On of our AEs is having some problems with some Canon 5D footage. Apparently production shot with varying models of 5D some with time code and some without. I used QT change to add time code based on the .thm folders from some of the cameras. Other cameras did not have a .thm folder with their media. Is that typical of earlier Canon 5D models or other Canon models or is that a setting in the camera to include .thm or not?
I didn't add time code to one camera that had already been transcoded in Avid 5.5.x on a mac. According to the AE this camera once grouped behaved strangely and while scrubbing through the group it would jump to video from earlier in the clip etc... Also typically they have found that in order to add a tape name to Canon 23.98 footage they have to ama link in HD 1080P 23.98 project and add the tape name then they can switch project format to NTSC 23.98 project and transcode to offline media 14:1. For this particular clip it works just the opposite and they have to toggle to SD mode to add a tape name but still the clip gives the aforementioned weirdness when grouped.
Because of the problem the AE was having I went back and also added time code using QT change. There was no .thm so I just added 6:00:00:00 code to the folder and all the clips were given ascending not overlapping time code. Now those .movs with time code act like the others and the AE can add a Tape name in the 1080P 23.98 format. So what is QT change doing to make this possible? From the error message when adding a tape name to the pre QT change clip it would seem that Avid thinks of the project edit rate as 30 even though the project is set to 10809 23.98. I set QT change to the 23.98 setup so is Avid perhaps balking because it thinks the Canon clip is a true 24 and not 23.98? According to QT pro the original .movs from the camera are 23.98. I realize QT Pro isn't always the most reliable at determining fps but given it showed 23.98 and not 24 could that be causing Avids odd behavior regarding adding a tape name.
I realize adding a tape name is problematic with ama sources but I can't seem to break the AEs of this workflow. Perhaps these current issues may sway them to use a comment column to track the ama sources and not the Tape Name.
John Moore
Barking Trout Productions
Studio City, CA
bigfish@pacbell.net
Barking Trout Productions
Studio City, CA
bigfish@pacbell.net
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