DNxHD from daVinci to Avid

[Nicolas Hanson]

We're establishing a DNxHD workflow and I'm about to deliver a project to an Avid Symphony editor for finishing. Should I deliver MXF OP-Atom and MXF OP1a? What is the difference?

[Stig Olsen]

The Avid operator can use MXF OP-atom and I think that's the only MXF format suitable for a fast workflow. The files can be read natively directly from the Avid MediaFiles folder, so no need for consolidating and transcoding. 

[Andy Minuth]

OP-Atom means every essence (Video-Tracks, Audio-Tracks, etc.) is in a separate file - Atoms. This is the lowest level of MXF.

OP1a supports several tracks muxed into one file.

As Stig pointed out already, Avid prefers OP-Atom. 

[Nicolas Hanson]

Thank you for sharing, I will go for MXF OP-atom then.

[Bruno Mansi]

There's an interesting walk-through by Scott Freeman on the Avid site, which explains the whole Avid/Resolve roundtrip workflow, where he explains how to get the Resolve renders into Avid's MXF folders, and how to re-link them back to your sequence.

Follow this link:

http://www.avidblogs.com/how-to-roundtrip-davinci-resolve-to-avid-media-composer-tutorial/

[randy thompson]

 

Hello everyone, new here. Bruno, here is the method I use for getting Avid Media Composer files in and out of Davinci Resolve.

[Nicolas Hanson]

Welcome Randy, great to see you here! And thank you for sharing! 

[randy thompson]

Thanks, Nicolas