Re: [Avid-L2] problem getting avchd clip with a long duration in Avid 5.0.4

Sounds like you've tried most things. One other thing you could try is ingest into Premiere Pro and export a Quicktime which you could use. PPro will munch up nearly anything. I think you can still get a trial version of PPro CS5.5 for 30 days.

On 25 Apr 2012, at 20:26, Tina Hedegaard wrote:

> Hi
>
> I've an ongoing problem, and I wonder if any of you have an answer to it.
>
> I have a client (a documentary production), they have a lot of material shot in AVCHD. They have AVID 5.0.4 at their office.
>
> Most of the clips are captured fine, but when the duration of a clip exceeds 45 min Avid stops responding.
>
> My workflow:
> - copy the exact folder structure of the cards to an external hard drive.
> - I use Clipwrap to rewrap the clips
> - I AMA-link to the rewrapped clips
> - Transcode
>
> When I AMA-link to a folder with a long clip, the clips come nicely into AVID, but seconds after AVID stops responding.
>
> I've had this problem before, and I tried a lot of things - i.e.
> - import - same issue
> - AVID 6 - direct AMA to the AVCHD - same issue
> - FCP 7 log and transfer - there after AMA or import - same issue - or sometimes my FCP took on the spinning ball of death before the clips even met AVID
>
> The only thing I've had any success with was using Elgato H.264 encoder to convert the AVCHD to H.264 and then import to AVID. But it's a very long process, and I don't know if it was luck or it is the way to go.
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Best
>
> Tina Hedegaard
>
> Editor | Avid 5.04 - 5.5.3 | FCP 7
>
>

With best wishes,
Roger Shufflebottom
+44 7973 543 660





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