Sony EX Avid to FCP EDL issue
by Dan Good
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Sep 11, 2009 at 11:47:31 am
Sony EX Avid to FCP EDL issue
The job was shot on a Sony EX3 in it's native format, it has then been edited on Avid. I was handed the rushes and as i'm using FCP, I had to download the XDCAM EX plug in to allow me to import the footage through log and capture to see the rushes in .mov format.
I have now been handed an edl from the offline that was done in Avid. All i'm seeing in FCP after importing the edl is the timeline with unconnected media on the audio layers, and within the master clips folder is 1 media file named AX.
Re: Sony EX Avid to FCP EDL issue by John Pale on Sep 11, 2009 at 4:44:28 pm
The reason you are seeing "AX". (aux) is that there are no reel numbers associated with the clips.... EDL is a ver old protocol at predates the existence of disk based media. Avid stores the disc name in a different column than reel name... In a column called "disk label". That info must be mapped somehow (within the Avid) to make it into the reel name in the EDL.