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Re: Updating to 10.1.4? I can't seem to find any info online... need to read/use MXF's - 9 years ago
Cool - I wasn't getting that - for some reason it looked to me like I had to buy it all over againby Jewel - Café LA - X
Updating to 10.1.4? I can't seem to find any info online... need to read/use MXF's - 9 years ago
Updating to 10.1.4? I can't seem to find any info online... need to read/use MXF's Longtime FCP7 & Avid before that ... I have FCPX 10.0.6, but didn't bother with it much due to friends' horror stories & whatnot... Now I'm getting more requests to cut in MXF file, so I was psyched to learn that 10.1.4 addressed native cutting in MXFs. But short of buying an entirely new editionby Jewel - Café LA - X
Outputting to miniDV/ cam (basic) sorry to ask! (checked wiki, etc) - 12 years ago
Hi, My apologies - this is actually part of a workaround for me - I'm dealing with a producer who gave me (among other weird dailies formats) a ref movie in FLV, and I'm just trying to create new miniDV footage of the ref so I can match cut to it (He's on PC-based Avid, I'm on Mac-based Avid, finally input a QT of the FLV into FCP 7, just to re-output to tape , to re-capture in Avid, - all juby Jewel - Café LA
Canon camera +Avid MC6 on PC => Avid MC6 on iMac => not relinking media - 12 years ago
Hi, Thanks for running this forum - man am I stuck! So, I'm working with a small company, editing weddings for them. Nice people. The problem(s) are: shows are shot on a Canon / cards (I believe); some footage arrives to me as MXF, other ftg in raw (I downloaded Canon AMA softwares); originally cut on a PC w/ Avid MC6... then given to me on drives - I work on MC6/ on an iMac. OSX buby Jewel - Avid Media Composer
Re: AMA (Avid MC) re-link protocol / problems re: Canon-sourced footage - 12 years ago
Oh good question - I'll ask him which version he has - he may have an older version. Thanks...by Jewel - Avid Media Composer
AMA (Avid MC) re-link protocol / problems re: Canon-sourced footage - 12 years ago
HI, First, thanks for helpin gme out re; my attempts to register at Avid. I was still missing key numbers, which I couldn't access, but I eventually was helped the following week. Now I'm dealing with: AMA relink to native Canon-sourced vid vs. import MXF files from orig = dropped frames? I'm trying to understand if I'm missing something here… I'm cutting some footage shot onby Jewel - Avid Media Composer
Re: Argh! Avid customer service - can't register - 12 years ago
Thanks Unfortunately, I already maxed the demo, which was why I bought the MC6. Still unable to register.by Jewel - Avid Media Composer
Re: Argh! Avid customer service - can't register - 12 years ago
Thank you so much for asking on their forums for me. I can't believe Avid (as a company) still doesn't get this. There really is no reason for this sort of snafu. Proof: This never happens with Mac/Apple. When I worked in features, we were all Mac & Avid. You never heard us hating on Apple. (Or any other vendor - Lightworks, Premiere, whatever.) If you got softwware anywhere else, tby Jewel - Avid Media Composer
Re: Argh! Avid customer service - can't register - 12 years ago
Thanks - yes, I'm absolutely sure I'm entering the right number. It's on a specific sticker that comes in the box. The number say: MC06Sxxxxxxx. = Media Composer6, student/academic version, number. It's the number I'm supposed to echange at their student ID verify page to get the regular number. There are other numbers on a 2nd sticker, butthose are specifically for: Pro Tools, Sorby Jewel - Avid Media Composer
Argh! Avid customer service - can't register - 12 years ago
One of the main reasons I quit Avid years ago was their horrendous "customer service". Their CS rep Marianna assured me it wasn't hat way anymore - just before she went on vacation after taking my info & without helping me! My Avid student Verification number doesn't work. That's the # they sent on a sticker with the disk. I double-checked everything, every possible permutatiby Jewel - Avid Media Composer
Relinking problems from external in Avid - USB3? - 12 years ago
Hi there, I'm trying to cut some shorts for a client who cuts on a PC-based Avid. He gave me a USB3-only drive (no FW) and I was supposed to pull the projects & media off of it & cut on my iMac (2.16 GHz Intel Core2 Duo). I'm using MC6, and I haven't used Avid in awhile (coing back from FCP) but this should be more straight-forward than the problems I'm having. I pulled his prby Jewel - Avid Media Composer
Re: Image stutters over cut (FCP 6.0.6) - 12 years ago
Yes, Sequence setting is HDTV 1080i QT settings were H.264 Playing off an external, via 800 FW Fully rendered... Thanks for helping Julieby Jewel - Café LA
Image stutters over cut (FCP 6.0.6) - 12 years ago
Hi all, Looked around elsewhere (& FAQs here) and did not see suggestions as to what might be causing my image to stutter over a cut. Mostly it's the outgoing clip that stutters... FCP 6.0.6 Mac OS X 10.5.8 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Suggestions? Thank you very much!by Jewel - Café LA
Suggested external FW drive? - 14 years ago
I used to get the G drives, but I heard they're less stable now, and that another brand of external is more stable - I'm thinking my client probably has funds for one 500gig external FW.by Jewel - Café LA
Re: Stutter on pretty basic show - 14 years ago
Exactly what I thought - but everyone keeps telling me that "fast USB" is different. So - not different? Just want to make sure I wasn't going nuts. (Still might be, but maybe not re: USB.)by Jewel - Café LA
Stutter on pretty basic show - 14 years ago
Hi - I have a pretty basic show (short) that went through a few weird permutations to get here, and now is stuttering. Actually, worse than stuttering - it's playing one long frame per cut. I think they shot it SD, but then did their main cut on an Avid Liquid. Then they re-digitized and re-assembled the whole show in FCP on another machine. Also output a QT as a ref. The gave me thby Jewel - Café LA
Avid Liquid to: FCP 6.0.3 - 14 years ago
I'm trying to make some fixes on an hour-long show a guy cut on his Avid Liquid (PC). I was able to export an EDL from Liquid on his machine, and brought his external hard drive over to my FCP (dual core Intel iMac), but of course there are problems. The main problems are: The EDL I imported into my FCP seems to have weird clip names that don't match any of his media names. They all haveby Jewel - Café LA
Suggested hardware support (Santa Monica)? - 14 years ago
Hi all, I suspect a port may have burned out on my Core Duo iMac... are there any places that can do a fast check on those on a walk-in basis? I have a client tomorrow (of course...) Thanks!! J!by Jewel - Café LA
LA Avid UG? - 14 years ago
Is there such a thing? You guys have been such a blessing re FCP, and now I have some Avid questions... Where online would you suggest I lurk - I mean for Avid info! Specifically, Avid MC3, editing HD / codecs, etc... Thx!!by Jewel - Café LA
Re: OT: Media Composer 5 - 14 years ago
Or just reverse engineer while reading the Avid to FCP textby Jewel - Café LA
quicktime won't play back m2v's correctly for squeeze? - 14 years ago
I just heard that this may be the case... since I noticed that when I play the preview in Compressor, it looks squeezed, even though the .mov looked fine before importing into Compressor. So... but... if quicktime won't play back the .m2v correctly for squeeze, what are my options for reducing file size (to fit on the DVD) and maintaining Aspect ratio? I can't get both?by Jewel - Café LA
Ugh - still coming out squeezed - 14 years ago
I don't get it - the (SC QT PAL).mov looked fine, and I selected DV PAL anamorphic in Compressor - why is it still squeezed? No comprende.by Jewel - Café LA
Tryin gto address squeeze inside Compressor - 14 years ago
Since problem seems to be happening in Compressor: here's what I'm trying now in Compressor): To create assets: Other workflows > Advanced format conversions> Standard Def > DV PAL Anamorphic (w/ 48 kHz stereo audio) Also went back & selected: DVD Fastest encode > Dolby Digital Professional 2.0 Audioby Jewel - Café LA
Re: Still squeezed - even after selecting 16:9 - 14 years ago
Whoops : by 'short test outputs...' I meant short test burns from DVDSP.by Jewel - Café LA
Re: Still squeezed - even after selecting 16:9 - 14 years ago
OK - fixed the import problem (project is PAL - so had to select for that) But the images are still looking squeezed when scrubbing through the DVDSP timeline - even tho 16:9 is selected......? (Sorry for not posting this in the DVDSP forum - but no one goes over there... I posted over there earlier...) Thx!by Jewel - Café LA
Still squeezed - even after selecting 16:9 - 14 years ago
OK - so close, but... The .m2v file output from Compressor is looking squeezed in the preview - that is - I brought the compressed (short test) files home with me over the weekend, and tried to run them through my own DVDSP at home - and MY DVDSP won't import the .m2v file... it says it's the wrong format (weird) - so I did a 'get info' on the m2v file, and didn't see a problem with the file fby Jewel - Café LA
The .m2v file output from Compressor is looking squeezed in the preview - 14 years ago
The .m2v file output from Compressor is looking squeezed in the preview - that is - I brought the compressed (short test) files home with me over the weekend, and tried to run them through my own DVDSP at home - and MY DVDSP won't import the .m2v file... it says it's the wrong format (weird) - so I did a 'get info' on the m2v file, and didn't see a problem with the file format - but I did look atby Jewel - Café LA
Re: Image squueze problem on burning ... but SC QT.mov looks fine (?) - 14 years ago
Thanks I did do that - so (in DVDSP) I have 16x9 selected in the inspector - but even with 16x9 selected in the inspector it looks squeeze - even though the SD PAL SC QT.mov looks fine... (I made sure DVDSP knows this is PAL, etc)... Would selecting anamorphic in the FCP sequence settings make this happen? But the QT.mov looks right, so I don't get it... what am I missing...?by Jewel - Café LA
