Hi There,

 

Does anybody know how to import MXF Op-Atom files into an avid/interplay environment.

We use a Nucoda filmmaster which can read our Avid MXF Op-Atom files and it can export it again, but we are not able to get it online in a fashionable way. 

Also when exporting for external client with their own interplay environment this creates problems.

 

-What is the correct workflow getting the "native" avid files back into avid? 

-Why is there not an option to import a MXF Op-Atom file which will be added/copied to the right avid mediafiles folder and a link will be created to the interplay database. A Digidesign Protools systems also allows for importing native wave or aiff files.

 

What did the techs at Nucoda tell you, w/r/t checking a color corrected clip back into Interplay?

 

 

They are busy with a workflow/integration, so that is not working yet on their side. But that leaves the avid side and external delivery. It is not really a nucoda thing in my opinion.

Avid should make it easier to import avid based video.

 

2 options come to mind:

1) Resync: placing the files in a loaction on shared storage indexed by Media Indexer and then running Resync (select AvidWG in Access and then right click -> resync) will extract basic metadata and check in the clip in a special folder. Doing this on a small workspace helps speed things up.

2) Media Tool in the editor: may only work on local storage. After running the Media Tool, the new clips can be dragged into a bin. Now they can be consolidated to shared storage and checked in.

 

 

 

 

I think jweis is spot on. Standalone read in or re-sync is the only way here. Just to clarify some of your comments though- Avid consumes MXF OP1-Atom natively. This means it does not have to 'import' it, it just needs to read it into a database to play/link etc. The database in this instance is either your interplay system or the stand alone user's drive with the media databases. Now here is the rub. Nucoda need to be able to support the interplay check in and check out mechanism in order for the workflow to sing. They would be a partner in the enterprise and Avid would be the other half of this as principal. Doing this work would allow you to choose the "send to FilmMaster/Send to Interplay" step that would ignite your workflow. But this is not a one sided effort. It requires a lot of hard work from both parties, not just one. Where there is a will, there can be a way;-)

Avid also has a SOAP Web Services API for Interplay.  As long as they have the corresponding AAF file (or know how to generate one), they can check it into Interplay using the web services API.  The web services API can also be used to check out AAF files...  So, the building blocks are their for Nucoda (or even the original poster of this message) to create a closer integration with Interplay already.

http://www.avid.com/thirdparty/developers/APIs/index.html

As far as I know, the license for third-party developers is not expensive, either. NL-Tek uses Avid Web services in its Auto-Ingest product which works nicely.

That's right.  The actual SDK/API is FREE, but you do have to apply for it.  There is also an optional paid support plan.