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Need advice for 4K in Avid Media Composer
Hi! I have been working in animation the last several years so this is my first time working in Live Action with a short that was shot with Alexa Mini in 4K Pro Res 4444 UHD 2:39:1. I am not able to sync up (even manually) Pic and Audio because there is a drift that happens making it impossible. I am working offline from a drive and I am on Avid. Someone transferred from Camera to the ext drive and then put in Avid settings at 4KDCI Full 4096X2160 1:90:1 23.976P. Sound was set at 48kHz 24bit. Did the footage from the camera need to be transcoded or is it just the settings? Thanks for any help you can provide. Nancy
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Hey Nancy,
That sounds like a real bundle of fun.
There will be other people around who knows more, than I do, about Avid running 23.976p.A couple of questions:
What are your hardware specs, including the external drive?
Do you know what the audio was recorded on?Did the “someone” who input the settings, also set up the project for you?
If you investigate the files that you are using, video and audio, what do the properties tell you?
And, where is the edit going once you have finished with it?
(Are you outputting for On-Line/conform somewhere else, or do they just want a flat master-file from you?)Based on the setting that you are working to, I would not call it “off-line”. Depending on what the original footage shows, it may be that your footage has already been transcoded?
I suggest that your investigation should centre around frame-rate(s), and if the “Avid settings at 4KDCI Full 4096X2160 1:90:1 23.976P” are the right ones for you to use?
To get you moving, this recent thread on the COW may help you a small step closer to a solution:
https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/media-creation-settings-for-4k-project/Good Luck – and please do let us know what the solution is when you get there.
Atb
Mads
creativecow.net
Media Creation settings for 4k project - Avid Media Composer - Creative COW
Media Creation settings for 4k project - Avid Media Composer - Creative COW
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Hi Mads! thanks so much for your response and the link which I will check immediately. Yes, it was the same assistant who chose settings and set up the project. Someone else moved the dailies from Camera to external Lacie Hard Drive. So, yeah, bundle of fun indeed—and all back in my lap. I sure hope to actually be editing at some point soon. LOL. Thanks again. Nancy
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23.98 should not be your issue. 99 percent of my projects are shot and cut at 23.98.
4444 prores 4k…now that is a different story. That is a lot of bandwidth to try to pull off an external drive for an edit. I would suggest you get everything transcoded to dnxhr SQ (or lower) at HD.
Then sync your audio and video
cut your piece
relink to the camera originals
and then output your master version.
There is no need to cut at 4k, except to say “hey look ma, i’m cutting at 4k!”
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