I'm on Media Composer Ultimate 2024.2.0, Mac OS Ventura. We're working in a Nexis environment. When I export an AAF with "Render All Audio Effects" enabled, I've noticed that the render files are created on the same drives as the originating media. So for example, if we have effects... (read more)

Hello, I've been given an AAF exported from ProTools to bring into Avid, however I cannot get the media to appear online. I haven't got much experience with bringing in AAFs so it is very possible I'm missing a basic step. I initially did a test with a project on EditShare. I imported the... (read more)

Hello, I have searched the forums and couldn't find anything that addressed this specifically so hopefully it is not a duplicate thread. I'm assisting on a feature documentary project that uses a lot of archival material. Most of this we have received low res. I have been creating a list of all... (read more)

Hi, We're prepping for online with a project that was edited in 2022.7 and sending AAFs to our audio finisher who is finishing in Protools. However, when he opens the AAF in ProTools, he's telling us that none of the AudioSuite effects are rendered and included. We're sending the AAF with... (read more)

Hi all, I'm trying to import AAF exported from Pro Tools, but the media remains offline. The AAF export settings are as below: Selected "Enforce Media Composer Compatibility" Format: WAV Bit Depth: 24 Copy option: Consolidate from source media Any advice on this issue? Thank you for your... (read more)

Dear Community, We are having issues concerning the export of an audio AAF with embedded or copied MediaFiles (MXF) for ProTools. We are on the MC 2021.9 release (Mac). The workflow we planed for is this: 1. Ingesting of poly-WAVs through linking instead of importing (the TrackID metadata was being dropped... (read more)

For quite some time now I've been trying to export an AAF from Avid Media Composer 2021, and each time I get the same exception error. Exception: std::exception, what:ACF call failed: mSampleConsumer->ConsumeSample (avOutputBuffer), error code 0x80000008, file Users/releng/Builds/workspace/MC... (read more)

Hi all, I'm failing to export AAF from MC 2021.12.055552.0 Exception: std::exception, what:ACF call failed: m_SampleConsumer->ConsumeSample (avOutputBuffer), error code 0x80000008, file /Users/releng/Builds/workspace/MC/Release_Installer_Git/Mac_Build/coresw/ame/src/msm/AMAWriter/AMAExportSynchronizer... (read more)

Hi there, thanks for reading. I'm having an issue exporting a consolidated AAF from an audio only timeline. It briefly flashes up the dialogue box for creating the clips, then quits the process. It doesn't crash, doesn't produce the AAF file and doesn't give any error message. I've... (read more)

G'day there Dan, QuickTime Ref has not been available since macOS Catalina, two years now. I recommend using DNX or ProRes wrapped in MOV or MXF for quickest export, or an AAF as suggested for delivering to Online. (read more)