Netflix Footage Ingest

FilmCan can produce delivery-ready output for Netflix Footage Ingest, the required folder structure plus a conformant ASC MHL manifest per roll.

Quick start

In Options, open the Preset menu and choose Netflix Ingest (built-in).
The Shoot metadata fields appear (in the Destinations tab). Fill in: - Episode / Block, e.g. EP103, Block01, B01, BK1 - Day, e.g. Day05, D05 - Unit, e.g. MU (main), 2U (second), SP, PU, DU (drone)… - Camera format, e.g. ARRI, RED (optional; the segment is omitted if blank)
Add your camera-card sources and destinations, then Run Now.

What you get

For a camera card A001 and a sound card SR001, shot 2026-06-15, EP103, Day 5, Main unit, ARRI:

20260615_EP103_Day05_MU/
├── Reports/                         ← auto-created (the transfer log lands here)
├── Camera_Media/
│   └── ARRI/
│       └── A001/
│           ├── …copied clips…
│           └── ascmhl/
│               ├── 0001_A001_2026-06-15_…Z.mhl   ← ASC MHL v2.0 manifest (this generation)
│               └── ascmhl_chain.xml              ← generation chain (chain of custody)
└── Sound_Media/
    └── SR001/
        ├── …copied wavs…
        └── ascmhl/                  ← sound roll gets its own ASC MHL + chain
            ├── 0001_SR001_2026-06-15_…Z.mhl
            └── ascmhl_chain.xml

Root folder: YYYYMMDD_EP###_Day##_Unit.
One ASC MHL per roll, at the roll's ascmhl/ folder. The reel name is the folder directly above ascmhl/ (Netflix's rule).
Each backup run adds a new sealed generation to the chain.

Hashes & conformance

FilmCan hashes with xxHash128 (xxh3-128), one of Netflix's accepted formats.
The manifest is ASC MHL v2.0; the chain file uses C4 hashes, matching the ASC MHL specification. FilmCan's output is accepted by the reference ascmhl tool.

Camera & Sound in one ingest

Netflix protects production sound (OPA) exactly like camera (OCF), same copies, hashes, and ASC MHL, it just lands under Sound_Media/ instead of Camera_Media/.

Click the icon at the top-right of each source card to switch it between Camera and Sound. A 🎥 video-camera icon means the source is treated as Camera (→ Camera_Media/); a 🔊 speaker icon means Sound (→ Sound_Media/). It's a toggle, each click flips it. Sources default to Camera.
The Save To card's path preview updates as you toggle, so you can confirm a sound card resolves to …/Sound_Media/<SoundRoll>/ (with its own ascmhl/, verify and resume), a sibling of the camera media in the same shoot-day root.
Options › Sources › Auto-detect sound sources: drive/folder name patterns (e.g. SOUND, MIXPRE*, ZOOM*) auto-add matching drives and tag them Sound.
Options › Destinations › Folder templates: both the Camera folder and Sound folder sub-paths are editable (defaults …/Camera_Media/{cameraFormat} and …/Sound_Media).

Camera and sound can be backed up in the same run, the source is read once and fanned out.

Naming validation

When the Netflix Ingest preset is active, FilmCan pre-flights your roll (source folder) names against Netflix's prohibited-character set and uniqueness rule. If a name is invalid or duplicated, a sheet offers:

Auto-fix & run, renames the source folders (prohibited chars → _, duplicates get a numeric suffix) and runs.
Run anyway, proceeds unchanged.
Cancel.

Prohibited characters: @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) ` ; : < > ? , [ ] { } / \ ' " | ~

Delivery readiness

Netflix recommends ≥ 3 copies on ≥ 2 media types, with ≥ 1 off-site. The metadata section shows a reminder of how many destinations you've configured. Add more destinations (fan-out is one pass) to make extra copies.

Notes

Logs: selecting the preset pre-fills the log location to Reports/ (changeable in Options › Logs).
exFAT destinations trigger the existing "DO NOT UNPLUG" banner; Netflix prefers APFS.

Copy Engines · Hash Lists · Destination Presets
docs/reference/netflix-asc-mhl-requirements.md, the full requirements memento.