I'd really like to hear from anyone else that is experiencing this problem. Things have moved on since 2014 but the issue now plagues us. Workflow: Insert XDCam (optical disc) into PDW-U2 device > Link AMA > Transcode DNxHR LB Errors: Exception: Failed to get the sample size from AMA Plugin...

Hi everyone, The only XD-Cam device we have in-house is a Sony PDW-U2. We were looking to output (export) a sequene directly to the XDCam disc, then run that disc to the stage where they would playback live from the XDCam disc (they have a full deck on the stage). I was successfully able to output the...

Do you have installed the PDW-2 util? Try to disable it. Kind regards, Peter

No problem. anything I can do to spare others from the frustration I've experienced! And unfortunately, the new firmware has done nothing to alleviate our problems. I spoke with Sony support this morning and the tech said he had no luck replicating the issues we've had, but did say he's had...

We purchased a PDW-U2 in November and have been using it weekly to export one-hour programs for eventual satellite uplink through a facility with conventional XDCAM HD decks. It has been an ongoing source of frustration, at least with MC6. Sometimes a sequence will export, sometimes it won't. When...

Hi @ all! Because there are some problems with the PDW-U2 driver V.3.0.0 I suggested to post some of our workarounds here. For HD we use a filebased only workflow on Z800 workstations (win7 / MC 5.0.4) with PDW-U1 and PDW-U2. Basic informations: The U1 can only work with PD23GB and PD 50GB and there´s...