User Manual

Using AMA Plug-Ins
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If you work in an Avid shared storage environment, you can share sequences that contain P2
clips in an Avid shared storage workspace. However, you can share P2 clips only if you
transcode or consolidate them to a workspace.
• In an MXF workgroup, you can either consolidate or transcode P2 clips to a workspace. If
you transcode, you must transcode P2 MXF files to another MXF resolution.
• In an OMF workgroup, you must transcode P2 clips to a workspace. You must transcode P2
MXF files to OMF files.
If you consolidate or transcode clips to an Avid shared storage workspace, it automatically
checks all related metadata into the asset manager. This makes the clips accessible to other users.
For more information on workgroup support, see the Avid Interplay Help.
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Some card slots of the P2 drive might require drive letters that have already been assigned to
existing network drives. If your computer does not display all five card slots as drives, reassign
the network drives or restart your system.
Spanned clips are clips that extend from one card to another. Avid supports working with
spanned P2 clips in your Avid editing application.
For more information about spanned clips, see “Spanned Clips” on page 392.
Using the AVCHD AMA Plug-In
AVCHD is a file-based format and does not use magnetic tape. Instead, video can be recorded
onto DVD discs, hard disk drives, non-removable solid-state memory and removable flash
memory cards.
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Play performance might vary depending on the type of medium you use and the speed of our
computer.
AVCHD media files are recorded in MTS format; the file contains both the video and audio.
Audio can be either uncompressed PCM or Dolby
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AC-3 format.
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You must activate the Dolby AC-3 codec the first time you AMA link to an AVCHD clip. If you are
connected to the Internet, activation is automatic. If you are not connected to the Internet, the
system opens a dialog box and then the Avid License Control tool. Follow the on screen
instructions to activate this feature.
The folder and file structure is dependent on the camera you use.
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Most AVCHD cameras produce default file names starting with “00000.” Be aware that you
could have multiple clips with the same file name across multiple media drives.