[Avid-L2] AMA Link heartache in a remote shared environment

I was really hoping this nightmare wouldn't happen, but alas.

The setup is 4 different work from home locations. One of them is very removed in distance. So I have a central location that MXF media gets loaded to and then each remote station downloads the media updates. Bins are shared between the different locations and since it's all Avi MXF media everything just links up and is online.

UNTIL…

After having been explained multiple times that AMA Linking to media will not work in a remote shared environment, one of the 'editors' has done exactly what they were told not to do. They Linked to a bunch of audio.

So how do I deal with this? Technically, not interpersonally. What is the solution to get this bin/sequence from them that has linked audio and then get it converted to Avid MXF media? Can I import on my end and relink the sequence? Can I batch import? I mean I've tried some of this and it has not worked, but maybe I'm doing it wrong. I rarely deal with AMA linking and when I do it's very specific and on single workstations, no sharing.

Do I have to get the original files from them, import them and re-edit all the audio, and reset all the levels on the clips? I mean if I have to I will, but just wondering if there was a less soul crushing way to get it done.

The remote editors are on v2018. I have access to v2018 and v2021.


Thank you,
Jay



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