James Beattie
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In the timeline area, are you getting colors showing up. Red for dropped frames, but usually before it drops, it shows yellow (processor overloaded) or Blue (drives can’t keep up).
It sounds like it is drive related, without knowing the details.
James Beattie
ACSR Elite/Avid ACI, Apple Certified TechnicianConsulting for Workflow and Digital Technologies at Comprehensive Technical Group
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HDCP is a licensing scheme that Blue Rays use to copy protect material. I am sure you are not trying to do anything malicious, but it is ever present.
Older Blueray players have analog component outputs, which AJA will take as well. The newer players only do SD on component output.
There are HDMI to analog component outputs that will allow you to do it, which is what we end up having to do for film festivals.
James Beattie
ACSR Elite/Avid ACI, Apple Certified TechnicianConsulting for Workflow and Digital Technologies at Comprehensive Technical Group
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An uncompressed file is about 1 gig a minute.
DV25 is probably the most friendly format to all, but if you are focusing on an Avid workflow, you can render directly into an Avid format, which will make import into Avid much faster.
DV25 is compressed roughly 5:1, so it depends on what your delivery will be whether it will be high enough quality or not. But since you are speaking in typical NTSC terms, DV25 may be just fine.
Attached is a quick document I created to help out of After Effects.
https://thebeatties.com/thecow/AEtoAvidSettings.pdf
James Beattie
ACSR Elite/Avid ACI, Apple Certified TechnicianConsulting for Workflow and Digital Technologies at Comprehensive Technical Group
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Avid FX is an OEM of a product called Boris Red. Think of it like bringing After Effects type of functionality to the timeline.
If you are compositing your effect over other pieces of footage, then yes you will have to re-render. However, if you are not adjusting the layers under it, you should take a moment and look at how you are using it. You could create a sequence, add the effect to video, then load that sequence into your source monitor. As long as you are not adjusting the layers beneath then it should not become unrendered. If you are doing a ton of compositing, and trying to see how it looks, then rendering again that will simply take longer to render, and there is not much to do about it.
James Beattie
ACSR Elite/Avid ACI, Apple Certified TechnicianConsulting for Workflow and Digital Technologies at Comprehensive Technical Group
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I believe that upgrades should be motivated by features or needs. 5.5 was excellent software, 6.0 was great upgrade and completely worth it for the 64-bit capabilities. 6.5 is a great product, but unless you need better AMA workflows there isn’t a ton of motivation to make the jump in my opinion.
James Beattie
ACSR Elite/Avid ACI, Apple Certified TechnicianConsulting for Workflow and Digital Technologies at Comprehensive Technical Group
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Avid qualifies specific machines so they can guarantee performance.
Apple had the luxury of always being able to test machines that they created, so they knew the handful of variables. With PCs there are so many variables it is hard to qualify.
The big thing is the graphics card. The Nvidia you have should be fine, and you have an Intel processor. You may have an issue with Long GOP files, such as AVC-Intra if your timeline is complex.
My bet is that it will be fine. Install Ed prep (https://preptools.net/) make all dots green. Then Install Avid. Then go to c:program filesAvidUtilitiesNvidia and install that driver. Reboot, run Ed prep again and things should be happy.
You should also install the Avid AMA plugins. go to avid.com/ama
These plugins (free) allow you to access material natively without having to import it into the Avid file format first. But it should be noted that once the files are in the Avid file format, you have the potential for a more consistent experience.
James Beattie
ACSR Elite/Avid ACI, Apple Certified TechnicianConsulting for Workflow and Digital Technologies at Comprehensive Technical Group
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I created a link with the plugin in it for you. It is the only Canon plugin I saw that matched what you need.
Essentially you are going to move the AMA plugin into place manually.
In the Zip is a screen recording, but I created a shortcut that should put it in the right place for you. Quit the Avid, install, relaunch.
https://thebeatties.com/thecow/CanonAMA.zip
James Beattie
ACSR Elite/Avid ACI, Apple Certified TechnicianConsulting for Workflow and Digital Technologies at Comprehensive Technical Group
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To change the timecode, right click in the record monitor and choose sequence report (or get info, depending on version). Here you can modify the timecode, as well as changing it from drop frame (; in your timecode) or nondrop frame (: in your timecode).
James Beattie
ACSR Elite/Avid ACI, Apple Certified TechnicianConsulting for Workflow and Digital Technologies at Comprehensive Technical Group
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A clean install of either will suffice. Simply upgrading can cause issues with permissions.
I have done several 10.8 installs and it is working successfully. Make sure you have the latest Avid version (6.5.2 on OS 10.8.2).
Confirm your mac has a 64-bit processor (just because it is Intel, doesn’t mean it is 64-bit.)
https://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696
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So, what is going on here is that the h: drive has an issue.
It could be a small issue. Let’s assume it is. On your H: drive there is probably a directory called: Avid MediaFiles. Inside this folder is an MXF folder. And inside there, is a 1 folder. There may be also a 2, 3, etc. So to summarize, we are looking for h:Avid MediaFilesmxf1 first. Go into this directory.
There are going to be 2 database files. The way Avid keeps track of media, is that it puts the media it creates into an Avid mediafiles mxf folder. Then inside the subfolders of 1,2,3,4,etc there are small files that report to the Avid what is inside the folders. These make it easier for the Avid to track the media. Sometimes these files become corrupted or bad. Deleting them is simple, and safe. YOU WILL NOT BE DELETING MEDIA if you only delete the msmMMOB.mdb and msm.FMID. All of the other files on your drive end in .MXF and .AAF. Leave those files alone.
Now, when you relaunch Media Composer, it will rescan since these files are missing and out of date. if you have other subfolders (2,3,4) do it for every one of those other subfolders.
I posted a quick video online that may help. I have a mac, but you would go to your H: drive and see the Avid MediaFiles folder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1uE4Lr1Unk&feature=youtu.be
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