XD CAM HD Proxy Workflow

[Michael Kammes]

What version of MC are you using? 5.0+?

If you used AMA, you can toggle from high and low res. If not via AMA, then it’s gonna be a bit more difficult. Did you watch this video before starting?

https://community.avid.com/forums/t/94734.aspx

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[Doug O’connor]

Thanks Michael,

I had not seen that post. The workflow we came up with involved using the transfer tool to first export the clips off of the disc to local storage, then AMA link, and then transcode to SD 10m as we are grouping 3 cameras.
The match back was to then use relink command, highlighting all of the AMA clips gathered in a single bin, and selecting relink sequence to selected clips check box. It worked, but the workflow suggested in the video seems a bit more direct, and allows for naming of discs, which I was unable to figure out.
All of my discs are coming in as “untitled” which scares me a bit as I will have hundreds on this series.

Also, when I was doing tests, AMA directly to the disc was not working. I have tried in both MC 5.03 and 5.5, which forced me to copy the clips first, which is talking a lot of time.

Am I missing something regarding open ing the disc directly using AMA?

Again,

Many thanks for your insight,

Doug

[Doug O’connor]

More on the XD Cam HD front.
Many thanks for the ingest help on XD Cam discs
Works like a charm
Next up is our group clip workflow. I had initially been transcoding to 10M resolution but new workflow creates
Mpeg clips on consolidate linked to low res proxie media.. Are there any limitations regarding group clips in this format that anyone is aware of?

I am trying to group 3 cameras across many hours of shooting for a weeks shoot. I copied all cameras clips into a bin, sorted by TC, and lasso an hour or two of clips
Then group command based on TC

My success has been limited, and the clips are inconsistently playing as quad splits

Am I completely off base with this workflow?
Again, I appreciate any insights on this

Doug

[Doug O’connor]

Sorry to repost on this,

I have tamed all but one thing in this HD Can HD workflow.
We have created media using Bob Russos excellent workflow using AMA to consolidate to the mpeg proxies and full res audio. We have trimmed up all cameras from a master sequence of all three cameras made with auto sequence.

My problem is that the multiclips wont play out of the source window, they give the error ADM_DIO_ERROR OCCURRED, DIOerr:PMDIOVideoOutOffStream::Enqueue Frame – Length not valid, max frame size 777600, length 1036800.

The multiclips play great in Multicamera mode, but we cant play them out as source.
We have tried to get this to work on many machineswith no success and the same error message.
Has anyone seen this? We have tried everything

We are working Mac Pro Avid versions 5.03 and 5.5

I appreciate any insights anyone has into this.

Many Thanks,

Doug
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