[Martin Zaharinov]

Hey Shane,

I have MC 5.03 so I have an earlier version of this plug-in (v 1.1). Could the issue be that I need a newer version of MC? I’ve never encountered this with Avid when it comes to working with AMA, except for MC 4 of course.

A bit more information about the project – this is for a commercial and not a show so we’re doing a straight online edit (no need to re-link and uprez at a later time) so is there a way to convert the MXF files so they can be imported (or any other similar workaround that you can think of)? I have access to FCP 7 as well, but my FCP knowledge is very limited.

[Martin Zaharinov]

Hey Shane,

Thanks for your quick response. I should have mentioned that I tried AMA and no dice. Linking to the folder gets an error simply saying that Avid couldn’t link to any clips. Linking directly to the .mxf files via ‘Link to AMA Files’ crashes the Avid with a Main Thread Error each time. The files are 20GB each, but that’s not the issue since I’ve linked directly to 50GB+ MXF files in the past. I just re-installed the Sony AMA plug-in and got the same results. The only update so far is that the camera used in the studio set-up was Sony 1500R.

Any thoughts?

[Martin Zaharinov]

Jamie & Gary,

Thanks for your responses and help. Jamie I wish I could send you a second of footage but we can’t release any information whatsoever about the footage/project until the commercials are up and unfortunately whenever the camera was rolling you could see the set and its a set that nobody in the world (unless you lived in a cave) can mistake… I didn’t realize that it was not a full trial of Alexicc that was available, because it said ‘don’t buy unless you’re sure this works for you’ i assumed wrong.

Gary, I am trying to get more info from the VFX house and seeing whether I can deliver an EDL & RAW Footage only (thanks for your advice). Say, however, I did have to deliver a conformed DPX for whatever reason – any quick pointers on how to make that happen/get started?

Thanks,
Martin