Telestream’s Flip4Mac Brings New XDCAM Solution to OS Xby John NeelyPublished on Feb 16, 2007 8:16 AM 
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February 16, 2007 – Telestream announced the availability their Flip4Mac Version 2.1 XDCAM component for Mac OS X yesterday in Nevada City, CA. Prior versions of the component allowed ingest of Betacam IMX, HDV, and DV footage from Sony XDCAM optical discs into Final Cut Pro. The new release adds XDCAM export, closing the workflow loop for editors working in an XDCAM-based production environment. XDCAM is an optical disc-based tape-less recording format introduced by Sony in 2003, and the company sells a full range of cameras and decks aimed at the broadcast market. Telestream’s Flip4Mac component is an inexpensive bridge between Sony XDCAM camcorders and decks, and Final Cut Pro, offering occasional XDCAM editors a way to broaden their potential client base, and integration Final Cut Pro into XDCAM studios. The Flip4Mac component sells for $495 compared to XDCAM input boards from Sony that start at over $1000.
Flip4Mac Version 2.1 software allows users to browse XDCAM media via a browser window, preview, rename, and transfer clips via a Gigabit Ethernet connection. When XDCAM clips are selected and imported, the software places a .mov file into the selected Final Cut Pro project bin allowing immediate editability. Flip4Mac’s system requirements are OS X v10.4 or later, Final Cut Pro 5 or later, and QuickTime v7.0 or later. The software runs on moth Intel and PowerPC-based Macs.
The component ingests all common XDCAM formats, including Betacam IMX 30, 40, and 50, HDV 1080 60i and 1080 50i, and DV25, and also supports import of low-resolution MPEG-4 proxy clips. IMX 30, 40, and 50 media can be exported for delivery or archiving to XDCAM discs using Sony XDCAM decks or camcorders.