Editing video from an XDCAM Station with StreamChase

XDCAM Station StreamChase allows you to edit XDCAM clips while they are still being ingested into the XDCAM Station device from an XDCAM optical disc or live-feed sources such as SDI. XDCAM clips from the XDCAM Station can also be imported after they have been ingested to the XDCAM Station.

When an MXF file is imported during ingest to the XDCAM Station device, only the material that has already been ingested will be imported. The clip’s length can be updated during ingest by right-clicking the clip in the Project Media window and choosing Refresh. Refreshing the clip length allows you to work with the most recent material available.

The following formats are supported for StreamChase on the Sony XDS-PD2000 device:

• 1080i 35, 50Mb

• 720p 50Mb

• IMX 50Mb

1. Begin ingesting a clip on the XDCAM Station device.

2. Import the clip into your Vegas Pro project:

   • From the File menu, choose Import | Media, and then browse to the clip you want to import.

   • Using Windows Explorer or the VEGAS Pro Explorer window, drag a clip from the XDCAM Station to the VEGAS Protimeline.

   An event is created on the timeline and the clip is added to the Project Media window.

   In the Project Media window, clips that are currently being ingested are displayed with an orange indicator:

   

   After the clip is imported into the project and added to the timeline, it can be played, edited, and exported just like any other video clip.

3. While the clip is ingesting, refresh the file to work with the most recent material available. To update the clip's length, right-click it in the Project Media window and choose Refresh from the shortcut menu. For more information, see Using the Project Media window

   Notice that the clip's Length value (displayed at the bottom of the Project Media window) increases each time the clip is refreshed during ingest if new media is available.

   NOTE New, usable media is made available periodically by the XDCAM Station device. This is dependent on the media format being ingested, but most media formats can be refreshed at ten-second intervals. Refreshes performed between these intervals will result in no visible update to the media in Vegas Pro.

   The new clip length will be reflected in the Trimmer window if the clip is loaded. For more information, see Using the Trimmer

   Additionally, if one or more events from the clip have been added to the timeline, the event length in the timeline can be extended to use the available material:

   1. Drag the right edge of the event to the right past the clip length. A notch is displayed in the event to represent the end of the clip:

      

      If you want to create a placeholder event, drag past the end of the clip length. When the clip is refreshed, the notch will move to show the new end of the clip, and the event will be filled with updated video.

      NOTE

      • The image displayed after the notch will be either a loop of the existing media or a still frame of the last frame of video depending on the Enable looping on events by default setting on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog. For more information, see Preferences - Editing Tab

      • The in point for placeholder event segments must always start at or before the last frame of the existing media. Placeholder events cannot be created for media that has not been ingested. For example, you cannot create a placeholder with an in point 30 seconds after the current end of the available media.

      • If a you split a placeholder event, the in point of the placeholder segment on the right side of the split will begin at the end frame of the currently available media.

   2. If you want to resize the event to the current media length, drag the right edge of the event back to the notch to set the event length. If Enable Snapping is selected, the event edge will snap to the notch. For more information, see Enable snapping

      For more information about adjusting events, see Adjusting an event's length

4. Continue to edit your project, refreshing StreamChase clips as needed. For more information, see Editing events on the timeline

   Clips that are refreshed after they have been ingested by the XDCAM Station are displayed with a green indicator, and the Length value at the bottom of the Project Media window represents the final clip length:

   

5. Render your project to your required output format. For more information, see Rendering projects (Render As)