In the few file based reconforms I've done the relinking to ama was very dodgy at best. IIRC you had to manually re add tape names when you relinked through ama for online otherwise the sequence wouldn't relink. Even then not everything relinked and a lot of clips had to be manually cut in, so I was told by the AEs. In theory there should be no tape names but a few people on this list said that was the only way they got reliable relinks using ama. Have you had success with a pure ama relink to online media?
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
>
> My point is, convert them externally to DNxHD and then batch import them. The import process will be MUCH faster and it won't hang.
>
> This is one good argument for the AMA workflow. Mount your movies via AMA, Convert to offline resolution and edit. Then in online, remount AMA and relink to hi-res version.
>
> Doesn't help you at this point though.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Quinsee-Jover" <tony@> wrote:
> >
> > Trouble is they won't then batch-import. Remember this is a conform job.
> >
> >
> > HD Heaven Media Limited (company no: 07061040) is registered in England and
> > Wales at Sapphire Heights Courtyard, 31 Tenby Street North, Birmingham B1
> > 3ES
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > Terence Curren
> > Sent: 07 October 2011 16:44
> > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: AVCHD Hell
> >
> >
> > Or convert them externally to Avid.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Quinsee-Jover" <tony@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Steve.
> > >
> > > T.
> > >
> > >
> > > HD Heaven Media Limited (company no: 07061040) is registered in
> > > England and Wales at Sapphire Heights Courtyard, 31 Tenby Street
> > > North, Birmingham B1 3ES
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On
> > > Behalf Of Steve Hullfish
> > > Sent: 07 October 2011 16:35
> > > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] AVCHD Hell
> > >
> > > There was just a thread on this.
> > >
> > > For some reason - a bug? - if you try importing too many AVCHD files
> > > at once, it will choke on one of the files that hangs everything FOREVER.
> > >
> > > If you do them one at a time or in smaller (though still relatively
> > > large
> > > batches) it will import quite quickly.
> > >
> > > The actual import of the files isn't bad. I just did an entire project
> > > like this. When I did 60 files at once, it would inevitably hang on a
> > > single file. In batches of 20 or 30 files at a time, they came in pretty
> > quickly.
> > >
> > > It's a pain, but that's the solution as far as I can tell.
> > >
> > > Steve Hullfish
> > > contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
> > > author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
> > > co-author: "Color Correction for Video: revised edition," "Avid Xpress
> > > Pro Editing Workshop" and "Avid XpressDV On the Spot"
> > > presenter: Class On Demand's "Complete Training for Avid Media
> > > Composer" AND "Complete Training for Apple Color"
> > > www.classondemand.net/media/final-cut-training/color01.aspx
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Oct 7, 2011, at 7:49 AM, Tony Quinsee-Jover wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi guys,
> > > >
> > > > I've asked this question on the Avid forums, but knowing that all
> > > > the best minds hang out here I thought this might actually be a
> > > > better place to pose my dilemma.
> > > > Our client offlined a half hour (24 min) show in PAL 16:9 using
> > > > maybe 30% HD mts files from a Panasonic MC1P camera. They pulled all
> > > > these files in at
> > > > 10:1 on their MC. I now have to online this show. It will be
> > > > finished on DS, but this question isn't DS related. This is also
> > > > Prog 1 of a series of shows, so this workflow needs to get nailed.
> > > > I opened the sequence on MC and consolidated it with 10f handles.
> > > > I selected "Batch Import" on the MC from the consolidated sequence,
> > > > selected MXF2:1, and pointed it to all the mts files.
> > > > After 48 hours MC still hadn't imported 50% of the files and the
> > > > file it was currently working on said that it had 34 hours to go!
> > > > Those files which had been imported appeared to be full length,
> > > > rather than consolidated, meaning that many of them were 30 minutes
> > > > or more, for maybe 1 sec used.
> > > > It's been suggested that I'm asking a lot of a 32 bit application to
> > > > not only import but also rescale all the horrid files, so would I be
> > > > better importing them at HD (say DNxHD 185) and then switching back
> > > > to my SD timeline and then consolidating the media to SD? Would MC
> > > > then only be converting the few seconds used instead of the whole file?
> > > > Sorry if this last sentence is using some wrong terminology, but I'm
> > > > no expert on MC these days.
> > > > Cheers in advance,
> > > > Tony
> > > >
> > > > HD Heaven Media Limited (company no: 07061040) is registered in
> > > > England and Wales at Sapphire Heights Courtyard, 31 Tenby Street
> > > > North, Birmingham B1 3ES
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
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