Relink to the volume, and cut a clip into a blank sequence. Park the play
head on the clip - what does the motion adapter show (in the Motion Effect
Editor)?
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 3:41 AM, johnrobmoore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:
> **
>
>
> This was a link to volume of the folder containing the BPAV etc... The ama
> clips appear as 23.98 in the bin columns and progressive. When I open the
> ama bin I can't use set source settings on the clips because they are not
> in the project rate when I'm in the 59.94.
> As I stated this conversion to project rate has worked on the other
> interview clips that appear to be the same types of 35Mbit files. I am very
> confused on this one. The sources are 23.98 Progressive XDCam 35Mbits
> according to avid after mounting the ama volume. It really acts like some
> hybrid of a field order problem but I don't see how that can happen coming
> from an orignal progressive source. Hmmmmm
>
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Mark Spano <cutandcover@...> wrote:
> >
> > I don't see how this would happen if the files were linked from an XDCAM
> > volume. However, if the files were XDCAM QuickTimes, there could
> > potentially be an issue.
> >
> > If XDCAM QT, when you link to file via AMA, you have several places to
> set
> > field motion. One is the bin column "Field Motion" which must be set to
> > Progressive for these clips to have the proper pulldown added. If it says
> > "Unknown", Avid will default to adding motion adapters so that
> > Source=Interlaced, even with 23.98 material. I have a bug report/feature
> > request in with them about this, because Avid's detection algorithm
> should
> > be smart enough to say "hmm - I know fps = 23.98, so my default guess to
> > Field Motion should = Progressive". But "Unknown" is ALWAYS Interlaced.
> And
> > that's, well, dumb.
> >
> > The second is the right-click command "Set Source Settings". If you can
> > open up the source settings, you need to check them. Most of the time if
> it
> > is a native Avid codec (which XDCAM is) you will not be able to open Set
> > Source Settings (and that is a good thing). If you can't open Set Source
> > Settings it means that Avid has derived enough information about the
> source
> > file (Field Motion, Color Space, Levels, etc.) that you would not need to
> > change them. If you can open the dialog, that means it's ambiguous, and
> you
> > have to make sure these are set correctly (just like above, forcing
> > "Unknown"s to knowns).
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 10:17 PM, John Moore <bigfish@...> wrote:
> >
> > > **
>
> > >
> > >
> > > On a self contained project at home I opted to take the interviews that
> > > were shot 23.98 XDcam 35 Mbits according to the ama link video
> discription
> > > and transcode to the project frame rate 1080i/59.94. This seems to work
> > > and creates 3:2 pulldown which is reflected in the Avid bin column
> motion
> > > or whatever it's called. As I went to online I noticed one hour plus
> clip
> > > that had been trranscoded has motion artifacts. It goes by fields
> forward
> > > for two frames and then shows to fields that look like wrong field
> order
> > > followed by two fields like wrong field order. It's an interview so
> there
> > > is not much motion but I do see it. The other interview with the same
> > > specs works perfectly. I thought I might have transcoded in 29.97P so I
> > > redid in 1080i/59.95 but I still see the artifacts. I thought this
> worked
> > > as it has on other clips in the project. I'm going back and opening the
> > > ama clips in a 23.98 project and then opening that bin in the main
> 59.94
> > > project and redoing the transcode just to see if that might make a
> > > difference. Kinda weird and I thought I was being so hip to avoid a
> mixed
> > > frame rate timeline and it's annoyances. ;-(
> > >
> > > John Moore
> > >
> > > Barking Trout Productions
> > >
> > > Studio City, CA
> > >
> > > bigfish@...
>
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> >
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