I just finished a series doing this exact process. It does work, but requires a lot of prep work in FCP if you have mixed frame rates in your timeline. The biggest problem I found is that there doesn't seem to be a way, other than XML to get mixed frame rate clips information out of a FCP sequence. The Automatic Duck and Boris AAF exporters change all the clips timebases to match the export setting. In my series, the bulk of the shoots were done at 23.98 and the cut was in 29.97. We also had some 59.94 clips as well. If I exported the sequence, all the clips would come into the Avid as 29.97. The Avid would AMA relink the clips that were indeed 29.97, but not the others.
I found no way to get around this other than to break up the FCP sequences according to timebase. So I made 3 sequences, one for the 23.98, one for 29.97, and one for 59.94. I used the master clips to color code the clips in FCP according to their frame rate and deleted the clips that didn't belong on a particular timeline. The further complication is that the update to FCP version 7 messed up the timebase conversion from one rate to another. So you may make a new sequence at a new timebase and paste the clips into it from another sequence (say a new 29.97 sequence and the other older sequence is 23.98), only to discover that the ins and outs are all out of whack and timings are totally off. This used to work in FCP 6, but they broke it in 7.
There are 2 solutions that I've come across, one is to XML export to FCP 6 and create the new sequences with the clips in their correct timebases, then XML back to 7. The other is to use Premiere Pro to do the conversions. It does them fine as well (at least CS6 does). Then you XML back to FCP 7. I wish Premiere could talk to the AVID, but I've never been able to get the AAF export to work from Premiere Pro. It always generates errors in the Avid.
Once you have the separate sequences, you can send them one at a time out of FCP 7 using whichever AAF exporter you use. Once in AVID, you should be able to successfully relink the AMA clips at that point.
One thing I found was that a certain flavor of XDCAM doesn't seem to load properly in AMA for me. It's clips always show an odd timecode rate. A 29.97 clip will appear at 29.83. The only way to make those clips work is a proper import, and then they relink fine to the sequence.
In short, it's a real PITA, but it does work. As far as audio goes, I only use the Automatic Duck OMF export with 10 seconds of handles. That always worked for me and removed the AMA restrictions on AVID AAF exports for the mixer. Don't use the native FCP OMF exporter, as I've found it will often crash Symphony and it never works (at least for me).
Hope that proves a little helpful,
Santiago
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Mark Spano wrote:
>
> Yes and no, different experiences. Automatic Duck Pro Export FCP is a
> friend. The easiest way from FCP to Symphony is via AAF from Automatic Duck
> using AMA relink for a sequence. It works, but you have to give yourself
> some time to figure out the inconsistencies between FCP and Symphony.
> First, any audio-only files should be imported, not AMA linked. This will
> make things easier. Audio clips will generally relink, but sometimes they
> won't. I have found that when audio clips don't relink, it is usually
> because timecode doesn't match. A lot of FCP imported audio clips will show
> up starting at 00:00:00:00, and the same audio clip in Symphony will show
> up at 01:00:00:00. Or drop/non-drop is different. Luckily, once it's in
> Symphony, you can compare your imported clip with what the sequence is
> looking for (sequence/bin/show reference clips), and match them up and then
> they'll relink. Video clips care about timecode, name, and also tape name.
> Match all three and you'll get things relinked.
>
> Watch the tutorial video from Wes's site (http://youtu.be/dsEK8e9qgJE) - it
> works like that but not usually as seamless. If you can handle adding tape
> names and modifying timecodes, you can get things relinked. Symphony's
> relinking is pretty great, even before the new update which added more
> relinking options.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:27 PM, ksirul wrote:
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> >
> > Anyone had a successful experience AMA relinking an entire FCP project
> > that has been transcoded to ProRes?
> >
> > KEN
> >
> >
> >
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