Exporting Video to XDCAM Discs

Choose File | Export| XDCAM Disc (or click the Export Video to XDCAM Disc button in the XDCAM Explorer window) to save your project to a disc in an XDCAM camera or deck.

Exporting video from the timeline

Use this procedure to export the current project to an XDCAM disc.

IMPORTANT If you are exporting a rendered file to an XDCAM disc, the file must precisely conform to the target disc format, or the export will fail.

  1. If you want to export only a portion of your project, create a time selection that includes the section of your project.

  2. Choose File | Export| XDCAM Disc (or click the Export Video to XDCAM Disc button in the XDCAM Explorer window). The Export Video to XDCAM Disc dialog is displayed.

  3. The XDCAM Device box displays the current XDCAM camera or deck.

    If you need to choose a different XDCAM device or transfer method, click the Device button. For more information, see Setting up an XDCAM Device

    NOTE For information about using your camera or deck, please refer to its documentation.

  4. Choose render settings:

    1. Select the Render format radio button.

    2. In the File path box, type the path to the file you want to render, or click the Browse button to browse to the folder you want to use and then type a file name.

      This path is used to render an MXF file to your hard drive before transferring to your XDCAM device. You can delete the file after the transfer is complete.

    3. Select the Enable multichannel mapping checkbox if you want to map render multiple channels of audio.

      You can click the Channels button if you want to map the busses in your project to channels in the rendered file. If you don't specify a channel mapping, VEGAS Pro will not render a multichannel file.

    4. In the Channel Mapping dialog, select the checkbox for each bus you want to include in the rendered file. Each stereo bus will be saved to two channels in the rendered file. If you want to save a bus to a single channel, select the (Mono downmix) checkbox for that bus.

    5. If you want to change the channel mapping for a bus, select the bus and click the Move Up or Move Down button.

    6. Click OK to close the Channel Mapping dialog and return to the Export Video to XDCAM Disc dialog.

  5. From the Template drop-down list, choose the setting that matches your destination disc.

    Information about the selected rendering template is displayed in the Description box.

    If you choose Default Template, the number of channels will match the number of channels specified in the Channel Mapping dialog.

  6. Select the Render loop region only checkbox if you want to export only the portion of your project that you selected in step 1.

  7. Select the Delete file after print checkbox if you want to delete the rendered file from your hard drive after successfully exporting it to disc.

    If the export fails, the rendered file remains on disk so you can adjust your XDCAM device settings and export again without having to render again.

  8. Select the Use project output rotation setting checkbox if you're rendering a rotated project and want to use the Output rotation setting from the Project Properties dialog for your rendered file.

    When the checkbox is cleared, the media is rotated according to its Media Properties setting, but the project itself is unrotated—you can use this setting to proof your project on an unrotated display.

  9. Click OK. Your project is rendered and transferred to your camera or deck.

Exporting a rendered file

Use this procedure when you have a rendered MXF file that you want to save to an XDCAM disc.

IMPORTANT If you are exporting a rendered file to an XDCAM disc, the file must precisely conform to the target disc format, or the export will fail.

  1. Choose File | Export| XDCAM Disc (or click the Export Video to XDCAM Disc button in the XDCAM Explorer window). The Export Video to XDCAM Disc dialog is displayed.

  2. The XDCAM Device box displays the current XDCAM camera or deck.

    If you need to choose a different XDCAM device or transfer method, click the Device button. For more information, see Setting up an XDCAM Device

    NOTE For information about using your camera or deck, pleaserefer to its documentation.

  3. Choose the file you want to export:

    1. Select the Use an existing file radio button.

    2. In the File path box, type the path to the file you want to print, or click the Browse button to choose the file you want to print.

  4. Click OK. The selected file is transferred to your camera or deck.