XDCAM HD422 1080i/50 (50 mbps)

NO its not Available in full version

.MXF should work as that is also SONY. I believe its PC vs MAC issue like ProRes vs DNxHD/GoPro Cineform

Pirob  wrote I cannot find export codec  XDCAM HD422 1080i/50 (50 mbps) (trial version) it maybe present in the full registered version?

The codec you've mentioned in one of your replies is the correct one.  "I have found some in this post: MXF OP1a export with XDCAM HD 422 1080i50 codec "

MXF should be completely fine for delivery because that is the actual container for XDCAM, I would suggest not to convert it to MOV with any other converter because you can never be sure how that converter really converts the file. Whether it will re-wrap the same information in different container or do a complete transcode of the file, and every additional transcoding of XDCAM will further diminish the quality of the video, like adding additional artifacts all over the frame...

What I have learned about channels asking for XDCAM is that they all run their editing systems on AVID machines, which are usually PCs. While all of the footage, both for editing and playout, is stored on a storage server and that storage uses some sort of a ingest system which transcodes any file that is to be added to the system in the system's codec, which in this case is XDCAM. This is why I think you shouldn't be worried about MXF.

But, if you are really required to deliver it as MOV, I would suggest to export the file from after effect as UNCOMPRESSED QUICKTIME RGB 8bit and then convert it with whatever converter that can make it as XDCAM in MOV container. In this way you will preserve as much as possible quality of your final video. Although the UNCOMPRESSED file will be quite big, once the conversion is over you can delete it...

Although, my personal opinion is that this codec is very week, but considering that the Sky is a international news channel, and that means they need to quickly turn around edits and also deal with huge amounts of rushes from around the world, this requirement seems legit.

Hope this helps...

You are right, this is the wrong forum. But this definitely is a question. Since there wasn't a thread in AME-forum, here it is: XDCAM HD422 1080i/50

And: You don't know SKY?

Rick is correct.

That said, there are some options in Adobe Media Encoder (AME). If you have questions about using AME, ask on the AME forum:

http://forums.adobe.com/community/ame

The only reason to export to this format would be to go back to an XDCam deck for playback. This is not a normal workflow. In order to have the XD cam formats you must download the importer from Sony.

Personally, I think this is a very bad production pipeline decision. You should be rendering your work to a good DI digital intermediate format for archiving and further production and also render to a delivery format for delivery.