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Using the Dynamic Relink Settings Dialog Box
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Using Dynamic Relink with Mixed Rate Clips
When you send a mixed rate sequence to playback, you can use the dynamic relink feature to
output your sequence at a specified target format and resolution. Dynamic relink attempts to link
clips in your sequence following the options you set in the Dynamic Relink settings dialog box
(for more information, see “Using the Dynamic Relink Settings Dialog Box” on page 1208).
When using dynamic relink with mixed rate clips, your Avid editing application tries to link your
clips to media with the appropriate frame rate. However, unlike clips with the same frame rate as
your project, dynamic relink always uses the lowest and nearest resolution to your project frame
rate when it does not find an exact match.
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If you do not enable dynamic relink for mixed rate clips, a send-to-playback operation fails
when your Avid editing application cannot match a mixed frame rate clip with the project
frame rate.
Dynamic relink performs the following actions when working with mixed frame rate clips:
• Clips with the same frame rate as the project relink to source media based on the settings in
the Dynamic Relink settings dialog box.
• Clips with a frame rate that differs from the project frame rate, but which have source media
available in the target resolution, relink to the appropriate source clips.
• Clips with a different frame rate and no source media in the target resolution relink to clips
using the “Less than or equal to” quality option in the Dynamic Relink settings dialog box,
regardless of which settings you previously selected.
This means that dynamic relink tries to relink to the correct resolution. If it cannot find the
appropriate media, it overrides the quality settings in the Dynamic Relink dialog box and
instead links to media with the nearest resolution that is less than the specified one and that
has the closest video format.
• Clips that cannot dynamically relink to source media cause the send-to-playback operation
to fail.
To enable dynamic relink for mixed rate sequences:
1. In the Settings list in the Project window, double-click Dynamic Relink.
The Dynamic Relink dialog box opens.
2. Select Allow Mixed Frame Rate Media.
3. Click Apply, and then click OK.