[Dave Edwards]

Thanks, George. It’s just as well I also have Sony Vegas..! I suppose the other option (tedious though it would be) would be to create side by side frames in Vegas and import these into MC..

[Dave Edwards]

Thanks, Michael. You’re right: my other format, MXF, is a breeze in comparison.

[Dave Edwards]

Thus far I have always managed to get my AVCHD files into MC6 either by direct import or by transcoding when it refused to cooperate with the import. Once ingested, all is well, but it can be a lengthy / trial and error process, particularly with long files.

I have never yet tried a project using only AMA linking because I am nervous that once complete the export could fail in the same way that import often does and transcode occasionally can.

[Dave Edwards]

Thanks, Michael. My main concern is the thought that having edited a project I could find that MC could hang when it came to the export stage, which would be far more damaging than struggling to ingest the stuff in the first place..

[Dave Edwards]

Thanks, Paddy: yes, I think I’ve sorted the problem now.

[Dave Edwards]

Thanks, Paddy.

[Dave Edwards]

Hi Michael, thank you for your help. The missing camera uses AVCHD,- I have a mix of formats in this multi-camera scene – I have been struggling with MC’s pipe stall error when importing longer AVCHD files and transcoding either within Avid when it wants to comply or else by rendering it from Vegas. In this case it wasn’t at all cooperative.

[Dave Edwards]

Hi Michael, thank you very much for your assistance. I don’t see a specific option “Relink to selected clips” so I assume I should work with the larger, more complex dialogue box? When you say “select the timeline” do you mean setting in and out points where media is offline? Clips were grouped for multicamera,- is this my issue? Thanks.

[Dave Edwards]

Thanks, John. I have to say that even AMA / Transcode crashes from time to time but not as frequently.

[Dave Edwards]

Thanks, Job,- I’ll look at this.