Hey y'all, I am an assistant editor who is new to Media Composer, but experienced in Premiere Pro. I just received an external drive that contains all the footage and audio for a project I am working on. When I open the project, all the media is offline. So far, I have not been able to relink any... (read more)

I have recently migrated a project to our new Nexis. I copied over the Avid MediaFiles folder (maintaining the file structure), the project folder, and the raw footage to the root of the Nexis workspace. I can open the project from the Nexis and it shows all the bins and sequences, but all my media is... (read more)

Hello, I have been asked to help out on a doco that has been evolving over the last 5 years. Over that time it has been migrated accross 3 networks. There is currently an hour long cut that needs to be reshaped and re edited and the majority of this cut is online. 6 weeks of footage, A lot of the footage... (read more)

I'm working in a newer project set up in HD 1080 but need to access older files that were set up as dailies in an older project. this older project was set up on a different version of media composer from a different computer, and the files are probably not in the same format. When I try to re-link... (read more)

We have shared storage that is connected via ethernet and also thunderbolt. When a project is worked on via ethernet and then accessed via thunderbolt all of the linked media goes offline. We think it's an IP address problem, but do not know how to fix it. All our worstation eventually will be working... (read more)

Hello everyone, first time posting here! This is kind of a beginner's question, but is it safe to rename a master clip inside an avid MC bin? I know that you shouldn't rename a video file out a card, because this can pose issues, but I was wondering if renaming master clips inside bins might... (read more)

Hi, folks. Another puzzling question (puzzling to me, at least)… Using Media Composer 8.7.2. Project is a guy talking to a group of people and presenting PowerPoints – so I will bring up the PPT as he’s discussing it… Had issues earlier with lots of media on the Timeline disappearing... (read more)

Hey all, Strange issue that just popped up on a project when trying to open up a relinked sequence - it locks up Avid and eventually forces a crash. Workflow - RAW media is on an ISIS 5500 partition. AMA to the Raw media --transcode to DNx45--edit -- relink back to RAW for mixdowns. This is the first... (read more)

Hi, I have transcoded MXFs of one grade from Resolve that I prepped in Avid. Now, I would like to swap them out for another grade. The new graded MXFs have the EXACT same MXF name (based on the original file name). I thought I could just hide the old MXFs, then put the new ones in a numbered MXF folder... (read more)

Hi all, I'm having a hard time figuring out the best approach to this /online offline workflow.... - I have camera original footage - I have externally transcoded DNxHR LB files transcoded from Davinci Resolve sourced from those camera orginal files - I've imported the DNxHR files and have been... (read more)