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AVID transcode walkaround
Hello,
I am working in a long documentary. I am importing the raw files (straight from the canon C300) using AMA, and then transcoding into DNxHD 36 AVID codec.
But it takes for ever!
How necessary is it to transcode all the material?
I heard that playback will suffer if I just link everything with AMA (about 50 hours or more)Thanks!
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6 Replies
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Why are you transcoding? You should be able to consolidate (which is essentially a file copy with a checksum). The C300 footage shouldn’t be that heavy on your system.
Dylan Reeve has a nice video on how to bring C300 footage into Avid:
https://vimeo.com/groups/c300/videos/38909217
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Michael Hancock
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Thanks Michael!
But wouldn’t consolidate take as much time as transcoding?
I will check that video.
Best!
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Consolidating is copying, transcoding is recompressing.
Shane
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We’re doing a show that shoots 15 hours of C300 footage per day. We consolidate (not transcode) with relative ease. We can consolidate 1 shooting block (40-50 hours of footage) in one day.
Don’t transcode… DNx36 isn’t that much smaller than the full rez (50mbps) material. Waste of time.
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Thanks guys!
Great help 🙂
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Thanks for the tip, Daniel.
It’s indeed much faster.
But sometimes I have issues to link back to the original “camera files”, and I am afraid that this will cause problems in the online.
What I do:1. Import/link with AMA
2. ALT+Drag files to a new BIN
3. Consolidate to my Avid MediaFilesBut when both bins are open, some files links to different locations.
Is this normal? Would you suggest a different workflow?
Thanks!
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