import and disc access speeds.
On 6/13/10, johnrobmoore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:
> A while back I remember the ability to batch import the parts of a file
> used, as opposed to the whole clip, was prohibitively slow and hence most
> people were trying to treat the xdcam like tape as you suggest. Have there
> been any improvements with importing just the media used from xdcam since
> the beginning problem time?
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Jamie Beedy <avidlist@...> wrote:
>>
>> The Feature thats works with XDCam Proxy video with the 48K audio, is only
>> available in AMA. If you do a XDCam import Using File>Import, it works the
>> same way as before, only allowing you to import the crappy 8k audio.
>>
>> You have to turn on AMA, and you'll see a new tab, Quality. Here you can
>> select either the Proxy or the HD Media for AMA Linking and Consolidating.
>> You can also right click on the AMA Clips in a bin, and use the "Modify
>> AMA Resolutions..."
>>
>> The problem that I've run into with this, once you consolidate the Proxy
>> Video, along with the 48K audio over to local storage, it's a lot more
>> complicated to relink back to the HD Files then it was using the old
>> import method - Doing a Batch Import, and Import tool would ask you to
>> mount each disc that was used in the sequence. This was fairly straight
>> forward.
>>
>> With the new AMA Method, you have to go back to the original AMA bin that
>> was created when the disc was mounted, modify the resolution to the
>> highest file, then relink the sequence to the HD Files. Showing reference
>> clips in the Sequence bin makes it fairly easy to find the discs that you
>> need to do this with, but you still have to manually relink and then
>> consolidate and or transcode the HD media to your local storage. And you
>> have to repeat this for each disc. Not quite as straight forward. And I've
>> run into some other issues the couple of times that I've tried doing this.
>>
>>
>> So far the most straight forward workflow I've found for this, is to have
>> a Deck, like the PDW-F70, and to do a batch capture to do the upres. Of
>> course, this means you'll have to modify each disc to give it a Tape name,
>> which you should do before you do the consolidate the AMA media to local
>> storage. And have a Deck that's can playback XDCam discs, which cost a
>> hell of a lot more the a PDW-U1.
>>
>> jamie
>>
>>
>> On Jun 13, 2010, at 12:15 AM, Ross Fitts wrote:
>>
>> > Does anyone know how the new feature Avid's listing with MC5, edit XDCAM
>> > proxy material with full-quality audio, works? Everything seems to act
>> > exactly the same as before when it comes to importing proxies. I can't
>> > find anything in the help or read-me about this, either.
>> >
>> > Ross
>> >
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