[Avid-L2] AMA - Couple of questions

On this latest spot I am working on, shot on P2, I decided to try out the AMA offline route to DS online/color finish. First of all, I am impressed how "smart" the system is to recognize all the raw P2 files by simply pointing at the drive. One thing I have noticed is that performance of MC is a bit sluggish and stuttery when scrubbing (especially in reverse) in the source window. That could be my system too, as I am on a 2.5 year old dual 2.66ghz MacPro 4 gig ram and MC 3.5.1.

A couple of questions:
To finish on DS, I am assuming I still have to transcode to MXF from a decomposed sequence, create an AFE of that sequence and go from there. Am I missing a step?

Second, can I move around systems using AMA like I could in the past? Meaning, I have the raw P2 files on an external FW drives and also on a media drive in the MacPro that I am cutting on now. If I move the project file to a laptop, for instance, can I relink everything to the P2 files on the external FW drive and keep cutting on the road?

Thanks in advance.

Scott

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