Thanks for the advice. I think I got people accepting that it's either spend time up front transcoding, or at the back end, beating your head against the machine not understanding why it won't link to files when the clients are breathing down your back.
Hopefully we'll move up to v6 soon (I keep waiting for them to lose the .1 in it's name!)
Jeff
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On May 22, 2012, at 3:27 PM, electropura212 wrote:
> You should transcode. It's performance is very flaky prior to v6. In
> version 6, it's still a bit risky to stay AMA, though i have gotten it to
> work somewhat decently on smaller jobs....however "transcoding" is quick if
> you go to ProRes MXF instead of Avid DNXHD, as it just does a re-wrap into
> an MXF container. Pro Res is treated as a native format in v6.
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> I would not recommend editing with AMA at all.
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>> I've always had us transcode (via AMA) ProRes footage to DNxHD∑ however,
>> on an upcoming job I've being told there isn't TIME∑
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>> Is anyone working with ProRes via AMA in the Avid on ISIS?
>> Is Media Composer happy with this arrangement? Do files end up getting
>> 'unlinked' randomly?
>> (MC 5.5, mac)
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>> Jeff
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