I am not saying I disagree with you on the function implementation. I think it's a semantic difference with MC though, and I'm trying to give a possible explanation as to why it works this way. The word batch does not imply automatic. Batch just means a bunch instead of one. In other applications, they've been able to implement batch tasks with automated functionality.
Reconnect in other apps = relink to AMA files in MC. Those things are actually similar, so it makes sense that they work similarly. There is no actual match for MC's importer in any of the other apps. So I guess all bets are off. They have consistently left "import" functions in the dust and have only improved "link" functions. Can't say I blame them for adhering to a trend, but you and I know that linking doesn't fly for certain things. Images and video with Alpha channels? Never ever ever use AMA myself for those, because they can not be transcoded. AMA link images? Perhaps sometimes, but most of the time, I want the importer, as it's easier in some ways to manipulate. AMA link audio? This doesn't always give you correct time code or metadata. We're talking about two barely put together structures in the application - AMA link and import. Neither one works 100%, and this case is just another thorn in our sides.
In this specific case, is it possible then to dump all clips, then re-import all clips, then relink sequences? This might work, or at least provide some alternative.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 5:48 PM, film35hd@yahoo.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
My Editor responds:My response to his comments would be: Did anyone notice the word **BATCH** In the option to "Batch re-import…"? One of the main functions of doing a batch re-import should be avoiding the need to locate the media files individually. I understand (and in many cases agree with) the comments about "intentional pauses", but the checks on metadata should be automated in this case. Avid should be able to tell when there is a conflict with a different duration file, different color space import setting, different timecode, different frame rate, and other metadata. In Premiere and even OLD FCP 6, the "reconnect" function would see all of the media in the folder after you selected the first one, but an error would pop up for each file that had mismatching duration metadata:This way, if you were reconnecting 300 clips and two of them had been altered in some way, you could reconnect 298 automatically and then manually take care of the two that had some sort of mismatching metadata. To be honest, in my opinion (and this might ruffle some feathers), this is a basic feature that should be working. If 10 year old versions of FCP can do it, the current Avid MC should be able to do it. I'm constantly trying to promote/push Avid when working with Premiere/FCP editors. On more than one occasion we've come across the need to batch re-import media in Avid, and my Premiere/FCP friends were floored that you had to click on each file to specify the new location.Thanks!
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