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P2 and Group Clips
Hi. Have found a problem group clipping P2 footage? I am finding that when you group by source TC the resulitng clips are out of sync by up several seconds. Have a work around, but htis involves mounting the P2 daily rushes on a PC and then moving the project and drive to the Mac Pro suite, but this is not ideal.
This is happening on a mac pro, running MC4.03.
Does anyone know if this is a known bug that has been fixed in either MC4.05 or MC5?
Thanks
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10 Replies
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What about grouping by IN points? Find a common frame and try that. I haven’t had any trouble with that..in Avid MC 2.8.8 nor 4.0…nor 5.0.
Shane
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply. That was my first suggestion to the editor, but he doesn’t want to have to do anything more than select the A&B cam and group by source tc. For now I’ll just have to mount them initially on on a pc and then move the drive.
Cheers
Dan
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[Dan Marlow] ” he doesn’t want to have to do anything more than select the A&B cam and group by source tc.”
Lazy lazy lazy. Were the cameras JAM synced? The timecode EXACTLY the same for both? To the frame? It will only work this way if it is to the frame.
Shane
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Hah. Its a drama editor and the production aren’t paying for assisting, so probably feeling aggrieved already.
TC wise its all fine. My workaround of initially mounting on a PC Avid, then moving the drive plus avid bin to the mac suite is working.
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What a lazy-ass editor. ‘Drama’ editor or not… he should do his job. It would take all of 5 minutes to mark in points and group.
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In fairness, it is an issue of time, rather than laziness. There are alot of clips arriving each night.
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[Dan Marlow] “There are alot of clips arriving each night.”
Which is why you hire an Assistant. They need to be doing all this busy work..not the editor. It is their job to group and organize clips. Some companies think they are saving money by NOT having an assistant for this, but then the work still needs to get done, and they are now paying someone who makes nearly twice as much to spend all their time doing it.
Shane
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Preaching to choir.
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Should anyone else have this problem – it is gone by MC 5.0.2
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i often just group using inpoints, just mark the clip and repeat on subsequent clips, then highlight all and group by inpoint. I’ve never had that not work
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