[Terry Anderson]

Shane,

I just get frustrated because it seems Premiere can do mixed frame rates in the same project and most 1080 footage links instantly in the program without transcoding, ready to edit, but I still prefer Avid.

I think I solved my problem. I created1080p 59.94 and 29.97 projects. In the 29.97 project I linked all the29.97 footage via AMA and transcoded to DNxHD45 converting footage to project frame rate. Went back to 59.94 project and did the same process with all the 59.94 footage. I opening the bin with all the 29.97 footage in my 59.94 project and did a test. Cut a few shots in a sequence from both projects then took the footage offline. I relinked the sequence to the original files and they all were relinked! I transcoded the sequence to DNxHD90 and it played great. I now had a 59.94 sequence. If I wanted a 29.97 sequence, I went back to my 29.97 project and opened the bin from the 59.94 project containing my final transcoded sequence and MC gave me the option to convert to a 29.97 sequence. It played fine. Hopefully this workflow won’t let me down.

Any other words of wisdom or possible land mines I can avoid?

Thanks again

[Terry Anderson]

Shane

1. Thanks for your help, you answered a lot of questions. I tested the online for Avid MC 8.6.3 using media files and it worked sort of. The sequence I tried to online and link to the original clips worked with my .mov file, but not my .MTS files, they are inside the AVCHD and BDMV packages. Could it be Avid can’t get past the AVCHD and BDMV packages in relink to get to the .MTS files?

2. Most of my media is 1080p, so my project is 1080p/59.94. I am dealing with 3 types of source files:
.mov 1080p 59.94
.MTS 1080i 29.97
.MTS 1080p 59.94

3. Since I couldn’t relink, I did a straight import of the files , and the project wont take the 29.97, how can I use this footage in my project? I did a batch import of offline files and got this message in the console:
“Exception: Cannot quick import a mixed resolution QuickTime movie.
Batch imported 0 of 1 clips”

4. Basically, the .MTS files wont relink or import (29.97), I’m worried about the online later down the line.

5. Finally, my media composer only shows DNxHD 90 as the lowest res available. Is there a way to get it to a lower resolution for the offline?

Thanks again for your help