This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] client needs window viewing dvds

Friday, November 8, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] client needs window viewing dvds

What about if the files are simply delivered on a Firewire or USB drive and she uses the Sony Viewer to log footage. That way the notes she takes are actually linked to specific files that you imported or AMAd in the first place. And there's probably a way to get an AAF or ALE out of the Sony Viewer to link her notes back to the F3 footage.

A timecode DVD is going to be even a BIGGER pain for you than just the time suck of making the DVD. Because then you actually have to track down the footage based on the sequence you burned from the source material

There are a couple of viewers out there... I wonder if she could use one of those solutions. Did you check with Imagine Products? They might have something that will work.

Find a file-based solution if she'll let you. DVDs are REALLY old school. It'll also mean a paper cut instead of real data. I know that she may not approve of any of these suggestions and the clients request must be dealt with on its own terms instead of the RIGHT terms...

Steve

On Nov 8, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Jamie Beedy <avidlist@gmail.com> wrote:

A trial version of Media Composer?? She could at least view the footage for 30 days. The need to come out with a Media Log for File based for for stuff like this.

Jamie Beedy

On Nov 8, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:

> I have a client going into a doc shoot. Im going to edit. she wants viewing DVDs for everything they shoot. I understand the need and want to help but for me, this is a huge time suck and there is no money for it. From my experience, you have to load in F3 footage (AMA and transcode) layout a timeline, put in tc generator, render (huge render) and export QT (QT reference won't work with DVD software) and then compress for DVD and burn. Huge time suck.
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> Is there a service that I can point her to that does this? Maybe you send in the drive and they layoff media to DVD at a reasonable rate?
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> thanks
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> Lou
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