Is there a way to get a 60 min sequence with Camera 1 on V1, Camera 2 on V2 and Camera 3 on V3 to behave as a multicam clip?

The problem is that the footage has been shot on P2 which creates quite a few 2GB MXF files plus I have no synced timecode on my footage. Basically I would like to manually sync all bits and pieces in my timeline, but I can not get a sequence to run as a multicam clip. I know that I can mixdown each track and group them, but isn't there an easier way to get through this?

Grouping Sub-sequences (one for each Camera) does not work, mixing down each track takes too long and I would loose my Metadata, creating one group clip for each 2GB MXF file is pretty much impractical since they don't have synced timecode. Isn't there a way to open a grouped clip as a sequence? I tried to find any documentation on this, but I had no luck.

Thanks,

Ilja

Media Composer Nitris 3.0

This concept is a natural and has been asked for many times over the years. It is similar to the idea of "Sequence as Source" which we also need.

http://community.avid.com/forums/p/19779/110659.aspx#110659

Maybe you can add your voice to that request.

meanwhile, you have plenty of workarounds and what works best depends on your project. Good luck.

IljaN:

The problem is that the footage has been shot on P2 which creates quite a few 2GB MXF files plus I have no synced timecode on my footage.

If your media has been correctly imported into Avid the metadata should ensure that the individual 2 GB MXF files link to master clips of the same duration as the master recording.  You shouldn't need to create a sequence to tie them together.  Avid should handle it the same way as it handles OMFI media, which also has a maximum file size of 2 GB.  How was the media imported?

It happened to me when I recorded using FireStore which was unable to add metadata to tell NLE those files are one clip. The only solution for me was to create a sequence for every camera. FireStore was attached to the computer. Then I deleted unused audiotracks and exported the sequence as QuickTime Reference. After that I imported the QuickTime reference. This way I got media files and one long clip.

PP

Thanks for asking, that would have been my next question. Indeed I used a HVX200 and a Firestore and I ran into the problem that importing P2 media resulted in 2GB clips. I assume that this a Firestore problem, importing from a P2 card works just fine. This is the reason why I ended up with one track in a sequence for each camera.

I would really appreciate the feature of using sequences as multicam sources or as source clips. I worked on quite a few TV productions where this feature would have saved days and Terabites. Oh, yes, and nerves!

Thanks,

I.