This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] 56TB of XDCam Virtual volumes AMA reliability?

Here's a feature of MC6.0 that may help:

(From my Customer Champion)

Exporting XDCAM OP1a Media

You can export frames, clips, or sequences as XDCAM OP1a files. When
you open the Export Settings dialog box and select XCDAM MXF OP1a from
the Export As menu, you can set export options available for your
project.

XDCAM MXF OP1a export is available in any project type that supports
XDCAM and XDCAM HD.

The number of audio tracks you can export depends on the bit rate
supported by your device.

For example, a bit rate of 50 mbps supports 8 tracks of audio for
export, while a bit rate of 35 mbps supports only 4 audio tracks.

On 11/12/11, johnrobmoore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:
> I had brought that up but because they want to LTO the XDCam disk virtual
> volumes from the san to deliver the source material on LTO I was told we
> couldn't do that. The idea being that the XDCam disc structure is universal
> but once wrapped as Avid MXF it is not.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Robert Lawson <avidrhl@...> wrote:
>>
>> XDCam HD is a native format for Media Composer. If you're copying 56TB
>> to your SAN anyway, you may as well import into Avid. It's a re-wrap
>> more than a transcode, so it doesn't really take any more time than a
>> file copy.
>>
>> Your Avid will thank you for it.
>>
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>> On 11/12/11, Shawn Broes <shawn.broes@...> wrote:
>> > Have Plan B in place?
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>> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Terence Curren <tcurren@...> wrote:
>> >
>> >> **
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>> >>
>> >> I love AMA when used appropriately. That said, I would never commit a
>> >> project to using it on a long term, multi-workstation workflow.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, John Moore <bigfish@> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > I think I know the answer but wanted to ask the group. Copying 24
>> >> > hour
>> >> XDCamHD disks/day times 9 cameras for 3 weeks would yield 4,536 Virtual
>> >> Volumes. Assuming that each day is in a parent folder for the day with
>> >> 216
>> >> Virtual volumes inside there would be 21 Parent/Day folders with 216
>> >> files
>> >> each. Come online is it conceivable that all I would have to do is
>> >> mount
>> >> the 21 day parent folders and the sequences would link through ama to
>> >> the
>> >> virtual XDCam volumes in the parent folders. This would happen after
>> >> the
>> >> Virtual volumes have been ama'd and transcoded to 10:1 for offline in 9
>> >> camera multicam groups. I find this a big if to think that big of
>> >> something filling up a 56TB san with virtual volumes will link through
>> >> ama
>> >> reliably. We already have the infrastructure to do the show on
>> >> DVCProHD
>> >> tape which would be my preference but this workflow is being
>> >> considered.
>> >> Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated and of course they start
>> >> shooting
>> >> in less
>> >> > three weeks so there's not much time to test the feasibility of this
>> >> > on
>> >> a large scale.
>> >> >
>> >> > John Moore
>> >> >
>> >> > Barking Trout Productions
>> >> >
>> >> > Studio City, CA
>> >> >
>> >> > bigfish@
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>> Rob Lawson
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