[Ross Spears]

Thanks for replying! Yes I have tried exporting smaller sections without the audio mix, and they seem to NOT work in the same way… And yes, the Test Narration is mono, not stereo. I have boosted the sound to a considerable extent. Should I boost it to the max and try that?

Do you have any idea why this sound should be being processed differently by the AVID?

Thanks again!

Ross

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Thanks. I think part of the problem is the fact that my older MacPro will not run MC 8. It requires a much newer Mac than the one I have.

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Thanks, Glenn, for the information. So, would a G Raid external hard drive work well? And could more than one of them be used?

Also, pardon my ignorance here, but what is esata and how does it work? Is it difficult to install? My computer is a 2010 version of MacPro and does not have USP 3. But I do have firewire, of course.

Thanks for your help!

Ross

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Thanks for your suggestion; I may try it. But here is what I hear from my local AVID dealer and their staff of experts: (Baltimore/DC area):

“There’s also no clear cut path move Media composer 4 projects to Media Composer 8. It’s four very significant generations of the product.
Media composer 4 was a still a 32-bit application for example. “There is no upgrade path from 4 to 8 he could go to version 6.0 the reason for that is that 6.0 is the last version to support 32bit OS’s after that it’s 64bit OS only. That would make it impossible to go to version 8 from version 4. Even getting to version 6.0 will be difficult. It’s hard to come across these days.”

That seems pretty definitive to me. What do you think? Do you think there is a path?

Thanks. By the way, Shane, if you’re still reading this, did you find any MC4 systems among your files?

Thanks! Ross

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Thanks for your suggestion, but would you risk losing four years of work so as to save a little time? I think the better choice will be to finish this project with the MC4. This project is a labor of love and I don’t want to muck it up. .

How would you go about finding such a critter? I will gladly pay the going price!

Thanks Ross Spears

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Hey Shane,

Sorry to be so long in reply — other issues kept me from the computer. Thanks a lot for your helpful reply. I will try all those avenues, because I really need to keep using MC 4.

The problem is that everything has been digitized using MC 4.0.5. That includes several hundreds of hours of footage over 4 years. And a lot has been edited too — numerous sequences are done.

When I started to purchase a new AVID system, the dealer told me that all of the “experts” he was consulting told him it would be very risky to start using MC8 at this point. I am only one year from completion of this project, and so I don’t dare do anything stupid. However, needing an assistant is important too and so I need a compatible system! MC 4.0.5, if possible. Please check your back systems!

Thanks, Ross

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Woo HOo!!!!

I tried your last suggestion first — because it was easier. I created a Title in my AVID project, saved it, played it, even pasted it. And lo and behold, now the AVID is importing again!!! What a relief! I was worried that I might have to re-install the software or something scary like that.

So thank you very very much for sticking with this and offering suggestions! Do you have any idea what we might have done, or not done, to have caused this problem in the first place? And why did creating a Title file prove to be the remedy??

Thanks again! Ross

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Another question: does it matter what settings the Import settings are on? We have ticked the button that says “Maintain events as logged.” This is under the shot log option. Under the Image option, we have the following: 1) Image Size Adjustment: Resize image to fit format raster. 2) File Pixel to Video Mapping: Computer RGB (0-255) 3) Frame Import Duration: 10 seconds 4) Field Ordering in File: Ordered for current format 5) Alpha Channel: Ignore 6) Autodetect Sequentially-Numbered Files: left unchecked

If any of this is wrong, I would appreciate knowing!! Or if any of the AVID specialists know anything about this problem, please, please, please weigh in! Or if anyone can suggest an Avid Specialist in the Washington, DC area that I could persuade to assist me, please let me know. Larry used to be a big help!

Thanks, Ross

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Dear Mr. Horridge,

Thanks for your reply. We have checked out the items you mentioned. First of all, we have no trouble playing anything that is already imported into the system. Secondly, none of the boxes in the media creation window on the far left have been ticked. As to your question about whether we can create and delete a text message in a media folder, we don’t understand the question! Could you rephrase it? What do you mean by a media folder? Everything else on our computer seems to running fine.

The main problem we’re having has to do with the Import command. Whenever we wish to Import, we now get a message saying that there are no Media Drives available and that only “shot logs” can be imported. When we shift the enabler window to say “Any document” then all of our target images appear, but when we click “Open” nothing happens. We cannot Import either images or music! Any ideas what to do? Somehow our AVID is not recognizing importable files when we try to Import. This just began in earnest a few days ago, although it had happened once or twice in the past.

Thanks for your help!!!

Sincerely, Ross

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[Ross Spears]

Thanks so much! What is ClipWrap? And how does it work?

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