[Mike Albertini]

Hi Alex,

Just to elaborate…I understand what you mean when you say that:

the individual audio recordings would likely be done in as AIFF.

It is possible for him to export a combination of tracks from Pro Tools as an AAF

ie I have read this about AAF and Pro Tools:
AAF is a “session file format,” NOT an “audio file format.” Other examples of session file formats are Pro Tools, Logic, Digital Performer, and Cubase. Session files contain the mix info, such as the arrangement of audio regions/soundbites, track names, levels, edits etc. Session files are created by Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) and are usually not compatible with other DAWs.

This is not the same as the “audio file format.” Examples of uncompressed audio file formats are WAV, SDII, AIFF etc. In particular, note that “AAF” is NOT the same as “AIFF”. Audio files are independent from session files for very good reason, since session files are not an open standard. Open, uncompressed audio file formats such as WAV and SDII are widely adopted and interchangeable.

And this about AFF and Apple Logic:

https://documentation.apple.com/en/logicpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=32%26section=8%26tasks=true

Is it not possible for him to just give me the individual files as AIFF from the five micorphones?

He wont have done anything to them except just recorded them into his computer.

He mentioned he uses Apple Logic so he might be recording straight into there…

But can he not just then export each track as an AIFF so i can then use them inside of Audition with no problems?

Thanks,

Mike

[Mike Albertini]

Hi Alex,

Thanks for responding to my query.

Ignore the fact I mentioned Pro Tools! He is NOT using Pro tools!

This guy is simply recording a musical performance. I am editing it.

I wont be at the recording myself. I am doing this as a favour to a friend so I asked the guy what format he would be giving us the raw recording in…he said AAF.

I have never heard of AAF – I am a video editor by profession and primarily work with AIFF and WAV.

I googled AAF and the results suggested that this format worked well in Protools but there were loads of posts from people saying they had problems with importing AAF into Premiere/Audition plus various error problems encountered with this format in Adobe software.

I have to to edit this FAST so I cant have a MAYBE as to whether AAF will work with Premiere/Audition.

Is there any reason why I shouldn’t just suggest to him that instead of AFF can he please just give me the raw audio files in AIFF or WAV as I know for a fact they will work fine in Adobe Premiere & Audition.

Thanks for your help,

Mike

[Mike Albertini]

Hi Duncan,

Thanks for your advice.

My budget however is imperative as I am primarily a video editor looking to make short docs to help me get work as an editor on docs.

I am now thinking of going for a Canon 600D which I think I can get for around £250 / $385 second hand.

Can anyone please give me feedback on this camera – is it still a good buy ay this price? Is the quality of the video good? Any problems? etc.

Thanks,

Mike

[Mike Albertini]

Hi,

Thanks for your feedback. The Blackmagic camera does seem a nice option but I can’t find one in which is cheap enough to fit into my budget.

Neil – How would you say the Canon 550D / 600D compare to the cheaper cameras you mentioned?

Thanks,

Mike

[Mike Albertini]

Found the solution…just delete the xml part of the name and it imports ok…

[Mike Albertini]

Hi Jeff,

I just updated to CS6.0.2 and now instead of getting the message ‘the file has no audio or video streams’ when I try to import it from the media browser I get the message ‘unsupported format or damaged file’.

But FCP7 imported them ok so they’re not damaged and CS6 supports these files…

So still not sure what’s wrong…

Thanks for the help,

Mike

[Mike Albertini]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for your reply. I don’t have access to the camera or the memory card. I have been given an external hard-drive with folders on it which has all of the content in them.

I WAS importing through the media browser from the top most folder and still getting the message ‘the file has no audio or video streams’.

I’m pretty sure there’s nothing wrong with the file structure I was given because FCP7 could import it though Log & Transfer.

Bearing all that in mind is there anything else which you think could be the issue?…This is the first project for which I’ve used CS6 so it could be some of my settings aren’t quite right…

Saying that, this project has also included Canon 7D and Canon 5D footage and that imported ok.

Any advice would be much appreciated

Thanks

Mike

[Mike Albertini]

Hi Joe,

Yep, I followed John’s advice on his workflow inside of Izotope RX and it really cleaned it up well…

[Mike Albertini]

Hi Bret & John,

Thanks for your advice. In the end I decided to turn the job down, for a couple of reasons. I’ve got enough work at the moment so didn’t really need to do it and 95% of jobs I see advertised are still for FCP7 or Avid editors.

I use both, so I didn’t think it was worth learning FCP X or buying a new graphics card…if it had been mentioned in the ad that it was for FCP X I wouldn’t have applied in the first place…

Avid MC6 works fine on my computer as does FCP7, so think I’ll just hang in there with it for a while and then perhaps buy a powerful hackintosh next year.

Thanks,

Mike

[Mike Albertini]

Hi John,

Thanks for the tip…the company have actually given me the option of doing it in their office, on their imac, with their version of FCP X…but due to other editing commitments it only makes sense for me to do this project at home in between other stuff…

But, do you think that if I copy their copy of FCP X (apart from the app what other folders would I need to copy?) and put it on a hard-drive and then open it on my Mac Pro (with a newly installed Radeon 5770), it’ll work ok?…I could get their serial number if needed…or would I need their app store details?…they seem pretty open to this kind of thing…

Otherwise, I’ll get a copy from somewhere else…

Just one more thing…is there any advantage/need for me to upgrade to lion to do this?…I currently have snow leopard…

And just to confirm the Radeon 5770 will work on my Mac Pro 1.1 with two 23′ Silver Apple display monitors?

Thanks,

Mike