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AvidVideoMirror Error ongoing...

JohnnyReboot — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:56:08 GMT

This Error is popping up regularly now with v3.1.1. The Knowledge Base says that this problem has been taken care of with patch v3.5.4.3

http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=285999&Hilite=mirror

...problem with that is v3.5x breaks capture for me from JVC GY-HD200U camera (audio distortion and breaks) so I am forced to stick with v3.1.1 installed from my disk. Some folks on here have reported that the 3.5x patches, and possibly v4.x, still have not fixed the VideoMirror issue.

Why no patch for v3.1.1, or a universal fix for this? Little help Avid?

New boy on the block-Timeline Problems

22Video — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:45:57 GMT

I have graduated from Adobe Premiere CS4 to MC 4.02 and I am struggling with some basic timeline things.

QUESTION 1

I am using two tracks, of video, in Premiere I could unlink audio and video and bring in the clip (video only) to a timeline. Is it possible to do this in MC? I have tried with the audio tracks turned off, but it does not work.

Can someone put me right on this, I have read the manual and searched it several times but can't come up with a solution.

QUESION 2 - Filler

I have followed the manual and watched Douglas's tutorial on filler and tried to put 2 seconds of filler between two clips on track 1 of the timeline. Each time I do this, it places the filler within clip a and not between clip a & b what am I doing wrong?

I have an Asus motherboard with 4 x 2.66gh quad intel processor, Nvidia graphics card, windows xp pro sp3 with 4gb ram

All help appreciated

Derek M

Video Output Controls missing?

indigospin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:06:28 GMT

hi guys. i'm needing to calibrate my video output luminance, but i don't have any controls available on the video output tool. i searched but couldn't find any solutions here or in Avid help files. according to the help, i should have controls listed under my "SD Cal" tab... instead it just says "Hardware uses Automatic Gain Control".

i'm using MC 3.0, MojoSDI with a Composite 1:1 (SD) project @ 30i. the Mojo is working fine (in/out), and i'm using an analog waveform scope to monitor the Mojo output (direct via Composite)

the Mojo output is very dark, but i can't get at any controls... any ideas?

thanks in advance. - shane

3.5 and 3.5.4 slowdown with large project on Unity

mark.burton — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:39:24 GMT

Running a fairly large shared project on MC 3.5.0 on Quad Core 3.0Ghz, 8GB ram, 10.5.6. As the project has grown the resposivness of opening and saving bins has become very slow. Also if I switch to desktop and then back into app, its spinning beach ball for 5 seconds or so.

Did 3.5.1 contain any specific updates for slow bin/project access? Can't see anything in the readme, maybe it was a behind the scenes change?

The project can't really be broken up at this stage, so its not a question of doing that. I've had much larger projects on previous (pre 3.5) versions and not had anywhere near this level of slow down.

Timeline and general usage is not really affected, just bin/project access times. Its pretty much the same accross 4 unity connected MC 3.5.0 Mac systems.

Thanks for any ideas.

"Restore from Videotape" not working

kevindh — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:08 GMT

I've become grudgingly used to the fact that Media Composer disables the "Archive to Videotape..." and "Restore from Videotape..." options when dealing with HD material, or material from tapeless formats like P2 (incidentally, I'd love to know what year Avid plans on activating that disabled feature, since it has been talked about in forums for about two years now). However, working in MC 4.x.x, it seems that the Archive/Restore capability has been taken away completely, even in cases that it has worked before, due to software bugs.

Essentially, in a standard definition, tape-based session, media was sent to tape via "Archive to Videotape...". However, when we tried to "Restore from Videotape...", it immediately gives us an error:

"Exception: No compressed data format found for specified VCID and video format."

So, with no way to restore the otherwise sucessfully archived material, we have to digitize the material in as a clip and manually insert (via eye-match) every... single... shot...

Does anybody have an idea why this is happening or how to get "Restore from Videotape..." to work correctly? This has happened on both a Media Composer 4.0.3, as well as a Nitris 4.0.2.

Importing quicktime to Avid loses color quality

Salahadeen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:46:50 GMT

Hi guys,

Thanks for inviting me to the forums. I've got a question that I've been trying to solve all day, but alas, I give up. I can't figure it out. Simply put, how can I ensure that when I import quicktime files into avid that I maintain the same color quality?

It seems when I import anything into final cut pro, it always imports to full quality just like the original quicktime file. When I import into Avid though, either I loose image quality but keep original color, or I keep image quality but loose color quality (I.E. the image looks bleak and pale).

Can you guys help me with this? It is a 29.97 NTSC file I'm trying to import on MC 3.5. Any help will be very appreciated.

Thank you guys.

-Salahadeen

Switching Project Formats for Color Correction

cmus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:33:25 GMT

I have a question about how MC 4.0 handles things when you switch the project format settings. If I start a project at 720p/23.976 and then switch the 23.976NTSC to do my color correction and then switch back to 720p/23.976, my color corrections seem to go away. The icons still show on the clips on the timeline, but I have to go into color correction mode for each clip and deactivate and then reactivate the corrections for them to be active. The only reason I have to use this workflow is because I am using a mini-DV camera as a firewire deck to send the signal to my broadcast monitor which is only SD. Is it possible to streamline this workflow at all?

Thanks,

Cmus

Quicktime reference files and Avid AMA v.4.0

markus70 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:08:45 GMT

Call me crazy, but I am almost positive that I was able to export Quicktime reference files from P2 media in version 3.5 even though it was accessed via AMA. Now in version 4.0 I get the message that Quicktime reference files cannot be performed on clips linked via AMA. Is there a setting that I might be missing that will allow me to do this in version 4.0?

Avid 3rd Party Plugins Matrix.

BLKDOG — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:07 GMT

This Matrix compares Avid Software versions to 3rd party vendors.

New third party Matrix posted in MC Mac Announcements

BLKDOG — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:18:43 GMT

Updated the Boris Matrix and added a pretty comprehensive Matrix put together by Avid in the Announcements section at the top of this forum.

output to client monitor using DVI from adrenaline.

djflyte — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:57 GMT

General Question to the group. I am trying to output DVI from an Adrenaline on a XW8200. When I go to the "special menu -> output to DNA Client Monitor" the setting is greyed out and I can't output DVI. Any one else having this issue.

Media Composer 3.5.9 with Adrenaline
Windows XP
XW8200 HP

Unity MediaManager prevents deleting from local storage

steelydave — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:41:47 GMT

We are running an Adrenaline HD for cutting promos that is hooked into the Unity via MediaManager that serves our Newscutters.

However, when we try to delete locally stored media from within Avid, we get the message "Some shared items were not deleted." And it is obvious when we notice that our drivespace has not changed that things were not deleted.

I can't find any of our files listed in the MediaManager, either, since they are stored locally. For some reason, using Media Tool to delete local media appears to be disabled.

Is this an incompatibility, a bad setting, or a simple misunderstanding of using a system connected to MediaManager? How can I delete media from my system?

thanks

Dave

Avid Adrenaline 2.2.12

Unity MediaManager 4.5.11

WinXP

MC4 support for Snow Leopard

AntonyC — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:49:48 GMT

Can anyone from Avid give me an idea of when MCv4 will work on Snow Leopard?

I’m not after an exact date, just an idea of when that might be; I’m looking to get a new MacPro around Christmas time and am planning towards it.

Many thanks in advance

Antony

Formatting old window files to work with new mac

nglasser — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:17 GMT

Today I purchased an apple promac notebook... I have mediafiles on external hard drives that was formated ntsf.

I know tha mac will read the files but will it be able to write to file...(I think not)... what is the best way to approch this mess...

Thansfer files to the new apple, then format the drives, place the files on the drive. then how do I link them?

Or can i have the avid move the files to the drive, thus linking them?

audio tracks messed up

butterfly — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:27:09 GMT

After some copying and pasting and deleting my audio tracks have a bit of a strange structure. I have now the following line-up:

A1, A2, A3, A5, A6, A4 in this order. How can I change that?

And when I click new audio track, it appears on locations that I seem not be able to select. At the moment a new track appears between A6 and A4. How can I choose where it should appear?

Transfer imports to another system

guero — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:54:38 GMT

Hi all,

I'm sure this is something quite simple but i can't seem to manage it myself. The problem I have is my desktop, good spec and all, has the neccesary equipment to capture footage, but for some reason is throwing up a whole heap of problems running Avid. My laptop, which is an inferior system but seems to work happily. However, i cannot capture as it doesnt have the required input (USB only, no firewire). I have a project i urgently need to work on so my question is how can I capture on the one system and transfer to my laptop ready to work with. I appear to be able to transfer footage and even entire bins but when I open up on my laptop they are offline again. Help!

Thanks

entering/exiting effect mode with keyboard in MC 3.5

exmachina — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:26:51 GMT

I'm running Media Composer v. 3.5. When I was using Express Pro, I was able to enter AND exit effect mode by pressing ], the default key. With MC, ] enters effect mode, but will not exit it. I've had to use [ to enter trim mode, and then press it again to exit trim mode and get back to my normal timelime, or else I have to exit out of the effect window. This is a very frustrating little niggle, and I wondered if anyone could help. Assigning effect mode to different buttons doesn't make a difference.

HD to betacam with analog Mojo

swest26 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:16:43 GMT

I only have an analog Mojo and I haven't been able to come up with a way to cleanly downconvert my XDCAM or my P2 HD projects to SD and output it to Betacam. Is there a workflow for this? I've tried transcoding and that doesn't look very good- but maybe I'm missing something.

can't launch. assertion failed: False/Fatal error

srdjedit — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:12 GMT

I can't figure this one out, I've repaired permissions, trashed the databases, and I'm still getting the following errors:

Assertion failed: FALSE file:/Snapshots/releng.relengintel4_1221705213/vobs/coresw/ame/projects/Mac/.../.../src/msmdb/local volume.c, line 1845

I can continue after that and when I do I get:

Exeption: fatal error and a recap of the above errror.

Macbook Pro, Mac OS 10.58, Media composer 3.05,

Converting 23.976 footage to 29.97 (1080i)

ScarlettStreet — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:20:30 GMT

Hey Everyone,

I am working on a HD project shooting HDCAM. We are thinking of shooting 1080p 23.976 but the broadcaster wants us to deliver a final output with the following specifications:

16x9 aspect ratio, a frame rate of 29.97Hz and a resolution of 1080 x 1920 interlaced (1080i)

Is this possible, if so how is it done??

I have been searching for info pertaining to pull downs within avid.

Thanks for your help with this!! Any suggestions or information are welcome!!

Previously Onlined Footage showing as Offline

MHamby — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:24:19 GMT

I have been editing a peice for the past couple of weeks and while loading in the project this morning, I noticed that some of my footage was showing 'offline'. These were imported P2 files. As I said before, they were working perfectly fine before today.

After doing a bunch of things that I thought would work, I am now out of ideas. I have gotten the selected files to 'capture media' in regards to the audio, but I am still unable to re-capture the video. No idea why.

I have tried all of my ideas and was curious if anyone else has had a similar problem and/or a solution.

Avid DVD By Sonic Will Not Save Project

billy hill — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:44:58 GMT

Hi, I know this is probably not under the right topic but I couldn't find the Sonic DVD topic. My tired, weary eyes cannot search any more. I apalogize if I missed it somewhere.

My problem is that Avid DVD by Sonic will not let me save new projects. I am untterly confused. I have uninstalled the program and re-installed it, rebooted and tried other trick but it has all been to no avail.

So, finally I am posting it here in the hopes that someone has heard of a similar problem and hopefully it is simple.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Gracias

Relinking Transcoded DV to HDCam

post.72 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:48 GMT

A workflow question:

I'm working on a project that's going to be digitized from HD Cam 1080 30i and then transcoded to DV50 30i. The DV50 transcodes will be sent off to be offlined. The offlined sequence will then return to us for finishing. Besides the insane workflow, I have one basic question. If I retain all the original HD Cam footage on our drives, when I receive the transcoded offline sequence, will I be able to relink the HD Cam footage to the offlive transcoded sequence? Or, would I have to batch digitize the HD Cam footage again to the transcoded offline sequence? I raise this question because I noticed that when I did a transcode test, it gave the clip a new name. Thank you for any workflow input you may have.

Bill

Snow Leopard not Qualified for Any version of the Avid Software

BLKDOG — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:04:32 GMT

Ok, since we are getting two posts a week on this subject, I thought I'd post this as a central clearing house for all your Snow Leopard needs.

First, Avid had not yet qualified Snow Leopard for any version of the Media Composer software. As a Matter of fact, without a workaround, the software will not launch. You can find the workarounds in this post:

http://community.avid.com/forums/t/74863.aspx

We do expect to qualify Snow Leopard in a future release. No dates yet. As soon as we know anything, we'll post it here.

Big news for digital artists...

Adman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:13:56 GMT

The long awaited ArtRage 3.0 to be released soon:

http://www.artrage.com/artrage3.html