Chapter 1

This selection is helpful for ensuring files go where required, and it allows you to send render
files (known in Avid terminology as Precompute files) to a specific drive if required
by your facility.

Apply to All: If you want the storage drive to be the same for all the different media type tabs,
rather than having to do it one by one, simply click on the Apply to All button.

Media type
Changing this is only possible for SD video, as HD will always be in the MXF format. Media
Creation settings will default to the file format called Material Exchange Format (MXF). You
should not change this unless you are in the unique situation where you are generating media
on one workstation that will have to be used on a much older workstation that can only play
the Open Media Framework (OMF) file format.

Mixing frame rates

Yes, it's possible to mix footage with different frame rates. However, at the time of writing, the
Media Composer only allows each Project to be at one frame rate. So, here's one method to
make the mixing of frames rates possible.

Getting ready
You will create two separate projects, each at the required frame rate. Be sure to label
them accordingly to avoid confusion. For example, one project would be named [Project
Title]29-97 (project names cannot contain a period) and the other would be named
[Project Title] 24p.

How to do it...
The following are the steps to mix footage with different frame rates:

1. Capture and/or import your video into the corresponding projects based on the
frame rates.
2. Decide which project will be the main/primary project that you will actually work
within to edit and craft your movie. Most likely, this will be the project that contains
the majority of your footage or matches the final delivery format that is required.
3. In your main project, ensure that no bins are currently selected in the Project Window.
4. Go to the File menu and select Open Bin…. (Alternatively, you will find the Open Bin...
selection under the Project Window's Fast Menu as well as in the menu that will
appear when you right-click in the Project Window.)