little problem with Pt to omf export

[Michael Klinger]

I am exporting very basic single track narration record sessions pt5.13 as OMF aif. When I check the omf full circle and import back into PT, I have noticed little one frame clips before and after every narration take labeled as "sample accurate edit" . I have no fades on the clips, and I am not using the auto region fade in/out

How can I avaoid these?

[Richard Fairbanks]

You can't, not even if you make every edit exactly on a video frame boundary. They should sound perfectly, however annoying they may be.

[Michael Klinger]

hmmm

Perhaps I need to clarify --

I'm only concerned that when I re-import the OMF (just to make sure that it works) for each clip (say thirty clips) there are 2 corresponding one frame clips (60 total) callled "sample accurate edit."

Just wondering why they little files are there and can I set it up my omf export to avoid them?

[potatohead]

Avids require all audio edits to be on frame boundaries. These machines do not support 'sample-accurate' OMF's.

I think because Digitranslator thinks your OMF is bound for an Avid it is adding these little clips to ensure that the sound edits lands on a frame line.

This is all part of the "Enforce Avid Compatability" option. If you turn this off, Digitranslator should not pad each edit to the nearest frame boundary.

[Michael Klinger]

Thanks for the info. Yes these omfs are headed for an Avid - only re-importing to make sure that they work. So, do you know off hand, if these little files will show up on the Avid side?

[potatohead]

Yes, they will appear in the Avid:

http://duc.digidesign.com/cgi-bin/ub...c;f=6;t=000590