• Avid Media Composer

  AMA-Linking C300 footage in Avid MC 8.3 without INDEX files?

  Posted by John Northrup on February 26, 2015 at 6:31 pm

  Hello,

  I was given a few drives full of C300 media that had been heavily rearranged. I rebuilt the folder structure (Card > CONTENTS > CLIPS001) and added the INDEX files wherever they existed (about 20% of the footage). I successfully AMA-linked / consolidated any footage that still had an INDEX file, but I cannot link to the rest of the media from Avid.

  The only way I can get it into the project is by a direct import, which is time-consuming and ties up Avid. Furthermore, without the INDEX file, the clips come in segments (i.e. they’re not sewn back together on import).

  Does anyone know a way around this problem? Or is there no hope once the INDEX files have been deleted?

  Thank you.

  John

  Michael Phillips replied 11 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Mark Spano

  February 26, 2015 at 7:54 pm

  You should still be able to AMA link the individual MXFs, using the MXF (generic) AMA plugin. However, I know no solution to having them come in as spanned clips again instead of individually, which is a drag.
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  John Northrup

  February 26, 2015 at 10:08 pm

  Thanks, I am able to AMA link them now. I had “autodetect AMA plug-in” selected when it wasn’t working. Still not spanned, but at least able to consolidate in background.
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  Michael Phillips

  February 27, 2015 at 2:54 pm

  Autodetect does not work well at all with any format expecting to use a card structure of folder hierarchy. Always select actual plug-in to avoid madness.

  Michael

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