As you can see from my specks:

z800 Windows 7 Pro 64(SP1) 12g Ram fx4800 MC 7.0.4 QT 7.7.4 Nvidia 331.65

Running a standard Avid approved system.

Just got some new Footage shot on a Canon 70D, 1080p 29.97fps.

When I try to link via AMA and play it, it stutters badly and the red line appears on the timeline.

Can this footage not be played back via AMA or am I doing something wrong?

I don't think I need any special codecs.

I would like to edit some of it before I transcode.

Thanks for any advice.

Tex

are you linking straight from the card, or from a fast hd?

Transerfered to an interinal HD running SATA6Gb/s.

Has anyone and any luck or experience with any of the cameras in the EOS line.

Guess I will just have to transcode all.

I deal with Canon footage all the time and have never been successful AMA'ing their H264 codec smoothly. I always have to Transcode before I use it. Luckily we're able to get a bunch of that footage simultaneously recorded on a Ninja and get it saved as ProRes or DnX. Much larger file size, but much easier to work with. 

Hi, Johnny. 

I've never had a problem playing back 70D media via AMA-linking. 

We work entirely online for our projects, to eliminate the transcode. Only difference in our footage is we do 25fps.

Our system specs are:

intel i7 3930k

nvidia quadro k4200

32gb ddr corsair ram (4x8gb DIMMs)

128gb Samsung 840 sata3 ssd

4*2tb western digital black hdds

asus p9x79 pro

Natisyahu:

Hi, Johnny. 

I've never had a problem playing back 70D media via AMA-linking. 

We work entirely online for our projects, to eliminate the transcode. Only difference in our footage is we do 25fps.

Our system specs are:

intel i7 3930k

nvidia quadro k4200

32gb ddr corsair ram (4x8gb DIMMs)

128gb Samsung 840 sata3 ssd

4*2tb western digital black hdds

asus p9x79 pro

WOW. Could the difference in RAM be the problem???

Hmmm, I don't think so... We've only just gone from 16-32gb, (also a far worse graphics card) and it wasn't a problem.

I just remembered last night that I've run 70D AMA footage on two completely different Mac suites (we're on PC), with varying system specs, and also never had a problem.

Sorry I can't offer any other help, but I guess it's good to know that it is possible to have it working.

Good luck :)