Calibrated Software MXF Import v3 - Manual (Page 59)

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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.
b) An Audio Only MXF file may report a slightly different duration than a Video Only MXF file that it was
created with.
c) Audio may drop out or play chopping during playback immediately after importing a MXF file into FCP
X. Audio should play normally once FCP X has generated the audio waveforms for the imported MXF
files.
d) After licensing Calibrated{Q} MXF Import for OSX, you will have to remove (i.e. ‘Move To Trash’) the
MXF file from your FCP X Event and Sequence, and then re-import the MXF file into the FCP X Event
and Sequence for the full duration of the MXF file to be ‘seen’ by FCP X after licensing. Alternately,
there is a new option in Calibrated{Q} Import Assist to update the Modification Date of a MXF file (this
will update the Modification Date used by the file system NOT the Modification Date in any MXF
metadata). Updating the Modification Date of a MXF file will make FCP X re-analyze the MXF file and
the full duration of the MXF file should know be seen in the FCP X Event; however any MXF files in a
FCP X Sequence will have to be manually stretched out by the user to their full duration in the FCP X
Sequence.
e) After licensing Calibrated{Q} MXF Import for OSX, you will have to remove the MXF file from Motion
and re- import the MXF into Motion file for the full duration of the MXF file to be ‘seen’ by Motion.
f) When importing MXF files into FCP X (either manually or thru a FCP X XML made by Calibrated{Q}
Import Assist) , please make sure that the ‘Copy files to Final Cut Events Folder’ is NOT checked in
the FCP X Preferences and FCP X Media Import Options Window. If this option is checked then the
MXF file(s) will be copied into the FCP X Events folder which will remove the MXF file from its folder
structure. This action may result in a loss of metadata (if metadata is stored in an ancillary XML file)
or a loss of audio (if audio is stored in a separate file from video).
g) [OPTIONAL] When importing MXF files into FCP X (either manually or thru a FCP X XML made by
Calibrated{Q} Import Assist), you may want to make UNCHECK the ‘Create Optimized Media’ in the
FCP X Preferences and FCP X Media Import Options Window. Importing MXF files that are XDCAM,
HDV, AVC-Intra, DVCProHD, DV50, DV25, or ProRes should not be affected whether this option is or
is not checked; however when importing DNxHD MXF, MPEG-4 MXF, or other video compressions
then FCP X will convert the footage into ProRes MOV files. Therefore, if you would like to natively
import and edit those types of MXF files in FCP X then you would want to UNCHECK the
‘Create
Optimized Media’ option.
h) To natively import MXF files that are ‘Log and Transferred’ into FCP X (such as Panasonic P2 MXF
files), it is necessary to create a FCP X XML using Calibrated{Q} Import Assist, and then import 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.
i) At the time of this release, creating a FCP X XML using Calibrated{Q} Import Assist is a BETA
feature.