The next step after shooting it...

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gi-jones

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I feel kinda stupid asking this, but here goes anyway :)

I just borrowed an HVX200 as a demo model and shot a few things. After messing around a bit with the import I managed to move the raw .mxf files to my computer and I can in fact play them in Windows Media Player, even though it's not too happy about the extension.

Now my problem arises when I try to edit it, either in After Effects or Premiere Pro. What do I need in order to import the files into these programs? Am I supposed to convert the files somehow or does the programs take the .mxf files directly if I get the right codec? And in that case; which codec would that be?
 
But that doesn't enable me to work with the mxf files directly. It needs to convert the files, which take quite a long time, and seemingly degrades the quality a great deal. Isn't there some way to work with the format natively?
 
No, Premiere and After Effects don't support that.

Raylight doesn't degrade anything, it builds a reference file to the original MXF so you get 100% original pure quality. You can set it in a lower-quality playback mode for faster responsiveness, or you can put it in high-quality mode to get the original highest-quality data.
 
Cool. That actually sounds like a smart solution. Do you know why the reference files are so large? I tested with a 300mb .mxf file and the "converted" file was almost 50mb. And how does it work when rendering from AE? Do you get the full quality there or what?

Another question: Does any of the other NLE's support native editing of the .mxf files directly? The raylight process still takes a while, and it doesn't really seem like the perfect solution to me.
 
gi-jones said:
Do you know why the reference files are so large? I tested with a 300mb .mxf file and the "converted" file was almost 50mb.
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your "converted" file is much smaller cause it just points to the native file. If you were to delete that original MXF file, your "converted" file would be usless.
 
I understand that now, but what makes me wonder is the size of the "converted" file. I mean, if it's just a reference why does it take up any space at all?
 
gi-jones said:
I understand that now, but what makes me wonder is the size of the "converted" file. I mean, if it's just a reference why does it take up any space at all?
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The reasons are explained in the Raylight FAQ (question 3)
and also in the Raylight tutorial (Step 6)

http://dvfilm.com/raylight/faq.htm
http://dvfilm.com/raylight/raylightTutorial1.htm

In a nutshell the Raylight AVI contains both a lo-res proxy
for Raylight Red and also an invisible link to the original
data in the MXF file.

I would give these both a read.
 
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