does mfx smart render?

ushere wrote on 6/2/2009, 5:40 PM

does it?

converted avchd to mfx - looks and behaves wonderfully - need to do a rough cut from masses of material to then use in project (hdv).

or should i go straight to hdv?

leslie

Comments

farss wrote on 6/2/2009, 6:02 PM

I doubt you can smart render from MXF to HDV.
No reason I can see though why you cannot mix MXF and HDV on the one T/L.

Bob.

ushere wrote on 6/2/2009, 6:36 PM

thanks bob.....

wasn't thinking of smart rendering mfx to hdv, just the mfx rough cut (to fine cut) then use that in a hdv project. in other words, chop the 3 hrs down to 10 min render it mfx, then use that mfx directly on the hdv t/l?

as ever

your humble savant

Laurence wrote on 6/2/2009, 7:28 PM

Mfx smart renders and has uncompressed audio which is also better for successive renders. I would use mfx over hdv footage as my working footage format.

ushere wrote on 6/2/2009, 9:39 PM

hi laurence,

are you suggesting i use mfx as a full blown proxy for all my footage (ie. hdv stuff as well)?

tia

leslie

Laurence wrote on 6/2/2009, 9:43 PM

No reason to rerender the m2t clips.

Jay Gladwell wrote on 6/3/2009, 5:35 AM

Leslie, just a technical note... Those are "mxf" files.

ushere wrote on 6/3/2009, 5:48 AM

i wayals tge foncudes hwit ymcorans ;-)

Jay Gladwell wrote on 6/3/2009, 7:04 AM

I do the same thing. Took me weeks get it rihgt!

if yuo can raed tihs, you hvae a sgtrane mnid, too.
Can you raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

blink3times wrote on 6/3/2009, 7:30 AM

LOL

Taht's Graet!

farss wrote on 6/3/2009, 8:31 AM

Now that's friggin scary. I think I read half of it before I even realised something was remiss.

Bob.

Jay Gladwell wrote on 6/3/2009, 8:45 AM

"Now that's friggin scary. I think I read half of it before I even realised something was remiss."

LOL - Now that IS scary!

;o)

i c e wrote on 6/3/2009, 7:04 PM

Yes I too think that it is fastenating that you can mix letters in any order and still understand them.....
but is ther eany way that we could clarify what are MFX files?

I posted another question ( to no avial) about rendering the impossible AVCHD files to something that is easier to use on the timeline. I have always used AVI I do a mas conversion using a peachrock extention.
I thnk if I knew what MFX files were I might be able to use those instead.
If any felt like explaining this to me in idiot terms I would be a very happy idiot.

Thank you and peace out,

josh

Spot|DSE wrote on 6/3/2009, 8:51 PM

mxf is the Material eXchange Format.
It's a wrapper that can contain a LOT of various information from GPS data to various codecs, bitrates, timecode, and other metadata. It can also be output as XML.
.mxf format is a great means of swapping back and forth with Final Cut and other apps if the files aren't being recompressed a lot.