Hi, I am new to Avid having just purchased Media Composer 8.10 a few days ago. All the video tutorials and guides that I have seen effortlessly bring footage into the project via the Source Browser and then using 'Import' or 'Link'. When I attempt to use the 'Link' option on a... (read more)

Hello, I've been using avid media composer (8.9.4) for not too long now. I have a macbook pro (version 10.12.6). I didn't have a lot of space left on my laptop, so decided to buy a hard drive to use instead of saving projects on my mac. I had just bought a 5TB Seagate Portable Back Up Plus, and... (read more)

Hello, I'm fairly new to avid , and would like to know the best options when it comes to importing and exporting high resolution videos and photos to get the highest quality results. I am using avid media composer 8.9.2. I have a canon 5D mark IV, and I am using a mac, and the videos I have taken... (read more)

I have inherited a project where the previous editor has linked to a lot of stock footage using AMA rather than importing the files. I have now imported all the relevant files and want to 'overwrite' the AMA clips with the real imported clips. One path I am currently employing to do this is to... (read more)

I changed from an ancient version of avid to mediacomposer 8.6. in my previous versions: the moment I connected a card reader with SD card to the laptop, in my project automatically a BIN called CANON (my camera) would open. I would see all clips in yellow. Then I would create a new bin, call it IMPORT... (read more)

Okay so it seems the footage has come straight from EVS, so it does not look like Avid will recognise the media!! I am currently using Media Exchange to re-wrap each EVS_MXF file to 'Avid MXF OPAtom' Is this correct? I have a long Wait!!! (read more)

Hi All, I have been wrestling with this issue all day and any help would be much appreciated! I have been given a hard-drive with 6 large MXF files that are over 730 GB, I have copied them over to my ‘Avid Media Files’ directory and placed them in the relevant numbered ‘MXF’ folder... (read more)

Hi - first post! We're recording on Hyperdeck Studio Pro machines for use with MC5. The workflow should be: upload files from the SSD; put them in a numbered folder within Avid MediaFiles/MXF; create an Avid project and use the media tool to find the files, then drag them into a bin. I've seen... (read more)

I sincerely hope that one of you can help me with this: I work with Avid MC 8.3.1. and a Sony PMW-EX1 I installed the plugin (PDZK-MA2 v3.40). I connect the camera to the mac with the usb. A bin opens and loads the clips. From the menu bar I select File>AMA Link I select the plugin in Files of type... (read more)

Hi , First of all: sorry for my english, it isnt my first language. I'm a pretty new editer and I haven't so much knowledge about importing, converting et.c I want to import files into Avid that's about 2-3 GB big, 2-3 hours long clips, it's orginal a MP4 - file format. Frame Size: 1920x796... (read more)