Transcoding AMA Canon footage to DNX36

[John Pale]

There are a lot of variables, so I don’t think a chart would really be feasible,

Version of MC, number of CPU cores, CPU speed, disk speed. GPU is irrelevant.

The most recent versions of MC will utilize CPU cores more effectively in transcoding. Using slower disk interfaces, like FW800 or USB2 will cause a bottleneck.

[Shane Ross]

Canon DSLR or AVCHD camera?

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[Andrew Kimery]

What file format does the camera save the video as? I believe starting with MC6 or 7 Avid supports MXF media from Canon’s cameras natively so there is no transcode need. You should be able to AMA link to the files then consolidate them onto your Avid media drive. The ‘ingest’ time is basically just how long it takes Avid to do a file copy of the media from its source onto your editing drive.

[Martinjohn Harris]

Thanks everyone for responding, I’ve gone back to the producer to find out the file formats that the cameras are generating. They’re using 4 different cameras, so I’m going to guess that there’ll be a range of formats too. I know one camera is a Canon 300, and I think that’s generating MXF files, so probably the easiest to transcode, MXF being something Avid MC is designed to work with. Anyway, big thanks for your replies so far.

MJH

[Deleted User]

I AMA link to C300 ftg all the time. I usually subclip what I want and then transcode that. AMA transcode is faster then the traditional import.

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