jabloomf1230
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Just to summarize the status from this lenghty thread (plus my own frustrating personal observations):
1. Some people claim that BMD DaVinci Resolve Lite can read and convert the Hyperdeck MXF files. I have not yet been able to get this to work on Win 7 x64. DaVinci Lite would open and play the Hyperdeck MXF video file though. I must be missing something that is critical.
2. The most recent version of the Calibrated{Q} Importer (actually $199 US) allows import of Hyperdeck MXF files by pretty much any NLE, etc. Both AE & PPro 5.5 will then read the files directly. Vegas Pro 11 will read the files via creation of a reference MOV file. The Importer comes with a utility that creates the QT reference file. I have tested both Vegas and CS5 on Win 7 x64. Keep in mind that if you download the free fully-functioning Importer demo, it will truncate all your imported clips at 30 seconds of video (until you purchase a license).
3. The open source ffmpeg variant ffmbc will read Avid DNxHD MXF files but it won't read the Hyperdeck "flavor". In a nutshell, the metadata in the Hyperdeck video and multiple audio MXF files have cross-references to each of the other two files and ffmbc presently can't handle such indexing. I have tested this on Win 7 x64. The author of ffmbc has posted on his website that he is willing to make the change, if enough people show interest (which I interpreted as "donate", which is reasonable).
4. Other open source software will not read, play or re-wrap the Hyperdeck MXF files. I've tried just about all of them that I could find. Some will in fact, read the MXF metadata, though, but that's it.
5. BMD staff have made some statements on the CC message board that they are working on adding another codec to the firmware. Just about everyone in the community has narrowed that speculation down to Cineform (Yay!) or ProRes (mild applause). Even if BMD has previously licensed the CFHD codec, I wonder what version of the codec that they have licensed?
6. You can import the Hyperdeck MXF files directly into Avid MC, but you have to do it in the way that was explained earlier in this thread. Just opening the video file will not work (Again, because of the cross-referencing issue in the metadata). I have not personally tested this.
Other than that, my Shuttle 2 is really a nice piece of hardware. My workaround to date, is to import the Hyperdeck MXF files to my Intensity Pro via HDMI. That approach has some obvious drawbacks. With BMD Media Express, you have only two 8 bit transcoding options, 8 bit YUV and 8 bit MJPEG. There goes the 10 bit depth from the DNxHD essence in the original MXF file. With GoPro Cineform Studio's HDLink, you can convert to CFHD and preserve the 10 bits. I have tested this on Win 7 x64. Please note here that I have not looked at issues related to super blacks, super white, etc.. Other people have posted problems with getting the Hyperdeck MXF file contents to look quite right colorwise in their NLE. I haven't noticed that yet, but I believe them.
1. Some people claim that BMD DaVinci Resolve Lite can read and convert the Hyperdeck MXF files. I have not yet been able to get this to work on Win 7 x64. DaVinci Lite would open and play the Hyperdeck MXF video file though. I must be missing something that is critical.
2. The most recent version of the Calibrated{Q} Importer (actually $199 US) allows import of Hyperdeck MXF files by pretty much any NLE, etc. Both AE & PPro 5.5 will then read the files directly. Vegas Pro 11 will read the files via creation of a reference MOV file. The Importer comes with a utility that creates the QT reference file. I have tested both Vegas and CS5 on Win 7 x64. Keep in mind that if you download the free fully-functioning Importer demo, it will truncate all your imported clips at 30 seconds of video (until you purchase a license).
3. The open source ffmpeg variant ffmbc will read Avid DNxHD MXF files but it won't read the Hyperdeck "flavor". In a nutshell, the metadata in the Hyperdeck video and multiple audio MXF files have cross-references to each of the other two files and ffmbc presently can't handle such indexing. I have tested this on Win 7 x64. The author of ffmbc has posted on his website that he is willing to make the change, if enough people show interest (which I interpreted as "donate", which is reasonable).
4. Other open source software will not read, play or re-wrap the Hyperdeck MXF files. I've tried just about all of them that I could find. Some will in fact, read the MXF metadata, though, but that's it.
5. BMD staff have made some statements on the CC message board that they are working on adding another codec to the firmware. Just about everyone in the community has narrowed that speculation down to Cineform (Yay!) or ProRes (mild applause). Even if BMD has previously licensed the CFHD codec, I wonder what version of the codec that they have licensed?
6. You can import the Hyperdeck MXF files directly into Avid MC, but you have to do it in the way that was explained earlier in this thread. Just opening the video file will not work (Again, because of the cross-referencing issue in the metadata). I have not personally tested this.
Other than that, my Shuttle 2 is really a nice piece of hardware. My workaround to date, is to import the Hyperdeck MXF files to my Intensity Pro via HDMI. That approach has some obvious drawbacks. With BMD Media Express, you have only two 8 bit transcoding options, 8 bit YUV and 8 bit MJPEG. There goes the 10 bit depth from the DNxHD essence in the original MXF file. With GoPro Cineform Studio's HDLink, you can convert to CFHD and preserve the 10 bits. I have tested this on Win 7 x64. Please note here that I have not looked at issues related to super blacks, super white, etc.. Other people have posted problems with getting the Hyperdeck MXF file contents to look quite right colorwise in their NLE. I haven't noticed that yet, but I believe them.
