converting a subclip from 29.97 to 23.976

[Michael Phillips]

Now you are seeing some of the issues related to AMA and the difference between user managed media (AMA) and Avid managed media (Avid MediaFiles folder). If the media was imported (ProRes) it can stay ProRes but be managed via the Avid MediaFiles folder. BWF should be imported as well. Once managed in the MediaFile folder structure, and copied to the editor’s drive – you can swap bins all the time and it links automatically. with AMA, the UNC path will can be different and managing it can cause headaches.

So while the ProRes can be edited natively, it’s the file management of AMA that becomes the challenge in your scenario. Importing the ProRes will be a ‘fast import” and remain ProRes.

Michael

Michael Phillips

[Henry Barrial]

That makes a lot of sense and feels so unfair. Avid sold me on this workflow. Really made me believe it could be done. It’s hard to accept defeat after a week of tutorials and 3 weeks of AMA linking, logging and syncing.

[Michael Phillips]

Well the sharing between two systems is a bit out of the AMA feature set – works great with Avid managed media. You would still have native ProRes support via the fast import with the added benefit of being Avid managed. AMA works pretty well on a single system, single user, but I would still take caution of doing an entire feature via AMA – I always transcode regardless of original codec to an offline proxy, edit and conform.

Michael

Michael Phillips

[Henry Barrial]

At this point I think we’ll stay AMA and keep it with the single CPU and drive and match back (which has been the only consistent fix). I can’t start over. Thanks!

[Michael Phillips]

You don’t have to start over if you want Avid managed media. You can always select your .sync clips and transcode them and the process will make DMxHD or ProRes (your choice in settings). From there, you will have the media in the Avid MediaFiles folder which can be copied to the other system. From there, it is a matter of sending bins. I work this way with a co-editor on the west coast while I am on the east coast. I use DNxHD 36 as an offline proxy, and I get 65 hours on a single 1TB drive.

Once you get the hang of what works best for any given workflow, it will smooth out – and features are the trial by fire method.

Michael

Michael Phillips

[Job Ter burg]

Do as Michael says. Get out of AMA as soon as you can. AMA is NOT for longform editing. I would not recoomend it for anything that you will be working on for more than one day. Not because it sucks, but because it’s simply not as rock solid as traditional Avid media is. And you will want rock solid if you’re cutting a feature.

Don’t hesitate. Take the advise.