[Travis Cannan]

Thanks for the response Brent. If that is the case then I suppose I will start Re logging. I will say that I’m a little surprised to hear that. Given that there is SO much metadata that is identical I would think that there would be a way to do this. Would Matching Reel names and timecode not be sufficient enough to get everything to match up? I obviously wouldn’t expect any edits to the audio tracks to translate over but given these are just bins of clips I would have thought Avid would have a solution to this. I understand the metadata is not identical but it seems to me that if you could tell avid that these new clips equal the old clips then the program could look and see that all of the names line up and even the timecode information used to group different clips together also matches up. In resolve there is a feature to “force conform” to whatever clip you tell it to. I suppose I was thinking Avid would have something similar. I am admittedly, far from an expert on avid so I’m sure there are variables I’m not taking into account. It just seems like a program as robust as Avid would be able to do something like this. Hopefully I’m not coming across as ungrateful for the advice! Just always trying to understand this program better : )

Thanks again!

[Travis Cannan]

Glenn,

I think I am following you. I’ve never tried or would know where to begin dealing with “merging bins” but the idea that I could link to the pro res files and then copy the timecode information from it’s respective column and paste/duplicate it into the column of the wrong timecode or at least an auxiliary TC column makes perfect sense to me. I just don’t know how to execute that if it’s even possible. Even if I was only able to insert the proper timecode into an auxiliary timecode column is there a way to tell resolve to link based on an auxiliary timecode? Or I suppose at that point I could unlink from the imported files and then try to relink to the proper pro res files within Avid since the timecodes would then match up?

Like I said in my last post i did find a solution that is essentially a far more arduous, clip by clip method of changing the timecodes but If anyone has any insight into what Glenn is referring to I’m all ears.

Thanks!

[Travis Cannan]

Thanks for the response Pat. As annoying as that would be I could handle that solution but I feel that I have stumbled upon a slightly more streamlined fix but I’m a little nervous I’m overlooking something. Basically I right clicked on one of my master clips in Avid and then clicked “modify”
From there I Manually typed in the start timecode from the corresponding r3d source clip. I then exported out a new AAF and opened that in resolve in a new project that I had loaded all of my source files into. Upon importing the AAF I got the usually error dialogue box telling me about all the timecode extents however the clip I had modified in Avid relinked correctly in my resolve sequence. It was actually used multiple times in the sequence and every instance was the correct part of the clip.

Assuming this works for every other clip is there any reason I’m not thinking of that would keep this from being a viable option? I’m not even sure if this would technically be faster than what you recommended but to me it seems like it would be easier to just sort of go on autopilot and re type all the timecodes rather than basically rebuild the edit.

Thanks again!

[Travis Cannan]

Hey Glenn, thanks for the response! If I understand you correctly you’re saying to try unlinking from the files I imported and then AMA linking back to the original Pro Res files? If I’m hearing you right wouldn’t I still have a timecode/conform issue since the timecode information from the clips I’ve been editing is different from the Pro res files and therefor won’t properly reconnect? Unless Avid can just use the reel names and in and out points to rebuild my sequences? Sorry If i’m completely misinterpreting what you’re recommending.

[Travis Cannan]

This is a personal project that doesn’t have any real money behind it so a post house is out of the question. However, if you’re telling me it’s possible i’m not ready to give up on fixing this. If it’s just a matter of being extremely tedious and time consuming I’m willing to tackle that.

I found some information in the MC user guide that seems relevant but i’m not entirely sure how I would utilize it to solve my problem.

Am I at least on the right track?