All the lnfo in this video is available as a handy PDF that can be shared as an asset to assist Editors and kept as a reference point and checklist for next time you have an Avid issue yourself. Filled with links and timestamps to this video for particular questions. I'd link to thank @isiosi for the suggestion in the comments. Here's a link to the PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/10egFk0LNb0hg-eXmMcvaN_Kix-tXpgUn/view?usp=sharing
Hello Jack, thank you so much for your videos. I'm quite new in Avid and since even the professors at my university failed to explain Avid to me (and others) you are my glimpse of hope since you explain Avid so well. I have a very urgent question though: I have a project which I want to be 24fps. The source footage on the other hand is in 30fps. I already googled it, this topic was discussed in Avid communitys already but unfortunately I still feel helpless and confused and with lots of questionmarks in my head after reading all the resolution ideas. It would be such a great help if you could do a video on this one! Thank you again for your awesome work! Greetings from Germany, Nicole
Hi Nicole, welcome to the world of avid! I'm afraid I don't quite know what your question is though. Generally in avid you always have your project set to the frame rate you want to FINISH in. Then if you bring in material that is of a different frame rate, avid will automatically refine it for you for you to use in the 24fps project. That being said the one thing to be aware of is that 30fps won't retime perfectly to 24fps as they don't divide into each other and they are quite different frame rates so sound may drift out of sync.
@@theavidassistant Thanks so much for your quick reply Jack! Yes, I think the audio and video being out of sync because of the different frame rates is basically my problem. Do you know whether there's a way to fix this asynchronicity?
@@user-du5cd6pk4b I'm not sure it's possible (at least easily within Avid) to retime the sound so that it stays in sync. You would need new masters made at the correct frame rate. IF all of your material is going to be at 30fps then it might be easier to work in a 30fps project and then try and retime your master when the project is finished to 24fps. I've done that before, simpler process but we still used a facility to do the retime.
RESTART. When I have had issues with UME linking especially this clears it up. Also with audio panning issues and stereo clips turning mono and visa versa.. RESTART
If you can summarize this to maybe 1-2 PDF pages (maybe as bullet points?), this would be a great asset to give to editors, so they can help themselves if I'm not able to pick up the phone.
Do you ever work on Nexis systems? If so the folder name will not be numbered, but the name or the computer that created the media then a number. A computer called AvidSuite32 will create folders called AvidSuite32.1, AvidSuite32.2, etc. This means you can make a computer update the database files even if it didn’t create the media in the first place by renaming it to [ComputerName].X. Also worth noting that leading zeroes tend to make the database trick not work - a folder named 01 or [ComputerName].01 won’t allow you to recreate databases.
True! TBH I'm mostly working on Nexis systems so this is a good one to note here! Always forget to note Nexis specific stuff since I can't replicate it on my system at home for screen recordings but this is a very good point :)
as far as user settings go... yes, they're flaky. yes, they can get corrupt. yes, you should make new ones whenever you make significant updates. but rather than your system of new settings and importing, save a second copy of your stable settings somewhere (thumb drive, external server, whatever) and if your 'work' settings get corrupt, quit MC, delete the corrupt file, and copy your 'good' settings into the folder. now you have a good clean setting again.
All the lnfo in this video is available as a handy PDF that can be shared as an asset to assist Editors and kept as a reference point and checklist for next time you have an Avid issue yourself. Filled with links and timestamps to this video for particular questions. I'd link to thank @isiosi for the suggestion in the comments.
Here's a link to the PDF:
drive.google.com/file/d/10egFk0LNb0hg-eXmMcvaN_Kix-tXpgUn/view?usp=sharing
Very good video. Thank you for helping out with this one. :)
@12:35 Your Relink settings are exactly like my Relink settings! 😀👍
@15:00 removing the fatal reports has also helped me one time with avid not starting.
Hello Jack, thank you so much for your videos. I'm quite new in Avid and since even the professors at my university failed to explain Avid to me (and others) you are my glimpse of hope since you explain Avid so well. I have a very urgent question though: I have a project which I want to be 24fps. The source footage on the other hand is in 30fps. I already googled it, this topic was discussed in Avid communitys already but unfortunately I still feel helpless and confused and with lots of questionmarks in my head after reading all the resolution ideas. It would be such a great help if you could do a video on this one! Thank you again for your awesome work! Greetings from Germany, Nicole
Hi Nicole, welcome to the world of avid!
I'm afraid I don't quite know what your question is though. Generally in avid you always have your project set to the frame rate you want to FINISH in. Then if you bring in material that is of a different frame rate, avid will automatically refine it for you for you to use in the 24fps project.
That being said the one thing to be aware of is that 30fps won't retime perfectly to 24fps as they don't divide into each other and they are quite different frame rates so sound may drift out of sync.
@@theavidassistant Thanks so much for your quick reply Jack! Yes, I think the audio and video being out of sync because of the different frame rates is basically my problem. Do you know whether there's a way to fix this asynchronicity?
@@user-du5cd6pk4b I'm not sure it's possible (at least easily within Avid) to retime the sound so that it stays in sync. You would need new masters made at the correct frame rate.
IF all of your material is going to be at 30fps then it might be easier to work in a 30fps project and then try and retime your master when the project is finished to 24fps. I've done that before, simpler process but we still used a facility to do the retime.
@@theavidassistant thank you, Jack!!
RESTART. When I have had issues with UME linking especially this clears it up. Also with audio panning issues and stereo clips turning mono and visa versa.. RESTART
If you can summarize this to maybe 1-2 PDF pages (maybe as bullet points?), this would be a great asset to give to editors, so they can help themselves if I'm not able to pick up the phone.
Will do this in the next few days and post a link in the comments / video description :)
Here it is!!! Hope it's helpful!
drive.google.com/file/d/10egFk0LNb0hg-eXmMcvaN_Kix-tXpgUn/view?usp=sharing
Omg thank you :)
Do you ever work on Nexis systems? If so the folder name will not be numbered, but the name or the computer that created the media then a number. A computer called AvidSuite32 will create folders called AvidSuite32.1, AvidSuite32.2, etc. This means you can make a computer update the database files even if it didn’t create the media in the first place by renaming it to [ComputerName].X.
Also worth noting that leading zeroes tend to make the database trick not work - a folder named 01 or [ComputerName].01 won’t allow you to recreate databases.
True! TBH I'm mostly working on Nexis systems so this is a good one to note here! Always forget to note Nexis specific stuff since I can't replicate it on my system at home for screen recordings but this is a very good point :)
IF you have a good set of User settings, save that version in another folder and then replace it if it is bad.
as far as user settings go... yes, they're flaky. yes, they can get corrupt. yes, you should make new ones whenever you make significant updates. but rather than your system of new settings and importing, save a second copy of your stable settings somewhere (thumb drive, external server, whatever) and if your 'work' settings get corrupt, quit MC, delete the corrupt file, and copy your 'good' settings into the folder. now you have a good clean setting again.