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

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.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@horridge.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>, "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>
>>
>>
>>
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