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  Upgrade to Media Composer 5 problem?

  Posted by Brian Waz on September 2, 2010 at 5:42 pm

  We are moving to MC5 from old Symphony’s on Meridien and have may archived OMF 2 files. I have tried to load these omf files on the MC5 system, but continually have problems with embedded video and a error message saying the embedded video cannot be loaded. It does not say why, or what the error is, but this is a concern if I can’t load archived material. All old omf’s are 2:1, and i’ve tried to import them in a 2:1 mfx format. Any suggestions to what I might be missing?
  thanks
  Brian

  Brian Waz replied 15 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Job Ter burg

  September 3, 2010 at 6:54 am

  You are trying to take an old OMF file and move it five software revisions into the future. That is not a healthy method, IMHO.
  I would open the OMF on the Meridien system, archive the project and the media (OMFI MediaFiles folders), and take those to your MC5 system. More likely to work.
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  Brian Waz

  September 3, 2010 at 2:55 pm

  Thanks for the idea, unfortunately, there’s seven years of archived omf files, and I’ve really had no issues in restoring those hundreds of jobs in past. It’s mostly commercial work, 15’s and 30’s, and I didn’t expected a full restoration of an old omf file, but missing the embedded video of files is a big concern.
  I’m not moving an avid omf to FCP and expecting it to work! I had always thought that omf was an avid idea, and would at least support it moving forward in some rational path. I expected some issue with secondary color correction not being there…. made sense, but it’s a whole new can of worms going from sapphire 2 to 3, and the numerous changes to the whole MC5 system. I had hoped that the title tool would at least open a file… sounds like a long, long weekend ahead!
  thanks again
  Brian

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