RE: linking to media as a reference

["Sylvain Labrosse" <slabross(at)Softimage.COM>]

Avid DS can indeed link and read OMFI media, as long as it matches the formats DS supports.

 

Avid DS cannot open an Avid project, though, you must convert the content as AFE for DS to conform, then it can read the OMFI material.  The media files indeed must reside on the DS video storage and in a location the Media Indexer can index (you must add such a location in Configure Storages as a Read Only storage).

 

For a more in-depth explanation, refer to the Conform Guide which most recent update PDF is available on the Avid DS Support Center.

Sylvain Labrosse
Avid DS Support
Escalation team
http://www.softimage.com/avidds
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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Barry Cohen
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:49 PM
To: ds board
Subject: linking to media as a reference

I need advice on how to utilize the clients media which is on firewire drive.  The client has brought over his Avid Project and the Consolidated media on a firewire and wants to access the material as a reference for conforming an HD Finish.  The original project is a 23.98 sequence cut on Xpress Pro and the Ds Project is a 1080 23.98 conform usign D5 tapes.

This is for the purpose of having the reference for the sequence as Picture and Sound in place of laying it off to tape and upcconverting it to HD tape and capturing it as a reference for the project.      No QT movies were made however the project will play and link on the local editing system here running Xpress Pro.  The OMFI is visible on the Fire Wire Drive.     Do I need to copy this media into a video storage folder on the DS? Can I link to the OMFI media?  Do I need to mount the drive in the Indexing system?

 

Your advice will be very much appreciated.