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Help, Client having post trouble
I have a client who uses AVID and Final Cut both are older versions I believe. He says that he is getting “media offline” when bringing the footage. He dug a little and he seems to think that whenever there is extra file in the TAKR folder it shows up as offline and missing media. But when the file is not there it’s ok. Or when he goes in and removes the file in the TAKR folder.
Thxs
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4 Replies
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Why would there be an “extra” file in the TAKR folder?
There’s something missing in this workflow picture. Might your client not be importing the files properly? With FCP, Re-wrap to .mov in XDCAM Transfer or Log & Transfer with Sony plugin.
With Avid I’d assume re-wap to .mxf in Clip Browser. -
Is the ‘extra file’ an SMI? If so there are spanned clips, which Avid AMA supports. There should be nothing besides EX-generated files in either the CLPR or TAKR folders. I’m assuming they’re using AMA since AVID is looking directly at BPAV?
If they are missing part of a file this is normal if the files span volumes/cards and both volumes/cards are not available to the system. Is there a ‘Clip Transit’ locator in the preview window? Even if the media is offline this will still show up if in fact we’re looking at a spanned clip. If removing the SMI corrects everything that’s probably because Avid is only looking at the standalone MP4s and not looking for the rest of the clip(s), i.e. the spanned portions located on some other card or drive.
If we need to go further please provide more info re what you’re seeing and what version of Media Composer they’re using.
Best,
Ian
Ian Cook
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I’ll check. I’m prob did a horrible job trying to explain this…..
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He said both avid and final cut were a year behind on versions. I gave him a number of a friend that is proficient with all. Thanks for your help but this guy needs a direct line. I’m a bad middle man on this stuff…Thx guys
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