Avid?

[Morten]

We have problems with some flavours of AVCHD that Avid will not import – so we had to transcode.

– No Parking Production –

2 x Finalcut Studio3, 2 x Prod. bundle CS6, 2 x MacPro, 2 x ioHD, Ethernet File Server w. X-Raid…. and FCPX on trial

[Andrew Kimery]

I wonder if they have the most recent versions of the XDCAM plugin? I had some problems importing footage (can’t remember the codec) this summer and it turned out that all the machines in the office (except the one used by the AE’s) had out-of-date plugins.

[Craig Seeman]

Perhaps they need the correct XDCAM AMA plugin for Avid 6.5
https://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/micro-xdcam/resource.downloads.bbsccms-assets-micro-xdcam-downloads-XDCAMSoftwareDownload.shtml#apps

[Tony West]

Thanks you guys,

I got a text from them saying they re-installed a plug-in and now they are good to go.

Whew : )

[Jeremy Garchow]

I guess it’s time to start the “Is Avid Professional or Not: The Debate Saga of the Millennium” forum.

N’est-ce pas?

[Craig Seeman]

[Jeremy Garchow] “I guess it’s time to start the “Is Avid Professional or Not: The Debate Saga of the Millennium” forum.”

Yea! After all, isn’t depending on third party plugins to handle professional acquisition codecs a sign that it’s not really for professionals. 😉

[John Pale]

The AMA plugins are not third party. That would mean a company like Boris or Intelligent assistance were making a product necessary to fill a hole in Media Composers capabilities.

The camera manufacturers provide their own plugins. Avid provides the architecture. This frees avid from having to update the whole app every time a new camera comes out or a camera gets new firmware that breaks something. Now if RED or Sony want to release a new camera or update, all they have to do is update their plugins. No need to wait for an Avid upgrade cycle.

Avid needs to cleanup their website a little to make things more clear and organized, or maybe offer subscriptions to AMA plugins, so people can stay current more easily, but the idea behind it is sound.

[Keith Koby]

For me, I thank god every morning that Avid hasn’t resorted to deceptive marketing practices like touting 4k. They crossed the line once with that stereoscopic non-sense that nobody uses. It is an obvious sign of shenanigans that can’t be tolerated in this forum.

[Craig Seeman]

[John Pale] “That would mean a company like Boris or Intelligent assistance were making a product necessary to fill a hole in Media Composers capabilities.”

So if Apple has Motion and Adobe has After Effects but Avid needing Avid FX (Boris Red) also doesn’t make it less professional?

If it’s not obvious I’m being deliberate incendiary because, in the past, some have claimed FCPX is somehow “not professional” because it uses various third party plugins.

Please note the humorous intent in Jeremy’s post.

[Walter Soyka]

[Keith Koby] “For me, I thank god every morning that Avid hasn’t resorted to deceptive marketing practices like touting 4k.”

This line is doubly funny (or sad, depending on your point of view), given Avid’s current lack of 4K finishing solution.

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