Perrone Ford
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Davinci Resolve can read and edit those files. The free version is all you need.
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I was recently in a similar position. I spent a LOT of time looking around. I guess the big question is what lighting are you using now and how MUCH light do you need?
I decided to go with the Godox UL150s. They were bright enough for my needs, avoid the multi-shadows of the LED Panels, use familiar modifiers and are COMPLETELY silent. I’ve found they have about as much punch as about an 800w tungsten open face, but are daylight only. Right now they are sub $400 per light, take a common Bowens mount for modifiers and even have an umbrella slot. They run cool, can be controlled by an app, and the color accuracy is as good as the Aputure.
If you are feeling rich, the Forza and Aputure light have a few more features (though with a fan) and can be gotten in higher outputs.
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I had a similar issue for the purposes of archiving. I serve as videographer for a Govt. entity and needed a viable format for archiving our work that was non-corporate. Jpeg2000 stands out as an excellent choice for this.
I had previously been using Sony Vegas as it had a built-in J2K codec that used the .MOV container. While this worked, I felt it lacked quite a lot because it didn’t allow for any control or manipulation of how the codec was used. As I learned more about the power of the codec, I wanted something more fully featured.
Eventually, I purchased the Morgan Multimedia Jpeg2000 codec. It stored the files in an AVI container, but it game access to all the major controls available for the codec. And it was VERY inexpensive. It’s certainly not idea, and can be finicky, but it’s effective.
There are apparently other implementations of the codec out there (I believe Mainconcept has an encoder) but the problem becomes one of playback.
The benefit of the Quicktime implementation is that any Quicktime capable player can decode the stream and play it back. The AVI container is less standardized as I’ve found.
The primary drawback of the MXF container as you’ve noted is that there isn’t a lot out there that deals with it. The VLC player (by VideoLan) is what I currently use for my playback of MXF files, but the MXF standard is SO loose, I can’t guarantee what will work and what won’t. You might try this player and see if it works for you.
For archival purposes, I include a copy of the player, codec, and video files on each disk, so that should that stuff be needed down the road, all tools for opening and working with the files are contained on the same disk. I also keep a low-res proxy on that same archive disk so it’s possible to view what’s there in an easy manner.
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Sorry,
Just saw this. Does it *have* to be in MXF? If so,I have no advice. But J2K is supported in both the quicktime and AVI containers without issue.
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You cannot put a WMV codec successfully into an AVI container. It must go into a WMV container. This is probably why its not working for you. I don’t know if Avid can export into a WMV container. I’ve never tried. You can do it in Squeeze though.
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AVI is a container just like MOV. It can house 100+ codecs in there so since we don’t know what you put in there, it’s impossible to say why it didn’t work well. That aside, you’d have to use a codec that was native to the OS, and none of those is suitable for HD video playback.
As for WMV, choose a video bitrate around 4-5 Mbps, and an audio bitrate around 192-320kbps. Windows Media 9 as your video codec. This should give a universal file that will play on any decent machine with WMV on it.
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Avid certifies Quadro cards, not GeForce cards. This is not to say it won’t work, but it’s not a supported configuration. There is some information in the Avid forums (at the Avid site) about this and about running non-certified cards like yours.
Best of luck!
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You shouldn’t need any plug-ins at all. In fact, MC4 didn’t need any plug-ins either. I ran MC4 for a short while before going to MC5 and never had a moments trouble linking to AMA volume or AMA file.
What folder are you pointing to when you do this? Assume your file structure looks like this:
Footage\BPAV\CLPR\XXX
You need to point to the “Footage” folder to this to work, not the BPAV folder.
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What is the error you are getting? I do this every week in MC5 and it works perfectly.
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I am VERY new to Avid, but having dabbled in MC4 and now working with MC5, I wouldn’t use AMA for anything that didn’t have a same-day turnaround. I am currently editing a short film which was shot XDCamEX. There’s 17 days of dailies. I essentially ingested as XDCamEX. I will likely batch re-capture prior to grading. But for editing purposes, this is just fine. Multiple streams play VERY well on my desktop machine, and are more than adequate on my laptop as well. I am not using Mac hardware theough, so I don’t know how that plays into the mix.
But I would be VERY nervous about using linked media for shows versus bringing that media into the Avid managed database.
Just my view.