I have quite a few Hi8 tapes that I would like to digitize for archiving. I have a TI firewire card in my computer, and Matorx MXO2 Mini. What is the best way to get these tapes onto a hard drive? I do have a Hi8 camcorder that I can play the tapes with.
Thanks,
Denny
I've applied a spectramatte filter, and promoted it to 3d. How can i Readjust my sprectramatte settings?,
It seems it isnt in the nest, but the effect is applied...
Greetings,
I have Media Composer 6.5 on a PC with Windows 7 Pro on a robust computer.
Needed to use a 4K file from a drone.
Tried an AMA link but was told that needed some additional file. MC brought me to Avid's website, but do not know which file -of the many offered- I should get.
Thought of using the File>Import command.... it took about 5 hours for the process to complete. There were no more than 10 clips. A friend with a very old Apple lap top and Final Cut Pro completed the process in about 30 minutes.
Is the Import command, the best way to handle the 4K files with MC on a Windows 7? This computer has been fitted to surpass the requirements of MC 8.... it has a lot more than the maximum requirement for MC 8.
Do not understand why it took such a long time to Import... plus is there a specific plug in that I should install to be able to use AMA with those files and avoid all that waiting time in the future?
Thanks for info
Bert
I seem to recall an end-of-year (December 2015) offer from Avid.com which would have allowed a customer to upgrade/activate the perpetual license on an out-dated MC dongle. (meaning a chance to bring it "back to life" with current software version, etc.)
Did I just imagine that? I think it was $500.00 US
Is there any way to find out if this will be offered again, and if so when and for how much? (U.S.)
right now i edit & correct AVCintra100 25p footage, after 5-10minutes working i get
"SFPlayConsumer::Execute TIMEOUT"
an i've to restart avid. after that, it works for while, i can edit until i want to correct another picture. Using the "normal"color effect causes the same error message.
In 8.6.4 i run in the same problem, i read the changes for 8.6.5 "In some instances, you might have received an “SFPlay Timeout” error when playing back an XDCAM EX .mov file." and i updated this mornig to 8.6.5. without solving this problem
the same error in 8.6.4 @ dnxhd120 & avcintra100 1080i50footage.
avid restart helps for a while but this cant be a solution
specs: MC 8.6.5 / win10pro / QT 7.79 / nvidia 372.90
What I mean is that if I import a PSD file into MC using the source browser - then go and make a change to the PSD file, I can not save that file in Photoshop b/c Photoshop sees it as being used by another application. Then I have to save the file as a revised file and import that. Then if there are other changes to that file I have to add another revised file, and another.
This only happens during the current session Im working in, but it doesnt seem to make sense to have to quit out of MC and then go back in just to reimport a PSD layer.
This happens when I work with AE files to. The render queue failes b/c the file is already open and being used by Source Browser.
Is there a way to quit the Source Browser and have it release those files?
Hi all,
I am desperately trying to open a sequence bin from a project I originally owned, sent to a freelancer who amended the project (on a mac) and then returned the project and media drives to myself. I can open the project bu the sequence bin will not open, I receive the following error message:
Exception: DOMAIN_COPYOUT_FAILED
Exception: STRM_UNEXPECTED_TAG, GotlllegalTag:4
So far I have tried the following:
EDIT NOTE: for reasons unknown the links are not highlglighted properly. if you want to follow Newegg links, copy/paste the entire line.
Hi all:
I'm an Avid editor since '95. My reseller-built Core 2 Duo system finally bit the dust and I figure/hope I can homebuild an nice little system.
I am curious if anyone might have input on the components listed below as some of them are new and not yet "supported" but may work, especially the graphics card, motherboard and chipset.
I edit both long and short form projects mainly in 1080, but would like to edit 4K should a project come my way. I am also considering a 4K camera for my own projects and would like to if not edit, at least finish in 4K, though it is a new workflow for me. Just want to keep my options open.
As well, Squeeze outputs (Vimeo, YT, transcodes etc) were painfully slow on my old system, so I am assuming that will improve with any of the processors, but which is best?? Also, I run Adobe Suite and would like to run Blackmagic Resolve, so that's a factor as well.
FYI I did try a search on MC with x99 et al, but there seemed to be very little info available and thus I am posting here hoping for some input.
So here's what I'm thinking:
Build...
MOBO:
This motherboard is the only one that accepts Xeon processors that I am aware of in this price range. Has USB 3.1.
ASUS X99-E WS/USB 3.1 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 CEB Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-182-968
Or
ASUS X99-DELUXE/U3.1 LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard ,
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-132-50
GRAPHICS:
Seems this is their newest board. Much higher specs than the current recommended benchmark (but old) k4200 but also relatively or perhaps wholly untested in an avid environment. about the same price as the K4200 PNY.
Quadro M4000 VCQM4000-PB 8GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Full Height Workstation Video Card ,
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-132-051
PROCESSOR:
This is the big question. I'm leaning towards the Xeon because it's an eight core though a little bit slower than the 5960X per core. But is also considerably cheaper and a Xeon. It seems like it would be a better spec'd than the 5930. thoughts?
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 Haswell-EP 2.4 GHz 8 x 256KB L2 Cache 20MB L3 Cache LGA 2011-3 85W BX80644E52630V3 Server Processor.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-117-479
Or
5960x Intel Core i7-5960X Haswell-E 8-Core 3.0 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W BX80648I75960X Desktop Processor , http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-117-404
Or
5930k Intel Core i7-5930K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W BX80648I75930K Desktop Processor , http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-117-403
RAM:
this is also a big question. I'm not sure what speed I should get or what brand. My understanding is the Xeon uses a slower speed, so no point going above a certain threshold. But I've also read that ram speed doesn't seem to make that much of a difference. Confused! Thinking 32GB RAM. Four sticks or two? Do I need ECC if going Xeon?? Any benefit??
RAID:
not sure what to do here. Is there a raid controller on the motherboard? do I need a card? Not sure. I'm thinking of running a four drive raid 0 and then backing that up daily to Symantec Ghost drive. What are people doing these days for video storage given 1080P playback and likely 4K?
CASE:
I'm looking for a silent or close to silent case (rather than the current jet airplane I currently have) and was thinking of this. Perhaps you know of a better one.
Fractal Design Define XL R2 FD-CA-DEF-XL-R2-BL Black/Pearl Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case , http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=11-352-029
BOOT:
Something like this but I am not sure about the brand. recommendations??
Intel 535 Series M.2 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDSCKJW240H601 , http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-167-334
POWER:
Again not too sure about this is this enough power, too much power, the best/most reliable brand?
EVGA 120-G2-1000-XR 80 PLUS GOLD 1000 W 10 yr Warranty Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI Ready and Crossfire Support continuous Power Supply.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=17-438-010
PROCESSOR FAN:
Thinking something like this but I'm not sure about the best size or brand. Quiet is important.
Intel Corp. BXSTS200C Intel thermal solution combo socket LGA 2011 , http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0R7-000D-00003CVF ------------
THUNDERBOLT:
ASUS ThunderboltEX II Expansion Card , http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7BB2N85811
OS:
Thinking Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit - OEM , http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=32-416-778
BUT is Win 7 preferable? This is what I am currently running and it is rock solid.
I look forward to your thoughts and input. Am I my missing anything?
Thanks!!
John
Hi,
I'm yet to find out a way to lift a clip/secion from a sequence without the blue position indicator (playhead) snapping back to the mark in point.
This can be useful at times and frustrating otehr times -mostly frustrating for me to be honest - especailly when its a long section or the user is zoomed in and then you have to figure out where you were in the sequence.
I was about to fill out a feature request but thought i'd check in case anyone knows of a secret squirrel setting so that I can alter the default behaviour.
Any thhoughts very welcome!
Hello Marianna et al -
I haven't been able to find any published documentation on backwards compatibility of v8.x bins to v7 and v6.5. Does one assume that a v8 bin is treated the same as v7 bins? (i.e. 6.5.4 is needed to open v7 bins etc).
This question, by the way, assumes that there is nothing feature/function specific about the sequences created in a v8 bin. Assume cuts and disssolves and the equally simple.
Thanks! I also posted the same question to the beta forums.
Best,
Matt Schneider - PostWorks New York
I feel I'm missing the complete obvious here, but whenever I AMA-link to Sony FS7 XAVC footage, the source media contains a Data Track (D1) above the Video Track (V1).
I can't figure out how to stop this coming in when I AMA-link this footage.
Any ideas?
Thank you :)
Hi everyone,
Reading across the web, I don't think there's an easy fix for this, but some of you might have some workflow to suggest.
Let's say a director start looking at his footage in Media Composer and start making some select before any audio sync has been done.
Video clip are already transcoded in .mxf.
So when the assistant editor finish the audio sync (so a new clip is created with the good audio) we'd like to "relink" or reconform the director's sequence with the good audio.
So we can relink with clip in open bin. This is working for the video, it relink to that clip, but not the audio.
The only way I've found is to match frame every cut and overwrite in the sequence the good audio.
THank you!
Nic
I have been editing UHD 29.97 footage imported and mixdown to standard quality just fine with my external drive 5TB Seagate Model SRD00f2. I believe it to be 7200 RPM at almost 5Gb Data Transfer Rate. I can load up the grouped files and view in a source window with three camera display. The playback is smooth.
I bought a WD My Book 4TB model WDBFJK0040HBK-NESN with a 7200 RPM and 5Gb Data Transfer Rate, However: the playback is jerky. I have used proxy and lowest video quality setting.
I can load up the Seagate external drive project and it plays fine but when I load up the My Book external project it's jerky.
1. All files mixdown files are located on each respective external hard drive. Project files are on an internal drive.
2. Tried linking a few 4GB clips before mixdown but linked clips played jerky, I have to mixdown all 4GB clips and group
after importing.
Any idea of what to look at next?
UPDATE: I noticed the external drive that was playing fine was transcoded in LB as the problem drive is SQ.
I tried linking a few clips and then grouped them but multi-cam view would not play all three, even with proxy on and low-quality view. I guess I am stuck working in LB with my system.
The first thing noticed is that MC5 is a new beast.
Here are some AVCHD files to try.
The first 3 files are mts.
Because MC5 is capable of importing AVCHD files.
Update:
1) The import is slow but the files are coming fine into MC.
2) NTSC clips can't be imported into a PAL project as MC detects the framerate and stops you.
3) Once come into MC they play fantastic.
Not sure at which version it disappeared, but in the (now) Source Browser there used to be a setting (pull down menu I seem to recall) that you could select which installed codec to use when linking to clips. Now; auto-select, which removes the option to pick. Big reason I ask; I have the drastic reactor codec installed (shows up in the info pane of the project window, so I know it's still there) but when I select a clip (UHD mp4) I get the default "quicktime plug in", usually fine, but when working in 4K or UHD one camera codec available is mpeg4 LCPM audio, but that comes up as "can't link" and I know I was able to with the Drastic Reactor in the past.
Similar problem when I get AVCHD clips delviered, at some point in the process of bringing a new laptop on line and upgrading MC, I lost my AC3 license, well, according to the AP Manager it's there, just not working, and no decactivate/re-activate workflow readily available (running on a dongle) I've seen this problem pop up in the forums before, seems it always took direct intervention from tech/customer support to correct, but no worries; the Drastic Reactor codec included its own AC3 license, except now....
I've done a hard search through the forums, and the wonderfully inaccessible manual and found nothing about being able to select a codec when linking. Would the greater AVID brain trust have any suggestions?
thanks
Anyone using a Dell U2415 (1920 x 1200 / 24" monitor) or a Dell U2515H (2560 x 1440 / 25")? I was wondering if at 25" with 2560 x 1440 resolution the objects on the screen are too small and it's better to use a U2415?
Thanks
Mohammed
Hi All,
Just purchased a new laptop from HP. all singing all dancing Zbook studio G3 4k 15.6inch dreamcolour screen, 32gb ram, 2TB pcie zdrives, quadro m1000m graphics, Windows 10 pro 64bit and the list goes on. Its one serious bit of kit for creative editing. the base model is on the Avid approved list. I have speced it right up thou.
BUT
Avid MC wont scale properly on screen. The dialouge boxes are super tiny, they are a bit screwd up as far as words run into and over each other. the controls on the monitors are pin size etc etc. Now im guessing that its an issue with the 4k screen but surely Avid is 4k screen compliant by now isnt it?
I have the latest version of MC installed.
Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I have a year long plan that expires December 28th and I'm fully aware that I should renew the plan at that time. However, the app manager prompts me every five minutes about renewal which I will not do before that date, otherwise I will loose out a month on the price of the yearly subscription. Is there any way I can get rid of the *** messages? They are seriously in the way of actual editorial work I need to do.
Anyone here running Avid smootly on a cheap non certified pc? What model?
Hi all,
I have footage shot on an Arri Amira which the DP embedded a LUT in. When AMA linked the LUT is applied and I can see it in source settings (it has "embedded" in parenthesis). When I go to consolidate I am presented with the message;
"Warning some of the selected clips contain embedded colour LUTs. Due to a limitation, this LUT data currently will not be copied to the generated clips."
When I consolidate, I find that, indeed, the built in LOG to 709 LUT has been applied but the LUT embedded by the DP has not.
My question is - how do I get this LUT applied to my consolidated clips? Do I need to get the DP to give me a LUT file of his look seperately? Can I somehow create one from the embedded LUT and save it out and reimport it to apply to the consolidated clips?
The clients and DP really want to see this LUT applied so any help would be muchly appreciated.
Cheers,
Andi