avid and p2

[Shane Ross]

2.8…man, that’s going back. But lemme try.

You need to use the option FILE>IMPORT P2>CLIPS TO BIN. There is the other option, IMPORT P2>MEDIA… hmmm…I think it’s CLIPS TO BIN.

Yes, I just tested…it is CLIP TO BIN. Gotta move the P2 card offload folders to the media drive first. All this does is import the clips and point to them where they are, it doesn’t move them to the Avid Media folder.

Avid 3.05 and up made things MUCH easier. Avid Media Access (AMA) makes this easier than eating ice cream.

Shane

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[Jan Terry]

thanks will try… so basically I have to get the clips off the external and put them on one of the 4 drives I have hooked up to AVID etc…and go from there… Jan

[Shane Ross]

Yup. Upgrade to Avid 4.0 if you can. Although that is Intel only…. I wish that 3.1 was still out, or 3.0.5. Those versions changed the game.

Shane

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[Ben Wilson]

I know this thread is getting long in the tooth, but,

The Clips to Bin creates master clips in the selected bin that are linked to the P2 folder in which the P2 media resides. The ImportP2>Media will move the media to a media drive and convert into AVID media.

If you have a dongle authorized for 4.0, you can still install and run a previous version of Media Composer. You can download installers for previous versions from AVID’s website.

3.5 and above introduce the AMA plugin feature that makes working with P2 folders a little less awkward.

Ben Wilson
Engineering Project Manager
SCETV