THE SHORT ANSWER
Here's the approach.
The Avid Attic holds earlier bin saves. Find the project and bin backup, use its saved time to choose a version, and copy it to a temporary location. Keep the backup in the Attic intact.
Media Composer cannot open a bin and its copy at the same time. Close the original bin before opening the backup, then copy the material you need into a newly named bin. Shared NEXIS projects use the Unity Attic on the workspace.
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Step by step.
Media Composer 2024.10- 01
Find the saved version
For a local project, open the Avid Attic in the public/shared Avid Media Composer folder. Open the project, Bins, and the required bin folder. Review backup dates.
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Copy the backup
Copy the chosen backup file to the desktop or another temporary folder. Close the original bin in Media Composer.
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Open and recover
Use the File menu’s bin-opening command to open the copied backup. Create a new bin and drag the material you want to keep into it. Save and inspect the recovered sequence.
Sources & version notes
Written for Avid Media Composer 2024.10. Menu names and available features can differ in other versions.
- Avid Media Composer 2024.10 Editing Guide: retrieving Attic files, printed pages 70–72
- Avid Knowledge Base: local and shared Attic locations
Written answer checked against the linked official documentation for Media Composer 2024.10. Related videos have metadata verification only; they are supplemental resources, with no verified answer-specific timestamps or software-version compatibility assertion.