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How about same-as-source? Keeps the original codec.

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Would you like one for free?

https://www.videotoolshed.com/product/22/deck-control

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You can set the start number for the sequence (which is where the Generator is getting the number from now). Click in the timeline once, then hit CTRL-I or CMD-I. Set the start number for the sequence.

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Yes, with two exceptions:

1. If you use color correction on v3.5 and later, those sequences will be incompatible with v3.x and earlier. The solution is to right-click the sequence and “Demote” the sequence in v3.5 or v4.x, then take the bin to the 3.x system.

2. There has been a slight modification to a part of the DNxHD codec in v4, which means that some specific resolutions may not play back correctly on earlier versions. Fix and more info here:
https://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=290337

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If you need to drive an HD monitor over analog component or HDSDI, you need a Mojo DX or Nitris DX.

If you need multichannel audio outputs, they are standard on the Nitris DX (with a breakout cable), and you could use an HDSDI audio deembedder for the Mojo DX.

If you’re doing offline and can settle for just a mono or stereo output and a DVI or VGA screen, you could use the software only, then use Full Screen Mode to playback full HD.

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If it were up to me, I would transcode the HDV source clips to an actual Avid DNxHD codec and use that to send to color grading. I prefer to work in DNxHD because it holds up so much better in post anyway. Plus, before any processing, you are upscaling thin raster to full raster, which is nicer to work with.

Alternatively, export the edited sequence as some form of DNxHD. DNxHD145 should suffice, since you are coming from 25 Mbit/s. Make sure you have the DNxHD codec installed on your Mac. It’s a free download at avid.com/codec.

Blowing up HDV to Uncompressed seems like a huge boost of empty data to me.

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I meant to write: “if you export from Avid with the 601/709 button selected, you are telling the export module that the destination is 709, and the source is already 709, so it leaves it untouched.”

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No, if you export from Avid with the 601/709 button selected, you are telling the export module that the source is already 709, so it leaves it untouched.

If you export with the RGB button selected, it will stretch 16-235 over 0-255, clipping of any whites over 235. Not a good idea if you need to grade indeed.

Not sure what you are comparing and how the footage has been brought in. HDV is usually captured digitally (FW or HDSDI) and that should leave all levels untouched during capture. If you export same-as-source and 709, you are basically not changing anything, leaving the original intact.

Are you sure you are not being bitten by some gamma issues within QuickTime?

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I’ve sent same-as-source Quicktimes to grading facilities. Worked fine.

You say it looks oversaturated and soft, were you judging that on a Rec 709 monitor?

Avid works in 709. When you export from Avid, export with 709 levels, and in the native pixel aspect ratio. That way, your QT’s may look greyish on a computer monitor, but that is because Rec 709 has black at 16 and white at 235 (8bit values that is).

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This should not be a problem if you are on MC v4.