DPX Consolidation - Avid / Resolve Media Support - Request
Going out to the community and the Avid team, Media Management, Trim, Consolidate, the DPX files used within the timeline, with or without handles, to another media partition. We have this...
View ArticleAMA Plug-In for Sony NX70U?
Hiya, folks. Thanks again for the forum assists...I scanned through and saw nothing to help me in the existing posts, so I am posting a need for help linking to AVCHD files through Avid MC 6+. I am...
View ArticleMC7 and Cineform workflow
Nikon D5100 - 1080p24 = source footageHDLink on High setting - 4:2:0 => 4:2:2, 8bit => 10bit, shows that Nikon footage is full swing 709MC 1080p23.976 project AMA link to footage. Can trancode...
View ArticleFilemaker pro - codebooks for tracking ALE / VFX
Hi Avid folks,I'm curious about filemaker pro databases for keeping track of ALE, Flex files, VFX - what people call a codebook. There are quite a few discussions on these over the years, but they are...
View ArticleRelinking XDCAM 50 Mb/s to XDCAM 35 Mb/s
Hi everyone, I have a project where the XDCAM 50 footage needs to be replaced by the XDCAM 35. I am trying to relink but it won't whatever I seem to do. I thought this would be quite simple but it's...
View ArticleI am not able to activate MC 7
HiFor a month ago, I bought an upgrade of Media Composer 6 to version 6.5 with an option of downloading version 7 for free.(from Videoguys)I did not bother installing version 6.5. because I feel the...
View ArticleHelp with Media Offline
I have a total of 20 sequences spread ovrer three projects. The media files are in Avid Media Files/MXF/1 split between the D & H drives. All Media is offline. Can't relink. Where have I gone wrong?
View Article24 to 25 FPS 2k Workflow
Hi,I was supposed to receive some 25fps 1920x1080 ProRes files to work on today. However the supplied files that arrived were 2k at 24 fps.I'm meant to create a 1920x1080 25fps master , and the only...
View ArticleLow quality downconverting in MC 7.0
Our workflow consists of ingesting via AMA 1080i/59.94 DNxHD 145 footage and digital cutting to DigitBeta for broadcast in 720x486 4x3 letterboxed.Until v7.0, changing the project from 1080i to 30i 4x3...
View ArticleMC7: something wrong with mov/mp4 imports & levels
Guys, seeing something strange here... Old fashioned import of .mov or .mp4 files. (h264, motion jpg,...) If you select 601/709, you should see NO change of levels, right? Well with all the files I...
View ArticleSymphony error shutting down.
Hi, just for reference.WinPro 64bit.After shutting Avid Symphony down I am getting a Windows error message " Avid Editor has stopped working" with an option " Close the Program". This is not affecting...
View ArticleBest laptop to run Composer on
My question is what do you all recommend in a PC laptop to run AVID Media Composer 7? Is HP the best brand for Composer or does the brand matter in today's computer market. The HP that I had died and...
View ArticleLet's hear it for Marianna
A clent recently gave me a pokey old Avid Xpress. Meridien I/O box. Compaq Evo W8000 workstation. Windows 2000 OS for goodness sake. Anyway, it had a couple of projects I needed to revive on it,...
View ArticleUnrendered Media Won't Play, Gives Error Message.
Hi All,A bit of an odd issue I have here and wondering if anyone can help me out. When I load up a timeline with any unrendered effects in it, I get this error message:"Exception: FATAL_ERROR,...
View ArticleBackground Transoding Error
On MC 7 I'm trying to transcode some AMA files I've linked to my AMA folder and when I tell it to transcode I see this error in the background services page "Cannot access target workspace, check...
View ArticleWhich DNxHD Version is for me?
If I'm recording in XDCAM 35Mbit or 50Mbit which DNxHD version should I import my media as? It looks like 100 would be more than adiquit? I'm looking at the avid white paper. Also I noticed on the...
View ArticleWhich MBox to get for Media Composer 5.5 Software Only
I'm looking on Ebay for an Mbox. I basically have a Mac Pro running Snow Leopeard and Media Composer 5.5.3.7. What's hte best Mbox I can get that will be compatible with Media Composer 5.5.3.7...
View ArticleCrop footage
Hi I am a beginner with Avid Media composer 6. I have put my sequence together, but in one of the clips my finger is in the film. Where do I go in AVID to get rid of the thumb. How do I crop that clip?
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Stuff I wish they'd fix
In no particular order. Hope to add more whenever I think of something. Just needed a place to gather these. - Work with FilmLight, Nucoda, Autodesk, etc. to implement and support AAF to the point...
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