User Manual

The Avid Media Access (AMA) Workflow
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4. When files are ready to be pulled into a bin, you will be notified by a green light to the right
of the audio meters in the timeline. Through the Dynamic Media Folders dialog, you can
request a bin update which will pull the clips into a bin.
Any AMA-linked clips already on the timeline will automatically point to the new location
of the media in the designated AMA media folder(s). Similarly, if any files were
consolidated, and you selected the “relink” option in the DMF dialog, the master clips will
automatically point to the new consolidated files.
5. If you want to work with transcoded media, on the other hand, you need to manually relink
your sequence to the new master clips in the bin.
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In an Interplay environment, the relink can be done automatically. See “Enabling Dynamic
Relink” in the online help.
Considerations and Limitations for AMA
Footage from the Sony XAVC and ARRI ALEXA cameras can be recorded directly to MXF.
Since Avid will have native HD codecs for these MXF formats, editors can link to or import this
media in Media Composer. Working with the MXF media provides better performance for
playback and rendering.
Other high resolution raw file formats that are not supported by Media Composer can be
transcoded to MXF by Avid MetaFuze.
The following limitations apply:
• When the AMA setting is activated, the non-AMA method does not appear in the File menu.
Deactivate the AMA setting to display the File > Import P2 (and Import XDCAM Proxy)
option. The AMA setting is on by default.
• Windows UNC (Universal Naming Convention) paths are supported with AMA media. You
can move your AMA bins from a Windows system to a Macintosh system and from a
Macintosh system to a Windows system. The media files need to reside in the same shared
location when you move the bins to and from different operating systems.
• Do not AMA link to a volume or file if the file path name has an illegal character. AMA
clips display offline if the file path name you are linking to contains illegal characters,
including < > : “ / | ? *. for Windows and : for Macintosh.
• You can create stereo clips from AMA-linked media. Refer to Avid Stereoscopic 3D Editing
Workflow Guide.
• Interplay and Interplay Sphere users can use the dynamic relink capability to view the best
available media for AMA-linked clips. Refer to “Using Dynamic Relink with Interplay
Sphere Editing Systems” on page 1259 or the Avid Interplay Sphere Remote News Editing
Workflow Guide.