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Background Consolidate and Transcode
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Background Consolidate and Transcode
Background consolidate and transcode functionality provides you with the ability to consolidate
and transcode clips of any supported resolution or AMA format as a background operation,
allowing you to continue working on your editing project while the transcode progresses.
Once you start a consolidate or transcode operation, selected master clips, subclips, and
sequences appear in your bin as offline media. As the job progresses, you can monitor and
manage the consolidate or transcode process in the Background Queue Window. Once
completed, the offline media automatically link to the new formats and then you can begin to
work with them in your project.
You cannot use background consolidate or transcode if you have installed the components for
Avid Interplay Sphere. If you work with a Sphere configuration, remote upload automatically
consolidates and transcodes clips in the background, but this functionality only applies when you
upload media clips to Interplay remotely. All other consolidate and transcode operations occur in
the foreground as you work on your editing project.
The Background Queue Window
You can use background consolidate and transcode to modify clips, subclips, and sequences
stored on your system. The operation consolidates your media and saves it to a specified drive, or
the operation transcodes your media to the resolution specified in the Consolidate/Transcode
dialog box.