A friend of mine asked me to move an old Avid MC project over to Premiere Pro. The Avid Project was created on a much older version of MC that all of the media was digitized as OMF files. I managed to transcode all of the media over to MXF because I heard the Premiere Pro can read MXF files. I did a... (read more)

How do I import .mpeg into Avid 8? It appears that it won't let me do it. Do I need to convert .mpeg into something else? I can import. mp4 files from my camera into Avid. (read more)

How do I import Live Video into Avid Media Composer 8? I want to record, and have live streaming video coming in on Avid 8. I can't seem to figure out how to do it. Every import video tutorial seems to have importing video from tapes. I have a digital camera that I want to record and stream video... (read more)

I'm always confused by how Avid organizes files, and it seems to me that beggining books do not explain how does Avid organize video when I import it. What is the best way to organize video with in Avid? How do I move my video to another computer once I imported it into Avid? Is it wise if multiple... (read more)

Hi, folks - always great discussions and advice here, so thanks... I'm running Media Composer 5.0.3 and just got a new Sony NX70U that records in AVCHD file format. Amazing-looking stuff but, as you all are thinking right now, Avid doesn't deal with AVCHD files. These forums (fora?) here sugegst... (read more)

I hope this is the right forum, but wanted to post this answer as Pinnacle/Avid was of NO help in this situation. I upgraded my OS to Windows 7 Professional. When I went to install Pinnacle Studio 10, I received an error message that I had to upgrade to Avid studio as Pinnacle Studio was no compatible... (read more)

I'm a newbie, so please forgive my lack of basic knowlege. I have been going crazy trying to figure out how to import SD video from my F40 Samsung camera into Avid Media Composer. When I import the video, it comes up as a white or black screen, and at one point I got audio. I know I have to do something... (read more)

Can someone please help me with capturing/importing DVD footage? I don't have a separate DVD deck but my computer can play DVDS. I am trying to grab a 2 minute clip (with audio) from a DVD. I can play it on my computer but I can't figure out how I can get AVID to capture it. Nothing in hte capture... (read more)

Just got hold of JVC's GY-HM-100E camera. Avid compatability site states "use AVID AMA" in order to pull in the file format it produces (mp4 files). I'm on Avid v 3.1.1 and v3.5 seems to have the AMA media option. How do I safely move up to that version? Thanks Mike (read more)