Avid Full Screen Lag
This is probably a very beginner question, but I am stuck with a lagging avid project I can’t seem to resolve and it’s driving me crazy. I have read on the forums, tried many suggestions, nothing has...
View ArticleSubCap Positioning
HiI have exhausted searches here for an answer to the following issue...any advice hugely appreciated. I have 2 SubCap tracks. One has subtitles positioned globally in the lower centre of screen. The...
View ArticleBlackmagic Raw
Have there been any improvements in how Media Composer handles Blackmagic Raw files in an edit? If so, which version of MC and the Blackmagic plugin work the best?
View ArticleWindows 11 - Time for Media Composer Linux?
From early announcements it appears that Windows 11 (at least home edition) requires you to use a MS account to install, activate and use the OS fully. If you do not want to be logged into your MS...
View ArticleAAF import\export extremly slow
Hiwe have updated to 2021.6 and noticed that aaf imports (audio or video ) are very slowit usually happans in the end of the process after the line is full.we work in a pc enviorment on a editshare.thanks
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Avid Closed Captioning Export Settings ?
Are there any broadcasters out there willing to share their export settings for closed captioning? We've run into an unusual incident where all of a sudden, no one can view our closed captions....
View ArticleFilename changes cause AMA link issues
I've been running into this issue for years and wondered if there's a workaround or at least an explanation. Let's say I have a QuickTime file that I want to AMA link and transcode. However, the...
View ArticleTape Batch Capture is acting weird
I am reviving an old project and have to re-batch capture a lot of da-88 tapes and Avid isn't playing ball. I'm hoping that there is some setting I'm missing.I'm using 2021.6The DA-88 digital audio...
View ArticleEXCEPTION: Unable to Get Format Descriptor
A Squence that played back fine last night is now giving the EXCEPTION: Unable to Get Format Descriptor.It will not even load into the Source Monitor.This seems to be the latest in a string of problems...
View ArticleA helpful plug
Please take a look at my updated website: www.avid-companion.co.uk where you'll find a sample chapter of my book, The Media Composer Companion along with a couple of video tutorials (more to...
View ArticleExternal video scopes for my Windows system...
Hi, I was hoping I could get some advice/suggestions regarding external video scopes... I would really like to have scopes on my 1280x1024 square monitor for things like QC, editing, and basic colour...
View ArticleSingle frame AMA import on 4592x2584 Jpegs?
Got a 1-frame per AMA jpeg file workflow done somewhat successfully with help of the old Bin-Batch-Mark-In-Mark-Out trick. Hardest part was waiting for Source Browser to populate a bin of 1240 linked...
View ArticleCantar audio Files
2018.12.15 If we import audio files from Cantar then it works except there is no Track info. There are a few old posts about this. Cantar provides an ALE but the ALE is 1 frame wrong on every item so...
View Articleimf creation
Been making imfs through Resolve for a couple years now for a Canadian broadcaster. They are asking for 2997 df imfs... no problem in Resolve. I decided to try the new Avid IMF tool, rebuilt in...
View ArticleAvid Audio Tool showing 16 channels instead of 2
Hi all, How would I be able to get my audio tool to show 2 channels of audio, instead of 16? See screenshot below:...
View ArticleWhen did the ability to trim out a subclip stop?
Doing some demos today that involved making subclips and went to demonstrate how you can cut a subclip ito a timeline but then trim beyond the subclip edges to reveal the full masterclips media.Except...
View ArticleJump to specific Source Timecode
Hello to everyone, is there a way how I can jump to a specific soure timecode using the keypad in the program monitor?Like this:The timecode of the program monitor is set to Source-V1-TC1Now I insert...
View ArticleOMFI files offline
Hi, I am currently working on archives. Video clips are online, but audio is offline. I realized it was because they were OMFI files. I AMA-linked these files and consolidated to my project. However,...
View ArticleAvid Linking to Op-Atom Issue
Hello,This was in 2018.13 but I have seen it in multiple versions. When I mistakenly link to op-atom media all the clips display the link symbol but the media remains offline.If I delete these links...
View ArticleSettings for mp4 export?
I'm trying to export mp4 video so that it will play in Quicktime on PC. (this makes it playable by a wide set of things I have no control over at the school I'm teaching at) So far, all the settings...
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