At my main client I get all the mixes from pro tools via aaf with embedded media. The one gothcha is that the sequence of the aaf comes in correctly but all the stems have the same tape name and time code so a relink will totally screw up the tracks because avid will link to any track that has the same tape name. For example I cut in the audio directly from the aaf sequence and if I then relink the sequence the mix audio changes to some other stem like VO. My work around is to rename the stems tape names with a suffix number then each stem is a unique tape and relinking is no problem. A more elegant method of modifying the actual .mxf files with the appropriate ending characters that will tell avid what the source track is. Bouke told me the secret recipe so avid sees the files as unique source tracks, e.g. like a clip with multiple tracks of audio track. Here is an example:
00011GA01.CD93A84A_516E5A37.mxf
IIRC the A01 before the first "." tells avid the clip is from track 1. A02 would be track two. We have used this before importing audio tracks from multitrack digital audio recorders from the set. That way avid won't relink to the wrong stems.
Could it be you are relinking the sequence from the pro tools and it is linking to the wrong stems like I've experienced?
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "oliverpetersvidy" <oliverpeters@...> wrote:
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> Out of curiosity, has anyone ever had any success importing an AAF from Pro Tools (audio-only) back into Media Composer or Symphony? I am doing some testing with a friend who is using Pro Tools. If I import it with linked media, the names don't match so batch import is useless. When I tried it with embedded media, it crashes MC. Does this even work? If so, what's the secret sauce? TIA.
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> - Oliver
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