Saturday, March 19, 2011

[Avid-L2] 5D/7D timecode import bug with AMA and QTChange combo

 

Got bit by an unpleasant bug today.

I used QTChange to add TC to 23.98 5D/7D Quicktime files. I assigned
timecode to match the .THM file, with a reelname from the enclosing
foldername.

After running QTChange the timecode display in Quicktime player shows
the first frame of a sample clip has non-drop timecode 12:29:40:14.

If imported the old-fashioned way into Avid, the start timecode shows as
12:29:40:13. OK -- I'm not sure why there's a 1 frame discrepancy, but
that's pretty close.

Unfortunately, if I bring the quicktimes into Avid via AMA, then the
start TC reads 13:00:54:18. Now I am sad...

I need to pull an EDL from a bunch of 5D clips that I brought in via
AMA. Anyone else run into this problem?

If anyone (Bouke, Avid AMA folks?) wants to look at the problem, I have
a couple seconds of an offending quicktime I can email -- only about 5MB.

Cheers,
--Michael

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System specs:
MC 5.0.3.5 software only, Apple MacPro 4,1 Quad-core Intel Xeon 2.26
GHz, 12 GB RAM, OS 10.6.5, Quicktime 7.6.6 / 10.0 (118)

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