[Ed Cilley]

Rob,

Go into Settings>Media Creation>Drive Filtering and Indexing, and check “Filter out System Drive”

Then check the other tabs in this preference to set up your other drives. Capture=T, etc. If you click on “Apply to All” it will make all the options (Titles, Import, etc) go to the same drive, not something you want apparently.

As far as the media on the C drive…you can move the files from the “MXF/1” folder on C to one of your other drives “MXF/1” folder. When you restart MC, it will notice a change and will search the media database. Depending on the amount of files, this may take a while. Be sure to move, not copy.

Glad I could help,
Ed

Avid and FCP Preditor
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[Ed Cilley]

[Rob Richardson] “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid\MediaFiles “

This tells me that you’re storing your data to your C drive. It’s recommended that you store media to an external drive – not USB, but something that can maintain a higher data rate.

Your media database file may be corrupted. Check out this thread for info on how to delete your database files.
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/45/854878

Basically, trashing the files allows Avid to rescan the drive for media.

Ed

Avid and FCP Preditor
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[Ed Cilley]

Try checking the Quality icon at the bottom portion of your timeline.

Ed

Avid and FCP Preditor
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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
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[Ed Cilley]

[Joe Womble] “Relaunch Avid, and the program should build a new Avid MediaFiles folder.”

You may need to create some media for the Avid to create the folder. Create a garbage title and save it to the drive you want to use. This will create the proper folder/file structure.

But if you deleted the “1” folder and renamed the “2” folder “1” – all your media should be gone.

If this is a Windows issue, I would recommend restarting the computer. Sometimes Windows will recognize the drive error and rebuild, allowing you to continue editing – unless you deleted the media. Then redig.

Ed

Avid and FCP Preditor
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[Ed Cilley]

Nicole,

I’m a little confused by the details in your posts, but I’ll give it stab. The sizes you mention seem to be all over the board.

– Native dimensions means the frame size native to that format. Some flavors of video don’t have a native, as they can be different sizes. But for the most part, 1080i is 1920×1080, 720P is 1280×720, SD (standard definition) is 720×480 or 720×486. These are all NTSC (used in North America).

– 320×240 is smaller than SD video (DV is 720×480 – NTSC). 320×240 is almost never a native dimension. This is usually used for approval or web videos. Almost never for editing. And is 4:3 aspect ratio.

[Nicole Williams] “So, my question is did choosing Native Dimension option vs. the 16.9 square pixel option change the footage from letterbox ( I don’t see black bars) to square”

Yes, you created a 320×240 (tiny) image, which is 4:3. It may still be anamorphic, but that’s another can of worms we can deal with another day.

– If you scaled your video from 1080i to 320×240 you have cut your image size down to a quarter of it’s original size. Don’t scale down before editing. Keep everything 1920×1080. If you shot some video 720P, you can transcode these clips within Avid to be the same 1080i format as your other footage.

Hope this helps, if not, write again and we’ll see if we can help you out.

Ed

Avid and FCP Preditor
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[Ed Cilley]

[Shane Ross] “Sure…not a problem.”

Sure, the processors aren’t a problem Shane, but isn’t there an issue that the system isn’t qualified by Avid and they need assistance?

The thing to look at is the entire system. Avid has some specs that detail video cards – which is just as important as the processor (IMHO).

Ed

Avid and FCP Preditor
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[Ed Cilley]

Is your hardware in both rooms set-up the same?

Settings>Audio Project>Hardware>HW Calibration (for example, -20 dBFS)

Ed

Avid and FCP Preditor
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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
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[Ed Cilley]

Shannon,

The other problem may lie in the sampling rate of the audio. Go the Timeline Fast Menu, Clip Text>Clip Resolutions. If there are different bit rates or sample rates, this can cause issues. If so, transcode the problem clip and reedit it into the sequence.

Ed

Avid and FCP Preditor
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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
– Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

[Ed Cilley]

Ditto to what Job said.

The only option that I can think of right now would be to turn off deck control. This will make it impossible for you to go back and recapture select portions of the tape based on TC because TC is not referenced.

In the capture tool, click on the deck icon so a red line appears through the icon. You can roll the deck by pressing the play button on the deck itself. And then hit the capture button in the capture/digitize window.

Not an ideal way to edit, but it may help you around the TC break issue. The only problem lies in the inability to go back and recapture.

Ed

Avid and FCP Preditor
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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
– Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

[Ed Cilley]

Patrick,

Are you looking for ways to capture in Avid and then import the clips into FCP? Or are you thinking that you would capture and edit in Avid and then export the timeline for import into FCP? Are you also asking about how to start a project in the Avid (capture, edit)? We could offer lots of advice, but it would help to narrow down the topic.

Ed

Avid and FCP Preditor
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Anything worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
– Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield