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Should work fine, I do this all the time. Make sure that there are no permissions issues. Also, make sure the media is living in the right place; it can only be at the root level of a media drive, so X:/Avid MediaFiles/MXF/n (where ‘n’ can be any number).

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You need to install Sony’s XDCAM drivers. You should not be seeing a PROAV and GENERAL folder, but rather a whole bunch of folders.

Without that proper driver, you won’t be able to correctly see/open/import the contents of the (virtual) XDCAM disc.

See https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/142/873704

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I’m guessing, as I’ve never dealt with that cam. But not all MXF files are Avid compatible media files. So what I’d do is AMA-link to the MXF files, then transcode or consolidate them.

Also, if they are 1080i/24f, they are likely 23.976p-inside-1080i59.94. If so, I’d AMA them into a 1080i59.94 project, change the Field Motion to 2:3 Film, then use them in a 23.976p project.

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Thought so too, but I never got it to work.

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P.S. I forgot to mention there are in fact two ways to force frame rates in Avid.

For traditional File->Import there is a console command that lets you import QT files on a frame-by-frame basis. You open the Console (CMD-6), then type ‘IgnoreQTRate True’ (and ‘Ignore QTRate False’ to disable the feature). Mind you, this ONLY works on QT files without audio tracks; as soon as there is audio, the audio sample rate will prevail.

When AMA-linking, there is a similar command ‘SetAMAQTForcedFrameRate true 25.000’ (or any other frame rate). This will force AMA’s QT files to run at the rate you specify. This also works on clips that have sound BUT the sound itself is not adjusted and will therefore run out of sync. The other issue is that the total clip length is determined by the original clip. So for a 50fps clip, only the first half of that clip will appear when slow-mo’ed.

So again, Cinema Tools is the easiest.

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I wish there was an alternative to Cinema Tools, but for now it’s the best option as far as I know. In the past I’ve used a manual workaround that Mark Burton from the UK came up with:
https://community.avid.com/forums/p/67016/375329.aspx#375329

Most cams that can overcrank can have both an actual shooting frame rate (50fps in your case) and a base frame rate. Meaning that you would be able to set the base rate to 25, then shoot at 50. The resulting clip would then be a 25fps slow motion clip.

With the DSLR’s, you’ll need tricks like Cinema Tools. Again, would love to see someone make a simple cross-platform version of Cinema Tools.

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Not in a film project, though.

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[i]Avid considers the areas devoid of clips or media, as FILLER…clear film if you will.[/i]
This has changed in 6.5.2, where you can now select multiple segments sans filler.

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Can’t try right now, but if you can unlink and modify subclips you should be able to relink them – as long as you don’t modify past the master clip borders and as long as Source TC and Tape Name are the same.

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Also, do a search. If you had your projects in the ‘Private’ section, or in the ‘External’ section, they may reside some other place than Users/Shared but rather in your active user’s Documents folder, for instance.