topic Re: Help Please!!! Viewing Video in Camcorders

Help Please!!! Viewing Video

stenger — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 03:48:44 GMT

I have a XF 300 camera. I have downloaded my video onto external hard drives from the CF card by using the supplied Canon XF software. My computers will not play the video that is stored on the hard drives. Can someone please help me get this worked out. I am new at this and have idea what I am doing.

Thank you.

Re: Help Please!!! Viewing Video

Tim — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 04:29:17 GMT

Hello stenger,

The XF Utility software should allow you to view the footage. The use of a NLE (non-linear editor) is recommended for editing purposes.

Re: Help Please!!! Viewing Video

stenger — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 04:48:00 GMT

Everything is on hard drives and the Xf software will not view it off the hard drives.

Re: Help Please!!! Viewing Video

stenger — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 04:49:01 GMT

I want to watch it or edit straight from the hard drives

Re: Help Please!!! Viewing Video

shadowsports — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:58:02 GMT

strenger..

Can you be a little more specific? We know what camera you own.

What OS are you runnng, windows or MAC?

What does the file format of the movie show on your computer?

What happens when you try to play a clip?

Error message, black screen?

Have you tried playback in another program?

Re: Help Please!!! Viewing Video

stenger — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:14:51 GMT

Windows
Error message saying video can not be played. I tried it on two different. Windows computers and same message.

Re: Help Please!!! Viewing Video

stenger — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:16:33 GMT

This is really frustrating it should be a plug and play system. Or easier for beginners to use.

Re: Help Please!!! Viewing Video

BurnUnit — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 19:34:45 GMT

Are your files on the same hard drive as your OS and media player or editing software, or are they on a remote hard drive? Which media player software are you trying to use? Media Player Classic or VLC Media Player tend to play just about any video file format you can throw at them. Also, Irfanview includes a video player that covers a lot of different formats. And all of the software listed above has free downloads.

Re: Help Please!!! Viewing Video

IamintheUK — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 22:38:41 GMT

The XF300 is a professional HD camera that records MPEG 2 50Mbps 10bit format video in an MXF container. Most everyday video players will not play MXF. You will need an NLE such as Adobe Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, or Avid Media Composer to open and view these files.

This is not a consumer camera but a professional one for experienced users. So don't expect things like plug and play.

Re: Help Please!!! Viewing Video

CanonPhotoshop — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 23:15:35 GMT

If this conversation isn't over...

I installed Canon XF hoping to view metadata, but I can't even see videos within the program. I don't know if it will display the info I want to see in the metadata, but it sounded interesting enough to explore. (I've been viewing and editing within Adobe Premiere without issues, so it's just a matter of understanding Canon XF).

Question: Does the program want/need the correct file structure as it comes straight from the camera, or can I just put an MXF in a folder? I know Sony XDCAM player is picky about the folder structure, so maybe Canon is too. Premiere isn't picky, so i've been doing whatever is easiest.

I can't wrap my head around why I can't "set virtual media". I get this message: "Cannot set the selected folder as virtual media." (there are no special characters in folder or file names)

Thank you

Equipment: C300 Mk2 & MacBook Pro (OS 11.5.2, 32GB, i9, AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB)

Re: Help Please!!! Viewing Video

Inapickle — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 19:34:30 GMT

@CanonPhotoshop wrote:
I installed Canon XF hoping to view metadata, but I can't even see videos within the program. I don't know if it will display the info I want to see in the metadata, but it sounded interesting enough to explore.

You could use MediaInfo to view tagged metadata, if that's what you are interested in.

https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo

Can't help you with your query about Adobe Premiere - don't use it myself.