changing frames to mintues/seconds

[Mark]

Change it, then save your workspace. That should do the trick….me thinks….

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Jim Leser]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply.

When you write “Change it, then save your workspace”
do you mean, “Save Current” I’ve done that many times
and it defaults to “frames” I wonder how many film cutters use AVID
as compared to video people??? The default should be minutes/seconds.

I’m also seeing that AVID defaults to other strange settings,
like “composite” on video output….. it’s 2008, AVID…. composite
was …??? VHS…or 3/4″ ????

[Mark]

I have not seen this.

I have a workspace for A/B editing and have it set to a keyboard shortcut (all of my modes are set to shortcuts)…I have not experienced the frames vs timecode issue.

Also, the only time my machine Symphony Nitris) changes output settings are when there is no machine connected, or there is no signal present….otherwise it always stays locked on either HD SDI or SDI….at home I work in a tapeless manner, so I have not experienced this.

Regards

Mark

Mark Harvey
Senior Editor
Le Réseau des sports

[Michael Hancock]

Welcome to the one feature on Avid that works one release and doesn’t the next. The timecode settings. And sometimes the Video Output/Input settings.

You’re likely running a version where it doesn’t matter what you do to try to get Avid to remember that you want to see minutes and seconds, it will default to frames. You just have to change it every time you start up. If you upgrade to Media Composer 3 it’s working like it’s supposed to. I had the same frustrations when I was using Xpress Pro, so when they came out with the $500 upgrade price to MC I took it and have been loving it ever since.

Are you running the latest version of Xpress Pro? I think it’s 5.7.4, maybe 5.7.5. Check the Avid site for the latest version.

Michael.