This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: Don't see MXF in ama plugin choices?

Just following up on this old thread as once again today I found the choice of mxf missing in the ama link autodetect pulldown menu. Don't know how long it's been gone as I don't use it except when I want to check and XDCam 50 export file.

I checked the ama folder and the mxf msp file was there. I replaced it with one I had saved into a protection folder and restarted Avid still no go for the mxf choice.

Once again I removed everything from the ama folder and then uninstalled and reinstalled Avid 6.5.4.7. Once done there was only the mxf msp and the AS 02 ama plugin in the ama folder and then Avid show mxf as a choice for ama linking. I dropped back in all my other ama plugins and everything is right again but it clearly is only a matter of time before this happens. I have run the same config on my home system. Mac OS 10.8.5 Avid 6.5.4.7 without this issue. WTF would make my work system drop the mxf choice in the pulldown menu seemingly arbitrarily when the mxf msp plugin clearly exists in the ama folder.

The only remedy has been a reinstall of avid but only after I've removed the existing mxf msp from the ama folder. It's like if it stays in there Avid doesn't reinstall it automatically. and Manually replacing it doesn't work either. It had been suggested to make a protection copy folder of all my ama plugins which I did but that doesn't seem to work in this case. Only a complete reinstall with a virgin ama plugin folder. Very annoying as this is the cleanest install I've had in years.

---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <bigfish@...> wrote :

I found my mxf ama plugin choice missing again today after fixing this a couple weeks back. Today I first reinstalled Avid with no success. Then removed the existing msp_mxf ama plugin from the avx 2/ama folder and reinstalled and trash .avs, mc state and site settings still no good. Finally I removed everything from the ama plugin folder and reinstalled a third time then it came back. The Avid install gave me two items in the ama folder the msp_mxf and msp_ AS02. With just those two I had a choice of auto, mxf, avchd and quicktime for ama plugins. I then put back in the other ama plugins and everything is fine.

WTF is this going to be a weekly routine. I've had some Adobe updates and Apple Pro Video during the last time I fixed this. Could there be an interaction? The msp_mxf was in the folder but not being recognized. Anybody else see this?

---In avid-l2@yahoogroups.com, <bigfish@...> wrote :

I pulled the MSP MXF Plug-in out of the avx2/ama folder then uninstalled Avid and reinstalled and now I have mxf as a choice in the ama pulldown menu. I did confirm that a install did in fact install the msp mxf plugin. I wonder if the existing version in the ama folder was not allowing a new install. Weird given this is a fairly clean new install on the computer and I don't think it ever had pre 6.5 installed. Oh well now that this is working I'm checking the .mxf XDCam OP 1a file and finding the levels are off like it was expecting RGB but only got 601 levels. the setup is high and washed out and the peak white is low just like an RGB 601 miss match. I'll have to check the Adobe Media Encoder for more settings.

---In avid-l2@yahoogroups.com, <bigfish@...> wrote :

Here is the ama plugins installed:

ama_listplugins

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AMA PLUG-IN NAME COMPANY NAME VERSION

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AVCHD MSP Plug-In Avid Technology, Inc. 1.3.2.6205

AVCHD MVP Plug-In Avid Technology, Inc. 1.3.2.6205

QuickTime Plug-In Avid Technology, Inc. 1.2.2.7195

MSP_MXF Plug-In Avid Technology, Inc. 1.9.2.7195

MSP_SonyXDCAMEXMP4_64bit Sony Corporation 1.6003

MVP_CanonXF64 CANON INC. 2.0

AS-02 Plug-In Avid Technology, Inc. 1.1.1.7195

IkegamiGFCam Plug-In Avid Technology, Inc. 3.6

PanasonicP2 MVP_MSP Plug-In Avid Technology, Inc. 2.6

MVP_MSP_SonyF65Raw_64bit Sony Corporation 1.0

MVP_MSP_SonySRDeck_64bit Sony Corporation 2.1006

MVP_SonyXDCAMEX_64bit Sony Corporation 1.6003

SonyXDCAM_64bit Sony Corporation 2.3305

---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <bigfish@...> wrote :

I've been asked to bake an XDCAM 50 OP 1a file. I've done this out of Avid on my home system but at work I decided to try Adobe Media Encoder. I baked a file and now I want to check it in Avid. The problem is in my experience I have to manually select the MXF plugin in order to ama link to an XDCAM 50 mxf file. On my work system I don't see MXF as a choice in the ama plugins pulldown menu. I've reinstalled Sony XDCAM 2.33 on my MacPro 12 core OS 10.8.5 SNDX ver. 6.5.4.7 but still don't see MXF as a choice. I listed the ama plugins in the console and I see MSP_MXF Plug-in Avid Technology, Inc 1.9.2.7195. It is my understanding that as of 6.5.0.1 the MXF ama plugin is automatically installed so there is no reason to download an ama plugin for mxf.

I remember there were some ama plugins that relied on the presence of other ama plugins. Perhaps it was Canon needed the AVC HD or some such thing. At any rate what must I be missing to not see MXF in the ama plugin list of choices?

John Moore Barking Trout Productions Studio City, CA bigfish@...

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