This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Resolve/Avid .mxf round trip with drop and non-drop timecode support example

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Re: [Avid-L2] Resolve/Avid .mxf round trip with drop and non-drop timecode support example

Or you can use this simplified pdf:
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Tal

On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 12:19 AM, <scott_freeman_avid@yahoo.com> wrote:

In Avid Symphony
Step 1) make a bin, title it “Sent_To_Resolve” and duplicate your online sequence into that bin.
Step 2) export the sequence as an AAF, activate “AAF Edit Protocol”, “Include All Video/Data Tracks in Sequence”, “Include All Audio Tracks in Sequence” and for Export Method select “Link to (Don’t Export) Media”.

In Resolve
Step 3) click gear icon, click “Master Project Settings”, under “Conform Options” “Use Timecode:” Activate “Embedded in the source clip”, put a check mark activating “Assist using reel names from the:” and activate “Embedding in source clip file”. In Resolve 9, for non-drop/drop frame timecode support, activate “Handle Mixed framerate material”. Resolve 10 has default non-drop/drop frame timecode support for exports.

Step 4) import AAF -  the default selections are great, In Resolve 9, for non-drop/drop frame timecode support activate “Handle mixed framerate material”. Resolve 10 has default non-drop/drop frame timecode support.

Step 5) color episode
Step 6) For Resolve 9, I would render out the Master Timeline, this way you will have an exact metadata match including all handles. Deliver using  “Render to:” “MXF”. Depending on interlaced or progressive source needs, select the proper  MXF DNxHD 1080 (i) or (p) codec. “Render timeline as”, activate “Individual source clips”. For File Name, activate “Use source filename”. For Output options, activate “Render each clip with a unique filename”.

In Avid Symphony
Step 7) Make 3 new bins and title them “Resolve_Essence”, “Tape”, and “Source_File”.

Step 8) In the “Sent_To_Resolve” bin make a custom bin display with the following headings “CFPS” “Offline” “Tracks” “Start” “End” “Duration” “Project” “ “Source File” “Tape” “Format” “Video” and make a custom column by clicking in a blank column area and title it “link”. Save the bin display and title it “link”.

Step 9) In the “Sent_To_Resolve” bin, go to bin menu and choose “Set Bin Display” activate  only “Master Clips”, “Show clips created by user”, and “Show reference clips”.

Step 10) Clips using “Tape” metadata, move those into the “Tape” bin.

Step 11) Clips using “Source File” metadata, move those into the “Source File” bin.

Step 12) In the “Tape” bin, bring up the custom bin display titled “link” and click on the “Tape” heading, use the duplicate command and choose the column “link”.

Step 13) In the “Source File” bin, bring up the custom bin display titled “link” and click on the “Source File” heading, use the duplicate command and choose the column “link”.

Step 14) In the “Sent_To_Resolve” bin, go to “Set Bin Display” and select only “Sequences” and “Show clips created by user”.

Step 15) In the “Resolve_Essence” bin bring up the custom bin display titled “link” and then go to the file menu and choose “Import”. Import the “msmMMOB.mdb” located in the directory of your Resolve rendered .mxf files.

--- The Resolve .mxf file renders need to live in an Avid activated folder. For local storage that folder would be a numbered folder that lives inside the MXF folder, and that MXF folder lives inside a folder that lives on the root directory of your media drive titled “Avid MediaFiles”.

Step 16) In the “Resolve_Essence” bin click on the “Tape” heading, use the duplicate command and choose the column “link”.

Step 17) Duplicate your sequence from “Sent_To_Resolve” bin and move it to the “Resolve_Essence” bin.

Step 18) In the “Resolve_Essence” bin select all and go to the clip menu and choose “Relink” – The “Relink” window appears -  In the “Relink” window, Activate “Selected items in ALL open items”, “Allow relinking to offline items” and Under “Relink by: Original” choose “Timecode” “Start” and choose “Source Name” and choose the custom column “link”, activate “Ignore extension”, put a “.” in “Ignore characters after last occurrence:”  click enter.

- scott freeman