Help with Avid Express and mxf files
I've sent some files off to an editor, who is using Avid Express Pro HD, the problem is with the clips which span 2 cards, he can't import them.
I rewrapped them to mxf, all the short unspanning clips are ok, it's just the long clips that are the problem. He's using a pc. Can anyone give me some advice to pass on ? Thanks. Paul. |
Did you join the clips in Clip Browser before you rewrapped to MXF or did you revrap the individual source clips?
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I think i worked it out.
I gave my colleague some files which where not spanned which were then passed onto the editor on dvd's, these were where the files got spanned across 2 dvds i think, so not the situation which originally thought. Problem solved now. What do you mean when you say "join the clips in clip browser before rewrapping" ? If a clip spans 2 cards and i can only see one card in clip browser then how can i join the 2 halves of a clip when they're on 2 cards ? Paul. |
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This is how I do it: After shooting, I copy all the cards to a harddrive using Clip Browser. I use the same destination folder, that way Clip Browser will join the spanned clips into one. I then export the joined clip as MXF. That way I can have very long clips in one MXF-file to later import in the Avid. |
Ola,
What type of PC are you using with Media COmposer? I have to build a new PC for my media composer as the old one is not up to working with 1920 x 1080 35mbs files from the EX1. I just thought I would see what you were using and how you were working in MC V3 with the EX? Any help is much appreciated. |
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Gigabyte P35-DS4 Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 775 1333FSB 3.0GHz 4MB 1066 MHz, 4GB WESTERN DIGITAL RAPTOR 150GB 10000RPM SATA (System drive) ANTEC MIDITOWER P182B GUN METAL BLACK Corsair HX Series Modular Power Supply 520W Samsung DVD±RW 20x DL SATA Svart Bulk Nero (Vista) Nvidia 8600 graphic card. Of course this was eight months ago. Today some components should probably be replaced. Anyhow - this could be a starting point for you. Good luck building your computer! |
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I guess I should RTFM sometimes :) |
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OK guys - it indeed combines split files this way, and very fast, too; in fact a bit too fast for me to completely trust it does it completely seamless. I have a VERY important, 3 cameras, 2 day project and LOTS of separate folders from ShotPut EXpress; it'd be great to merge them this way - but the files are just too long to check in Vegas how good the merging is...
Can anyone assure me it's the same, seamless quality as when you just copy spanned/split clips to a single folder, when they get merged really seamlessly? |
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