS footage from the A7s imports just fine in Avid.

FCPX 10.1.3 and 10.1.4 import the Mp4s, BUT IGNORES THE TIMECODE!
Here is a frame grab of the import window, All clips start at TC 00:00:00:00


Resolve Lite 11.1.2 imports them, BUT IGNORES TIMECODE as well.  ;((

Adobe (CC 2014) Premiere, After Effects and Adobe Media Encoder imports them just fine WITH Time Code.


Adobe has the upper hand here people...

Apple, BMD, Avid please make the A7s AVC files recognized properly!



Notes:
I have the latest XAVC Sony Plug-in installed for Avid: PDZK-MA2_v3.32  PDZK-MA2_v3.40
I have the latest XAVC Sony Plug-in installed for FCPX: PDZK-LT2_1.2.1


What's your experience with A7s footage?  Leave comments!

Avid MC 8.3 gives me a "Wrong Format" error when AMA linking A7s Mp4 footage

--- Update 1/25/2015 ---

All right, as of Jan 30, 2015 there is now a (SUPPOSEDLY) MC 8.3 compatible Plug-in which is PDZK-MA2_v3.40, available here: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/pdzk-ma2

But first, uninstall the old v3.32, on Mac: 
1) Navigate to <SYSTEM DRIVE>/Library/Application Support/Avid/AVX2_Plug-ins/AMA/
2) Delete the MVP_SonyXDCAMEX.avx and SonyXDCAM.avx files
3) Empty the Trash to completely erase the files from the system.

Then Install v3.40.


In MC's Console ama_listplugins it shows the following:
MVP_MSP_SonyXDCAMEX_64bit Sony Corporation 1.9001
SonyXDCAM_64bit Sony Corporation 3.4000.0.381

And... IT STILL DOES NOT WORK, STILL GIVES THE WRONG FORMAT!

In Console, I get the following:
------ AMA Link To File(s) ------
The video track contains non-trivial edit list(s).Forcing sample provider mode for video.
Color transfer characteristics information unavailable
Color primaries information unavailable

And If I select the accompanying XML file to the MP4. I get an error message:
Unable to link to file or volume.
You may need to Download & install the AMA plug-in from the Avid AMA website.

Great!  What a great compatibility!  I'm not the only one.
http://community.avid.com/forums/p/131877/752994.aspx


--- Old article below ---

I have Sony's PDZK-MA2_v3.32 plug-in installed.

In MC's Console ama_listplugins it shows the following:
MVP_MSP_SonyXDCAMEX_64bit Sony Corporation 1.9001
SonyXDCAM_64bit Sony Corporation 3.3200.0.287

I can import the Mp4 footage, but I cannot open it.