How to link 4k .r3d files / Composer 8.3

[Michael Phillips]

See pages 24-25 for starters:

https://www.avid.com/static/resources/documents/whitepapers/digital_camera/digital_camera_workflow_whitepaper.pdf?elq_mid=10041&elq_cid=10546672

Let us know if you are still having issues.

Michael

[Mark Panik]

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[Sabri Liefert]

Still don´t relink.

Isn´t there a more or less easy way to do it.
This should be a simple process?

[Michael Phillips]

It can be easy, but one needs to know how the proxies were made for the offline – meaning the R3D file can be referenced by an embedded REEL which is only 8 characters, or is it the entire 16 characters? AMA uses the entire 16 original file name, and if a spanned file, will also include the _001 (which is stupid, but that’s the way it works).

So, look at one of the offline proxy clips and bring up both the TAPE and SOURCE FILE column and see where the R3D file name lives, and whether it is 8, 16, or more. Then we can take it from there and set up the relink options.

Michael

[Sabri Liefert]

Thank you Michael for your reply!

For Example
the Filename in the imported aaf bin is:

a013_c015_1006rx

the file structure on disc is:

Folder:
ProjectX > Day 1 Card 20 > A013_1006JD.RDM

File:
A013_C015_1006RX_001.R3D
A013_C015_1006RX_002.R3D

The person who generated the aaf used 720p dnxhd proxies (see screenshot)
I want to relink to the original .r3d files via ama.

[Michael Phillips]

Assuming the timecodes are counting at the same rate (720 can count at 30 as well with frames pulled out to be 24)…

In the relink dialogue box when setting up, you need to check the “ignore extension” as well as enter “_” in the “ignore characters after last occurrence”. See here:

Michael

[Sabri Liefert]

Thank you very much Michael!
The underscore does the trick!

Unfortunately i just ran into the next relinking problem.

I made some DNxHR UHD MXF files in Davinci Resolve,
which i want to relink to the editors timeline.

I opened the media tool and found the clips, dragged them into a new bin in the project.
Clips are in the folder c:/Avid Mediafiles/MXF/1
(i had to select “all projects” in media tool to find the files?)

I tried several relink options.

Is there a problem with the duration? File type?

I am at my wit’s end.

[Michael Phillips]

If you don’t have the full span of media available, then relinking it will not happen. Tape names seems to be fine. Did you render with handles in Resolve?

Michael

[Sabri Liefert]

No, i didn´t rendered frame handles.

?

[Sabri Liefert]

The rendered files are shorter. Only the length of the edit.
What is the workflow to get them back from Resolve to MC?