Michael Hancock
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It usually means you don’t have the codec installed on your system. Can you view these files in Quicktime?
Open the file in Quicktime and hit Cmd+i on a Mac or Ctrl+i on a PC to pull up the information box and it should tell you what the codec is.
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Select the column header , hit Cmd/Ctrl+D, pick the column you want to copy it to and hit OK.
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Explorer/Finder will work fine. If you want to be really safe you can use a data transfer program that does a CheckSum at the end to verify the transfer. But I’ve always done it at the desktop level (using Explorer (PC) or Finder (Mac)) and I’ve never had an issue.
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[John Keating] “Do I simply rename the numbered folders and copy to the array”
That’s what I would do. Copy them over, then in each numbered folder delete the “msmFMID.pmr” and “msmMMOB.mdb” folder. Launch Avid and it will rescan and rebuild them and your media should be online.
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[Hollie Cooper] “However, how do you propose I get the 4k footage into resolve? What format do you export from avid to then colour in resolve? Silly question maybe but I know some formats and codecs are better for certain things, like the final export. “
Are you familiar with DaVinci Resolve Lite? If not, I recommend finding some tutorials that covers the basics to get you up and running (importing footage is a pretty basic step).
TRAINING OPTIONS (and there are many others):
https://www.rippletraining.com/categories/davinci-resolve/
https://www.lynda.com/DaVinci-Resolve-tutorials/DaVinci-Resolve-11-Essential-Training/160715-2.html
https://mixinglight.com/color-correction-tutorials/davinci-resolve-11-tutorial-series/
https://www.colorgradingcentral.com/davinci-resolve-tutorials
https://training.taoofcolor.com/If you’re already familiar with importing media into Resolve Lite, import the 4K XAVC footage like any normal footage, but know that playback is probably going to rough. I find XAVC a tough format to deal with, overall.
Go into your Resolve settings under “Master Project Settings ->Conform Options” and check “Assist using reel names from the: Source Clip Filename”.
From Avid, export an AAF of your final edit (I export picture only since I add my final audio mix after color). Import the AAF into Resolve and on import tell it to relink to camera originals (those are the 4K XAVC files you already imported). It should relink to the 4K and you’re ready to grade.
[Hollie Cooper] “And then once I’ve colour graded I need to do a final export from resolve. What do you suggest this should be? (Mov?/mp4 – or does that depend on where I am hosting the video?) “
What are your final deliverables? If you have true 4K footage and you’re using Resolve Lite you won’t be able to export a 4K master (Resolve Lite maxes out at UHD). If your final deliverable is 1080p you have two options. Render new Avid media and a new AAF so your edit comes back into Avid as individual clips, or you can render a flattened Quicktime.
If you think there may be last minute edit adjustments I recommend exporting to Avid .mxf media at the highest bit rate, with decent handles (24 – 48 frames are my normal ranges).
NOTE: This media will need to be rendered to your Avid MediaFiles/MXF/X folder where X is any number (I liked to start with at least the number 10, then increment up from there if additional grading revisions come in).
Resolve will automatically generate a new AAF when it finishes rendering (it will be in the folder you rendered the .mxf media to), which you would import into Avid. Verify that it imports correctly and matches the original edit, add back any additional titles/graphics/effects that might have been lost in the roundtrip, add your final audio mix and export to your final deliverables.
If the edit is locked and you think it will stay that way it’s much easier to render out a flattened Quicktime. If you have your final audio master you can add that in Resolve and probably render a master file directly from there. It entirely depends on your final deliverable.
If your final deliverable is for the web then I recommend mastering a flattened Quicktime (from Resolve or Avid, whichever you add the final audio mix in) at the highest DNxHD bitrate for your material (for example, 175x for 1080p 23.976 material, or 220x for 1080p 29.97, etc…), or a ProRes422HQ or ProRes444 file. Then use that to make your final web file (likely an mp4).
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LOL. I thought that might be the case.
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Michael Hancock
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Excellent news! Where did you see that, and did they announce anything else? Thanks!
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If you’re on Media Composer 8.3 try switching your project to 2K or UHD, AMA link to the 1920×1440 footage, then transcode and choose to “keep source dimensions” (or something like that) in the transcode setting. Pick the DNxHR flavor of your choice and transcode it.
When it’s done, switch back to your 1080p project and you’ll be able to FrameFlex the 1920×1440 DNxHR footage and you will have the entire Y resolution to work with for reframing/keyframing. You’ll get better playback with DNxHR than the native files (usually).
This post reminds me that I need to submit a feature request for Avid to put the “keep source dimensions” as a transcode option in a 1080p project.
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[Noah Kadner] “I’d guess there’s so much Resolve specific data in the CDL that it’s only intended for sharing between Resolve operators.”
I don’t think that’s the case. A CDL is just RGB slope/power/offset/saturation (10 points of data). It’s more likely that FCPX just doesn’t read and apply the information (but it may embed it and pass it on via XML).
I use it with Avid the way John is wanting to with FCPX. I do a quick one light on the footage in Resolve and spit out an ALE with CDL information. I import that into Avid and it merges with the clips in my bin and applies the CDL on a per clip basis (this working on v7 and up, I think).
It’s simple metadata and there shouldn’t be anything Resolve specific about it. I wish Premiere and FCPX would both support it. It’s a pretty slick little workflow.
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Did you try new user settings? It’s always the first thing I try when my system starts acting weird.
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