[Glenn Sakatch]

also, read through the list…there is a very good description of a similar problem about 4 questions earlier.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

Which folder are you clicking on when you tell the box to ama link?

I find sometimes moving up or down a level will net better results.

Also check your folder names for odd characters, or if the c300 structure itself is buried too deep in another structure. (put the c300 structure in the root of the drive)

And as you’ve discovered, a span clip is a pain in the butt if you are trying to individually link them.

Finally, as I discovered in another thread this week, alt dragging a folder from the finder/explorer window into an avid bin does a pretty good job of ama linking every subfolder inside that main folder. Haven’t tried it with c300, but worth a shot.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

I like the Alt Drag. That looks like it will make it much easier for everyone if (when) they go offline again.

The program has no problem at all relinking old links, if I can get the ama media online somewhere…anywhere, so this might be a good intermediate solution.

(until Avid has more than a few years to work on the problem:)

If this works like a regular relinking session, I can actually delete these new links once the program has it in its memory, and the original links will still work. (keeps everything cleaner)

Thanks John

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

[Glenn Sakatch] “As I said, in the original post, I could work for days on end without any snag at all, but as soon as I opened that other project, all hell broke loose.”

Because you are changing systems…and file paths. That’s the issue. ONe project knows the file path. Take that sequence to another machine, the file path is completely different…so the footage goes offline

That’s not what is happening….I’m not taking it to another machine. I’m opening two different projects on one machine, and it keeps wiping the info.

I’m tired of people saying “ama is new” It isn’t new. We are into 3 years of this linking issue now.

Put a button on another piece of software that doesn’t work for 3 years and see how that goes over.

This is not supposed to be a thread about bashing AMA, or Avid. I love Avid, and after most of this process, I’m actually loving AMA, I just want a better database management of the ama links, or at the very least, a better batch re-link option. The “relink to ama files” option is painful,having to manually select each files location.

FCP used to have media go offline all the time, but you could point it to the root of where the footage was, and it would figure it out from there.

After Effects does the same thing. Help it find 1 missing file, and the program says “hey, there’s the rest of those files!”

AMA needs that bit of intelligence built into it, and most of this relinking issues will disappear.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

That’s what I’m wondering…Are the ama databases that get built screwing everything up each time. Can I save my databases once my links are stable, and restore them if my links all get changed?

I actually tried turning the AMA management off yesterday, but it continues to fill the AMA management folder with data.

I’ll look into that some more today.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

I understand the whole “transcode and cut” idea, but really, that is usually based more on performance.

I’m dealing with 8 months worth of footage for these docs. Probably 10TB of MXF, and 10TB of AMA. I’m amazed how well the ama clips are responding. For the most part, I don’t know the difference between ama and mxf media. The root of the problem though is “why does it go offline?” and “Why can’t we have an easier way of putting it back online”

As I said, in the original post, I could work for days on end without any snag at all, but as soon as I opened that other project, all hell broke loose. Again, even that I can understand. It was linking to its original location, fine. Why does it have to then tell my project…a totally different project…to change its location? That makes no sense. There is an undelying AMA manager at play here that is doing more than it should.

We can complain about AMA vs transcodes all we want…this is a bug that should be fixed, or a part of the program that should be addressed. The actual working with AMA is smooth as silk.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

or export your vo track only as a wave file, and re-import it. See how it comes back in. At least at that point avid should see it the same as your other imported audio sources.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

Yes, depending on what the final effect is you are looking for (hand held or tripod) I would stabilize the shot, track it, insert the footage, then reverse the stabilize data to put the shake back in. Now in all honesty, I wouldn’t do all this in MC normally, so I can’t say off the top of my head how easy it is to invert the stabilize after the fact from within MC.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

Not sure about the asy aspect. My guess would be its an educational version. Many of the unopened copies for sale are just that, but I believe there is an upgrade path from educational versions as well.

Give avid licensing a call and ask them what the upgrade cost is for educational.

I would also contact the seller and clarify.

The math isn’t that hard.

1300 for a new version

300 for an upgrade to 8 plus what ever you pay for the “used” version, plus a bit of “will this work” cost.

I would be more inclined to look for used dongles online. They are pretty hard to spoof, and are easy to upgrade for that same 300 dollars. Pretty much any level of Avid can be upgraded to MC8 if you have a dongle. Again, a quick call to Avid support/licensing will clarify the cost.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

I’ve had good success with Ustream, but for it to work properly you need a second computer running your streaming hardware. (in my case an older MacBook pro and a Matrox Mxo2) Trying to edit and stream with the same computer is not as easy, especially when both programs want to use the same blackmagic or Kona card.

Glenn