[FFmpeg-user] Not able to convert from AVID MXF XDCAM HD

[Robert Krüger]

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Rienk Leendertse
<subscribe at lasserij.nl> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Rienk Leendertse wrote:
>>> Hi Carl Eugen
>>>
>>> Thanks for the quick reply.
>>> I will try to put a sample on an FTP server later today.
>>>
>>> Meanwhile can you please explain whether it should work natively, with XDCAMHD MXF files?
>>
>> I can confirm that it generally works with XDCAMHD MXF files, although
>> it depends on how they were created. Until very recently files created
>> using XDCAM transfer tool combined with FCP7 were not handled properly
>> (decoding worked somewhat but at least seeking was broken) but that is
>> fixed now.
>>
>> There are different flavours of MXF and the Avid flavour "Op-Atom" is
>> not supported by ffmpeg. Once you have uploaded the file I can have a
>> look at it, if it is such a beast.
>>
>>> Is installing AVID codecs necessary for this?
>>> I have avid LE codecs installed. Not AVID PE Codecs. Which seem to be necessary for XDCam footage?
>>> Or is it necessary to install Sony codec packages like XDCam transfer? Which I have.
>>> Or should ffmpeg be able to play (and decode) it natively.
>>
>> No ffmpeg does not interact with these things on your system. It's
>> MPEG2 decoder is perfectly capable of playing/decoding all XDCAM
>> variants I have seen.
>>
>>>
>>> I'll check te files today. Because I found out that Assimilate scratch does play the video and audio file, but adobe media encoder CS6 chokes in the video files (without a descriptive log, just "could not export"). AME does convert the audio file, though.
>>> XDCam transfer doesn't take either of the files. So I suspect a problem with the files.
>>>
>>> In the previous post I said the video and audio MXF were exported from Avid MC 6. That is not really true.
>>> They were video and audio mixdowns, which I thought should not make a difference, but perhaps it does?
>>>
>>> Hope you can answer the general questions above. Meanwhile I'll check the MXF files on an avid system today....
>>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Robert
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>
> thanks Robert,
> don't have acces to your ftp server right now. (Too many connections for this IP).
> Probably someone somewhere in the building has a connection with your server now.
> Will try it later today, otherwise tonight, from my home...

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