Specifications

Introduction

Avid to Vantage—Exporting Media to Vantage

Avid Integration Guide

Processing QuickTime Movies Exported from Media

Composer

You can export clips or sequences from Avid edit systems as fully-contained QuickTime

movies or as QuickTime reference movies for transcoding in Vantage.

QuickTime Reference Movie Export Requirements

When exporting reference movies, the following requirements apply:

• Audio is restricted to 2 channels

• Enable Flatten Video Tracks

• Enable Fill Spaces with Black

• Enable Render All Video Effects

• Enable Premix Audio Tracks

• Clips and sequences must contain a single video or audio essence type—mixed-

codec sequences are not supported.

• The timeline must not contain long-GOP media, such as XDCAM clips.

Note: Data tracks are not exported in Avid QuickTime movies.

Processing MXF OP1a Files Exported from Media Composer

You can export clips or sequences from Media Composer as MXF OP1a files such as

XDCAM, AS-11, or DNxHD for transcoding in Vantage. An MXF OP1a export can be

performed using Media Composer's Export, AMA File Export, and Send to FTP

functions. For details on configuring and using these Media Composer functions

consult the appropriate Avid documentation or your Avid representative.

The following MXF OP1a file types exported by Avid Media Composer methods can be

processed in Vantage workflows:

Avid Export (Media Composer 7 and later)

• XDCAM HD, with 8 channels of audio

Avid AMA File Export (Media Composer 8 and later)

• AS-11

• DNxHD

Note: These media format can include an Avid Data track as a SMPTE 436M track.