You can now reduce the pan knob in the audio mixer - great, that saves me some space.
But I would like to use it with my mouse in the same way as the knob - so Alt+mouseclick should pan in the center and when I mouseclick and move my mouse to the left / right, the value should increase / decrease - so the same function like the knob but without the knob.
I would like to grab an audio keyframe with my mouse and move it in smaller steps (+-1dB), regardless how big my timeline is. I'm usually working with 24 audio tracks and more, so not much space to enlarge the audio tracks too much.
It could be also done while holding shift, that's the same behaviour like in the color correction tool.
SHIFT + mouse movement = more detail / smaller steps.
Oh, and it should stop at each straight value (1 / 2 / 3 etc., not 1,2 / 2,3 / 3,6).
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I usually set my reference level to -9dB. But it's only visible in the Audio Meters in my timeline, not in the Audio Mixer.
I can't change the reference level in the Audio Mixer, but I would like to read the meters the same way...
A bug, a feature request?
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Hi,Why I canon find 1440X1080 project to set in mc8.10? thanks to any reply in advance.
Hi! Short question: is it possible to change the source media name so I can properly group audio/video on seperate tracks? I've used GroupItForMe for this final process, but the group only has each camera on one track and each audio on one track (see attached photo which is actually multiple audio and video tracks). I want each audio/video on seperate tracks but they say it's because my source media doesn't have target tracks on their original extension (ie "-1" for Track 1, "-5" for Track 5, etc). They also say this is the same if I manually group versus using them, but I don't remember having this problem before, which I could be wrong on.
My problem is I've spent a month over the jobless holidays importing, syncing, and prepping for grouping before this current edit. I now have a f/t job and can't go through all of this again for seperate tracks. Will I have to change the source names, re-ingest, and sync and group again? Or can I change the source name, relink it in AVID, and re-group so it comes out correct?
Using MC 7.0.5 on a Mac laptop. Shot on a 5D and used a Zoom recorder.
Upgraded to High Sierra and MC 8.10. I am able to link via Source Browser to DJI footage using the Generic AVID Plug-In or the Quicktime Plug-in, but have not had any luck linking to P2 Cards that I've copied onto an external drive. I thought the P2 AMA plug in installed with Media Composer. Any help or guidance is appreciated.
Hello,
I have DVX200 / GH5 footage shot in UHD 59.94P, editing in Avid MC. I want to downconvert the footage to HD 1080i 59.94 for output to HD Blu-ray. I tried my Decklink card's UHD to HD HARDWARE downconverter, but everything looks kind of soft. Is there any other methods you recommend to get a nice sharp HD image in 1080i for Blu-ray?
Looking forward to your workflows.
We have a critical bug (for our workflow!) since the rewrite of the script window in MC 8.8. and it has not been squashed with 8.10.
Description:
The interpolate setting works perfectly only if you have no marks on your script lines. As soon as you add a mark on a take the interpolation stops doing anything.
Reproduction: Add a clip to any text in script window. Place two marks at beginning and end of text linking to beginning and end of clip. Click a line in the middle of text and press play.
Result in MC 8.6 (and 8.7?). : the clip is read from the middle if interpolate is active.
Result since MC 8.8 : the clip is read from the beginning. Interpolate Setting does nothing. This is contrary to what the manual says and makes the script integration useless for our workflow. (long documentaries with hours of transcripts )
Can anyone confirm / escaladate this ? We are stuck in 8.6 because of it.
Thanks and keep-up the good work.
Hi,
As per the subject - Sits there on "Initializing Audio Effects" for about 60 seconds then crashes with: "The Application Avid media Compoesr First has quit Unexpectedly"
OSX - 10.12.6
Imac - i5 - 16GB
Reinstalled Media Composer First - Didn't help
Reapired HDD etc - Didn't help
I do run pro tools on the same system and have plugins on a separate drive.
Any ideas please?
Thanks everyone.
OK, so I updated Media Composer for the first time in months. When I start it up, it says my license has expired, which makes sense as I probably never got around to updating the dongle after I renewed the subscription.
So I come here and download the Updater.avd file, I follow the instructions to go to the Application Manager and select Licensing to update the dongle.
And it says:
"None of your installed products can be licensed via Application Manager. Please visit the Avid Store to buy a new one."
Meanwhile, it also clearly shows I have a valid perpetual license for Media Composer.
How do I fix this?
Hi all,
An issue that's been plaguing me all year. When AMA linking Sony XAVC media from an FS7 or FS5, the highlights and shadows on the image have obvious pixelation and banding. If I open the media in Premiere, Da Vinci or even Catalyst Browse, these areas are crystal clear. But in Avid it looks horrible.
I've tried multiple versions of Avid, now working with the latest version. Latest version of Nablet plug-in. Same thing. Some times it's more obvious than others, but it is there without fail.
At first I thought it was an S-log issue (Avid interpreting it wrong), but I've tried standard picture profile media and it's the same problem.
The only way round it is to open the media in Browse, rough grade it then render to a ProRes, and then AMA link that in Avid. ProRes always comes in clean.
It's a real issue as I'm not able to grade any of the original media in Avid.
Please advise if any of you are having the same issue. Cheers.
Hi there,
After several years of trouble free use I cant get AMC to start anymore. It seems to stop on Intiialzing Audio Plug ins, then comes up with the crash report screen.
I'm running Windows 10 Pro, 64 bit, on a i7 2600 running at 3.40GHz, 32 MB RAM, Avid MC 7.0.6
I havent made any changes to the system, only a Wndows update is the only thing thats changed.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled, I also deactivated and installed on my laptop and the same thing happened which makes me think this is a wnodws update issue
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Thank you
Rob
Hi everbody!
I'm currently working an a fairly large project and since a couple of weeks, we are experience sudden crashes when opening, or using the Audio Mixer tool.
I'm working an a fresh set up computer and since day 1 it wasn't possible to move the sliders. At least, I was able to put in numbers using keypad. Since today, MC crashes as soon as I open the Audio Mixer or try to move or resize the window.
Another editor reported the same issues.
My system is a HP Z840, Xenon E5-2630 v3 (x2), 64 GB RAM, SSD based, Windows 7 with latest Updates.
I am working on an EditShare system, the other editor is using external drives, but the same PC config.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks, Martin
I just need to see if someone can validate what I'm seeing on my system.
I'm transferring some laserdiscs to DVD (stuff I own that will never be released on DVD or which have been altered between the LD release and the DVD release). The setup is the LD player connected voa a BMD Intensity pro 4K card. The project is set for NTSC 30i. I capture using the capture tool, and expectt he ingested media to be NTSC 30i (720x480). However, the media tool shows it to be an image size of 1440x1080 with a raster dimension of 720x480. The encoding is correctly marked as DV 25 411 (NTSC). The LD is connected over S-Video, and there are no conversions in the BMD desktop software.
Even better, I round trip the video through Resolve with a 30i project and deliver to as 30i using MXF Op-Atom and the Avid NTSC 1:1 8-bit CODEC. This gets written to a separate numbered directory and linked into a new bin. The media in that bin shows up as 1920x1080i, so when dropped into a sequence it gets a FrameFlex applied, forcing another render. If I look at the media created by Resolve using MediaInfo, it's actually SD 720x486 (should be 720x480, but I forgot to change that setting).
So there's two parts to this; First, can someone with a BMD capture card capture an SD source into an NTSC 30i project and then look with the Media tool to see what are the image and raster sizes.
Next, using that media, export an AAF to Resolve, create a 30i project (remember to set it to interlaced in the project settings), do any sort of color correction, and then send it back using the AAF option with the format as MXF OP-ATOM, codec NTSC Avid 1:1 (NTSC), resolution 720x480 DV, PAR 4:3, Flat pass OFF. Send it to a new numbered directory in the Avid Media Files directory tree. In MC, create a new bin and drag the msmMMOB.mdb file to the bin to populate it (you'll have to restart MC to get it to create the database file). Check the Media Tool for image and raster sizes.
A bit of a process to be sure, but something odd is going on and I think it's MC, but I want to make sure.
Hi,
I don't seem to be able to find a compatible P2 AMA plugin for MC 8.1. I can download V4.4 and V4.5 which cover MC 8.4 onwards or I can download V2.6 which is too old for my MC 8.1.
Looking at the compatilibily chart I think I need V4.2.
Any help would be greatly apprciated.
Leigh
Hi guys,
I just updated from 8.9.2. to 8.10, and all the media clips in the viewer are squeezed a little to the left. When I insert them into a sequence, they are fine.
Did anyone notice this too? Any help?
Thank you!
Apparently I did this wrong from the start and need to know how to fix it for now (and next time).
720p project with lots of AMA'd SD interlaced footage, edited already.
When the project is switched to 720x480 30i, to deinterlace, there are bad interlacing artifacts when exporting tests, with and without a mixdown. (Yes the timeline was refreshed and the source is registering correctly as interlaced). Same problems in QT export (DNXHD) with deinterlacing checked.
The mixdown doesn't deinterlace.
When TImewarp is put on the clip (setting is both fields, interlaced to progressive), I get stepping and a somewhat soft clip.With hundreds of clips in a two hour project, 3/4 of them interlaced, I'm also wondering if it's practical to apply an effect like that.
What's the best way to approach this? I have searched this extensively online and am still lost as to a solution for fixing this in a long, already edited, AMA'd project.
The project is going to DVD, so my next step is to see if the interlacing shows up on a burned DVD. But I will have to output digital files as well.
This project is almost done. So close.
Hi all,
I am writing an AMA plugin that needs to provide compressed video frames in formats that are natively supported by Media Composer (DNxHD, XDCAMHD etc.). As media files need to be accessed using custom IO API, I need to implement the ISampleProvider2 interface.
I started to write some evaluation code that reads a raw DNxHD file and provides samples thru the ISampleProvider2 interface. Problem: I did not find the right configuration to provide compressed video frames, but only uncompressed ones.
My current assumption is that if the IUncompressedImageProvider interface is not implemented, then Composer should expect compressed essence as defined in the AAF… But if I do not implement it, then Media Composer displays “Exception: A serious error has occured! It is recommended that you restart the application immediately” when trying to play the clip, just after querying the interface. If I implement IUncompressedImageProvider, then Media Composer works fine but expects uncompressed video frames: I tried to fillup frame buffers with uncompressed/dummy data and it plays OK.
I first suspected the “Serious error” to be related to something wrong in my AAF, so I implemented the full ISampleMapping interface and disabled the ISampleProvider one. Like this it works fine, I am able to play my raw DNxHD file in Composer. At least I am now assuming essence description in the AAF is valid, but ISampleMapping does not fulfill the requirements.
So what is the right way to tell Composer that video is compressed when using ISampleProvider2 interface? Is it supported? Could anyone help with this?
Kind regards,
Raphael Legrand
Media Composer version: 8.9.3 - AMA SDK version 3.2
Hi folks,
I can't seem to be able to log into my master account from the Application Manager, it just sits on "getting subscription data..." before reverting back to the log in screen? Anyone know a fix for this?
Thanks,
Steve
