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Can’t render Time Code on AVID Xpress Pro
I don’t seem to be able to render the time code on a sequence on my Avid Xpress Pro. I’ve tried doing this several ways: rendering from the menu option, rendering inside the effect editor. It gives me the thermometer working away for about an hour and then an error message. There is plenty of room on the disk I’m rendering to, so that’s not the issue. However, because of a locked drive, I can’t render it on the Effect Source Drive. Is that what’s giving me problems or is there something else I’m overlooking. No problems rendering everything else. The time code is on a separate track above the rest of the picture, which is all on one video track at this point. The sequence is 50 minutes long. Any thoughts?
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Do you mean the Timecode effect? If that’s what you’re trying to render, try breaking it up into small pieces. Add an edit at 10 minutes, then the next 10 minutes, etc… Then render the first 10 minutes. Then the next 10 minutes. Then the next 10….repeat until you’re done.
It might just be too much trying to render a full 50 minute effect.
Michael.
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Cathy,
are you running your Avid on windows or OSX? If windows, there is a custom version of the AVX15 plugins pack in which the timecode effect was made real-time. And since you have a mojo, you could drop the effect on the top layer and immediately play out to tape through the mojo. Assuming you go out and get a DVD recorder for your client review copies, you could play the sequence through the mojo and burn your DVD in real-time. Finalizing has never taken more than 10 minutes on any brand burner I’ve used in the last 2-3 years. The newer ones may have improved on that time.If you have windows and want this you can download it here:
https://www.zshare.net/download/avidavx15pack-rt-tc-avx-zip.html
This is actually the Illusion FX with a green-dot Timecode effect – it’s not as pretty as the one you render, but you won’t have to render!
unzip and put it in your AVX_Plug-Ins folder, moving the current AVIDAVX15Pack.avx file to another location.
Don’t delete the original file, you may want it for prettier TC windows. -
Unfortunately I’m on OSX. The time code won’t render even if I cut it up into 5 minute clips. The first clip renders and when I try to render subsequent clips, the AVID just shuts down. Getting a DVD recorder won’t happen before my first output tomorrow afternoon, although it is definitely on my “to do” list. Exporting the Quick Time reference is nice and fast, but it doesn’t include the time code if it hasn’t been rendered first. Feel like I’m between a rock and hard place….
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[Cathy G’nator] “Unfortunately I’m on OSX.”
Probably one of only a few times you’ll be hearing yourself say that!
I remember using a product called Compression Master about a year ago that would burn timecode windows onto your files when compressed to whatever format – quicktimes, WMVs…. And from what I’ve heard, the program was purchased by Telestream (the Flip4Mac folks) and released as Episode Pro.
I’m not sure if it does encoding to mpeg2. Might be worth a look. -
[Dave Schweitzer] “[Cathy G’nator] “Unfortunately I’m on OSX.”
Probably one of only a few times you’ll be hearing yourself say that!”
I say that all the time!
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