[Avid-L2] Re: The growing trend to use DSLRs for HD video shots.

It is a bit more solid, but there seem to be too many variables for hardware setup for AMA to be considered bulletproof (you really need to read the "Read Me" on the MC5 release to get an idea for the rules of the road for AMA and MC5). Again, great for footage reviews, pre-selects and quick string-outs or maybe even fast turnaround news stuff, but I would not trust AMA on a mission critical edit for a client.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Dylan Reeve <dylan@...> wrote:

> It seems that AMA has been made a little more solid in MC5, although I'm not
> sure I can really identify how. The ability to link to individual media
> files now, rather than just a 'volume' helps.
>
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:08 AM, Robert Lawson <avidrhl@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Dylan,
> >
> > I haven't experimented with AMA much. Where are those UUID's stored,
> > that Avid creates? Is AMA appending the embedded metadata in the
> > files?
> >
> > Some editors I work with are excited by the promise of AMA-based
> > editing, but we're still finding the gotchas. In general, it seems
> > like AMA works the way it works; not the way they want or imagine it
> > works.
> >
> >
> > On 6/7/10, Dylan Reeve <dylan@... <dylan%40dylan.wibble.net>>
> > wrote:
> > > The AMA links should be phased by duplicate names as the AMA indexing
> > > process creates a UUID for the clip based on content rather than name,
> > much
> > > more robust than FCP's filename-only based approach. As long as you tell
> > > Avid where to look for the media, it can determine what the clip is,
> > > regardless of it's name
> > >
> > > But, I'm not sure how how that will work in a AMA -> DNxHD -> AMA
> > workflow
> > > as I tested.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Pat <pat@...<pat%40horridge.org.uk>>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> In theory it should link back fine.
> > >> And that may even be robust nowadays.
> > >> However past experience has shown that links can be lost and original
> > file
> > >> names of some sources can be duplicated over a range of folders.
> > >> This is the one weakness that FCP like media management potentially
> > brings
> > >> to Avid.
> > >> My preferred method of dealing with it is to use AMA to link to my raw
> > >> source files. Make selects of the material I may need for the edit.
> > >> Transcode to the highest format I may need DNX185x possibly.
> > >> Take the RAW footage offline.
> > >> If the offline system can't handle DNX185 then transcode to SD DV media
> > >> and
> > >> offline.
> > >> Relink to the DNX and output.
> > >> AMAs a great tool for fast access and making selects but it's outside
> > the
> > >> Avid media management and for me that's a weakness I'll do my best to
> > >> avoid.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> <Avid-L2%
> > 40yahoogroups.com>, "johnrobmoore"
> >
> > >> <bigfish@> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > This may be a dumb question but I'll ask any way. If you AMA the Canon
> > >> > 5D
> > >> footage and then transcode to DNX 36 for offline will you be able to
> > >> relink
> > >> to the original files at a higher res for online. I would hope so but
> > >> figure
> > >> I should ask anyway. Overall my concern is are there AMA paths that
> > don't
> > >> allow for a recapture down the line. Virtually all my Avid online
> > >> workflows
> > >> with file based have been with the offline guys using the full res clips
> > >> so
> > >> there would be no recapture. This was with the early AMA and before AMA
> > so
> > >> I
> > >> want to know what pitfalls are out there.
> > >> >
> > >> <Excess snipped>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> >
> > > Dylan Reeve
> > > http://dylanreeve.com/
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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