Hi, I am trying to transcode with avid for the first time. I am recording with an a7 III on Hybrid Log Gamma, so there is a lot of information in the highlights. Usually I render everything to op-atom xdcamHD in Resolve and then just copy the files to the media files folder which works fine. This time... (read more)

Hi all, We've got some a new season of a projcect currently cutting on Avid 2019.12 under High Sierra 10.13.16 that is trying to access graphics that were imported orignally on an Avid 2018 bay as DNxHRLB. When attempting to load the grpahics from the bin into the monitor, we get the following error... (read more)

Hello, I am curious to learn if editors recommend using AMA link or Import for a TV series which has a lot of media coming in from different camera manufacturers, in multiple formats. Suggestions? Pros? Cons? Thanks (read more)

Hi guys, after 6-8 hours of trial and error, i’m really losing my patience. I have 2 projects i’m working on, the settings are 1080p59.94fps on both. First one is mainly a slide show of images/ second is various clips. I export from MC a .h264/.mov file and select “same as source”... (read more)

Is there a shortcut to importing audio from the Sound Devices 633 folder structure? Instead of being able to import files from a whole day, it seems I have to click into each scene/set-up one by one. (a) This is annoying. (b) I fear I'm losing metadata? .... Any tips??? AS WELL — audio file... (read more)

I started editing on MC7. All P2 imported fine using file/import p2. I upgraded mid-project to MC 8.6.3. When I moved into online editing, I discovered I had to re-import the P2 from the original external drives where it was stored in order to upres it. Linking, and then transcoding to DNX 175, I wound... (read more)

Hello, I have been unable to link as AMA several WAV files (sample: https://bit.ly/2SQkTOY ), after several attempts on 3 different Macs, on MC versions 7, 8 and 2018.4. No error or console messages: after selecting these audio files, none appear in the selected bin. Even though other WAV files, with... (read more)

Hi! Avid Media Composer , 2018.8.0, I can't import an OMF files created on my own system. I was sending OMFs with .WAV files, same problem with .AIFF files. What's wrong? (read more)

Hello, I have been asked to help out on a doco that has been evolving over the last 5 years. Over that time it has been migrated accross 3 networks. There is currently an hour long cut that needs to be reshaped and re edited and the majority of this cut is online. 6 weeks of footage, A lot of the footage... (read more)

Hi all, I'm having the same issue working with 6 channel Poly BWF files, generated in a Nagra VI recorder. If i Import them, Avid will only read BEXT metadata (and ignore iXML metadata) - and unfortunately there is not enough room in the BEXT header for all the track names, so no channel metadata... (read more)