This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Can't rid my sequence of AMA clips

Friday, May 10, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] Can't rid my sequence of AMA clips

No but thanks Andi.

he plot thickens. I see that about 75% of the clips that refuse to transcode are not in the project frame rate.* Part of the problem might be that the AE on the job created the bins for the 23.98fps cards in a 23.98fps project. Maybe that is a factor but what to do?

When I start to do the hand transcoding I get this warning...

"Some clips do not match the edit rate of the current project. Transcode creates new clips that match the current project rate. Because the new edit rate does not match the original clip, you cannot batch capture, batch import, relink or link (via AMA) to these new clips. Convert or skip clips that do not match the edit rate of the project?"

I never like severing the link back to the original files but in this situation, do I have any choice?

*(Maybe the rest that are native 29.97 might come from Canon files.)

Thanks,

Paul

On May 10, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Andi Meek wrote:

> Do you have any group clips in the sequence? Right click the sequence and "Commit Multicam Edits" just in case.
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> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 19:14:12 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Can't rid my sequence of AMA clips
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> As a follow-on. I'm going to try this route- (but would rather get the original workflow I posted to work) isolate the AMA clips in the bin by Show Reference clips, trans code them. If push come to shove I'm ready to hand replace the AMA shots with the newly transcoded shots* But I'm puzzled by the nature of AMA audio. Yes there are many kinds of cameras and directories in the mix but one would think Avid (MC5.0.3) could handle the Consolidate conversion of audio on the fly? Or no, all that audio has to be transcoded too?
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> *Once I manually transcode the AMA clips revealed by the show Reference clips, I guess the only way to automate getting them in the cut is to take my AMA folders off-line and ask the sequence now missing the AMA clips to Relink to the Avid Mediafile drive, yes? I have reasons I did not want to take the AMA folders off-line but really don't to hand-relay the audio and hand reset all the levels in my mix.
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> > I'd like to consolidate a finished sequence but keep hitting a wall ℅ AMA clips. (MC5.0.3)
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