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importing Pro Res into AVID 5.0.3
Hello,
A quick question. Can anyone tell me if I can import a Pro Res HQ file into Media Composer 5.0.3 using AMA. I know this works in Media Composer 5.5 but I have no experience with version 5.0.3.
Thanks,
Phil
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I think AMA in v5 will see anything that you have the Quicktime codec for, but if you want to do anything more than look at it, you should transcode to DNX immediately (or an Avid SD resolution if its not HD).
Performance will be bad. Native support starts in v6.
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How about printing to tape?
Will the performance be good enough for playback?
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You must convert it to DNxHD. I wouldn’t even trust AMA of ProRes QT in MC6 for layback to tape. I’d only trust media in the Avid codec for smooth layback to tape.
Be mindful of the gamma shift.
Shane
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Yes, the gamma shift is what I was trying to avoid.
Seriously is AMA that unreliable in MC6 that you can’t even print to tape? -
AMA is the means to allow you to ACCESS the footage, as the name implies. If you want to edit that footage, reliably without bogging down the system, you need to convert to Avid media.
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Access it to what end then, I wonder?
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Access it so you can bring it into Media Composer, and then transcode. MC6 allows you to transcode to ProRes MXF…so just re-wrap to MXF…no quality loss.
Shane
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Thank you very much for the informative reply!
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[Shane Ross] “You must convert it to DNxHD. I wouldn’t even trust AMA of ProRes QT in MC6 for layback to tape.”
Excuse me for chipping in. Can you expand on that? I have ProRes 422HQ stuff which certainly plays okay in MC6.0.1 on a MacBook Pro from a USB3 drive. Are you saying that isn’t good enough to guarantee successful export?
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Play it back from start to finish…without stopping. Does it skip or stutter?
I tested with a slew of ProREs footage, editing a smaller project. It was fine at first, but then when the timeline got longer, the system slowed down, and I needed to go to YELLOW for smoother playback. It will work up to a point, but then it bogs down. H.264 from DSLRs was much worse. And interestingly, RED footage took a lot longer to bog things down.
Things might change when Avid can take more advantage of 64 bit processing.
Shane
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