Re: [Avid-L2] Advice for restoring old project

Missed you email in the folder this morning - Just saw it. I'll send you OMF Media Files shortly.

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Greg Huson
Secret Headquarters, Inc
Post Production / Production
Culver City, CA
323 677 2092
www.DigitalServiceStation.com
greg (at) SecretHQ.com
www.SecretHQ.com




On Apr 29, 2012, at 12:17 AM, bouke wrote:

> How hard can it be to convert the files to BWF, or even Avid MXF?
> Only thing is i don't know how tc / reelname live in the file (but if the
> reel is part of the filename, that can't be hard...)
> If someone can mail me a couple of files, (with the proper framerate and
> suspected start tc!) i'll have a look.
>
> Bouke
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terence Curren" <tcurren@aol.com>
> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 7:37 AM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Advice for restoring old project
>
> I want to say SD2 went bye bye with OS9. We had a ton of issues trying to
> restore a project years ago for the same reason.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Huson <Greg@...> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, Mac Avid 6.01 - the system quarantines all the .omf files that are
> > actually audio files.
> >
> > gh
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Greg Huson
> > Secret Headquarters, Inc
> > Post Production / Production
> > Culver City, CA
> > 323 677 2092
> > www.DigitalServiceStation.com
> > greg (at) SecretHQ.com
> > www.SecretHQ.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Apr 28, 2012, at 8:57 PM, Dom Q. Silverio wrote:
> >
> > > Are you on a Mac Avid?
> > > I think Mac Avid still supports SD2, at least it did with MC v2.x
> > > Adrenaline.
> > >
> > > On 4/28/2012 11:43 PM, Greg Huson wrote:
> > > > I'm helping a client restore an old project. The media is AVR4s on
> > > > SCSI drives. I'm able to copy all the media to newer drives, and the
> > > > picture works fine. However, the AUDIO files, though labeled as .omf
> > > > are quarantined during scanning. I assumed they're SD2 files, given
> > > > the age of the project, yet if play them using another application
> > > > (quicktime, VLC, something less... uh... discerning) they play fine
> > > > and sound correct. Further, if relabel them as .aif files, then import
> > > > them into media composer, they play correctly, but, of course, they're
> > > > not linked to the original picture file.
> > > >
> > > > How do I get these files NOT to quarantine, and also to relink with
> > > > the picture? Is there an old assistant trick I can use? Obviously
> > > > they'd like to get their working cut back (the project opens OK) and
> > > > there's a boatload of source footage - so hand-linking all the audio
> > > > isn't really practical, though I tested it, and merely by matching
> > > > duration and tape number with the file name, it's not impossible to
> > > > find the right audio for the right picture. (Thought that doesn't
> > > > relink the audio into the cut.)
> > > >
> > > > Anyone?
> > > >
> > > > gh
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > > > Greg Huson
> > > > Secret Headquarters, Inc
> > > > Post Production / Production
> > > > Culver City, CA
> > > > 323 677 2092
> > > > www.DigitalServiceStation.com
> > > > greg (at) SecretHQ.com
> > > > www.SecretHQ.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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