User Guide

110 Chapter 7 Working With Sony XDCAM HD and Video Disk Units
Ingesting XDCAM HD Media
Use the Sony XDCAM Transfer (PDZK-P1) software and import plug-in to ingest XDCAM
HD media from MXF-wrapped media to QuickTime-wrapped media on your scratch
disk. For more information, see “Installing Sony XDCAM Software,” above.
Editing XDCAM HD Media in Final Cut Pro
Once you ingest your MXF-based XDCAM HD footage to QuickTime media files on your
scratch disk, you can simply choose the XDCAM HD Easy Setup that corresponds to
your footage and edit as you would with any other native format in Final Cut Pro.
However, the18 Mbps VBR (LP) format is treated as though it were the 35 Mbps VBR
(HQ) format during rendering and exporting, so you cannot export back to the18 Mbps
VBR (LP) format. Instead, Final Cut Pro renders and exports LP (18 Mbps VBR)
XDCAM HD footage using the 35 Mbps (HQ) codec.
Note: LP (18 Mbps VBR) XDCAM HD footage is ingested at a data rate of 18 Mbps, so it
still requires less disk space during ingest than the 35 Mbps format.
Exporting Sequences to XDCAM HD Media
If you want to export a finished sequence or clip from Final Cut Pro back to an MXF file
containing XDCAM HD footage, you need to use the Final Cut Pro XDCAM Export
plug-in included with the Sony XDCAM Transfer (PDZK-P1) software. For more
information, see “Installing Sony XDCAM Software” on page 109.
Working With a Sony Video Disk Unit
Final Cut Pro allows you to import video and audio recorded on a Sony Video Disk Unit
(VDU), and then edit the resulting media files just as you would edit media files in any
other format.
About Sony Video Disk Units
The Sony DSR-DU1 Video Disk Unit is an attachable FireWire disk recorder that uses a
40 GB hard disk drive as its recording media. The drive connects to professional-quality
DVCAM camcorders via FireWire, and is capable of recording up to 3 hours of video/
audio signals in parallel with tape recording.
The Sony Video Disk Unit supports recording, playback, and file transfer via FireWire.
You can record video directly onto the drive and then use it as a read-only FireWire
drive to import the video and audio contents to your computer.