I need some help with figuring out a way to send (or export) my sequence to Davinci Resolve Lite. I shot an event recently (Sony EX3, 1080p25, recorded onto sd cards via adapters) but forgot to bring along a Mac formatted HDD, when each sd card was full I copied the mp4 files onto an external drive and... (read more)

Hi all, hoping somebody here can help us out with this one - transcoding car-mounted GoPro footage is taking eons, and really would like to find a more efficient solution. Our workflow right now is this, in MC 5.5 (I know): AMA Link both our XDCAM EX main cams and GoPros, then transcode to 14:1 MXFs... (read more)

Dear colleagues, I would really appreciate your help on the following question: I have a documentary shooted mostly in 1080p25 4:2:0 with XDCam EX 35Mbit, some videos were shooted with XDCam EX 50Mbit raster 4:2:2 To safe the storage place (as i have ca 200 hours of video) we have decided to make all... (read more)

Hi, I have sequences with transcoded EX-Files. This transcoded Files are offline and I want to relink this with the original EX-Files. In MC 5 I have no problems. Now in MC 7 it doesn´t work. I tried all options. Maybe I make a failure? I import the original EX-Files with AMA-Link. This files are... (read more)

I'm building a new edit suite with a new mac pro and MC7 (switched from a PC suite with MC5). What would be the best and fastest workflow at this moment to ingest EX3 XDCAM EX material in MC7 on Mac? On PC I always had to use the sony xdcam contentbrowser and export (takes a lot of time). AMA-linking... (read more)

I have Symphony 6.5.2 and i need export to Quick Time XDCAM EX 1080i6 (35mb/s). and i have already install Mac AMA AVCHD v1.2 Mac Panasonic P2 AMA v2.6 PDZK-MA2 v2.33 MXF- plugin setup AvidCodecsLE Do I need another codec to make it work to export XDCAM EX? tengo el symphony 6.5.2 y necesito exportar... (read more)

I'm running Media composer v5.5.2 on a PC. I have used AMA to link to XDCAM HD and XDCAM EX and both have worked successfully until now! Now when I try and link to XDCAM EX files, I receive a notification saying 'Unable to link to file or volume. You may need to install the AMA plug-in'.... (read more)

Issue of the day: Newly created titles will not display the video layer when "V" is toggled to green. The background is an offwhite opaque fill. When the title is saved, it works correctly on the timeline, with transparency. Already created titles in a bin, when dropped on the timeline initially... (read more)

Here is what I do when I get the "Long GOP" error message trying to export my XDCAM EX files as a QuickTime Reference file: Mixdown the video (it makes a single file of your entire sequence) and save it into any bin (I usually create a new bin and call it "Mixdowns", then put it there... (read more)

Hello, I'm experiencing an issue that I thought was fixed, but has now reared it's ugly head again it would seem. Running Symphony 5.5 on a Z800 (XP) with ISIS storage using the new ISIS client software. I am using a tapeless workflow to get my grades into my Film Master and have a problem with... (read more)