Slightly on the adjoining corridor of the great hall that is vfx (i.e. editorial), we've got an issue with Avid 6.5 crashing on consolidation/transcode of AMA linked footage coming of a SonyF5, specifically XAVC S-log2). The interwebs are full of conflicting reasons and Avid are not being helpful other than "it might be fixed if you upgrade to 7 or wait (<unknown>=time) for a patch.

It's not storage dependant, will happen with any source / target combination. Crashes cause either classic Avid Access Violation or various AMA errors followed by either an application hang or a BSOD. yikes! It's random, on random clips, sometimes doesnt happen at all.

1) anyone else seen / seeing this or similar issues with S-log2?

2) if you're using S-log2 off an F5, how are you handling your DI? maybe I can workaround this with a transcode or a conform.

Cheers!