Workflow for DV25 Uprez that has both Tape Media and Digital Media

1. The coordinator must provide an Uprez Spec Sheet. This Spec Sheet will tell you: Where the final lowrez sequence for uprez bin is located. What are the final Output settings? Such as: Output to Tape (DVCPRO HD or Mini DV) or Quicktime Output Specs. Which Resolution Should I be uprezzing to? DNX HD 145 MXF (1920 x 1080i) Broadcast Resolution for DVCPRO HD DV 25 411 (720 x 480) DVD Resolution. DNX HD 220 MXF for HDCAM Which formats you will be working with to create the uprez such as Tape Media types and Digital Media types. Proper import or re-link instructions should be given for the Digital Media because there are a variety of ways that the media may have been imported in the first place and if you are unfamiliar with it you could be missing short cuts that would make the job of uprezzing the digital files a lot faster/easier. The coordinator should also have all the tapes ready before the uprez. A Tape Source List should be provided for the Uprez cut at least a day before the Uprez so that all Tape Sources and Digital Source Media can be collected for the Uprez the following day. A DUE DATE and Last Chance for Output Time who is this for? When Is it Due? Those are important in the planning of the uprez so we know how much man power we have to put on the job. If the uprez is a FULL HD uprez we only have ONE place to do the Uprez which is Dige Station 2.
2. Create a new project and make sure to tell your coordinator the project

name/unity location/ folder location and bin location Do not assume that whoever works on it after you will instantly know where you saved it - If you have not provided these details to your coordinator it can waste a lot of time trying to track down the bin. 3. Project Name should be as follows: Show Name (or Initials) / UPREZ / Date 4. In this new project called, for example, Campus PD Uprez Feb 10 2010 you should copy your low rez sequence bin into this new project. 5. For this type of uprez it is best to make sure any Digital media files (non tape media, this includes jpegs, graphics, quick times and digital camera media.) are separated onto one or two video tracks. V4 and V5 are good Video Layers to separate the Digital Media onto if it has not already been separated.

6. When that digital media is separated make a duplicate of the sequence original

sequence and call the duplicate sequence "Tape Media Only", then delete the two tracks with the digital media on it as well as the audio tracks. 7. You should be left with just the video tracks that have all the tape media on them. 8. Decompose the Tape Media Only sequence, be sure to choose Make a New Sequence in the Decompose options. Make sure to decompose Group Clips, handles are not needed but 60 frame handles doesn't hurt. 9. After decomp, you will see two sequences, one of the sequences will be have the words decomposed in the sequence name. Sort the bin according to Tape Source name. 10.Begin Batch Capturing all offline tape master clips. Make sure that your capture tool resolution is set to DV25. Make sure all media is being written to the CORRECT DRIVE. Make sure you are using the correct video output on the back of the deck and the correct video input on the Mojo or Adrenaline.

Typical Deck and Tape Problems to watch out for:

Error Example 1: The Deck asks for AP101 you put tape AP101 in the deck, the deck tries to find a clip that has the timecode 02:00:05:00 the deck Never Find the Timecode. In this type of case it is very likely that when the tape was originally digitized the Digitizer forgot to name the new tape the correct name So even though the deck is asking for AP101 it is probably actually looking for AP102. Error Example 2: The Deck asks for AP409 you put in AP409 an error on the deck screen E-09 flashes on the deck. This means that the tape is at the end so you quickly flip the Remote Switch on the Deck over to Local and hit rewind and then play once you see the Tape Timecode counting down on the deck Flip your Remote Switch back to Remote and the Deck will automatically begin Batch Capturing Again. Error Example 3: HD-SDI Digitizing VS SDI digitizing: If you are capturing clips for a DNXHD 145 Resolution you should make sure that on the back of your deck your output cable is connected to your HD-SDI output and on the back of the Adrenaline box the cable is connected to the HD-SDI input. An error that has happened with HD Uprezzing is that the cables are left on the back of the deck and the back of the Adrenaline connected to the SDI Input and Output. Even though you have your project set to 1080i and your Capture tool set to HD-SDI the Avid will not tell you that you are

connected the wrong SDI Input, instead it will let you go through the motion of Batch Capturing all the clips. It will look as if everything was capturing in HD on your broadcast and on your video monitor but in fact it just looks like the video is capturing but nothing is being written to your hard drives. You wont realize that youve picked the wrong output and input unless you see the error on the back of your deck or until the batch capture has completed and nothing has been written You will get a final error at the end of the Batch Capture that says 0 out of 100 clips were captured even though youve just spent two hours loading in and out tapes and the capture tool blinking as if it was recording. Error Example 4: The time code of the tape that youve loaded does not look at all like the time code of the clip it is trying to capture. Try Fast Forwarding your tape an older piece of video might have been shot on that tape which has left remnants of an old timecode at the beginning the footage you are actually looking for is after the Time Code Jump. Error Example 5: Importing Digital Media has many pitfalls, many of which are not explainable one error which comes up is you begin batch importing an mp4, it says it will take an hour, then two then three hours you must close Avid and re-start the batch import because the file or the drive has lost contact and is not doing anything at all. Error Example 6: The timecode on the tape and the tape correct but your clip wont capture Change your Pre-roll to 1 second instead if the default 3 second pre-roll. There may be a time code break just before the clip In point which is not allowing the deck to be able to grab on to enough pre-roll to capture the tape.

11. Once all the tape clips have been batch captured, save your Tape Media Only

Decomposed Sequence, when you look at this sequence all the tape media that you just batch captured will be online, if you still see offline clips in this sequence then make a note of which clips are still offline, you may have missed some tapes for capturing or you may have missed some Digital media that should have been put onto a separate video layers. 12.When the Tape Media Only decomp sequence is all online, go back to the Original Sequence that has both digital and tape media.
13. Make a duplicate of your original sequence and call it Digital Media Only, then

delete the tracks with the Tape media, also remember to delete the audio tracks in your Digital Media Only Sequence.

DO NOT DECOMPOSE DIGITAL MEDIA SEQUENCE OR ELSE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RE-LINK OR BATCH IMPORT THE CORRECT FILES. 14.Begin Batch Importing all offline Digital Media master clips. Make sure that your Import Resolution is set to DV25. 15.Some of the clips may also have been originally imported by using the link to AMA media method, you can use this method if needed. 16.The Tape Sources and Clip Source Summary, which should be printed out for you will have the import paths of any digital media. This includes jpegs, graphics, quick times and digital camera media. It will be helpful to have this Clip Summary in front of you when you go to do this so you can see the File Import Paths.
17. Once all the clips have been batch imported, save your Digital Media Only RE-

LINKED/BATCH IMPORTED sequence. 18.When you look at this sequence all the digital media that you just batch imported should be online, if you still see offline clips in this sequence then make a note of which clips are still offline, you may have missed some Digital media.
19. When both the Tape Media Only Decomposed and the Digital Media Only

Decomposed sequences are online Make a new sequence and call it DV25 Sequence. Put the two sequences together into the DV25 Sequence, so they sync up the way they originally did in the low resolution sequence. 20.When all the visuals are lined up in the DV25 Sequence. Open your Original Sequence and write the audio from that sequence into your DV25 sequence. 21.Make sure that your video and your audio lines up properly by playing it out and listening and looking at the sync of people mouths. 22.Now that your sequence is fully uprezzed and your audio has been written in you can finally output the sequence to DVD, Tape or Quick time depending on the specs given to you by the coordinator.