Re: [Avid-L2] Re-Editing Old shows

This should not be that big of a deal. The Mac to PC thing shouldn't
matter. (You'll want to make sure that you get the permissions fixed
on the Mac files on the PC, but other than that it should work fine,
and even THAT shouldn't matter if you just send the project via ftp
instead of on a CD or something. I send off-lines that I do on an
ancient Symphony Meridien to many different Avid systems, though I'm
not sure what software they're running to be honest. I've also re-
edited some pretty old shows from previous versions of software with
no problems.

The smartest thing is to do a test. If you want, send the sequence to
the post house in South America - or to anyone else with Composer 3.x
running on a PC, and see if it will open up and work.

I would guess that they're going to have to redigitize all of the
footage down in South America, since the Meridien footage probably
won't play nice with the MXF media.

I somehow doubt that the only Avids in all of South America are PC-
based...

On Dec 9, 2009, at 8:13 PM, Jack Jorgens wrote:

> We have two one-hour shows which were edited on Avid Express for the
> Mac
> (system 9) Meridien 5.06.
> Our producer wants to re-edit and finish the shows in another
> country where
> there are only PC Avids with newer software (Composer 3.x).
> About half of the shows were shot on HDCAM (a deck they don't have
> so we
> will have to re-digitize here), and the rest is on BetacamSP.
> Can the timelines from the shows be imported into newer Composers?
> Are there hurdles in moving from Mac to PC?
> I am not eager to send our Avid to South America.
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Dr. Jack Jorgens, Vice President/Producer
> Accent Media, 1350 Beverly Road, Suite 213
> McLean, Va 22101 USA. 703 356-9427. Cell: 703 477-0035.
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>
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