Tuesday, June 7, 2011

[Avid-L2] Re: Layerd Nesty Sequence Issues?

 

Solo that video track, and your problems will also go away.

JDS

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, David Dawkins <dawk2@...> wrote:
>
> John,
>
> I doubt Avid is aware it is a mixdown on top. Just Another F***ing
> (layer to the) Onion, to borrow and skew Blue Thunder, as far as Avid is
> concerned. If it is in the TL it must be played back visible or not.
>
> DD
>
> On 6/7/2011 10:31 PM, John Moore wrote:
> >
> > Got an effect laden and nested layer sequence. Lots of nests with
> > submasters inside that have 7 ish layers nested inside them, oh joy.
> > I placed a safe color limit effect over the sequence and render it in
> > one minute sections. It plays okay for screening but when I digital
> > cut I get dropped frame errors every so often. I then mixed down the
> > entire sequence and placed that on a top layer. Even with the mixdown
> > on top I still get dropped frame errors. Ultimately I had to remove
> > the video layers under the mixdown and then it output without error.
> > Not surprising it worked with the lower layers removed but with the
> > mixdown on top what is avid doing with the original lower layers that
> > makes it drop frames. I would guess with all those nests etc that the
> > avid is looking ahead and loading the "pipes" and running short hence
> > the error. With a mixdown on a top layer why is avid still dealing
> > with the lower layers to the point it causes error?
> > Curious how the avid architecture works in these situations.
> >
> > John Moore
> >
> > Barking Trout Productions
> >
> > Studio City, CA
> >
> > bigfish@... <mailto:bigfish%40pacbell.net>
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
>
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