Re: [Avid-L2] faster Go Pro injest

Dom, you might want to go to the 6th floor of MPE and see how poorly GoPro
footage works with AMA. I'll be happy to show you.

:)

It's definitely not a normal type of H.264/mp4. The lag is usually so bad,
you won't even be able to make selects to transcode...if you can keep from
crashing.


On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Dom Q. Silverio <domqsilverio@gmail.com>wrote:

> **
>
>
> GoPro uses H.264 based encoding in a MP4 container.
>
> I think AMA was added around 5.0.
>
>
> On 7/26/2013 8:49 PM, Robert Lawson wrote:
> > AMA for AVCHD material, like GoPro footage, was introduced in Media
> > Composer 6.5, if I recall.
> >
> > Remember that you get Sorenson Squeeze bundled with Media Composer and
> > NewsCutter now, so you may be able to use that to process the clips, as
> > well.
> >
> > ---
> > Rob Lawson
> > System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay
> > CBS News
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Dom Q. Silverio <domqsilverio@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> GoPro are MP4/H.264 files. Quicktime can open it, thus Avid can AMA it.
> >> I just AMA'd 4096x2160 file from a GoPro Hero Black Edition in to MC
> 6.5.
> >>
> >> Check your entire file path and name. Also, make sure you don't have any
> >> 3rd party H.264 decoder (such as Perien) that can interfere with AMA.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/26/2013 6:58 PM, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Jul 26, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Lou Wirth wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Ive never been able to ama Go Pro. Not sure why.
> >>>
> >>> Oh, Avid . . .
> >>> I bet you could make a lot of folks very happy
> >>> if you'd code an AMA plug-in for GoPro footage
> >>> (especially since Premiere eats it without a problem).
> >>>
> >>> Just sayin' . . . .
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> B
> >>> ----
> >>> Benjamin Hershleder
> >>> Book: http://tinyurl.com/avidmc-book
> >>> Site: http://ContactBen.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Jul 26, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Benjamin Hershleder <Ben@ContactBen.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>>> Hmmm, won't AMA you say.
> >>>>> I thought the line from Avid was:
> >>>>> "if it'll play in your QT Player, then it will AMA."
> >>>>> So, what's the deal? Why can't MC AMA to MPEG4 clips?
> >>>>> Or does GoPro use some sort of propriety codec?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Curious . . .
> >>>>>
> >>>>> B
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ----
> >>>>> Benjamin Hershleder
> >>>>> Book: http://tinyurl.com/avidmc-book
> >>>>> Site: http://ContactBen.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Jul 26, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Lou Wirth wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Go Pro. Hate them! Long, big clips that won't AMA. Ties up system
> >> during import and in the end I use a few seconds of one or two clips at
> >> best. Is there a faster way to ingest? Even if that means converting in
> >> another software and then AMA. Anyone have a good system?
> >>>>>> thanks
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Lou
> >>>>>> Lou Wirth Productions
> >>>>>> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
> >>>>>> Corte Madera, CA 94925
> >>>>>> www.louwirth.com
> >>>>>> 415-924-9411p
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>
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