Resolve 11 AAF to Avid Error

[Shane Ross]

Hey all. I’ve sent a small test sequence from Avid to Resolve 11, to check out the workflow. The footage is from a C300, I transcoded it to DNx175, then exported an AAF, imported to Resolve, and did a cursory grade. I then rendered out the footage, put it into the Avid file structure, and then exported an AAF out of Resolve.

I can import that fine into Avid…but when I open the sequence, all the media is offline, and I’m hit with two errors:

and

And then I get debugger error, and then an EXCEPTION…and crash.

Anyone help me with this one…am I doing a step wrong? If I load the .mdb into a bin, all the footage comes in fine.

Thanks

Shane
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[Glenn Sakatch]

did you call up resolves “round trip” preset, or create your own?

If you do the preset, resolve will automatically output a new aaf for you…usually 1 level up from where you told it to render your media. I have had better luck using that aaf, than one I’ve manually created in resolve.

If you did anything to the timeline- timing wise- you need to do an export “create new aaf” inside resolve.

I’m on site for a job right now, and did the show open yesterday using resolve and the round trip actually worked like a damn the first time I tried it.

Glenn

[Michael Phillips]

Also avoid audio in this type of workflow. Always just send video which you may have done, but just mentioning it.

Michael

[Shane Ross]

OK, let me try again without audio…won’t need that anyway. Besides, none of the renders out of resolve contained audio…only video files. And I did use the Round Trip preset. Someone on Twitter said the same thing about exporting a NEW AAF. All I did was go to the EDIT panel, right click on the sequence and select EXPORT>AAF. Let me see if NEW is anywhere in that list.

And yes, I did try the AAF that ended up with the Media, and had the same issue. I’ll get back to you in a bit.

Shane
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[Glenn Sakatch]

I just did another one…so its fresh in my mind.

In avid I duplicate the sequence and transcoded/consolidated the media to a new folder. (30 frame handles)

export aaf to resolve.

In resolve brought everything in, coloured, rendered with round trip preset. (30 frame handles) I think if your handles don’t match you may have issues.

back in avid imported the aaf that Resolve automatically created into a new bin.

brought in the media. Upon the database build, all was good.

Glenn

[Shane Ross]

OK, the GENERATE NEW AAF worked…but about 6 shots in 45 are missing. And by the looks of it, not rendered out of Resolve. looking into that next.

Shane
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[Glenn Sakatch]

Resolve doesn’t automatically mark in to out on your entire timeline.

There is an icon/button on the far right of the delivery page for that. (That buggered me up yesterday on show 2)

Glenn

[Shane Ross]

Yes…I know that. You can do a range, right click on a clip and choose MARK IN, right click on another and choose MARK OUT. Or right click on any clip and choose SELECT ALL. I did SELECT ALL. 42 shots in my media pool. I’m going to see how many end up after the render. Although, a lot of the shots are the same angle cut away from and returned too…wonder if the media pool separates them by shot, or…

Shane
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[Shane Ross]

BAMMO! WOrked. Selected all again, re-rendered, brought to Avid. Not the file that was produced, but the GENERATE NEW AAF linked up this time.

Thanks all!!!

Shane
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