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@pacbell.net <mailto:bigfish%40pacbell.net>
>
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