Michael Hancock
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The yellow bar means it played back all frames, but struggled to do so. The red bars mean frames were dropped in those areas to sustain playback.
These are typically seen when you don’t have fast enough hard drives to playback as many streams of audio/video as are in your timeline, or you have unrendered effects your system is struggling to play. Render the effects in that area and see if it fixes the issue.
Michael.
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Check your format tab. Has it been changed to an SD project?
Michael.
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In Avid, is your timeline playback mode set to full quality (Green/Green)? Also, how are you viewing the quality–on the computer monitor or on a broadcast monitor? If you’re viewing it on the computer monitor, you should remember that you’re only seeing 1 field when play is stopped, so it’s going to look softer than during playback to a broadcast monitor that shows both fields.
Also, what’s the codec and frame size of the quicktime you’re trying to import?
Michael.
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[Alex Bond] “Is this bit of software ok to download do you think?”
I’ve been using it since the day it was first released.
To be completely safe, download it on another system and run a virus scanner on it. When it passes that, install it on your Avid system.
The beauty of the system is that it’s a self contained standalone app–it doesn’t install stuff all over your OS. Mine is just an icon that sits on my desktop–delete the Icon, delete the program.
Michael.
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Is Avid open when you connect your camera? If so, shut down the computer, plug the camera into the firewire (camera turned off), and unplug the external firewire drive. Boot the computer, let windows load, turn on the camera. Does Windows recognize the camera and still function?
If it does, open Avid. Open the capture tool, configure your deck and try to capture. If this works too, it’s likely a conflict between the camera and the firewire drive (why it worked before, who knows).
If Windows doesn’t recognize the camera or freezes up when it does (with no programs running when you turn the camera on), it’s a Windows issue. Check that the proper drivers for the camera are installed, and maybe try to make a new account. Or do a fresh install of Windows, if you have the time to back everything up and do that.
Otherwise, I’m not really sure why it would work one day and not the next. Maybe corrupt user settings? Make some new ones and see if that helps.
Michael.
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You’re seeing the renders that are left over, which is why your matchframe says offline.
Open the Media Tool and choose to show Precomputes only. If there are any, delete them. If there aren’t, try using a tool like MDV to fine the orphan and online render files.
MDV: https://fiool.nm.ru/progz/
It’s a Russian site, but the program is in English. It’s invaluable, in my opinion. I use it to backup and delete all my Avid projects.
Michael.
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Glad to hear it’s working. Must have been a gremlin in the system.
Michael.
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I believe the limits are 3000 x 3000.
Michael.
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At the frame that keeps messing up–is there an Audio dissolve? Audio Underrun typically means the audio can’t keep up with the video–a hard drive issue, or maybe a corrupt render. Try removing any audio effects around that frame and reapply them. Also, you might want to match frame the audio where the stoppage is happening and recutting it into the sequence. I’ve seen that help too.
Michael.
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Open your Video Output settings–is it set to the cabling you’re running out of your Mojo (Component, S-Video, or Composite)?
Is the Host light lit up on your Mojo?
Michael.