Saturday, February 6, 2010

RE: [Avid-L2] Re: Relink AMA

I dealt with an issue yesterday that happens a lot and so I tell the
tale here in the hope that someone will pass it on to a shooter or
client who is embarking on the file based fandango..

The ideal workflow for AMA is to copy the whole contents of the SxS card
(yes all those apparently useless folders) into a folder named for the
card; i.e. Card 1, 2 etc.

If you are inclined to dig into the BPAV folder and only copy what looks
like useful data out, then Avid will not link to it.

The good news is that if you use XDCAM browser to import the MP4 files
it will recreate the BPAV structure and Avid will be prepared to link to
it.

So you should end up with a folder in the root of the drive you are
copying camera data to called "My Project" and in there a folder per
card shot. Now in Avid you link to AMA and select the "My Project"
folder and select the "Bin per subfolder" option you will have a load of
Bins spawned (with yellow masterclips in them) called Card 1, Card 2 and
so on.

It's magical the first time you see ten hours of rushes appear ready to
edit in thirty seconds.

Rupert Watson

+447787554801

www.root6.com

From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of johnrobmoore
Sent: 06 February 2010 00:29
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Relink AMA

Having not had any AMA stuff yet what actually happens when you go
through the link to AMA volumes? Are new bins created for each volume or
do the existing bins just relink during the process?

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Rupert Watson" <rupert@...> wrote:
>
> Greg
>
> as I understand it the AMA link is created as a function of the UNC
path at which the virtual volume is found.
>
> If, for whatever reason, the relationship between the editing computer
and the disk on which the virtual volumes is changed, the UNC path will
change. In this instance the AMA link will be broken, but as you say the
media is found again as soon as you go throught the link to AMA process
again on the file menu.
>
> Rupert Watson
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> on
behalf of Greg Huson
> Sent: Fri 2/5/2010 10:43 PM
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Relink AMA
>
> No, not frequent enough to really be a pain. And it's simple enough
> to re-establish the link, unless you have a month's worth of 'virtual
> cards.' That takes a while to re-ama all those, even as fast as that
> process is.
>
> I'm not sure it's a 'bug' yet - possibly just a dark spot in my
> understanding...
>
> gh
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Greg Huson
> Secret Headquarters, Inc
> Post Production / Production
> Culver City, CA
> 323 677 2092
> 323 677 2096 F
> www.DigitalServiceStation.com
> greg (at) SecretHQ.com
> www.SecretHQ.com
>
>
>
> On Feb 5, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Raj Rodrigues wrote:
>
> > Is this frequent enough to be a PITA? What build of sw/hw are you
> > on? Does
> > Avid know? Luckily we haven't seen any of this around here as yet.
> > Good to
> > know though.
> >
> > Raj
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Greg Huson <Greg@...> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Is there a way to 'relink' to AMA? We've noticed even when on local
> >> storage, sometimes the AMA links get 'lost' and media appears
> >> offline-
> >> once the drives have been moved around, or, sometimes, even just
spun
> >> down.
> >>
> >> I poked around google, cow, avid, etc - I don't see a solution to
> >> this
> >> other than doing a new 'link to AMA volume' then deleting the new
bin
> >> (since the formerly offline clips suddenly know where there footage

> >> is.)
> >>
> >> Any tips? - relink doesn't seem to work, even if you point directly

> >> to
> >> the folder (as suggested in the workflow pdf.)
> >>
> >> gh
> >> ----------------------------------------------------
> >> Greg Huson
> >> Secret Headquarters, Inc
> >> Post Production / Production
> >> Culver City, CA
> >> 323 677 2092
> >> 323 677 2096 F
> >> www.DigitalServiceStation.com
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> >> www.SecretHQ.com
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