Michael Hancock
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No. Just uninstall Quicktime and reinstall the right version. You shouldn’t need to reinstall Avid or Sorenson.
Michael.
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You have to transcode your HDV to DNxHD to export a quicktime reference, I believe. Otherwise, export uncompressed and take it into Encore, as suggested.
Michael.
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But you have double checked that your Video Output settings are set for S-Video? If it’s set to Composite it will give you B/W, I believe.
Double check your video output. Most likely it’s set wrong, or you have a bad S-Video cable.
Michael.
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One at a time, unfortunately. This has been requested quite a bit over the years–hopefully, one day, we’ll get it. Until then–load a clip, lower the level, load a clip, lower the levels, etc….
Michael.
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Right click on My Computer (it should be on your desktop, or click the Start button bottom left and you’ll find it there). It will tell you if you have Windows XP Home, Professional, or Media Center. It will also tell you if you’re running Service Pack 1, 2, or 3. We need to know exactly what you’re running. Hint–it needs to be Windows XP Professional, service pack 2. Anything else and it will explain the problems.
Also, have you turned off simple file sharing?
Michael.
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If you’re getting accessed denied issues, you have security/permissions settings. We need information about your system.
What OS are you running? What video card? What version of Quicktime? What version of Xpress Pro?
We need more info to better pinpoint your problem. I’m guessing you don’t have full administrative rights to access your media, hence why you can’t delete it.
Michael.
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Close Avid and rename your OMFI MediaFiles folder to xOMFI MediaFiles. This will throw everything offline. Start Avid and try to open your bin. If it opens, you have corrupt media. Make a new title or import a short piece of media or graphic so Avid will create a new OMFI MediaFiles folder.
Once you’ve done that, minimize Avid and go to your new OMFI MediaFiles folder at the desktop level. Also open the xOMFI MediaFiles folder (where all of your media is) copy about 50 files over. Maximize Avid. It should rescan and reindex the media. If it doesn’t lock up or give you the error, minimize it again and transfer another 50 – 100 files. Maximize, let Avid rescan, look for the error. Repeat this until you get the error. Once you get the error, you’ve found your corrupt media–it will be in the last batch of media you transferred. Try moving those files out and let Avid rescan, then transfer them back in one by one. Delete the corrupt files when you find them and recapture what you delete.
Also, if you’re working with OMF media, how many files are in the OMFI MediaFiles folder? If you get too many (I’ve seen issues once you have more than 8,000 files in one folder) you can get weird errors.
Good luck. It’s frustrating when you’re almost done with a project and it just won’t finish because of an error. Also, try making a new project and trying to open the bin from in there.
Michael.
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You can move the tracks when you hold Alt or Ctrl (not in front of an Avid to test it).
Michael.
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Avid EMP, or AfterEffects EMP (can’t remember exactly which). EMP is External Monitor Preview.
It should be on the Avid install disc (or available as an install option when you run the installer, if you downloaded it).
Michael
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[Ed Cilley] “The 2GB limit is a Windows thing. It’s not Avid, it’s not Quicktime, and as far as I know there is not way around it. If you look at your MediaFiles folder on your Media drive, you will see that the Avid breaks files into 2GB sections.
“The 2GB limit for .avi files and FAT32 formatted disks is a Windows limitation and doesn’t apply to Quicktime or OMF or MXF files.
The reason you might see MXF or OMF files at 2GB or under is because you haven’t changed your capture settings (it defaults to breaking files up in 2GB chunks). I’ve exported 6GB quicktimes, and I have MXF files that are 4GB. That’s not the Windows limitation. The limitation is the type of .avi Avid exports, which is old and was limited to 2GB.
Michael.