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So I'm trying to archive a project and I want to save only the media I used in the seqeunce.  I'm working in Sypmhony 6.5 on a Mac.  

I have some AMA footage, some DNX, some video mixdowns(I gues that's just DNX), and some titles(Also DNX). 

This is a 4:30 video and it has about 300 clips that need to be consolidated according to the transcode/condolidate window.  Of those clips about 110 need to be converted due to frames rates that differ form the sequence.  

Here's the problem.  I get about half way through and I see an error message.  Now I've done this 3 times and I keep getting the same message.  

The message reads:

AMEResourceManager:ReconfigHW_LegendBoB_play()

Error[2147483656]unable to:

SetVideoFormatBlk.

Oh and I was transcoding/consolidating at DNX 145MB.  Most of my media was at 145MB. Some was at 220MB, the graphics. I tried transcoding first so everything would be in DNX 145MB.  Then I tried Consolidating.  It doesn't seem to want to consolidate everything if I just pick consolidate first.  I was using a drive with no media on it to be sure I'd get everything I needed for the project.  

I tried a fourth time and everything worked!  The difference was I decided to choose Apple Prores instead of DNX 145MB. Which to me is basically the same.  

I think this is a bug.  

Anyone else have a problem like this?  Solutions?

DL

Hello - I've just upgraded a Mac symphony from 5.5.3 to 6.5.2.1 and updated the OS from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion (and it's on a Nitirs DX in case that matters to anyone). I have Quicktime 7.7.1 Pro running on the system too.

Quicktime exports fail outright. I can't export a sequence, or even a clip. The Avid popup for "preparing to export" just hangs. When I try to check the export options, the system hangs. Any suggestions?

In the AMA Master Guide it says, "AMA is a powerful extension of the Media Composer family. For fast access, immediate editing, full metadata..."

What does "full metadata" mean?  All MXF spec metadata supported?

We have Canon XF 305 cameras and have tried a few workflows into Avid and our CatDV asset management server.  Our primary workflow is to import to Avid MXF media first and drop the Op-Atom into CatDV where it "metaclips" new clips, presumably with all the metadata inherent in those clips.  For comparison, If I use the Canon XF Utility to "EXPORT TO MXF" then I get an XF media MXF file with the associated metadata embedded (it was previously in an XML or some database within the Canon folder structure).  That new file can be loaded into CatDV with the camera metadata intact, including the record date and time when the footage was shot, not when the footage was processed with XF Utiiity.

The process of importing to Avid seems to ignore all metadata originally associated with the camera.  The clip created from the Avid MXF in CatDV has the date of import under "Record Date."  If Record Date and Time are "the new timecode" for many workflows, and a preferred way to sort or search by producers, how can this metadata be preserved in Avid?  Is the process any better in Avid Interplay?

Most of what I was considering to be metadata can be inferred by file analysis (duration, frame rate, codec profile, etc.).  The only thing that I've found in an Avid MXF that looks like real metadata is when I open it in Calibrated MXF QuickStat.  Under the "General Metadata" tab it reads:  Clip Name:  Company: Avid Technology, Inc., Product: Avid Media Composer 5.0.4.22065, Version: 5.0.0.0, Creation: 2013-01-24 21:01:25.000 (the import date), Global ID:.  (We have since upgraded to Symphony 6 but I can't imagine much changing.)

Now, "General Metadata" may not include everything -- where's timecode kept?  I'm guessing that since Calibrated MXF lets me open the Avid video in Quicktime and shows timecode as a Quicktime track, Avid handles timecode as a track rather than "start timecode" metadata.

Can I get the accurate Record Date to appear in an Avid bin?  

Hey all, 

Just wanted to get some feedback from people who have used the tangent element with symphony. Plusses? Minuses? 

I'm trying to go from FCPX to Sym 6.5.  Here's what I am doing to get there.

1. Export FCPX xml.

2. Export XML to XML7 using X to 7 App.

3. Import new XML into FCP7.  (Everything comes in fine)

4. Export aaf out of FCP7 using Autoduck Pro Export.  I've tried various settings in AD with all the same results. I use the AMA export option basically. I can be more detailed on this but I don't think this is the problem.

5. Import aaf into Avid.  Sequence looks good. Mount volume where media is.  The media is the transcodes that FCPX made while editing.  This is also what FCP 7 was linked to.  This worked fine in FCP7.  

6. Select Master clips and choose relink.  

7. Nothing relinks. 

I've tried every setting 10 times and can't figure this out.  All the posts I've seen say this should work but it doesn't.  

The original sequence was 1080 30p. I'm working in a 1080i 5994 project but I've tried switching to 30p and that doesn't help.  

Also I noticed that I can't even relink AMA manually.  Why can't we do that when a file has no media associated to it?  The selection to relink AMA is greyed out.  This is definately something Avid needs to fix.   AMA should allow us to poiint the master clip where ever we want to.  

Either way if anyone has some insite into how I can make this work I'd appreciate it.  I'm trying to keep Avid in the workflow here and if this doesn't work I don't think we'll be able to hang on.  

Thanks.

DL 

Like Media Encoder or Compressor or After Effects, does Avid have an export log history of all exported files and the settings they were exported with (at least recent exports)?

Would be extremely helpful if they did!

Hi All, 

thanks before hand for reading this thread.

i am working with a lot of timelines that have very heavy effects, each timeline consume around 45 minutes to render.

is there a way to set a group of timelines and have symphony render them without me hitting render manually on each one? say, overnight?

that way when i come back into the office i am ready to keep on working, export and not waste so much time.

i used to have this function in FCP and it would start automatically everytime i left the room. even when i went to lunch or to meetings, i would come back and find whole chunks already rendered from all my open timelines.

thanks,

D.

I just did upgrade from 6.0 to 6.5 in order to get free Media Composer 7.0 with Symphony Option from my avid login account ,  it say's below in my download section:

Thank you for purchasing Avid Symphony. Your upgrade to Media Composer 7.0 with Symphony Option will be available in your Avid Account when it becomes publically available.

Do i need to do any thing us or i am set to go for Media Composer 7.0?

Few poeple said in forum that you need to register in order to get Media composer 7.0 when available.

If still register required How and where?

Thanks

there any difference between Mojo DX academic and the Mojo DX regular (no academic)

I've developed a work flow of putting all clips from a disk or card into a timeline so I can scrub through the whole thing and see what's there (Maybe it's left over from tape days DP: "I know it's on tape 5...")

Is there a way to clear in/out markers on selected clips--or ignore them when dragging and dropping into a timeline. If not would anyone else find this useful--perhaps a shifted function?

Thanks.

John