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How Do I Copy My QuickTime Movies to Avid Storage?

There are three methods you can use:

 Import

 Consolidate

 Transcode

Import

This is the traditional way to bring QuickTime movies into an Avid editing system. Select

a bin and choose the menu item FILE > IMPORT. This copies the QuickTime movie into

Avid storage, and converts it to an Avid codec if necessary.

Consolidate

Consolidate is the Avid copy command, and it can transfer clips from

linked QuickTime movies to an Avid storage device. For example, you

could use AMA to pre-screen QuickTime movies and create a sequence

(called Selects Reel in this example) containing the media you wish to

transfer to Avid storage. Consolidate transfers only the media present

in the sequence into Avid Storage from the original QuickTime movies.

To transfer entire clips, select the individual clips and consolidate them.

Transcode

Transcode is similar to Consolidate – it is a copy command. The difference

is it changes the format of the media during the transfer. You could

change the sample rate or bit depth of the audio, or the codec used for

the video. We discussed how to perform a transcode earlier in this

document.

Transcode has value for copying your QuickTime movies into a lower

quality, so you can use an Off-Line workflow. You might also need to

change a movie from one codec to another at import to make it match the

format of other media in your project.

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