For those that want to use AVCHD files in MC with this current AC3 problem, you could try this. It's a script based on FFMBC that will convert the audio in the AVCHD to PCM but leave the video alone. The resulting file is a MOV file that will have the same name as the source file. It will convert... (read more)

When I want to import (or AMA link, it doesn´t matter) AVCHD file to version 2018.12.1 imported file in bin has not sound. It seems to be something with AC-3 licence. Clean uninstall and reinstall didn´t help. It is on Win 7 Pro SP1. Anybody has the same experience? (read more)

I have been trying to bring in files from a JVC GYHM 170u camera with the codec YUV422 which is an AVCHD codec. I can only bring the files in by linking and when I transcode or mixdown the sequence I get a time out error. "Exception: NEMFileWriter::ExecuteInternal TIMEOUT - NEMFileWriter has detected... (read more)

My Avid can usually fly through anything I send it- except Sony AVCHD files from an NX5. I usually get a "can't find AVCHD player error" or the famouse "unexpected error". For large projects that have NX5 footage I go to Premeire load the Sony files and export a MOV of the footage... (read more)

If you are importing or linking to (in my experience Sony, but maybe other varieties of) AVCHD footage shot 29.97P and working in a 29.97P Project , Avid Media Composer interprets it as INTERLACED and defaults to Duplicated Field . This gives it a blocky, less sharp look. My work around (for the past... (read more)

I could use some help with mixed camera formats, multi cam setup and flex frame. My final project in MC is 1920x 1080 at 23.97 frames. I am importing footage from two 4k cameras and one HD camera. First camera is a JVC GY-HM 170 format H.264 in mov wrapper resolutions 3840x2160 24 fps Second cameras... (read more)

I've got a a Ninja Blade hooked up to a Panasonic HDC-SD707 via the HDMI output from the camera. I was thinking of using the camera for backup recording and using the real-time encoded DNxHD files straight from the Ninja for editing. I can also record 1080p/50 on the camera as MC8.4 now handles it... (read more)

Just an update on this. I've got two Win7 x64 partitions - one is with my current MC5.5 setup and the other is a Test partition where I can try out things. AVCHD import doesn't work on this Test partition. However, when I uninstalled MC5.5 in my other partition and installed MC8.4., AVCHD import... (read more)

I've been experimenting with MC8.4 on a PC with the following specs: Dell T7500 2 x Hex Core x5690 CPUs 3.46GHz (3.76GHz in Turbo mode) 48GB 512MB SSD I can AMA AVCHD and transcode but when I try to do an import, nothing happens. There is no message saying that the file is problematic. In fact, I... (read more)

I was testing out Avid MC 8 on windows 8.1 pro (64bit) it seems that 8 no longer supports AVCHD(H.264) with the AMA plugin, is this true or is there some other link I need? The AMA plugin online won't install as it says it only supports 6.x and 7.x during the install with an error message. (read more)