This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Preventing former AMA files from relinking back to AMA sources?

Friday, November 7, 2014

Re: [Avid-L2] Preventing former AMA files from relinking back to AMA sources?

I didn't know there was a way to do that. I googled and came up the
console commands "manageAMA off" and "manageAMA on". Is that what you
mean? Interesting idea Frank. Thanks.

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014, at 11:58 AM, Frank Felker FJFelker@gmail.com
[Avid-L2] wrote:
> Can you turn off AMA until you need to bring in more clips?
>
> Frank Felker
> On Nov 7, 2014 11:09 AM, "Dan McCabe danlist@bestmail.us [Avid-L2]" <
> Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
> > I looked through the settings and all the volume mounting options are
> > unchecked except of "when mounting previously mounted volumes, do not
> > check for modifications to the volume." Are you thinking of the
> > "Automatically AMA-link to volumes" setting? It's unchecked.
> >
> > I think the relink happened when I attempted to relink a single clip in
> > a separate bin.
> >
> > Apparently, the AVID then decided to relink all the consolidated media
> > back to AMA files that it could find. Too bad there isn't a way to say
> > "This AMA clip has been consolidated. It's in the Avid Media Folder.
> > Don't look back!"
> >
> > I've heard so many tales of AMA links failing in an edit that I move off
> > of AMA as soon as I can. I wouldn't think it would be hard to break the
> > links on purpose without having to hide files.
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 7, 2014, at 08:19 AM, John Pale pale.edit@gmail.com
> > [Avid-L2] wrote:
> > > Turn off automatic linking in AMA settings?
> > >
> > > On Friday, November 7, 2014, Mark Spano cutandcover@gmail.com [Avid-L2]
> > <
> > > Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Move the AMA source file from wherever it exists on disk into another
> > > > folder. Or rename the source file. That's the only way I know to break
> > the
> > > > spell MC has over it.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Dan McCabe danlist@bestmail.us
> > > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','danlist@bestmail.us');> [Avid-L2] <
> > > > Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com');>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Symph 7.03
> > > >>
> > > >> I have some animation files rendered in the DNxHD codec on the same
> > > >> drive as my Avid Media Folder.
> > > >>
> > > >> I have AMAed them in and then consolidated them so they exist as media
> > > >> in the Avid Media Folder.
> > > >>
> > > >> I have then cut the consolidated version into my sequence.
> > > >>
> > > >> Every once in a while, one of them relinks back to the original file.
> > > >>
> > > >> Any way to stop that from happening? Any way to force a relink to an
> > > >> Avid media file instead of an original AMA source?
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >>
> > > >> Dan
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
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> > Posted by: Dan McCabe <danlist@bestmail.us>
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