User Manual

Using AMA Plug-Ins

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3. Select the files you want to delete and press the Delete key.

To delete files on a local drive in your Avid editing application:

1. In a bin, select the clips you want to delete.

2. (Option) Right-click and select Unlock Bin Selection.

3. Press the Delete key.

The Delete dialog box opens.

4. Select Delete master clips and Delete associated media files.

5. Click OK.

You can also choose to AMA Link if you want to open the assets as Read-only in a classic

bin.

Using AMA Plug-Ins

The following topics include high-level procedures of a typical workflow you might use when

you edit with a particular media type and AMA Plug-Ins.

Using XDCAM and XDCAM EX and XDCAM SR AMA Plug-Ins

The Sony

XDCAM

™

decks and camcorders use an optical disk to store recorded media. The

XDCAM devices record media in high-resolution MPEG IMX

™

, DVCAM

™

, and XDCAM HD

formats or corresponding low-resolution or compressed (proxy) media (MPEG-4). This lets you

work with the compressed or low-resolution media in an off-line editing session and then later

conform or link the compressed media to the corresponding high-resolution media. The

HDCAM SR AMA plug-in supports MXF-wrapped SR Lite and SR SQ formats (422 YUV and

444 RGB) as transferred from HDCAM SR devices.

You can play XDCAM HD media to a Client monitor or output a digital cut as Best Performance

(yellow/yellow) or Draft Quality (yellow/green). If you use Avid Nitris DX or Avid Mojo DX,

you can play out the back of the HD-SDI.

The following steps describe a typical workflow for editing XDCAM, XDCAM EX or XDCAM

SR clips with AMA.

Do not mix AMA and traditional workflows. Either use AMA when you work with an XDCAM

device or use the traditional import/batch import workflow.