[Robb Harriss]

But what format are the offending clips?

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[Robb Harriss]

I haven’t been on Avid in quite a while, so I’m just running though some troubleshooting ideas (not intended as part of a realistic workflow).

I’m suggesting to manually relink just to see what happens. When I’m troubleshooting I tend to create a test project with clips for testing.

It’s not at all unusual for me to use FCP to first separate my footage into clips, capture those, and then import them into CatDV. My process is slightly different because I’m coming off of HDCam tape. Which formats are giving you trouble?

here’s a brief explanation of attaching media. I’ve had to do it when I’ve recklessly moved footage around without regard to CatDV.

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[Robb Harriss]

Have you tried manually “attaching” the media to the CatDv log reference?

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[Robb Harriss]

I always like to have human-readable data. Numbers don’t do much for me unless there’s text to give it context.

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[Robb Harriss]

Mpegstreamclip?
Or maybe proxymill, though I don’t know if there’s a Windows version

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[Robb Harriss]

cool,

and go look at this other thread we started today
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/278/2191#2212

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[Robb Harriss]

Yeah, I have to look at the new CS6. I’m not in much of a rush. I have a lot invested in FCS 3 systems and AJA cards and the like. Plus I’m really dependent on the integration between CatDV and FC 7. That really means more to me than anything else. That and keeping my HD deck running.

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Well maybe it’s something the worker node can do—string together clips and save it as something useful.

I’ve been looking at Premiere as well, and even going back to Avid after 11 years away from it. I recently dropped Soundtrack Pro and adopted Pro Tools. Quite the learning curve, but what I need is robustness. I cannot afford to suffer all the crashes that STP gave me.

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I convert everything to a unified format anyway (ProRes). CatDV has an ability to combine clips, though I haven’t (yet) had occasion to use it. I know there are ways of stringing clips together from XD cam. Would make a lot of sense for what you’re doing, as part of the prep process.

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Yup, each “Archive XX” is a raw drive. Mostly they sit in a fireproof safe. I still have the tapes but once they’re on the raw drives I don’t actually have to capture them again. That saves a bunch of time downstream. It costs no extra time in prep or outside of traditional workflows.

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