[Michael Thibault]

On its way. Thanks for the help.

MacBook Pro, 10.6.6, Core i7, 8GB DDR3, FCP 7.0.3, Avid Media Composer 5.0.3

[Michael Thibault]

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to work for me. I imported the AAF as recommended and then went and opened the MXF files in Quicktime as you suggested. They open and play just fine. But when I go back into FCP, either by directly switching or even restarting, every clip still has a red slash thru it and is unlinked.

BTW the Calibrated {Q} MXF component works just fine if I simply drag the MXF clips straight into FCP. Everything links and plays without issue. So I’m thinking this must be a Boris AAF Transfer glitch.

To be a little more clear: When I import the AAF it seems to create clippings of some, not all, of the video clips. So, for example, if I have a clip named 6E-1.new.02 then I also get an additional subclip named the same. And strangely enough, they seem to want to reconnect to separate media items.

In this case the subclip wants to relink to:

Online Files:
Avid 5:Avid Mediafiles:MXF:1
Kj19A01.C965AF8E_4C4D406F7C

Offline:
Unspecified path:
ACAM0041_SCEBE_0006_TAKE_0018_canmA_1464637.dpx

You can see a screenshot here: https://f1.creativecow.net/file/1592/1592_fcpreconnect.jpg.zip

The subclip WILL FIND and relink to the online MXF file, but, like the master clip, cannot find the DPX file (The master clip only wants to reconnect to the “offline” DPX file).

What DPX file? (Or, to be specific, the “dpx.mov” file that FCp is actually looking for.)

So, basically, none of these clips will relink because they’re tied to these DPX files that, as far as I can tell, don’t exist.

Frustrating.

Here’s a thought: Could my problems have anything to do with having my media on an external firewire drive? Does Boris AAF Transfer require the media to be on the same, internal disk it’s installed on?

Or is Boris AAF Transfer just not ready for prime time? I cannot believe I’m the only person out there having these issues.

Again, thanks for your help!

MacBook Pro, 10.6.6, Core i7, 8GB DDR3, FCP 7.0.3, Avid Media Composer 5.0.3

[Michael Thibault]

I did and it worked great. Thank you.

[Michael Thibault]

Because I have the exact same question with the exact same issue. My work is spread out between the FCP timeline, After Effects CS3 and Motion 3. Do I get more cross platform compatibility with the After Effects compatible plugin, or do I lean on the FxPlug architecture for stability?

Any and all opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

BTW, I’m on a MacBook Pro, 2.4 Ghz Intel Core Duo w/4GB RAM, working in FCP 6, Motion 3 and AE CS3.