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Keep in mind, if you go with James’ suggestion and transcode to MXF files using Sorenson Squeeze, it will assign a tape name to your clips as opposed to the source file for the purpose of relinking later. Also, if you’re using 5D Mark ii, I’d highly recommend using QTChange to your clips before you AMA them so that they have trackable timecode. If you’re using 5D Mark iii, the timecode is embedded and you’re fine.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Boris FX comes with your Avid software, so you may as well give it a shot. Personally, I say if Teranex is an option, it’s the way to go. Most people shy of away from it because it’s expensive, but those are powerful devices.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Sorry, not the “Toggle Source / Record in Timeline” on the bottom left of the timeline, but the “Source / Record Mode” on the left of the timeline. Directly underneath the Smart Tool.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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You can’t in the way that you can in FCP. What you might try, is hold option and click on the “Source / Record” editing button in the timeline. That will close the source window, and show you only the record window. Then, to open clips, old option and double click them in the bin. It will open it’s own source window. It’s not the same as in Final Cut, and hardly efficient but it’s the closest thing I can think of.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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You offlined from 29.97 downconverts of 23.976 masters? You mentioned that this was mostly film transferred material, do your 29.97 downconverts include edgecode or any information that would correspond to your 23.976 masters? If not, you’re going to have to overcut. Not fun, not fast. Sorry.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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If your cards are formatted UDF, then they’d be the same structure as the optical disc and should have proxy audio and video. If your cards were formatted FAT, they would be recording XDCAM EX like the EX1 and EX3. If you can, I’d ask your cameraman.
Have you tried transcoding as opposed to consolidating? Since you’re working at 50i as opposed to 50p, DNxHD36 won’t be an option to you, so you might just try transcoding to a standard definition format for offline.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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The proxies are always recorded at 8k, the high quality audio at 48 which is why I was asking if you were set to highest quality audio. Keep in mind, there are separate AMA settings for transcoding as opposed to file linking. I’m guessing the transcoding settings were set to “Most Compressed” which would explain why you have 8k audio with your DNxHD120 files.
Regarding transcoding down, yes you could transcode all of your footage down, though you’d have to relink it. If you’re working locally as opposed to on Unity you might want to try setting up separate partions for this new transcoded footage. Are you using a RAID or some type of fast storage? If not, you might need to transcode down to a standard definition format to get smooth playback. How many angle are you trying to playback at once? Are you working at 50i or 50p?
The process of transcoding and getting it back online is pretty well explained on this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABQ4uaEDSgc
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Are you using XDCAM? If you are, make sure before you AMA your clips that your set your AMA Audio settings from “Most Compressed” to “Highest Quality”.
Regarding the streaming issue, are you on a Unity, ISIS, or local storage? Also, have you tried changing your playback quality from Green to Yellow/Green or Yellow?
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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Two options: Insane render times, or insane cost. You can rent a Terranex and run your tapes through that, or you can use compressor / after effects to remap. If you use Compressor, turn on Frame Controls and turn rate conversion to “Better”. You’re still going to get high conversion times.
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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If you have XDCAM Quicktime files, I’m guessing that somebody used Final Cut Pro to Log and Transfer those files first, and then handed them off to you. So, step 1, wag a disproving finger at those folks (mainly the ones who proposed the workflow, but you could wag it at the loggers for good measure, even though they’d be the victims of circumstance)
In order to AMA all these clips, you’d either need Calibrated XDCAM HD on all systems, or you need to be doing the AMA on an a Mac that also has Final Cut Pro installed on it (Since the XDCAM Quicktime codec comes with the installation of Final Cut Pro). That said, you could use the one system with Calibrated to transcode the footage into an Avid format.
I’m guessing, the footage shot was actually XDCAM EX (shot on SxS) as opposed to the Optical Discs. If that’s not the case, rent a Sony U1 and pop in those optical discs, and you can AMA and transcode to your hearts content. If they were shot on SxS cards, ask the production crew if they copied the entire card structures and have them saved on a separate drive. AMA works on the card structure (and sometimes you’ll get data loaders who don’t copy the whole card structure, but rather only copy the MP4 files from SxS, only copy the MTS with AVCHD or don’t include the THM files with 5D Mark ii. You may also wag a disapproving finger at them because you need the whole card structure.)
Richard Sanchez
Los Angeles, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks