FS700 linked media appears offline
I have been linking to several folders of media files (from different cameras) in my current project and selectively transcoding. All generally fine on most of the footage but I am having problems with...
View Article8.5 Audio Suite not opening
We've just done an upgrade from 8.3 to 8.5 media composer, and find that although the audio suite is there, when you click on the tools within any of the items, there's no adjustment window? Normally...
View Articledefault Avid Media Composer v8.5 relink command tutorial DaVinci Resolve v12.5
https://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/14297/default-avid-metadata-relink-command-reconform-avid-offline-sequence-metadata-to-video-online-color-
View ArticleCan't install 8.03 because Avid Editor Transcode won't uninstall
Hi all,So I thought I would install 8.03. Of course it didn't work, because Avid has made sure that upgrading Media Composer requires a superhuman effort every time.This time, the installer says an...
View ArticleA LOT more than 24 Audio tracks.
That's my request.I will finish with a rhetorical question; Why does Avid think 24 audio tracks is enough?Neil.
View ArticleHow to transfer media (a little more complicated than this...)
I'll try and make this simple.I have 2 identical projects on 2 seperate drives.Drive A has 100% of the media. Drive B only has 50% of the media.For example, in my sequence on Drive A, everything is...
View Articleclicking time code layer exits effect editing
I'v ebeen living with this for several versions and it really bothers me. Is there anyway to stop Composer in effects mode jumping to edit mode everytime you click on the timecode layer in order to...
View ArticleAvid Running Low on Disc Space During Large Export
While doing a very large Avid export (over 3 hours of video) to an external drive, Avid tells me that I am running low on internal disc space. I made sure that all the renders would be going to the...
View ArticleFusion 8.1 with MC8.x
Downloaded and installed Fusion 8.1 and it runs fine stand-alone but did not seem to install the AVX Plugin so can not access within Avid. I have a query in to BM Support but meanwhile wanted to see if...
View ArticleBaffling Timecode issue
Here’s the problem. I’ve got 5 cameras covering a music shoot, a mix of Sony F5 and PMW500. They were jam-synced at the start of the shoot. I’m running MC 8.4 on Yosemite. What happens is that the...
View Article8.5 and AFIFO_TAKE_UNDERRUN
Thanks, Kevin, that's helped both on beach balls, and unexpected quits. At least I can save my work. Sometimes, a relaunch isn't enough and I have to power the Mac down. Here's a problem I've had with...
View ArticleRender during SaS export: Where are the Media Files?
Hi,quick question...I'm exporting a timeline - with a lot of unrendered fx - as SameAsSource.So MC has to render these fx and (I'm assuming) has to create new Media Files. BUT where are these files?I...
View ArticleBasic clean up Q: delete FOLDERS, or delete BIN CONTENT prior to that?
After finishing a project I consolidate to a new HDD, and then drag the new masterclips & edits in new bins named CONSOLIDATED.Now I have to get rid of all the old stuff in the project:First, I...
View ArticleEncoding for Screenly Digital Signage
I know this is a shot in the dark but I have a client that uses the Screenly Raspberry Pi digital signage. They are requesting .H264 MPEG4 files. I have asked for more detail but all they can provide...
View ArticleSDI input option not available
WEll, it's been a couple of years, but someone wants to insert an old SD program into his new HD program. I set up the Sony DV Cam 1500A with SDI out, popped in the tape, set up bars and tone, Ctrl 7...
View ArticleMoving Avid Project folders?
Hi, I currently have the majority of my current Avid Project folders within a documents folder on my C Drive, which, I believe, on installation was first created and thus became a default destination....
View ArticleAMA sequence transcoding problem
I'm trying to transcode a sequence for online editing. The sequence is made of C300 MXF AMA linked footage. The process seems to go smoothly, but once it's done, only half of the clips have been...
View ArticleTranscode question! Please help!
Hi,I have this really annoying problem for quite some time. I have the newest version of MC 8.Sometimes when I transcode AMA files, one file ist corrupt and the transcode stops with an error.It would...
View Articletrim to fill on frameflex clips
Currently trim to fill doesn't work on FrameFlex clips while Timewarp does. I would like to use trim to fill on these clips.
View ArticleImport .mov with alpha channel?
I've been sent an animated graphic with alpha channel as a Quicktime Pro Res movie. How do I import this, keeping the alpha channel? I've tried 'invert", "do not invert"and "ignore" in the Import...
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