Contents

• XDCAMDriveSoftware_6_5_0_win.zip: XDCAM Drive Software (VFAM) Version 6.5.0 for Windows
• XDCAMDriveSoftware_6_5_0_mac.zip: XDCAM Drive Software (VFAM) Version 6.5.0 for macOS
• XDCAMDriveSoftware_ReleaseNote_en_6_5_0.pdf: Release Notes (EN)

Summary in Ver6.5.0

• Mac
  • Support for 64bit macOS Sonoma 14
  • Native support Apple Silicon 64bit processor for Mac
• Windows
  • Native support Intel Core 64bit processors for Windows
  • Fixed an issue where the XAVC soft decoder would crash on the latest Intel Core ”Ultra” Processors.
• Windows/Mac
  • Support for PDW-U4 new firmware (V2.30)
  • Fixed an issue where block noise would rarely appear in Proxy (low resolution) images.

Overview

XDCAM Drive Software is a basic utility that allows users to read/write files from a computer connected to a PDW-U1/U2/U4 Professional Disc Drive Unit.
With this software running on a computer connected to the PDW-U1, PDW-U2, or PDW-U4, you can carry out the following operations on the PDW-U1, PDW-U2, or PDW-U4.

• Display device and disc information
• Format discs
• Update the firmware
• Finalize discs (when using a Quad-Layer Write-Once (WO) disc on the PDW-U2 or PDW-U4)
• Make option settings

System Requirements

• Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Windows 10 x64
  • Microsoft Windows 11 x64
• Mac OS X
  • macOS Monterey 12.7.5
  • macOS Ventura 13.6.7
  • macOS Sonoma 14.5

Applicable model

XDCAM Professional Disk Drive Unit “PDW-U1, PDW-U2 and PDW-U4”

Software version

After installing this package, the software version will be “V6.5.0”.