[Glenn Sakatch]

can you not transcode and then relink your sequence to the new media?

Relink your original offline clips to the new media?

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

Another thing to keep in mind is – for better or worse-the reality is that it all depends on the broadcaster.

If you are outputting a local spot to a local station, I would guess there is much smaller chance of that commercial being kicked back because of an illegal range in color.

If you are outputting a 1 hour show to PBS, there is a very good chance that it will be kicked back.

I’m not saying its “right”, but it is how the world works.

Typically i color everything to as close as legal as possible, and then depending on the broadcaster, i may run it though a final legalize session where anything that has snuck through so far, can get eased down to legal. I have a preset on my DS that has been created and tweaked over the years to satisfy the third party QC company we use. Basically allowing me to do as little “extra” as possible, while still satisfying them and their equipment.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

Somethings wrong in the workflow here.

I would suggest a couple of approaches.

There isn’t really a need to trash the whole folder. Step inside it and delete the “1” folder inside the MXf subfolder. This will delete all that media. You may have to delete a “2” or “3” folder as well. This will delete all media from any projects on your box…assuming you only have the one storage location.

A better solution may be to delete media 1 project at at time, from with in that project. (see below)

There is no reason for the media to “POP” back up, unless there is actually another folder on a drive somewhere with media on it, and that is in fact the media you are trying to delete. Please note, if you did delete the AvidMedia Files folder, and then relaunched Avid, then yes, the folder will come back on, as avid requires that folder to function, but you shouldn’t see any media inside the folder.

Inside Avid check out your media tool and see if it is scanning other drives.

Inside the project that contains the media you want to delete, you can select the clips in the bin and hit the delete button. If you tell avid to delete the associated media files, those clips should be gone.

When you say you tried unlinking the clips…are you working with media you imported or transcoded or digitized off tape, or are you working with AMA media? If you are using AMA media, there will be no media in your MXF folder to delete. The clips keep popping back on because the drive you are AMA-ing from is still connected.

Other than that, i suppose it is possible you don’t have the correct permissions to delete the folder. It really shouldn’t be hard to delete the media from your box. (the trouble usually starts when you realize you can’t un-delete it 🙂

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

I have an MXO2 with Max, which I used to use with Avid and FCP. Since i started into Resolve, i grabbed an extreme 3d a few years ago. I use this with Avid, Resolve, FCP and Premiere/After effects. Your box is older than mine, so i don’t know if that would matter. I’m running Lion, as i usually avoid switching just because apple wants me to, so take that into consideration.

Also, as far as running them at the same time, you can’t have both after effects and avid open at the same time, and have it auto switch the display. Sometimes it works, but for the most part, it is much more stable to exit the one program, to enable the second program. (they don’t always share properly) You certainly don’t need to do any drive partitioning, or anything like that.

That being said, Avid/Resolve is my main workflow. I don’t use FCP too much any more, and Premiere even less, but i do have to launch them every now and then, so i know they do work, but i don’t really put them through any kind of “stress test” anymore.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

OS may be a hangup. (booting to 64 bit might be necessary?), but think the hardware requirements eased a bit as the releases came out.

As you said, never hurts to try. I have a full version, so i’ve never played with lite, so unfortunately, i don’t have any old lites kicking around.

BM allows you to call up legacy versions for the full package, not sure why they don’t allow the same for lite version.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

I agree, buy an LTO 6 drive, use LTO 5 media on it. You are looking at approx 30 dollars U.S. for 1.5 TB worth of storage. Last XDcam i saw was about 20 dollars U.S. for -what- 23 gigs?

I’ve had my LTO 6 drive for about 9 months now, and the tapes for it (2.5TB) have dropped from 120.00 to around 60 dollars so far. Still makes the LTO 5 media a better cost per gig, but as the prices drop…

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

I’m not so sure there was a 7 light, and if memory serves me correctly, there were more restrictions on the earlier versions. Are you saying you’ve tried 10 and it won’t install on your system?

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

So you are looking for direct import or fast import. Most of us think of “capture” as coming off tape.

Any Canon camera should allow you to import the quicktime files. Don’t ama them, unless you want to transcode, as they are not fun to work with natively.

If your camera records a quicktime file, (h264) you should be able to import those files into avid.

Not sure what the other DSLR’s shoot (Nikon) but they may work as well.
A cheaper xdcam should work for you as well., or even P2 can be used with Avid without too much headache.

There are so many cameras out there, its a tough question, but as you’ve discovered, Mpeg2 is not an edit friendly format.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

As you have stated, Avid doesn’t automatically separate out the project media, but that doesn’t stop you from doing it. There are a few posts in the forum about the naming of the mxf/1 folder, and how it can be used to do what you are describing. Basically, if the folder is named with only a number, Avid and can read and write to it. If the folder is named with any letter, Avid can only read the contents (database) of the folder, but cannot update the database if you were to add more files to it.

Avid also only writes to a “1” folder, unless it gets too many files in it, then it would start writing to a “2” folder, and so on. You can’t direct Avid to write to a particular folder.

For my workflow, i breakup the media for projects into two types. Footage and working files. Footage being clips that were captured and or imported footage, brought into the project, usually before the edit begins. Working files being renders, logos, simple things like that that can be easily recreated.

Start your project with nothing in the “1” folder. If there is a “1” folder with items in it, rename it to “2”

Once i’m done my capture/digitize sessions, i rename the “1” folder to “Project A Footage”

Edit your show.

Once the edit is done, i rename the current “1” folder “Project A working files”
These two folders would then get backed up with the project to an LTO drive for future use. Quite often i will only backup the footage folder, and not the working files. If i want to be sure i haven’t missed any footage, i can move the “footage” folder completely out of my MXF structure. Any clips still online in my project have obviously fallen through the cracks, and need to be moved to my “footage” folder. If you do have to move something into the “footage” folder, you have to assign it a number for its name, to allow Avid to rebuild the database inside the folder.

If some one else wants the footage, i give them a copy of the footage folder. They probably don’t have much need for all my renders and titles. If they need the logos, its not a big issue for them to reimport it from the original source file…which is also backed up with my other items.

If you work on more than 1 project at at time, then you simply have to remember to change the current “1” folder (with all your working files) to a “Project A working files” folder, before you switch to project B. When you switch back, rename your current “1” folder to “Project B working files”, and rename your “Project A working files” folder back to “1”.

What ever is in “1” is the projects “working files” you are currently working on, and is the location Avid will put all newly created items.

Of course the workflows and project amounts you currently work with may mean some tweaking to this
type of management, but the basic idea is there.

I’ve been working this way for several years. Takes some coordination, but quickly becomes second hand management, and makes backups and clean up much easier. If i have to go from Low Res to High Res, i’ll name my folders accordingly as well.

If you really get lost as to what is inside a “1” folder, you can always create a new bin, and drag the database file into that bin. The bin will be populated with every clip in the “1” folder. This can be useful to separate out media from a congested “1” folder with many projects on it, but thats a different topic all together.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

First things first. In the screen shot you provided, you have not picked a window yet.

You have to select “on” next to 1 or more of you window shapes.

Glenn