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Friday, January 31, 2020

[Avid-L2] Public Beta | MC 2020.2 | macOS Catalina

Public Beta | MC 2020.2 | macOS Catalina 

Getting close folks.... You all know that we anticipated releasing a new Media Composer, January 31, 2020 in support of macOS Catalina. Well, the product teams inside Avid wanted more eyes on this release to ensure success so we released a Public Beta yesterday, 1/30/202 for the next 2 weeks.

Why are we doing this?: Given the number of technical changes required to run on macOS Catalina, we want to make certain that Media Composer runs as expected before we do a wide release. While the traditional Beta program will continue to test this release, we wanted to release the beta to a wider customer base to get as much testing and verification as possible to ensure success. All of us who post here from Avid are very happy about this decision and of course this will provide additional internal and external testing, so the foundation of the release will be as solid as possible. We are committed to building upon this release in the months ahead.

Important Information on this Public Beta: As this is a beta release, there are known issues and limitations that you should be aware of prior to installing. We do NOT recommend installing and using this beta release in the middle of a project.

Titling: There is NO Title Tool or Marquee Titler application inside of MC 2020.2 on macOS Catalina. You will be required to use the "new" Titler+ for all titling that is done within the application, so you need to be aware of this BEFORE jumping into the Public Beta pool.

Location for Download:  Users who are running macOS Catalina (v.10.15) can download the Media Composer 2020.2 installer from the Avid Download Center and install it. You can Login to your MyAvid Master Account and access the Download Center. The beta release is under (Public Beta).

Support:  If anyone experience issues with this software release, they will NOT be able to get support from Avid Customer Success as it is not an officially released software version. However, we have added a new forum to community.avid.com called Public Beta MC 2020.2 | macOS Catalina http://community.avid.com/forums/395.aspx

specifically for this beta and will have Avid personnel monitoring and advising should that be needed. We will also monitor here as well.

Knowledge Base Documents: Avid is providing documentation in support of this beta release. These have been provided to the public via the Download Center and Knowledge Base .

Knowledge Base Documents 

- DRAFT - What’s New for Avid Media Composer v2020.2 

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/user_guide/Media-Composer-2020-Documentation

- Media Composer File Type Limitations on macOS Catalina

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Compatibility/Media-Composer-File-Type-Support-on-macOS-Catalina

How long will the beta run for?: We will run the beta until we officially release Media Composer 2020.2 in mid-February 2020.

What if I’m not on Catalina?: The beta release of Media Composer 2020.2 will install on non-Catalina macOS versions. Users are welcome to use and test this version on non-Catalina systems and provide us with feedback, however the primary focus for this public beta is testing on macOS Catalina.

Important: If you are posting to the Beta Forum, Avid-L2 on Yahoo or AEofFB, please indicate the exact OS being used in the subject line of the post. Best to Post to community.avid.com and the Public Beta forum to ensure your comments are captured. 

Do you need a license to run it?: Yes, users will need a license of Media Composer, Media Composer | Ultimate, or Media Composer | Enterprise with either an active subscription or active update and support plan. Alternatively, they can run Media Composer in Trial mode.

Are there limitations or known issues?: Yes. As this is a beta release, there are some known issues and bugs. Additionally, there are known limitations when running on macOS Catalina. I encourage everyone to review the doc's (links above) prior to upgrading and installing.

Questions.... ask away - several of us will be online to answer any questions you might have.

Remember - best to post your issues here:

http://community.avid.com/forums/395.aspx

Marianna

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Re: [Avid-L2] Importing Sony files in 2019.12

What does the folder structure look like and what is the extension on the files? Are they MXF?

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Thursday, January 30, 2020

Re: [Avid-L2] Living in the last decade....

Doesn’t the HD1500 have an ethernet connection so you can get one of those and have the choice of baseband or file export?

I think they had insert editing via baseband too?

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[Avid-L2] OT - HRIFF

Hello Movie Fans,

Our feature movie "Light Visions" will have its Worldwide Premiere Wednesday, February 19th, 8PM at the Staples Center, Regal Cinemas LA Live theater (see link below).

There will also be tickets available for a festival closing party and reception (END OF FEST EVENT) right after our screening at the same Staples Center location!

Hope to see all of you at the screening!!! Arthur Springer

http://hollywoodreelindependentfilmfestival.com/2020/feb_19.php#LightVisions

https://vimeo.com/lightvisions

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Re: [Avid-L2] Living in the last decade....

We have been doing pretty extensive mastering and camera acquisition with XDCAM for the last ten years, although we're starting to phase it out. The two USB devices, PDW-U1 (USB 2.0) and PDW-U2 (USB 3.0) both work great with Avid, the "Export to XDCAM" works great, you can include captioning in those masters. We also have the PDW-HD1500 deck with SDI in and out. We used to use this deck to batch capture when we were in a proxy workflow- proxies are built in to the XDCAM disc format so it's very easy to use a proxy/hi res workflow. The PDW-U2 are pretty scarce used, while there are quite a few HD1500's for sale used. You may actually be able to find an HD1500 cheaper than a PDW-U2 new price.

Ross Fitts

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> On Jan 29, 2020, at 21:17, Tim Selander <selander@tkf.att.ne.jp> wrote:
>
> We air on 13 local stations in rural Japan, and are still delivering to the stations on HDCAM tape.
> We just got word that with Sony no longer supporting HDCAM deck repair, most of these independent stations will be switching to deliverables on XDCAM HD disks.
>
> No experience with XDCAM disks so far. Since we will only be using it for deliverables, I'm wondering if the USB drive (PDW-U2) is the way to go, with Avid's "Export to device..." or if it is better/faster/more stable to use an XDCAM HD deck with all the usual HDSDI ins & outs, RS422 control, and Digital Cut.
>
> Googling has not been too helpful....
> Any advice from those who have used XDCAM is greatly appreciated!
>
> Tim Selander
> Tokyo, Japan
>
>
>

Re: [Avid-L2] Importing Sony files in 2019.12

Thanks. Still not working. Not able to AMA or import footage. I will have to contact Avid Support.

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On Jan 29, 2020, at 4:24 PM, pale.edit@gmail.com wrote:

Make sure any old Sony plugins have been uninstalled

The nablet XAVC XDCAM Plug-in is the successor of the former Sony PDZK-MA2 plug-in. Note that the nablet plug-in and the Sony plug-in cannot coexist on the same system. The installation of the nablet plug-in guarantees a seamless transition* in your XAVC XDCAM editing workflow after the Sony plug- in had been uninstalled.
*Note that clips in an editing project which have previously been linked by the Sony plug-in will show same plug-in name in the bins clip info although the nablet plug-in now handles them. This is because the Avid application stored the initial information persistently.
Note: The nablet plug-ins and the legacy Sony plug-ins cannot coexist on the same system. Having them both installed will result in unpredictable behaviors of the editing application.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 6:43 PM Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:
Im pretty sure I loaded that one and no go. Not at machine now but will check tomorrow. The camera is the new FS7 Mark II. I think its AVCHD-I

Anyone working with this material?

Lou

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On Jan 29, 2020, at 3:25 PM, pale.edit@gmail.com wrote:

I think this is what you are looking for
http://www.nablet.com/products/plugins/avid-media-composer/xavc-xdcam-ama-plugin/

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:57 PM Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:
Ive got 2019.12 installed and DP is dropping off media for first project. Shot on Sony camera. But Avid won't AMA and import only crashes system. What codec is not here that I need. The esoteric and complicated Sony codec site does not really help. Im downloading what I can and trying but still no luck.

What am I missing here?

Thanks
Lou

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Re: [Avid-L2] Living in the last decade....

Hi Tim,

We use an XDCAM workflow and it's pretty smooth. Our method is to export a "master" MXF file from MC to a local drive, and then push this file to XDCAM disc via the PDW-U1. Easy. The PDW creates the proper folder structure on the disc, and the Sony driver gives you direct folder access.

Once the MXF file is on a hard drive, it's just a matter of a file transfer to the PDW, so your pipeline determines your speed. For ballpark figures, a 30-minute program (XDCAM HD 50) is about 13GB on disk and transfers in about 20 minutes. That's with the U1 (USB2). The PDW-U2 is USB3 and will obviously have faster transfer speeds.

Hope this helps.

PAX

On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 6:12 AM Tim Selander <selander@tkf.att.ne.jp> wrote:

Thanks, Greg.

If you recall, is usb2 'slow' as in slower than real-time
recording to a deck?

I just looked on the auction here -- found one for $480. May just
have to buy it and play around.

And, yes, we have great internet here. I've got 5Gb fiber to my
house for $60 a month. BUT Japan is the strangest mix of high
tech and low tech. No net delivery. In fact today when the guy
told us they're moving to (soon to be obsolete?) XDCAM I had to
laugh and tell them that delivering over the net is the norm in
the US! He laughed too, but said Japanese have a deep distrust of
the net, and if you can't hand something over to someone, you
haven't 'delivered' it. Culture -- endlessly fascinating.

Tim

On 2020.01.30 16:40, Secret HQ wrote:
> I've done it both ways-but not recently. The USB drive is fine, but it's like... usb2? So kinda slow. Cheap now. I probably have one of those if you want it for whatever eBay gets...
>
> You can have my HDCam D1800 deck for cheap, too, if that helps. Shipping might kill the value, but you know more than that.
>
> Don't they have, like, good internet there? Just send them the 'package' that goes on the xdcam and let them copy it to the disc. I know there's probably a love of tradition... but at least here, cheap beats that out... and uploading mxf is so cheap!! (But many networks make you send LTO. )
>
> I gave away a couple of boxes of Xdcam discs in August.
>
> Heck, they cloud buy a computer with a BMD or AJA card and do the download and the playback all from the same machine!
>
> ________________________
> Greg Huson
> Secret Headquarters, Inc
> GK Huson, LLC
> Greg (at) SecretHQ.com
> www.SecretHQ.com
>
>
>> On Jan 29, 2020, at 21:17, Tim Selander <selander@tkf.att.ne.jp> wrote:
>>
>> We air on 13 local stations in rural Japan, and are still delivering to the stations on HDCAM tape.
>> We just got word that with Sony no longer supporting HDCAM deck repair, most of these independent stations will be switching to deliverables on XDCAM HD disks.
>>
>> No experience with XDCAM disks so far. Since we will only be using it for deliverables, I'm wondering if the USB drive (PDW-U2) is the way to go, with Avid's "Export to device..." or if it is better/faster/more stable to use an XDCAM HD deck with all the usual HDSDI ins & outs, RS422 control, and Digital Cut.
>>
>> Googling has not been too helpful....
>> Any advice from those who have used XDCAM is greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Tim Selander
>> Tokyo, Japan
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Avid-L2] Living in the last decade....

I don't think so. I've used multiple U1s at the same time but I'm
pretty sure you can only target one at a time for output from MC.
Depending on what your stations are using to play the XDCAM files, you
could copy the entire XDCAM folder structure to multiple hard drives.
Much cheaper and much faster. Another option, if the stations are able
to play Sony ProDisks and handle XDCAM files, can they deal with just
plain OP1a MXF files with XDCAM50 essence? --J.B. (who also has HDCAM
tape deliverables :-( )

Tim Selander wrote:
> John,
>
> Interesting... makes me wonder if I could attach, say, 3 PDW-U1s to
> the computer and get three programs "dubbed" at the same time. That
> ought to be faster than what we're doing now -- 13 digital cuts to
> HDCAM tape, one for each station.
>
> Tim
>
> On 2020.01.30 14:57, John Moore wrote:
>> Several years back someone gave me the tip that you can export an
>> XDCam file and with the proper sony driver so you see the xdcam
>> icon for the drive you can just drag the exported file to the
>> disk. I can't recall if it was drag it to the contents folder or
>> something and the disk driver would do the work to make it a
>> playable file on the drive without having to export to device or
>> whatever the proper term was. At the time we were delivering
>> XDCam disks to a truck for a live show and it worked very well.
>
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HDCAM. Ouch.

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Re: [Avid-L2] Living in the last decade....

John,

Interesting... makes me wonder if I could attach, say, 3 PDW-U1s
to the computer and get three programs "dubbed" at the same time.
That ought to be faster than what we're doing now -- 13 digital
cuts to HDCAM tape, one for each station.

Tim

On 2020.01.30 14:57, John Moore wrote:
> Several years back someone gave me the tip that you can export an
> XDCam file and with the proper sony driver so you see the xdcam
> icon for the drive you can just drag the exported file to the
> disk. I can't recall if it was drag it to the contents folder or
> something and the disk driver would do the work to make it a
> playable file on the drive without having to export to device or
> whatever the proper term was. At the time we were delivering
> XDCam disks to a truck for a live show and it worked very well.

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Thanks, Greg.

If you recall, is usb2 'slow' as in slower than real-time
recording to a deck?

I just looked on the auction here -- found one for $480. May just
have to buy it and play around.

And, yes, we have great internet here. I've got 5Gb fiber to my
house for $60 a month. BUT Japan is the strangest mix of high
tech and low tech. No net delivery. In fact today when the guy
told us they're moving to (soon to be obsolete?) XDCAM I had to
laugh and tell them that delivering over the net is the norm in
the US! He laughed too, but said Japanese have a deep distrust of
the net, and if you can't hand something over to someone, you
haven't 'delivered' it. Culture -- endlessly fascinating.

Tim

On 2020.01.30 16:40, Secret HQ wrote:
> I've done it both ways-but not recently. The USB drive is fine, but it's like... usb2? So kinda slow. Cheap now. I probably have one of those if you want it for whatever eBay gets...
>
> You can have my HDCam D1800 deck for cheap, too, if that helps. Shipping might kill the value, but you know more than that.
>
> Don't they have, like, good internet there? Just send them the 'package' that goes on the xdcam and let them copy it to the disc. I know there's probably a love of tradition... but at least here, cheap beats that out... and uploading mxf is so cheap!! (But many networks make you send LTO. )
>
> I gave away a couple of boxes of Xdcam discs in August.
>
> Heck, they cloud buy a computer with a BMD or AJA card and do the download and the playback all from the same machine!
>
> ________________________
> Greg Huson
> Secret Headquarters, Inc
> GK Huson, LLC
> Greg (at) SecretHQ.com
> www.SecretHQ.com
>
>
>> On Jan 29, 2020, at 21:17, Tim Selander <selander@tkf.att.ne.jp> wrote:
>>
>> We air on 13 local stations in rural Japan, and are still delivering to the stations on HDCAM tape.
>> We just got word that with Sony no longer supporting HDCAM deck repair, most of these independent stations will be switching to deliverables on XDCAM HD disks.
>>
>> No experience with XDCAM disks so far. Since we will only be using it for deliverables, I'm wondering if the USB drive (PDW-U2) is the way to go, with Avid's "Export to device..." or if it is better/faster/more stable to use an XDCAM HD deck with all the usual HDSDI ins & outs, RS422 control, and Digital Cut.
>>
>> Googling has not been too helpful....
>> Any advice from those who have used XDCAM is greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Tim Selander
>> Tokyo, Japan
>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: [Avid-L2] Living in the last decade....

Export to the U2 drive works well. Remember to make an audio mixdown on tracks 1 and 2, since the first four audio tracks go to disc. You can even open the disc folder on the desktop and drill down into the "Clip" folder to check that the clip is complete on the disc. I can send you the instructions I have used with our editors if you are interested in seeing that.

Frank Felker

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 11:17 PM Tim Selander <selander@tkf.att.ne.jp> wrote:

We air on 13 local stations in rural Japan, and are still delivering to
the stations on HDCAM tape.
We just got word that with Sony no longer supporting HDCAM deck repair,
most of these independent stations will be switching to deliverables on
XDCAM HD disks.

No experience with XDCAM disks so far. Since we will only be using it
for deliverables, I'm wondering if the USB drive (PDW-U2) is the way to
go, with Avid's "Export to device..." or if it is better/faster/more
stable to use an XDCAM HD deck with all the usual HDSDI ins & outs,
RS422 control, and Digital Cut.

Googling has not been too helpful....
Any advice from those who have used XDCAM is greatly appreciated!

Tim Selander
Tokyo, Japan

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Export to Device works fine. Glad the PDW-U2 is USB3. In fact, if you take any storage drive and replace the contents with a copy of an XDCAM folder structure, you can export to that, too. Good for testing. Linking to XDCAM is pretty smooth, too.

With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660

On Thursday, 30 January 2020, 04:17:26 GMT, Tim Selander <selander@tkf.att.ne.jp> wrote:

We air on 13 local stations in rural Japan, and are still delivering to

the stations on HDCAM tape.

We just got word that with Sony no longer supporting HDCAM deck repair,

most of these independent stations will be switching to deliverables on

XDCAM HD disks.

No experience with XDCAM disks so far. Since we will only be using it

for deliverables, I'm wondering if the USB drive (PDW-U2) is the way to

go, with Avid's "Export to device..." or if it is better/faster/more

stable to use an XDCAM HD deck with all the usual HDSDI ins & outs,

RS422 control, and Digital Cut.

Googling has not been too helpful....

Any advice from those who have used XDCAM is greatly appreciated!

Tim Selander

Tokyo, Japan

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Re: [Avid-L2] Living in the last decade....

I've done it both ways-but not recently. The USB drive is fine, but it's like... usb2? So kinda slow. Cheap now. I probably have one of those if you want it for whatever eBay gets...

You can have my HDCam D1800 deck for cheap, too, if that helps. Shipping might kill the value, but you know more than that.

Don't they have, like, good internet there? Just send them the 'package' that goes on the xdcam and let them copy it to the disc. I know there's probably a love of tradition... but at least here, cheap beats that out... and uploading mxf is so cheap!! (But many networks make you send LTO. )

I gave away a couple of boxes of Xdcam discs in August.

Heck, they cloud buy a computer with a BMD or AJA card and do the download and the playback all from the same machine!

________________________
Greg Huson
Secret Headquarters, Inc
GK Huson, LLC
Greg (at) SecretHQ.com
www.SecretHQ.com

> On Jan 29, 2020, at 21:17, Tim Selander <selander@tkf.att.ne.jp> wrote:
>
> We air on 13 local stations in rural Japan, and are still delivering to the stations on HDCAM tape.
> We just got word that with Sony no longer supporting HDCAM deck repair, most of these independent stations will be switching to deliverables on XDCAM HD disks.
>
> No experience with XDCAM disks so far. Since we will only be using it for deliverables, I'm wondering if the USB drive (PDW-U2) is the way to go, with Avid's "Export to device..." or if it is better/faster/more stable to use an XDCAM HD deck with all the usual HDSDI ins & outs, RS422 control, and Digital Cut.
>
> Googling has not been too helpful....
> Any advice from those who have used XDCAM is greatly appreciated!
>
> Tim Selander
> Tokyo, Japan
>
>
>

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On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 08:17 PM, Tim Selander wrote:

We air on 13 local stations in rural Japan, and are still delivering to
the stations on HDCAM tape.
We just got word that with Sony no longer supporting HDCAM deck repair,
most of these independent stations will be switching to deliverables on
XDCAM HD disks.

No experience with XDCAM disks so far. Since we will only be using it
for deliverables, I'm wondering if the USB drive (PDW-U2) is the way to
go, with Avid's "Export to device..." or if it is better/faster/more
stable to use an XDCAM HD deck with all the usual HDSDI ins & outs,
RS422 control, and Digital Cut.

Googling has not been too helpful....
Any advice from those who have used XDCAM is greatly appreciated!

Tim Selander
Tokyo, Japan

Several years back someone gave me the tip that you can export an XDCam file and with the proper sony driver so you see the xdcam icon for the drive you can just drag the exported file to the disk. I can't recall if it was drag it to the contents folder or something and the disk driver would do the work to make it a playable file on the drive without having to export to device or whatever the proper term was. At the time we were delivering XDCam disks to a truck for a live show and it worked very well.

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We air on 13 local stations in rural Japan, and are still delivering to
the stations on HDCAM tape.
We just got word that with Sony no longer supporting HDCAM deck repair,
most of these independent stations will be switching to deliverables on
XDCAM HD disks.

No experience with XDCAM disks so far. Since we will only be using it
for deliverables, I'm wondering if the USB drive (PDW-U2) is the way to
go, with Avid's "Export to device..." or if it is better/faster/more
stable to use an XDCAM HD deck with all the usual HDSDI ins & outs,
RS422 control, and Digital Cut.

Googling has not been too helpful....
Any advice from those who have used XDCAM is greatly appreciated!

Tim Selander
Tokyo, Japan

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Re: [Avid-L2] Importing Sony files in 2019.12

Make sure any old Sony plugins have been uninstalled

The nablet XAVC XDCAM Plug-in is the successor of the former Sony PDZK-MA2 plug-in. Note that the nablet plug-in and the Sony plug-in cannot coexist on the same system. The installation of the nablet plug-in guarantees a seamless transition* in your XAVC XDCAM editing workflow after the Sony plug- in had been uninstalled.

*Note that clips in an editing project which have previously been linked by the Sony plug-in will show same plug-in name in the bins clip info although the nablet plug-in now handles them. This is because the Avid application stored the initial information persistently.

Note: The nablet plug-ins and the legacy Sony plug-ins cannot coexist on the same system. Having them both installed will result in unpredictable behaviors of the editing application.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 6:43 PM Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:

Im pretty sure I loaded that one and no go. Not at machine now but will check tomorrow. The camera is the new FS7 Mark II. I think its AVCHD-I

Anyone working with this material?

Lou

Lou Wirth Productions
3210 Kerner Boulevard
Suite 302
San Rafael, CA 94901
www.louwirth.com
415-706-8992p

On Jan 29, 2020, at 3:25 PM, pale.edit@gmail.com wrote:

I think this is what you are looking for
http://www.nablet.com/products/plugins/avid-media-composer/xavc-xdcam-ama-plugin/

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:57 PM Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:
Ive got 2019.12 installed and DP is dropping off media for first project. Shot on Sony camera. But Avid won't AMA and import only crashes system. What codec is not here that I need. The esoteric and complicated Sony codec site does not really help. Im downloading what I can and trying but still no luck.

What am I missing here?

Thanks
Lou

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Re: [Avid-L2] Importing Sony files in 2019.12

Im pretty sure I loaded that one and no go. Not at machine now but will check tomorrow. The camera is the new FS7 Mark II. I think its AVCHD-I

Anyone working with this material?

Lou

Lou Wirth Productions
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Suite 302
San Rafael, CA 94901
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On Jan 29, 2020, at 3:25 PM, pale.edit@gmail.com wrote:

I think this is what you are looking for
http://www.nablet.com/products/plugins/avid-media-composer/xavc-xdcam-ama-plugin/

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:57 PM Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:
Ive got 2019.12 installed and DP is dropping off media for first project. Shot on Sony camera. But Avid won't AMA and import only crashes system. What codec is not here that I need. The esoteric and complicated Sony codec site does not really help. Im downloading what I can and trying but still no luck.

What am I missing here?

Thanks
Lou

Lou Wirth Productions
3210 Kerner Boulevard
Suite 302
San Rafael, CA 94901
www.louwirth.com
415-706-8992p

Re: [Avid-L2] Importing Sony files in 2019.12

I think this is what you are looking for

http://www.nablet.com/products/plugins/avid-media-composer/xavc-xdcam-ama-plugin/

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:57 PM Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:

Ive got 2019.12 installed and DP is dropping off media for first project. Shot on Sony camera. But Avid won't AMA and import only crashes system. What codec is not here that I need. The esoteric and complicated Sony codec site does not really help. Im downloading what I can and trying but still no luck.

What am I missing here?

Thanks
Lou

Lou Wirth Productions
3210 Kerner Boulevard
Suite 302
San Rafael, CA 94901
www.louwirth.com
415-706-8992p

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[Avid-L2] Importing Sony files in 2019.12

Ive got 2019.12 installed and DP is dropping off media for first project. Shot on Sony camera. But Avid won't AMA and import only crashes system. What codec is not here that I need. The esoteric and complicated Sony codec site does not really help. Im downloading what I can and trying but still no luck.

What am I missing here?

Thanks

Lou

Lou Wirth Productions
3210 Kerner Boulevard
Suite 302
San Rafael, CA 94901
www.louwirth.com
415-706-8992p

[Avid-L2] Editors' Lounge PreNAB Panel March 27th

TUNE IN FRIDAY, March 27 AT 6:30 PM FOR THE NEXT EDITORS' LOUNGE:

It's the 17th Annual Pre-NAB Discussion Panel!
The Editors' Lounge Returns

Did you miss us? It's been a while since the last Editors' Lounge and we've certainly missed you! It's time to get together again at Key Code Media for our Annual Pre-NAB Discussion Panel — now in it's 17th year!!!.

Returning panelists include Terence Curren and Mark Raudonis, joined by newcomer Jeff Sengpiehl and another TBA, plus the fabulous Debra Kaufman as moderator.

Save the date on your calendars for Friday March 27th, and watch this space for updates and more details.

Hope to see you there! Please RSVP through our EventBrite page to secure your spot.

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Thanks.

On 29/01/2020 13:16, avid_curren via Groups.Io wrote:

Need free SFX, Music, Graphics, LUTs, footage etc.?

These folks have pulled a bunch of links to those and more onto one page.

https://www.filmmakeru.com/blog/the-ultimate-and-growing-list-of-free-film-stuff

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[Avid-L2] A lot of free elements available

Need free SFX, Music, Graphics, LUTs, footage etc.?

These folks have pulled a bunch of links to those and more onto one page. 

https://www.filmmakeru.com/blog/the-ultimate-and-growing-list-of-free-film-stuff 

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Burbank, Ca

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

[Avid-L2] Media Composer 2018.12.10 Launching Today

Media Composer 2018.12.10 Launching Today

Today, January 28,2020 at 12:00 noon ET, we will launch a Media Composer (2018.12.10). This will be available on the Download Center at launch.

ReadMe: I have attached the current ReadMe to this Alert. Nora will upload this document to the Media Composer 2018 Documentation page at launch.

IMPORTANT INSTALLER INFO (Windows) Both a full installer and a patch installer are provided for Media Composer v2018.12.10. To use the patch, you must have v2018.12.3 already installed. Then use the 2018.12.10 patch to update to v2018.12.10.

Note: that many users are asking about Catalina support in the future for use with with the long Long Term Maintenance Release 2018.x. Avid will NOT approve nor test Catalina on any 2018.x versions due to the extensive work to remove a lot of 32-bit code and making large changes that could have adverse effects on users who rely on 2018.12.x.

What’s fixed in 2018.12.10:

The following has been fixed.

Bug Number: MCCET-3449. You might have experienced issues when working with Dynamic

Relink and relinking between high and proxy resolutions. In some instances, the resolution did
not successfully update to the requested resolution.
Bug Number: MCCET-3398. In some instances, working with the Stabilize effect resulted in an
“Access Violation” error.
Bug Number: MCCET-3079. If Run Length Endcoded (RLE) was enabled in the Import
Settings (Image tab) imported graphics displayed WRONG FORMAT.
Bug Number: MCCET-3289. Using the Find Script button might have highlighted an entire

selection in the script rather than just the line with the script marker on it.
Bug Number: MCCET-3419. If Dupe Detection was enabled, you might have received an

“Exception: CORE_SEGMENT_NOT_FOUND” error when moving the audio clip to another

audio track using the Segment tool.
Bug Number: MCCET-3071. Intermittently, Media Composer would hang when you exited the

application. This is fixed with NVIDIA driver v441.28.
Bug Number: MCCET-3332. AAF exports from Media Composer v2018.12.8 and v2019.9 did

not import into Pro Tools.
Bug Number: MCCET-3262. In some instances, when loading media that had been transcoded

using Distributed Processing transcode into the Source monitor, Media Composer crashed

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Sunday, January 26, 2020

Re: [Avid-L2] Upcut audio

Replying to Greg's Q, I noticed that when MC First first appeared, there was a delay in audio response when hitting 'Play' - and I'm sure I've sometimes seen this in the full version. Backing up a second before the start of an audio clip fixed it. Anyone else chip in on this?

With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660

On Saturday, 25 January 2020, 16:26:57 GMT, Secret HQ <greg@secrethq.com> wrote:

I believe the term came from radio, but its been in my vocabulary as long as I can remember.

In my particular case, I mean that the first little bit of audio in the timeline is missing from the mixdown. Its inconsistent, but usually about a second of dialog. Not across all tracks. As if ine track was 'turned on' late. If I put a region of silence in the track earlier in the timeline (rather than nothing) the problem goes away.

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On Jan 25, 2020, at 06:07, Nigel-Avid-L <avid-l@outpostfacilities.co.uk> wrote:

What is upcut audio?

From: Avid-L2@groups.io <Avid-L2@groups.io> On Behalf Of Secret HQ
Sent: 24 January 2020 21:58
To: Avid-L2@groups.io
Subject: [Avid-L2] Upcut audio

I'm getting a lot of upcut audio when doing mixdowns in 2019.12 - anyone else having this issue?

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Re: [Avid-L2] Editing tutorial footage

This would certainly be a lot more extensive and fun than most tutorial footage to work with. The link to the review is from 2012. Is that the last time the book was updated? I noticed some of the comments in the review refer to outdated information, such as Premiere being limited to 4 cameras in multi cam.

On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 11:01 AM Mitch Jacobson <mitch@cat5tv.com> wrote:

Hi, Everyone! It's been a while but I saw this regarding tutorial footage and wanted to mention some good multicamera footage that is packaged on a dvd with my book. (not intending to be self-promoting).

There are two sets of platform agnostic multicamera footage included in 720p 23.98. The first one is about 20 angles of "Band on the Run" from a Paul McCartney show I cut. It is from two separate nights with 12 cameras each night. We swapped out positions and lenses the second night for unique angles and the band wore the same clothes and played to a click. You can group each night separately or group them both together and cut between the two shows as one. I also include the final mix to practice audio layback. There is also a 5 camera set with Elton John doing "Love Lies Bleeding".

It's all licensed for educational purposes so, please don't post your cuts anywhere or it will get flagged and pulled.

Anyway the book is a little pricey ($58) but, I'm told it's worth it for the camera footage alone and there are some great stories, history and techniques too... Here is a link to a review from the Editors Guild CineMontage magazine and I hope this helps in your training.
https://cinemontage.org/demystifying-multi-cam/

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Re: [Avid-L2] Editing tutorial footage

Hi, Everyone! It's been a while but I saw this regarding tutorial footage and wanted to mention some good multicamera footage that is packaged on a dvd with my book. (not intending to be self-promoting).

There are two sets of platform agnostic multicamera footage included in 720p 23.98. The first one is about 20 angles of "Band on the Run" from a Paul McCartney show I cut. It is from two separate nights with 12 cameras each night. We swapped out positions and lenses the second night for unique angles and the band wore the same clothes and played to a click. You can group each night separately or group them both together and cut between the two shows as one. I also include the final mix to practice audio layback. There is also a 5 camera set with Elton John doing "Love Lies Bleeding".

It's all licensed for educational purposes so, please don't post your cuts anywhere or it will get flagged and pulled.

Anyway the book is a little pricey ($58) but, I'm told it's worth it for the camera footage alone and there are some great stories, history and techniques too... Here is a link to a review from the Editors Guild CineMontage magazine and I hope this helps in your training.

https://cinemontage.org/demystifying-multi-cam/

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Re: [Avid-L2] Upcut audio

I’ve had this on an export- missing start of dialogue - on 2019.9 I think. Clip was AMA linked.

Workaround was to do audio mixdown.

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This IS the Avid L2

Friday, January 31, 2020

[Avid-L2] Public Beta | MC 2020.2 | macOS Catalina

Re: [Avid-L2] Importing Sony files in 2019.12

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Re: [Avid-L2] Living in the last decade....

[Avid-L2] OT - HRIFF

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Re: [Avid-L2] Living in the last decade....

Re: [Avid-L2] Living in the last decade....

[Avid-L2] Living in the last decade....

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[Avid-L2] Editors' Lounge PreNAB Panel March 27th

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[Avid-L2] A lot of free elements available

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

[Avid-L2] Media Composer 2018.12.10 Launching Today

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Re: [Avid-L2] Upcut audio

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