Upgrade from MC4 to MC5.

[Jules Bodenstein]

You shouldnt lose any project files doing the upgrade however you may lose your user setting. I would export your user setting and copy the project folders into another location or drive to be on the safe side (the actual media files will be fine but if you want to be extra careful rename the avid media folder or move it to within another folder so Avid cant locate it).

Gaz Evans

Workflow Technician
The diROOM
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[Jeff Greenberg]

David,

You’re going to have to uninstall 4 to install 5. No, you won’t lose your users, settings or media.
Your users may be incompatible (and avid usually recommends building new users.)
Your Projects will be fine – it leaves them alone. Ditto with your media.

Yes, backup your projects and users (but you’re backing up your whole system, right?)

Best,

Jeff G

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[David Lewis]

Hi Jeff:

Thanks for the reply. Indeed I did back up me “essentials”.

I successfully uninstalled MC4 and installed MC5 and all seems great.

My user settings seem to have been saved as well, so (so far!) all is good in AVID edit “paradise”.

While I’m replying… an additional question. With MC5 I should be able to import AVCHD material into the system… correct?

In the past I had to do an “out of AVID” transcoding of material. Is this still needed to be done for working with that material??

[Jeff Greenberg]

You could (should) have been always able to IMPORT…what’s cool in MC 5 (and 5.5) is the ability to use AMA – avid media access.

If it’s just QuickTime files, you should be able to set AMA to look at a folder and it’ll just ‘be’ in your avid. There are workflow issues…but it’s quick and fast way to edit avchd material.

Best,

Jeff G

Apple Master Trainer | Avid Cert. Instructor DS/MC | Adobe Cert. Instructor
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[David Lewis]

Hi Gaz:

As I replied to Jeff… to you as well, thanks for the reply and assistance.

I copied all my essential project information to a separate drive in a “safe” file. I then uninstalled MC4 and installed MC5 and everything is still in order.

The only difficulty I encountered was upgrading my Sorensen Squeeze 5 (came with MC4) to 6… wouldn’t allow me to do it, but I’ve sent their tech support an inquiry and hope to get that squared away.

Again, thanks for taking the time to respond and assist me.

All the best,

DCL

[David Lewis]

Jeff:

Thanks… I thought that importing AVCHD files come as separate audio and video… and for some reason that AVID wouldn’t combine them, even on import until they were “togther” as a QT MOV… no doubt I was mis-informed and my lack of information didn’t help.

So using AMA I should be able to locate the files and have them imported into the AVID for editing- that’s great. I’ll give it a shot and see what happens. Frankly I haven’t worked out the AMA workflow in detail yet.

I edited two programs importing XDCAM HD material shot on a JVC and then to save drive space encoded/copied the files to DNxHD. The quality was great and work flow was very easy (only a small P&Z issue, unrelated to the video footage). I finished the project in DNxHD and exported the videos as such. Quality seemed to be great and I didn’t go back to the original AMA footage… frankly I didn’t know how to “match” the edits.

Would I (could I) do the same thing (transcode/copy) the AVCHD material to DNxHD in the same fashion??

Hope I’m not mixing apples and oranges in my question.
DCL