Well F me skipping. I put the file onto the desktop transfering it from a Unity workspace and it worked. I thought wow must be something in the file path but when I tried to link ama to the file I had originally had issues with it worked too. I have restarted Avid a fewa times since then so that maybe it. Here's the kicker I figured just for edumacation I'd see how long a consolidate would take and it errored out saying check console. Here's the console message:
"The clip BS SHOW NET CUT 2 1120 was skipped during the Consolidate operation because it is of a foreign compression type."
According to QTPro the clip is Avid Meridian compressed but in the Video Column in the bin it says, "Ai eiinCmrse" WTF.
Well I can transcode the clip but it looks like it will take about the same time the import took. I sure see a lot of these Ai or other permutations on file types when I ama to things I know are Avid 1:1 SD .movs. What is the reason behind Ai.... as a format that Avid sees when ama linking through QT. I feel some more googling in my future tonight.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Mark Spano <cutandcover@...> wrote:
>
> Check the path for prohibited characters. That's the most common reason for
> a successful link but unsuccessful media online. I've had other weirdness
> with AMA linking online and then a split second later going offline - then
> I either restart or trash state files and it's working again.
>
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> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 4:43 PM, John Moore <bigfish@...> wrote:
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> > I have a reference movie that plays in QT 7 and lists the codec as Avid
> > meridian compressed codec, 720x486, Millions. I link to ama file on my mac
> > pro os 10.6.8 SNDX 5.5.3 and a clip appears in the bin but it is offline.
> > This is a 1080I 59.94 project and I tried toggling to 30I but still the
> > clip is offline. I'm trying a standard import which I hope will work. I
> > was thinking it would be quicker to link ama and consolidate than do a
> > standard import. Are there ama issues with meridian compressed codec? I
> > can't remember if I read about this a while back. Given this is a QT movie
> > my understanding is the QT ama component is still part of the Avid install
> > and doesn't require an additional ama plugin. I regularly link to ama on
> > my SD 1:1 Avid shows to check my files for delivery and that works fine
> > once I set the proper field order. Am I missing something here?
> >
> > John Moore
> >
> > Barking Trout Productions
> >
> > Studio City, CA
> >
> > bigfish@...
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