[Richard Sanchez]

Last time I had to do this, I found it easier, quicker and more precise to do it in After Effects.

If you have access to After Effects. Try this.

Create a text layer, and option-click on the “Source Text” option to open the script window. Paste this script.

rate = -1;
clockStart = 3600;

function padZero(n){
if (n < 10) return “0” + n else return “” + n
}

clockTime = clockStart + rate*(time – inPoint);

if (clockTime < 0){
sign = “-“;
clockTime = -clockTime;
}else{
sign = “”;
}

t = Math.floor(clockTime);
min = Math.floor((t%3600)/60);
sec = Math.floor(t%60);
ms = clockTime.toFixed(2).substr(-2);
sign + padZero(min) + “:” + padZero(sec)

Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Richard Sanchez]

The HPX370 (and this goes back to the HVX200) has 24p mode and 24pn mode. The n stands for native, and actually shoots 24 frames as opposed to 24 over a 29.97 stream. Like Michael mentioned, this is most likely the case. However, I wouldn’t advice working in a 23.976 project. Your footage has the 2:3 cadence embedded, and the Avid will be interpreting those frames at 23.976 with that embedded cadence. It’s going to be very stuttery. For best fluidity of motion, I would recommend working at 30i for offline, and delivering 59.94i. That way, the DSLR material at 23.976 will have the pulldown added, and it should be the smoothest possible result. If that’s not possible due to delivery requirements, there are a variety of tools to remove pulldown, such as cinema tools.

Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Richard Sanchez]

Bingo. Transcode it, and it should be smoother, particularly if it’s DSLR footage.

Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Richard Sanchez]

Avid settings on 5.5 and below were AVS based, and 6.0 and above are XML based. Certain settings came over, but keyboarding settings in particular did not. Bummed me out a little bit, but it wasn’t the end of the world.

Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Richard Sanchez]

Have you tried Clipwrap? https://www.divergentmedia.com/clipwrap

Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Richard Sanchez]

Instead of AMAing, have you tried importing? Since they’re DNxHD 145, if you set your import settings to match they should fast import.

Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Richard Sanchez]

I had this issue on a recent show, granted, we were using XDCAM optical discs. The principle should be the same.

– Insert the XDCAM disc and allow AMA to populate clips into the AMA bin.
– Eject XDCAM disc (forcing clips to go offline)
– Unlink clips (Hit “Shift” + “Command” and right click to find the “unlink” option)
– Lasso all clips and right click “Modify” and “Set Tracks”. In the Set Tracks window,
deselect tracks 5 – 8
– Insert XDCAM disc and it will automatically relink
– Transcode

Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Richard Sanchez]

Manually. Keyframe by hand. For that kind of motion tracking, I’ll generally go out of Avid in After Effects to use Mocha. Despite that, things starting or ending out of frame generally involve some manual tracking.

Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Richard Sanchez]

Are the Quicktime files in a folder with a slash in the name? (Particularly a date) You’ll get that error if there slashes in the filepath.

Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks

[Richard Sanchez]

Yes. It’s how it’s always been. If you upgrade close to April 7, you might try dropping them a line. In the past they’ve been very generous in this respect. Otherwise, sure, it’s a new version that required significant time and R&D. I’ll pay to upgrade.

Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA

“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks