Applications : Reconforming to Original Media from Avid &/or OMF
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Reconforming to Original Media from Avid &/or OMF
There are no specific rules for the detailed settings of the procedure described below. It may change from user to
user, project to project, etc… It really is up to the user to define a specific workflow including naming of the origi-
nal recording, importing the stereo/original version into the Avid and making sure that the Video Editor properly
keeps track of the proper naming, metadata, etc… Once the method is properly defined and working, the rules
should then be communicated to all people involved in a given project, once and for all.
Philosophical Point
Reconforming to New Media always involves some delicate & dirty experimentations in the Relink to New Media
dialog. This usually requires comparisons of Clip information in Clip Properties and Media information in Pyramix
Media Manager. Once some kind of correspondence in the naming structure can be found, then all of a sudden
the whole process becomes incredibly simple, the entire TimeLine becomes populated by happy green Clips and
an amazing feeling of personal achievement is yours forever.
The following example could and should be interpreted at will to match your specific needs and requirements
Procedure
• Import the OMF from the Avid (even without Avid media, it is not required)
• Mount the original Multitrack session media
• Select
Project > Reconform > Relink to New Media
• Now the hard part: try to find, in the Clips imported from the OMF, any matching information (in
Clip
Properties
) that can also be found in the original media properties
• For instance, you may find that the
Clip Names match the Original Media File Names, but you may very
well find that the Clip Names are in fact
Scene & Takes and should rather match the Original Media Scene
& Take, etc…
(OMF is at this better than CMX since it can include information such as Clip Names, Metadata, TimeCodes, etc…)
It finally all depends on how the original media has been documented while recording (BWF metadata) and how
the Video Editor and Media “Ingester” have documented the Media and Clips in the Avid.
Again, as already stated above, there are no rules and it may change from user to user, project to project.
Suggested Procedure for Managing a Workflow
• Record the Original Media in BWF with TimeCode and name them Take1, Take2, Take3, etc… or any other
name that can easily be understood and searched.
• Create a
BWF 16 bits Stereo Render of your Multitrack recording files WITH THE SAME NAME as the origi-
nal.
• Import these files into the Avid and make sure all Clips created out of these Media keep the Media Name
or File Name.
• Export an OMF out of the video edit and import it back in Pyramix (Even without media).
• You should then be able to match the OMF Clip Name to the Original Media File Name, or at least, if the
Video Editor messed up with the Clip Names, the OMF Media Names with the Original Media Name or File
Name.
•- Once the
Relink procedure has been successfully achieved, you should have all your Clips referencing
the Original Media’s first track(s).
•- Then go to Tracks > Extend, select all Tracks you want to extend and choose Auto-Detect. This should
extend all your Clips according to the number of Tracks of your original multitrack recording.
Summary
If something goes wrong with Reconform (apart from SD2 files not recognized, Please see: File & Project Inter-
change with Apple Macintosh on page 426
) please look for some sort of timing or wording mismatch between
Clips and Media and feel free to try several different settings in the
Relink to New Media Dialog, till you find THE
ONE that matches your topology.
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