If it is any consolation, editing native H264 files on FCP7 is pretty nasty and we usually transcode to Prores. Don't blame Avid, blame H264.
On 1 Dec 2011, at 19:47, Aimie Burns wrote:
> Hi Dave,
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> Yes - I agree with the snarky remark =D ... lol - but for whatever reason, I don't think the Avid handles those QTS as efficiently as say it does when you link via AMA to P2 media for instance.
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> On Dec 1, 2011, at 2:38 PM, David wrote:
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>> Hi Aimie - thanks for the quick reply, and yes, we ceratinly could import them, but I thought AMA would allow us to avoid long time consuming process. I was hoping we could use AMA to edit, and then transcode when we had client approval. I may be mistaken, and I don't mean to sound snarky, but wasn't that the original premise behind AMA ?
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>> Thanks again,
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>> Dave B
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>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Aimie Burns <aimielistserve@...> wrote:
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>>> Hi Dave,
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>>> You'll probably need to import the footage, and not link to AMA. That's what I've had to do in the past.
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>>> Aimie
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>>> Aimie Burns
>>> Peace Through Education
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>>> On Dec 1, 2011, at 2:20 PM, David wrote:
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>>>> We're running two MC's, both on MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz (one has 4G of Ram the other has 8G) one MC is v5.5, the other is v6.
>>>> We have numerous H.264 QT files - ranging in sizes from 6G up to 28G - on a Seagate GOFlex 3TB Drive, and we're using FW800 connection.
>>>> When engaging AMA to access these files we're experiencing stuttering and freezes. It's nearly impossible to review & edit footage.
>>>> Any thoughts on how we can eliminate this & achieve smoother playback ?
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>>>> Many Thanks
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>>>> Dave B
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