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User Guide Calibrated Software, Inc.
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Copyright 2008 Calibrated Software, Inc. All rights reserved. www.calibratedsoftware.com Your rights to the software are governed by the accompanying Software License Agreement. Please read the entire User Guide and Software License Agreement before installation, ordering or use. By installing, ordering or using this software you are agreeing to the Software License Agreement.
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Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 5 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 DEMO MODE Limitation ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 GETTING STARTED ....
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‘dnxhd’ options .................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Overview of YUV/RGB conversions ......................................................................................................................... 18 Overview of YUV/RGB in Avid Media Composer.....................................................................................................
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QuickTime Player 7.6 & 7.7 .............................................................................................................................................. 43 CatDV 9.0.6 & greater ...................................................................................................................................................... 44 Getting Started ...................................................................................................................................................
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Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................................................... 55 CatDV 9.0.6 & greater ...................................................................................................................................................... 57 Getting Started .....................................................................................................................................................
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Ikegami GFCAM MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping ......................................................................................................... 73 Canon MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping ......................................................................................................................... 74 Arri MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping ..............................................................................................................................
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Introduction 1 Overview Calibrated{Q} MXF Import is a QuickTime component for NATIVE Importing and Playback of Panasonic P2, Sony XDCAM, XAVC, AS-11, Ikegami GFCAM, and many other types of OP1a MXF files in QuickTime Player and CatDV on Windows and Mac OSX, and Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3 applications in Mac OSX. Other QuickTime-centric applications in Mac OSX or Windows may work but the users should test out those applications to insure compatibility.
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Getting Started 2 Compatible MXF Files Many types of DNxHD, XAVC, AVC-Intra, DVCProHD, XDCAM HD, IMX, DV50, DV25, AS-02 (BETA), AS-11 OP1a MXF Files will work in addition to the formats listed below, please try your MXF files with Calibrated{Q} MXF Import in DEMO MODE to make sure they are supported. If you have a MXF File that Calibrated{Q} MXF Import cannot open, please contact info@calibratedsoftware.com to see if support can be added.
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The following MXF files will work with Calibrated{Q} MXF Import: Panasonic P2 P2 Video Formats Supported AVC-Intra 100/200, DVCProHD, DV50, DV25 P2 Camera Specific Notes 1. P2 PullDown Removal and TimeCode conversion for regular PullDown 1080i29.97 and 480i29.97 material is not supported. 2. P2 PullDown can only be detected and removed thru parsing the P2 XML file data. If the P2 XML for a MXF clip is not present then pulldown cannot be detected or removed. 3.
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Windows Requirements and Installation Ensure your PC meets the following requirements prior to installing Calibrated{Q} MXF Import:         Pentium 4 processor with SSE3 support or greater; recommended at least Intel Core 2 Duo with two cores or two physical processors 32/64-bit Windows 7 or Vista (Business or Ultimate) or Windows 32-bit XP with SP3 Virtual OS is NOT supported BETA Support for 32/64-bit Windows 8 - our software should work fine on Windows 8; however QuickTime Player does not offici
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Mac OSX Requirements and Installation Ensure your Mac meets the following requirements prior to installing Calibrated{Q} MXF Import:  Mac Intel with OSX 10.6.8(Snow Leopard) or 10.7.5(Lion) or 10.8.5(Mountain Lion) or 10.9.4 (Mavericks)  BETA Support ONLY for OS X 10.10 ( Yosemite )  10.9 (Mavericks) or 10.10 (Yosemite) - Finder Preview (i.e. QuickLooks), QT Player X does not fully work with our software.  IMPORTANT for Mountain Lion (10.8) and Mavericks (10.
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Installing on Mac OSX To install Calibrated{Q} MXF Import on a Mac Computer: 1. Quit any applications using QuickTime. Run the Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Installer. The install program creates a folder named Calibrated in the /Applications directory. The Calibrated folder will contain the Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options application, the Calibrated MXF QuickStat application and User Guide 2. The CalibratedMXFQ.component will be auto-copied to the “/Library/QuickTime”directory. 3.
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Mac OSX Applications Support For Mac OSX systems without Final Cut Pro X (v10.0.6 or greater), Final Cut 6.0.6 or greater or Final Cut Pro 7.0.3, or Compressor 3.5/4 installed then Calibrated{Q} Decode codecs are required to decompress XAVC, AVC-Intra, DVCProHD, IMX, and XDCAM HD video. Do not install Calibrated{Q} Decode codecs for OSX on any Mac OSX computer with any version of Final Cut Pro or Compressor installed. Avid QuickTime Codecs required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files.
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Known Issues and Limitations The following known issues and limitations are associated with Calibrated{Q} MXF Import:  When working with very, very large Indexed MXF files efficiently in FCP and other applications, Indexing should be enabled. Please see Chapter: Indexing for further details. Please see the Indexing Chapter for further details.  Avid QuickTime Codecs required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files.
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files are stored separately then FCP will only copy the Video MXF file during Media Management functions if the typecode of the MXF file is not set to ‘MooV’.  On Mac OSX, after purchasing and licensing Calibrated{Q} MXF Import for OSX, you will have to use ‘refresh’ in Calibrated{Q} Import Assist to update the duration of any MXF files you had imported into Final Cut Pro 6/7 or Final Cut Express while in DEMO MODE.
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first since Calibrated{Q} IMX Decode and most Windows applications will work with IMX NTSC video frames as Upper-Field first.  When using Calibrated{Q} MXF Import in DEMO MODE with earlier versions of CatDV, if CatDV auto-assembles a spanned P2 clip – the clip will appear to play in slow-motion or slower than it should.
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 QuickLook component IS INSTALLED then you will only get a thumbnail of a MXF file but you will not get a video preview. This has been reported to Apple FCP X (10.0.6) and Motion 5.0.5 can now import MXF files natively using Calibrated{Q} MXF Import for OSX. Please note the following known issues and/or limitations: a) Audio Only MXF files in FCP X will not report or display TimeCode in FCP X.
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Global Options 3 Overview This chapter describes the features available in the Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options interface. Important Note: You must set options within the Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options application before opening an application that supports QuickTime and before attempting to open any MXF file in any application that supports QuickTime.
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Version The version box shows the version of Calibrated{Q} MXF Import you are running and it display a webpage link of where to download the latest version. Video Tutorials Clicking on the link in this box will take you to our website where you can view YouTube Video Tutorials. DEMO MODE Limitation Without a Software License, Calibrated{Q} MXF Import will operate in DEMO MODE and only read up to 30 seconds of media.
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‘dnxhd’ options The below options control how DNxHD MXF files, Meridien MXF files and Avid 1-1 10bit MXF files will be decode to RGB colorspace with the Avid QuickTime Codecs. IMPORTANT: This options are GLOBAL and will apply to all DNxHD MXF files, 1-1 10bit MXF files,and Meridien MXF files that Calibrated{Q} MXF Import is opening.
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Overview of YUV/RGB in Avid Media Composer Avid Media Composer is aware of the color level differences of YUV and RGB data, and Avid MC allows workflows where YUV can be converted to/from SMPTE Range RGB, thus preserving the Super White and Super Black values of YUV.
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supply this Color Level setting to the Avid QuickTime Codecs so that they will know whether to use SMPTE RGB or Full Range RGB. Another interesting facet of the Avid QuickTime Codecs is the QuickTime Gamma that is reported when 8-bit YUV422 is requested from the Avid QuickTime Codecs. QuickTime Gamma can be a very confusing and complex topic but to keep things simple – traditionally the QuickTime Gamma for YUV is reported as 2.22 for HD and 2.
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Please note that none of the three options affects the actual MXF file on your harddrive – rather these options are used by Calibrated{Q} MXF Import to describe the DNxHD video in the MXF file when Calibrated{Q} MXF Import is opening a DNxHD MXF file for an application. When you change any of these settings, you will have to close and re-open your application for these settings to apply, and in rare circumstances you may have to re-import the files back in your application.
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is NOT used as the Sequence Renderer. The reason we have currently labeled this BETA is that it has not been tested out with round-tripping to Avid MC by exporting back to DNxHD MOV files using the Avid QuickTime Codecs; however this option is not made for that goal in mind – rather it’s for using DNxHD MXF files on ProRes Sequences or other types of FCP Sequences where the DNxHD Codec is not used as the Sequence Renderer.
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Before getting started please make sure that you’ve read over the User Guide (especially where we have sections that deal with the application you are using), and here are just a few quick remainders: (1) Make sure you have the Avid QuickTime Codecs installed (2) Please be aware that if Audio and Video are stored in separate MXF files that they will be open as separate files and not be ‘auto-joined’ together by Calibrated{Q} MXF Import (3) The option ‘Full RGB (0-255) & Gamma Ext.’ is a BETA option.
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DNxHD MOV file is imported into the same application. All of the comparisons were done visually on the computer screen in the application being tested. File Reference for below tests: XDCAM-MXF – this is the original XDCAM HD MXF file. XDCAM-MOV – this is the MOV file create by re-wrapping the XDCAM MXF file to a MOV file using Sony XDCAM Transfer. DNxHD-MXF – this is the DNxHD 220 MXF file we generated in Avid MC6 by AMA linking the above XDCAM MXF file and then transcoding to a DNxHD 220 MXF file.
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‘dnxhd’ options for Final Cut Pro 7.0.3 Control file used was the XDCAM-MOV file. Test was performed on a Mac OSX 10.6.8 system with all of the latest updates We did not perform any ‘Send to Compressor’ export tests, nor in-depth rendering/effects tests, nor did we perform any in-depth editing speed tests, and no third-party hardware I/O boards were used in this test. All visual comparison tests were performed on the computer monitor by sight.
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Editing on a DNxHD Sequence When viewing the unrendered files in the Canvas Window from a FCP Sequence with DNxHD set as the Sequence codec, DNxHD-RGB-REFMXF & DNxHD-RGB-GAMMA-REFMXF & XDCAM-MOV are visually the same; however DNxHD-709-REFMXF is much brighter than the other 3 files. Please make sure that you have setup the ‘Advanced Options’ for the DNxHD Codec in the Sequence settings to match the height/width, framerate and bitrate of your DNxHD files in your sequence.
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DNxHD Sequence with “Render in 8-bit YUV with Color Levels set to RGB in Advanced Options of DNxHD Codec” and setting the ‘dnxhd’ option to either: Full RGB (0-255) & Gamma Ext. or ‘Full RGB (0-255)’ would appear to have the most consistent color levels since FCP expects RGB video to be in the Full Range. Also it appears that the added Gamma Extensions of Full RGB (0-255) & Gamma Ext.
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‘dnxhd’ options for FCP X 10.0.6 Control file used was the XDCAM-MOV file. Test was performed on a Mac OSX 10.6.8 system with all of the latest updates. We did not perform any ‘Send to Compressor’ export tests, nor in-depth rendering/effects tests, nor did we perform any indepth editing speed tests, and no third-party hardware I/O boards were used in this test. All visual comparison tests were performed on the computer monitor by sight.
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‘dnxhd’ options for Compressor 3.5.3 & 4.0.2 Control file used was the XDCAM-MOV file. IMPORTANT: Any change in the ‘dnxhd’ options may require you to restart your computer for the changes to be ‘seen by Compressor, as Compressor can run silently in System Memory. For the below tests, all files were imported manually into Compressor. We did not use the ‘Send to Compressor’ feature in FCP-7 or FCP X which could make a difference in test results.
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‘dnxhd’ options for After Effects CS5.5 Control file used was the XDCAM-MXF file. Please note that After Effects CS5.0 & CS6.0 were not tested but presumably should act in the same manner as CS5.5 Also the Working Space color was set to none for the project. We performed our tests on a Windows 7 64-bit computer with QuickTime Player 7.7.1 installed. Also, no third-party hardware I/O boards were used in this test. All visual comparison tests were performed on the computer monitor by sight.
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AE/PPro which most likely would impact playback speed. This is an advanced setting in AE/PPro and should only be used for playback and editing performance increases in PPro when working with DNxHD MXF files using the ‘Full Range’ option or with DNxHD MOV files embedded with the ‘RGB” Color Levels. You should NOT set this option when working with DNxHD MXF files using the ‘SMPTE Range’ option or with DNxHD MOV files embedded with the ‘601/709” Color Levels.
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‘dnxhd’ options for Premiere Pro CS5.5 Control file used was the XDCAM-MXF file. Please note that Premiere Pro CS5.0 and CS6.0 were not tested but presumably should act in the same manner as CS5.5 We performed our tests on a Windows 7 64-bit computer with QuickTime Player 7.7.1 installed. Also, no third-party hardware I/O boards were used in this test. All visual comparison tests were performed on the computer monitor by sight.
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As an ADVANCED OPTION: The 8-bit importing of DNxHD MXF and DNxHD MOV files can be set to 8-bit YUV422 instead of 8-bit RGB. Bit depths greater than 8-bit (such as 10-bit YUV422) would still be decoded as 16-bit RGB in AE/PPro which most likely would impact playback speed.
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‘dnxhd’ options for Sony Vegas 11 (Build 512) 64-bit Control file used was the XDCAM-MXF file. QuickTime Player 7.7.1 was also installed for the test, and no third-party hardware I/O boards were used in this test. All visual comparison tests were performed on the computer monitor by sight.
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‘dnxhd’ options for eyeon Fusion eyeon Fusion has their own recommended workflow for importing DNxHD MXF files into Fusion using Calibrated{Q} MXF Import. You can learn more from this Video Tutorial that was created by eyeon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hHsphBE1QoQ Please direct any questions on this workflow to eyeon Fusion. ‘dnxhd’ options for Edius6.06 Control file used was the XDCAM-MXF file. QuickTime Player 7.7.
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‘dnxhd’ options for creating QuickTime Reference MOV files For creating QuickTime Reference MOV files of DNxHD MXF files, it is recommended that you use Calibrated{Q} Import Assist (the ‘helper’ application that comes with Calibrated{Q} MXF Import). Please see the Calibrated{Q} Import Assist User Guide for more information on how to create QT Ref MOV files.
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‘indexing and parsing’ options (See the Chapter 4: Indexing for more information regarding workflows) Indexing (Please see next chapter ‘Indexing’ for more information) ENABLE – This will enable indexing for Indexed MXF Files – This is recommended for working with very, very large XDCAM-based MXF files and other types of Indexed MXF Files. Panasonic P2 MXF Files (or other types of Constant Bit Rate video compressions) do not need indexing hence this setting will not apply to them.
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‘advanced’ options The advanced page contains options for various advanced options when Calibrated{Q} MXF Import opens a MXF file. Auto-Change TypeCode (Mac Only) With this options, Calibrated{Q} MXF Import component can auto-change the typecode of MXF files – this does NOT change the MXF file in anyway rather it changes how OSX identifies the file.
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Index Table Error Checking This option was added in v2.2.0. Occasionally a MXF file may be created with an Invalid Index Table – this has been usually found in MXF files created by hardware servers – the below options instruct Calibrated{Q} MXF Import on how to deal with errors in the Index Table.
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Indexing 4 Overview This feature does not work in DEMO MODE or if a MXF file is less than 70000 frames. ‘Indexing’ will only work in LICENSED mode when a MXF file is over 70000 frames in duration. This change was made to cut down on unnecessary Index files that were created when ‘Indexing’ is enabled. Setting up Indexing can lead to a more productive workflow when using Calibrated{Q} MXF Import for OSX with very very large XDCAM-based MXF and other types of Indexed MXF files.
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Setting Up Indexing 1. First open the Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options application Location in Windows: [System Drive]\Program Files\Calibrated\Applications\Options\CalibratedQMXFOptions.exe Location in OSX: /Applications/Calibrated/Applications/Options/CalibratedQMXFOptions.app 2. Go to the ‘index’ page of Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options application 3. Select to save the Index files in the Clip Directory or a Custom Directory.
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Software License 5 Software License Agreement By downloading, installing, ordering, or using the software - you are agreeing to the Software License Agreement. You can download or view the Software License Agreement on our website: http://www.calibratedsoftware.com/SoftwareLicenseAgreement.php After Purchase - Software License Instructions IMPORTANT: This version of software (v3.
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Use with Windows Applications 6 Overview This chapter describes using Calibrated{Q} MXF Import in Windows applications. Calibrated{Q} MXF Import is a QuickTime component that lets QuickTime Player, CatDV, etc. understand the MXF file wrapper; however the proper Calibrated{Q} Decode codecs are required to decompress XAVC, AVC-Intra, DVCProHD, DV50, IMX, and XDCAM HD video found in MXF files. Avid QuickTime Codecs required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files.
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CatDV 9.0.6 & greater Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least CatDV 9 or greater 2. Calibrated{Q} Decode codecs are required to decompress XAVC, AVC-Intra, DVCProHD, DV50, IMX, and XDCAM HD video found in MXF files. 3. Avid QuickTime Codecs required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files. IMPORTANT: Please read the ‘DNxHD Options’ section in this User Guide for setting up either RGB SMPTE (16-235) or RGB Full (0-255) Color Ranges for DNxHD MXF files. 4.
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After Effects CS5.0.3 & 5.5 & 6.0 & CC Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least After Effects CS5.0.3 or 5.5 or 6.0 or CC 2. Calibrated{Q} Decode codecs are required to decompress XAVC, AVC-Intra, DVCProHD, DV50, IMX, and XDCAM HD video found in MXF files. 3. Avid QuickTime Codecs required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files.
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(c) For reasons unknown any MXF file with embedded Audio will have the audio play as ‘silent’ even though Premiere Pro/After Effects are able to see and correctly report all of the audio properties. This appears to be fixed in CS6.0 (d) Premiere Pro/After Effects CS5.0.3 Bug – The TimeCode for 23.976 MXF files, QT Ref MOV files and QT Self-Contained MOV files is not interpreted correctly in CS5.0.3. This may be due to PPro/AE CS5.0.3 not interpreting the 23976/1000 rate of the TimeCode Track correctly.
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Premiere Pro CS5.0.3 & 5.5 & 6.0 & CC Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least Premiere Pro CS5.0.3 or 5.5 or 6.0 or CC 2. Calibrated{Q} Decode codecs are required to decompress XAVC, AVC-Intra, DVCProHD, DV50, IMX, and XDCAM HD video found in MXF files. 3. Avid QuickTime Codecs required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files.
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(c) For reasons unknown any MXF file with embedded Audio will have the audio play as ‘silent’ even though Premiere Pro/After Effects are able to see and correctly report all of the audio properties. This appears to be fixed in CS6.0 (d) Premiere Pro/After Effects CS5.0.3 Bug – The TimeCode for 23.976 MXF files, QT Ref MOV files and QT Self-Contained MOV files is not interpreted correctly in CS5.0.3. This may be due to PPro/AE CS5.0.3 not interpreting the 23976/1000 rate of the TimeCode Track correctly.
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Other Windows Applications Other ‘QuickTime-centric’ applications (i.e. applications that use the QuickTime SDK to open media files) may work; however it is up to the user to test out and insure compatibility with those applications and Calibrated{Q} MXF Import. Playback performance in any other application is dependent upon the speed of your CPU and harddrive as well as the application.
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Use with Mac OSX Applications 7 Overview This chapter describes using Calibrated{Q} MXF Import in Mac OSX applications. Calibrated{Q} MXF Import is a QuickTime component that lets QuickTime Player, CatDV, etc.
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Final Cut Pro 6/7 Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated Final Cut Pro 6.0.6 or Final Cut Pro 7.0.3 or greater 2. Avid QuickTime Codecs are required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files. IMPORTANT: Please read the ‘DNxHD Options’ section in this User Guide for setting up either RGB SMPTE (16-235) or RGB Full (0-255) Color Ranges for DNxHD MXF files. 3. Final Cut Pro 7 or greater is required for XAVC, AVC-Intra editing in Final Cut Pro. 4.
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IMPORTANT for FCP: In Final Cut Pro – certain Media Management functions will not work properly if the typecode of a MXF file is not ‘MooV’.
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Final Cut Studio 2/3 Applications Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated Final Cut Pro to 6.0.6 for FC Studio 2 or that you are using FC Studio 3. 2. Avid QuickTime Codecs are required for Avid DNxHD, Meridien, and 1-1 10b MXF Files. IMPORTANT: Please read the ‘DNxHD Options’ section in this User Guide for setting up either RGB SMPTE (16-235) or RGB Full (0255) Color Ranges for DNxHD MXF files. 3.
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Final Cut Pro X v10.1.2 Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6 or greater 2. Avid QuickTime Codecs are required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files. IMPORTANT: Please read the ‘DNxHD Options’ section in this User Guide for setting up either RGB SMPTE (16-235) or RGB Full (0-255) Color Ranges for DNxHD MXF files. 3. When working with very, very large Indexed MXF files, Indexing should be enabled for a more efficient workflow.
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that XML file into FCP X which will natively import the MXF files into FCP X. Please see the Calibrated{Q} Import Assist User Guide for more details on how to create a FCP X XML file with MXF files. At the time of this release, creating a FCP X XML using Calibrated{Q} Import Assist is a BETA feature.
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b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) of the same length that was captured at the same framerate prior to editing the MXF file in the FCP X Sequence, or to create a ‘Compound Clip’ with just the Audio Only MXF file and setting the Compound Clip to the framerate that the Audio Only MXF file was captured at. An Audio Only MXF file may report a slightly different duration than a Video Only MXF file that it was created with.
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CatDV 9.0.6 & greater Getting Started 9. Make sure you have updated to at least CatDV 8.1.11 or 9.0.6 or 10 10. Calibrated{Q} Decode codecs are required to decompress AVC-Intra, DVCProHD, IMX, and XDCAM HD video found in MXF files; this is assuming that you do not also have either Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Server installed on the same computer. 11. Avid QuickTime Codecs required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files.
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After Effects CS5.0.3 & 5.5 & 6.0 & CC Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least After Effects CS5.0.3 or 5.5 or 6.0 or CC 2. Calibrated{Q} Decode codecs are required to decompress XAVC, AVC-Intra, DVCProHD, DV50, IMX, and XDCAM HD video found in MXF files. 3. Avid QuickTime Codecs required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files.
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(c) For reasons unknown any MXF file with embedded Audio will have the audio play as ‘silent’ even though Premiere Pro/After Effects are able to see and correctly report all of the audio properties. This appears to be fixed in CS6.0 (d) Premiere Pro/After Effects CS5.0.3 Bug – The TimeCode for 23.976 MXF files, QT Ref MOV files and QT Self-Contained MOV files is not interpreted correctly in CS5.0.3. This may be due to PPro/AE CS5.0.3 not interpreting the 23976/1000 rate of the TimeCode Track correctly.
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Premiere Pro CS5.0.3 & 5.5 & 6.0 & CC Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least Premiere Pro CS5.0.3 or 5.5 or 6.0 or CC 2. Calibrated{Q} Decode codecs are required to decompress XAVC, AVC-Intra, DVCProHD, DV50, IMX, and XDCAM HD video found in MXF files. 3. Avid QuickTime Codecs required for Avid DNxHD , Meridian, 1-1 10b MXF Files.
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(c) For reasons unknown any MXF file with embedded Audio will have the audio play as ‘silent’ even though Premiere Pro/After Effects are able to see and correctly report all of the audio properties. This appears to be fixed in CS6.0 (d) Premiere Pro/After Effects CS5.0.3 Bug – The TimeCode for 23.976 MXF files, QT Ref MOV files and QT Self-Contained MOV files is not interpreted correctly in CS5.0.3. This may be due to PPro/AE CS5.0.3 not interpreting the 23976/1000 rate of the TimeCode Track correctly.
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Media 100 1.6.2 Getting Started 1. Make sure you have updated to at least Media 100 1.6.2 2. Calibrated{Q} AVC-Intra Decode for OSX v2 or greater is required. This is a separate product available for purchase from the Calibrated Online Store. 3. Currently, Calibrated{Q} MXF Import has only been tested with and supported using P2 AVC-Intra MXF Files with Media 100 1.6.2. 4. When working with very, very large Indexed MXF files, Indexing should be enabled for a more efficient workflow.
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Other Mac OSX Applications Other ‘QuickTime-centric’ applications (i.e. applications that use the QuickTime SDK to open media files) may work; however it is up to the user to test out and insure compatibility with those applications. Playback performance in any other application is dependent upon the speed of your CPU and harddrive, as well as the application.
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MXF Metadata in QuickTime 8 Overview This chapter describes where Calibrated{Q} MXF Import adds various parts of the Camera MetaData of the MXF file into QuickTime MetaData (QTMetaDataRef). The Public QuickTime MetaData can be seen in the “Show Movie Properties” function when using QuickTime Player Pro 7.6 in Windows or Mac OSX. The Public or Private QuickTime MetaData is not automatically mapped into Final Cut Pro or other applications.
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P2 Specific Private Metadata 1. QuickTime Album MetaData Key – Global Shot ID and Top Clip Name (if span) 2. "com.calibrated.proapps.clipcommenta" – Location Name, Altitude, Longitude, Latitude, Source 3. "com.calibrated.proapps.mastercomment1" – opposite Eye name (if 3D) and Creator Name and Creation Date 4. "com.calibrated.proapps.mastercomment2" – Last Update Person and Last Update Date 5. "com.calibrated.proapps.mastercomment3" – Shooter Name, Start Date, End Date 6. "com.calibrated.proapps.
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29. "com.panasonic.professionalplugin.p2.clipmetadata.access.creator" – Creator 30. "com.panasonic.professionalplugin.p2.clipmetadata.access.creationdate" – Creation Date 31. "com.panasonic.professionalplugin.p2.clipmetadata.shoot.location.placename" – Location Name 32. "com.panasonic.professionalplugin.p2.clipmetadata.shoot.location.altitude" – Altitude 33. "com.panasonic.professionalplugin.p2.clipmetadata.shoot.location.longitude" – Longitude 34. "com.panasonic.professionalplugin.p2.clipmetadata.shoot.
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Ikegami GFCAM Specific Private Metadata 1. "com.calibrated.proapps.isGood" – Clip Mark 2. "com.calibrated.proapps.mastercomment1" – User Defined MetaData 1-25 3. "com.calibrated.proapps.mastercomment2" – User Defined MetaData 26-50 4. "com.calibrated.proapps.mastercomment3" – Data Source, Start Date, End Date 5. "com.calibrated.proapps.mastercomment4" – Clip Memo1 6. "com.calibrated.proapps.logNote" – User Defined MetaData tagged as ‘LogNote’ 7. com.calibrated.proapps.
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MXF Metadata in FCP X 9 Overview This chapter describes where Calibrated{Q} MXF Import maps MXF Metadata so that it can be seen in FCP X. Calibrated{Q} Import Assist can also create FCP X XML files to add the additional Metadata of FCP X ReelName and FCP X Clip Display Name for a MXF file. Please see the Calibrated{Q} Import Assist User Guide for more details. Timecode in FCP X: Audio Only MXF files in FCP X will not report or display TimeCode in FCP X.
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AS-11 MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping Requires FCP X 10.1.2 or greater When you install the Calibrated AS-11 FCP X Metadata Definitions, then the AS-11 Metadata in the MXF file will be mapped to the different FCP X Metadata Views: AS-11 Editorial, AS-11 Technical, AS-11 Audio, AS-11 Access Services, AS-11 Video, AS-11 Timecodes, AS-11 Additional, and AS-11 Contact Information. AS-11 Metadata Views in FCP X 10.1.
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P2 MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name – Clip Name from the XML file 2. Original Name – Clip Name_DiskName (if Clip Name existed in the XML file) 3. Notes & Program Name – Program Name from the XML file 4. Created By – Creator from the XML file 5. Data Source – Source from the XML file 6. Shooting Start Date – Start Date from the XML file 7. Shooting End Date – End Date from the XML file 8. Shot By - Shooter Name from the XML file 9. Purpose – Purpose from the XML file 10.
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29. MXF Application Name – Name of application that created the MXF file 30. MXF Application Supplier Name – Company that created the application 31. MXF Application Version String – version of the application 32. MXF Package ID – Clip UMID 33. MXF Creation Time – Creation date 34. Vid Rate – Playback rate of the file. 35. Memo – Memo text from XML. Only first Memo text is used and limited to 256 bytes 36. Memo Created By – Memo Person from XML file.
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Sony XDCAM MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name – Alias and Title from the XML file 2. Original Name – Alias_Title_DiskName (if Alias and Title existed in the XML file) 3. Notes – Description from XML file 4. Device Manufacturer – Manufacturer from the XML file 5. Device Model – Camera Model and Lens Model from the XML file 6. Device Serial Number – The Camera Serial Number from the XML file 7. Good & Good (Original) – Status from the XML file 8.
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Ikegami GFCAM MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name – Clip Name from the XML file 2. Original Name – Clip Name_DiskName (if Clip Name existed in the XML file) 3. Notes – User Defined MetaData tagged as ‘LogNote’ AND Clip Memo1 from the XML file 4. Data Source – Source from the XML file 5. Shooting Start Date – Start Date from the XML file 6. Shooting End Date – End Date from the XML file 7. Purpose - User Defined MetaData tagged as ‘ClipCommentA’ 8. Object – Bin Name and Pak ID from the XML file 9.
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Canon MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name –Title from the XML file 2. Original Name – Title_DiskName (if Title existed in the XML file) 3. Notes – Description from XML file 4. Device Manufacturer – Manufacturer from the XML file 5. Device Model – Camera Model from the XML file 6. Device Serial Number – The Camera Serial Number from the XML file 7. Camera ID – Manufacturer and Serial Number of the Camera from the XML file 8. Media Format – The resolution, fps, par, and scan type of the file. 9.
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Arri MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name – Clip Name (if exists in the MXF file) 2. Original Name – Clip Name_DiskName (if Clip Name existed in the MXF file) 3. Most ARRI embedded XML metadata will be mapped to the specific ARRI metadata ‘tags’ in FCP X 4. Media Format – The resolution, fps, par, and scan type of the file. 5. TC Format – Drop or Non-Drop 6. Date Imported – Date the QT MOV file was created 7. Content Created – Creation date embedded in MXF file (if exists in the MXF file) 8.
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All other MXF – FCP X Metadata mapping 1. User Clip Name – Clip Name (if exists in the MXF file) 2. Original Name – Clip Name_DiskFileName (if Clip Name exists in the MXF file) 3. Media Format – The resolution, fps, par, and scan type of the file. 4. TC Format – Drop or Non-Drop 5. Date Imported – Date the QT MOV file was created 6. Content Created – Creation date embedded in MXF file (if exists in the MXF file) 7.
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Calibrated Refresh For FCP 10 Overview You can access the ‘refresh’ feature’ by opening Calibrated{Q} Import Assist application and clicking on the word ‘refresh’ ‘Refreshing’ is needed to update the duration of any MXF files that you had previously imported into FCP 6/7 while in DEMO MODE.
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Calibrated{Q} Import Assist 11 Overview Calibrated{Q} Import Assist is a ‘helper’ application for Calibrated{Q} Import software products. With a Software License for Calibrated{Q} MXF Import – using Calibrated{Q} Import Assist, you will be able to batch create QT Ref MOV files or Self Contained MOV files from MXF files, batch unlock/lock MXF files, batch change OSX TypeCode of MXF files, and create a FCP 7 XML file or FCP X XML file from MXF files.
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Calibrated MXF QuickStat 12 Overview Calibrated MXF QuickStat is a standalone application that lets you conveniently view the video, audio, timecode, and metadata properties of MXF Files. Windows After installing, Calibrated MXF QuickStat will be found here: For 32-bit systems: [System Drive]\Program Files\Calibrated\Applications\Stats\CalibratedMXFQStat.exe For 64-bit systems: [System Drive]\Program Files (x86)\Calibrated\Applications\Stats\CalibratedMXFQStat.
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Troubleshooting 13 Troubleshooting a MXF file not opening 1. Is Calibrated{Q }MXF Import installed properly? On Mac OSX, please make sure that the CalibratedMXFQ.component is in the /Library/QuickTime folder (that’s the Library folder on the Main Harddrive NOT the Library folder in the User directory) On Windows, make sure QuickTime Player 7.6 is installed, the proper Calibrated{Q} Decode is installed and that the CalibratedMXFQ.
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Open the MXF File in QT Player first, this changes the TypeCode to the one set in Calibrated{Q} MXF Options, and then you should have no problem importing the MXF file into FCP as the TypeCode has now been updated. 7. I have a problem with importing MXF files into Shake. With Shake on Mac OSX, you must set the BaseFile Type to QuickTime Movie for MXF Files. 8.
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Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options application (see Chapter 3: Global Options and Chapter 5: Use with Mac OSX Applications for more detail IMPORTANT for FCP: In Final Cut Pro 6/7 – certain Media Management functions will not work properly if the typecode of a MXF file is not ‘MooV’.
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Version History 13 Version 3.0.0  New Software Licensing and Software License Agreement  Updated User Guide  Update GUI  Re-written to be faster and more MXF files supported  AS-11 Support with metadata in FCP X  AS-02 Support (BETA)  BETA support for editing growing XDCAM MXF files in FCP 7 and FCP X. Other MXF files may work but have not been tested.  iMovie and FCE are not supported  IMPORTANT: This version of software (v3.
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 On OSX and Windows – true 60.00fps MXF files are now reported as 6000/100 fps previously they were reported as 60/1 fps.  On OSX ( and Windows) – true 30.00fps MXF files are now reported as 3000/100 fps previously they were reported as 30/1 fps.  Added BETA support for Premiere Pro CC created DNxHD MXF files.  Added BETA support for Premiere Pro CC created XAVC MXF files - MAC OSX ONLY WITH Apple ProCodecs that come with FCP 10.0.8, or Compressor 4.0.7 or Motion 5.0.
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 Added support for ‘Source Clip Duration’ – this is more commonly found in Avid generated MXF files where the displayed duration is slightly less than the actual duration of the MXF file – like a ‘frame handle’ for the end of the MXF file. Please see the ‘Source Clip Duration’ option in this User Guide for more details.  Fixed issue where 2 channel audio IMX MXF files with AES3 audio were reported as stereo – now they are reported as 2 mono audio tracks.  [MAC ONLY] Added a new CalibratedAESQ.
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 Fixed an issue where a Cinegy Long-GOP SD MXF file had a mislabeled Picture Encoding ID and thus was not being opened correctly.  Fixed an issue where very large (greater than 2GB) single-stream Omneon MXF files did not open correctly  Fixed an issue where DaVinci Resolve DNxHD OP1a MXF files did not open correctly.  Installer is now ‘digitally signed’ Version 2.2.0  Added new ‘dnxhd’ options in Calibrated{Q} MXF Import Options application.
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Version 2.1.2  Fixed issue with audio not being read correctly for some K2 DV50 MXF files.  For Windows only – 25fps Standard Definition MXF files are now reported as 25000/1000 previously they were reported as 25/1. For unknown reasons reporting the framerate as 25/1 could freeze QT Player during playback, changing to 25000/1000 for 25fps SD MXF files on Windows appears to fix the issue. This does not apply to Mac OSX or for HD 25fps files on Windows.
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 Added support for the ‘Origin’ key which has been found (on rare occasions) in partial restored XDCAM MXF files from hardware servers (like Omneon and Thomson) – if this key is present in a MXF file, it offsets the start of the video and/or audio in a MXF file by a given frame amount – the vast majority of MXF file we have seen do NOT have an Origin Offset. Please see the ‘Origin Offset’ section in this User Guide for more details.
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Version 2.0.2  Updated User Guide  Fixed issue with Avid Uncompressed MXF files  Fixed issue when using Google Chrome on Mac OSX to generate your Software License Version 2.0.1  Updated User Guide  Added MXF formats  Updated Options Application Version 2.0.0  Updated User Guide  Opening XDCAM or other types of Indexed MXF Files is much much faster. Auto-Referencing has been simplified.  (Mac OSX) Rewrote QuickLook component (i.e.
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 Bug Fixes  More MXF File support  Removed rarely used features from the Options application Version 1.8.0  Auto-Referencing has been made much simpler and easier HOWEVER this means that all MXF files will need to be re-indexed which can take a lot of time.  Removed many redundant features.
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