Hi,

I am not new to AVID. I did HD projects 10 years ago. I am back to video, but now more seriously and with 4K. I need to upgrade my PC first, but it is not clear what components I need. I see that Marianne posted minimum requirements, such as 16 GB RAM and the OS, but what about other components. If I see the AVID certified systems, it is also necessary to have an expensive GPU, such as Nvidia P5000 (http://resources.avid.com/SupportFiles/attach/Windows_Current_CPU_Specifications.pdf). Could I get some more information about the requirements to run AMC/First and later AMC? I want to edit .mov files from Panasonic GH5, 8 and 10 bit, and also high framerates. Later maybe RAW files from BM Pocket Camera.

Do I really need a big GPU to do this? If not, could you suggest something?

AND how does AVID think about Ryzen 5 or 7?

Thanks,

Rob

Hi all,

In many ways, it could be said that I don't deserve help from you guys… 🙃🙂

I have an aging Windows 7 (Home) computer is that I built a bunch of years ago for ProTools use, and it still runs well. I have no means to replace it, and I am attempting to move into the world of Media Composer, starting with First.

I know… I know… almost nothing I am trying to run it on his supported, but I am wondering if there may be back door ways to get this to work that some of you may know about.

It mostly installs fine, with the exception of about five plug-ins, and it begins to open fine, but after seemingly all is loaded, and it appears that the main editing screen is about to complete, the whole program just shuts right down,  without any error notices. 

So, my first step was to upgrade my memory, which was cheap, and I bought used memory modules of the same kind, so I am up to 12 GB. It still crashes upon opening.

The next step would be to consider updating the Windows 7 Home to Professional, but any installers I have found for that seem to expect a clean install, which means wiping my entire computer and starting from scratch, which would be a big old pain in the rear, considering all of the software I have loaded on this thing. Is there such a beast as a basic updater, rather than a completereinstall of, maybe windows 10?

I see on eBay there are many people selling licenses for Windows 10 for dirt cheap, which I presume will mean a complete reinstall? I have also heard a lot of people say stay away from Windows 10.

So, any thoughts about all this would certainly be appreciated.

It will also not be helpful to tell me that I shouldn't expect a new piece of software to run on an older computer. Not all of us can afford to be upgrading our computers on a regular basis, but I would hate to think that that would prevent someone from using a piece of software.   Something tells me I am likely hallucinating, though… :-)

Thoughts or suggestions?

🙂🙃🎶🎹

I've used the Wacom Intuos4 Small Pen Tablet and it seemed fine, BUT I don't feel I was taking full advantage of it. I just came accross the Wacom Bamboo Touch Small Tablet and it seems like it would do what I need the tablet for in AVID.

Can anyone give me any positive/negative feedback of the Wacom Bamboo Touch Small Tablet? it's over $100 cheaper so I was thinking about going with this one, but I did read somewhere that people where having some issues with it working with AVID..but it was on a Windows platform...hmmmm.

thanks in advance for any input!

Simple question here. Im trying to copy and paste a clip from one track to another, copied the clip and armed the video and audio tracks I want to paste to but instead the clip is pasted to the same track its already on. What am I missing?

Any help apprecciated

S

Hi, I'm trying to realize this task:

I want to Pan & Zoom on a hires graphic using the BCC effect.

What makes it difficult for me: There are 5 frames playing video placed on the graphic.

Now we want to jump (zoom in/out) from one video frame to the next...

Any ideas welcome, including After Effects solutions...

I’m sure many avid editors are aware of the pain that is happening in the Adobe community now they have stoped  support for QuickTime 7 era formats and codecs. ...DNX is one of these codecs!!!

In short the latest update has completely screwed many peoples work flows and archived projects.

I’m a little worried us Avid folks may be facing the same problems in a few months time.

Below is taken from the Avid knowledge base.

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/How_To/QuickTime-Support-and-Security-on-Windows

‘Avid has been working on a solution to remove Media Composer's and Pro Tools' dependencies on Apple QuickTime libraries. We will be releasing updates throughout this year and next to accomplish this. When completed, we will replace reliance on QuickTime for the following file types:

• DNxHR and DNxHD        
• ProRes
• H.264
• TIFF
• MJPEG
• JPEG
• XAVC-S
• MP3
• AAC
• Uncompressed audio formats (PCM, ADPCM, etc.)’

I’d like some reassurance and advice going forward.

Will my Dnx120 archived projects be supported on future Mac and Windows versions of Avid?

And what is the nearest version of codec to  DNX120 (a codec that isn’t processor hungry) I should start working in to future proof my work?

Cheers

G

Hi anyone, I need help please!

I've been using Media Composer First for about 6 months and it's been going fine. However recently I tried to publish a video to my computer, but whenever I click on any of the publish options I get these two error messages.

It is so frustrating because I have tried other projects and none of them will let me publish either. I don't even get to the publishing settings screen.

I have tried uninstalling all avid and media composer applications and deleting the associated files multiple times, but nothing has worked.

I am using Media Composer First verision 8.9.3 on a MacBook Air

Please does anyone know what I should do? The program is pretty much useless if I can't export anything.

I purchased the Pro Tools annual subscription and downloaded the software successfully. However, when I go to open PTs it takes me to a window where it gives me the options to quit or activate. When I click activate Im rerouted to another window with a title of "Select License to activate " with a highlighted link that states "Click here if you need to purchase a license for Pro Tools Perpetual".  I click the link and it re routes me to the avid site. When I log into my Ilok account the license for this purchase is not listed. How do I get this issue resolved? This is the first time this ever happened when using this software. Ive renewed prior with no issues.

Having a very strange issue that has been causing me grief during our uprez.

I take my editor's offline finished sequence, mix it down for a reference layer. Decompose all clips and overcut the video reference on the top layer. Then I relink to the online drive, which already has some high resolution media. Many different frame rates on this show, but lots of media relinks without issue.

Then I look at my timeline. After the relink, many clips have been slipped. My video reference is one frame off, then farther down it's two frames off. Nothing wrong with the video ref- my clips have physically moved.

Here is an example: https://imgur.com/a/fNU44Vs

Am I doing something wrong? Are the mixed rates messing with my timeline? I've never seen this before, and it seems like a huge problem. Yes, I can (and will) adjust the clip timing to match the original timeline, but a relink shouldn't be altering clip placement.

Did I miss an explanation posted here about Background Services?

If not, Avid should post something here becausse it's not described in any of the MCF upgrade docs.

Likewise, the Application Manager has been modified with an extra install step. Why no documentation here?

Hi! 

I‘ve been on Mac for 8 years now, but I’m thinking of switching back to windows due to the new announcements / Prices and lack of announcements reg. Mac Pro.

My PC build would only be running AVID Media Composer (with focus on creative editing, editing with DnxHD proxies, barely any exports / conversion tasks) but I‘m wondering which CPU to pick: Xeon or i7 / i9.

My experience with Media Composer:

On my 2013 Mac Pro (Xeon 6-Core, 64gb ram) everything feels sluggish very quickly (30min sequence, barely any soundeffects). An i7 iMac (2018) stays much more response with the very same sequence.

But the more complex and longer the sequence gets (more sound effects etc.) the worse it gets on the iMac (extremely sluggish), whereas it only gets a little worse on the Mac Pro.

Which CPU should I pick and why? Has anyone of you ever compared the two types using media composer?

Many thanks!

I have a monthly subscription and when I went to activate Media Composer I get this error: Activation Failed: 225 This product doesn't support renewal.

I went to Online, in the activation menu and the Activation ID is automatcially filled out

Really need to hop on a product immediately. Any fix for this?

Media Composer 2018.10 

Exception Structured Exception String Acces Vilation 

an exception when attempting to export media 

what is an string access vilation and how to fix it 

thanks

There seems still the issue with 4k 10bit files from GH5. When I import, I get black video. I tried a workaround, first Link the files and after that transcode to DNxHR - works fine. But the files are huge and on larger projects I work with lower resolution first and batchimport the final sequence. But when I do so I have to specify the file location for each file manually and after that I get also black video files. Any ideas when the GH5 files will be supported and if there is a workaround for batchimport?

Hello Avid Users,

New to the Forum, new to Avid softare, I am working and very happy to be working on two things at once: a film shot in DV SD and mastery of Avid software.  I am receiving this error when I try to play my talking head timelines back: 

didreader xraiseunexpectedstreamstatus async timeout error

At first everything was fine; I had no issues.  and was almost done creating all of my interview string outs when I suddenly started getting that error.  My interactions beyond laying talking head sound (with picture) were minimal.

Notes:

Using a Sony DVCAM DSR-45 deck, the footage was captured to an application called Lifeflix. The resulting archive, 36 QuickTime files, was placed on a 5TB Rugged Thunderbolt USB – C 130MB/S.  They have the following CODECS and specifications:

a.    Dimensions: 720X480

b.   Codecs: DV/DVCPRO – NTSC, LINEAR PCM

c.    Color Profile: SD (6-1-6)

d.   Audio Channels: 2

Subscription Software:

4.   AVID MEDIA COMPOSER

a.    Symphony option

b.   8.9.3

Computer:

5.    The Editing Computer: A Macintosh laptop 

a.    OS: Mac OS Sierra, Version 10.12.5

b.   Processor: 2.3 GZ Intel Core i7

c.    Memory 8GB (or, is this the problem? I am currently trying to repair the screen of a mac laptop with 16GB)

d.   Startup Disk: 250 GB, Used: 185 GB, Available: 65GB

& 

The QuickTimes were converted into Avid Media Files, MXF at 2:1 (NTSC) with two track stereo audio at 48

Avid is pleased to announce the October release of Media Composer 2018 which is available as of today, October 24th, 2018 at 12:00 PM EST.  

Location: This release is available from Avid Master Accounts, Application Manager, and the Avid Download Center (login and password required).

What's New file is attached. ReadMe file is HERE.

Operating System Update: macOS Mojave (10.14) is now supported on Media Composer 2018.10.

The following lists the qualified Operating Systems. Depending upon your hardware the qualified Operating Systems are:

Windows v7 64-bit SP1(Professional) and Windows v8.1 (Professional and Enterprise), Windows v10 64-bit (Professional, Creators, and Enterprise).

Macintosh v10.11.6, 10.12.6, 10.13.6, 10.14  

To learn more about compatible versions visit http://www.alwaysediting.com/avid-mc-versions.html 

Manual approval of loading Kernel Extensions (KEXTs): With the release of Mac OS v10.13.x (High Sierra) and 10.14(Mojave), Apple requires manual approval of loading Kernel Extensions (KEXTs). (For example: Avid Nitris DX, BlackMagic, and AJA IO devices install Kernel Extensions.) At installation time, you should get a dialog saying that the KEXT was not loaded. You must go the “Security & Privacy” system preference and manually approve the KEXT. Keep the Security & Privacy pane open after you install the I/O device drivers so that you will see the notice that the driver has been blocked and press the “allow” button within 30 minutes of installing or the driver will be permanently blocked.

Application Installers:  With this release of 2018.10 (as with 2018.9), you have a single installer for Media Composer and Media Composer | First. The option to run as Media Composer | First is now include in the Avid Media Composer Activation window.

What’s New:  The following are new features in 2018.10

• Mac OS Support - Updated list of supported Operating Systems. 
• AVC-LongG - Additional AVC-LongG formats are supported with this release.
• Color Management LUT fix - The BT.2100 color conversions between PQ 2020 and HLG 2020 are made according BT.2390 specifications (at 1000 nits).
• Additional Color Space Presets - More color space presets are available inProgressive HD projects.

What’s Fixed: The following have been fixed in 2018.10: 

- Bug Number: MCCET-2605. You might have seen a BSOD (Windows crash) after launching the editing application in a Media Composer | Cloud VM environment.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2586. Performing a Shift + render In-to-Out behaved differently if you performed it a second time.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2664. Exported audio set to Mono might have played back 3dB lower than the original sequence.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2691. (Windows 7) If you deselected “Re-encode for XDCAM” in the Transfer Settings, creating a new project with the same user would select the “Re-encode for XDCAM” option.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2694. When logged into Production Management Services, you might have received a “structured Exception” error when exiting the bin Fast Menu. 

- Bug Number: MCCET-2672. In some instances, Media Creation settings did not remain the same after closing and opening the project.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2668. Send to Playback might have failed if your sequence contained audio with clip pan and a rendered audio dissolve.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2454. In some instances, transcoding 10bit to 8bit introduced vertical banding on solid color.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2292. Audio might have been out of sync and you might have seen audio underruns when linking Apple Prores 422 using the QuickTime plugin.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2619. When splitting a 5.1 audio track into mono tracks in the sequence the tracks were always arranged in the ProTools order, no matter what the Mix Mode Selection in the Audio Mixer was set to.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2638. The “NTSC Has Setup” option did not appear in the General Settings when a Nitris DX was connected.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2482. Exporting an H.264 sequence with stereo did not export as stereo.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2648. You might have received an “Exception: Tmf export only supports Long GOP” error when performing a Send To Playback with AVC Long GOP that has an I-frame at the beginning of the sequence.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2588. If your Tape ID contained spaces, the editing application would crash if you performed a Send To Playback.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2651. In some instances,a .transfer sequence with Long GOP format generated during the Send to Playback process, did not show as rendered.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2609. Performing an AMA File Export of MXF OP1a using Avid Media Processor set to Stereo Mix, exported as two separate mono tracks.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2639. If you closed and reopened a sequence multiple times, the Timewarp effect lost its render and the output setting changed to default (Interlaced).

- Bug Number: MCCET-2581. In some instances, you could not relink back to media that was linked with the Avid Generic plug-in.

- Bug Number: COGS-4963. (Live Timeline) In some instances, you could not scroll while performing playback in the Timeline.

- Bug Number: COGS-4939. (Live Timeline) You could not add markers on stereo audio in the Source Monitor during playback.

- Bug Number: COGS-4897. (Live Timeline) Loading a new clip into the Source Monitor by performing a drag and drop operation did not stop play and load the clip.

- Bug Number: COGS-4870. (Live Timeline) Pressing Ctrl + / did not zoom to show the entire sequence during playback.

- Bug Number: COGS-4862. (Live Timeline) When working in the Audio Mixer you could not enable/disable tracks during playback.

- Bug Number: COGS-4860. (Live Timeline) Clicking on Source Browser contents was stopping playback.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2599. The editing application became slow after loading a large sequence into the Source/Record monitor.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2601. The Trim to Fill (Timewarp) effect did not work on clips with a spatial adapter.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2646. You would receive an “Invalid File Name” error when transcoding a linked WAV file that contained two consecutive dots in the original file name.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2611. After sorting a bin by double clicking on a column, selecting an item in the bin resulted in the item being deselected.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2569. In some instances, the thumbnail displayed on the Frame column in the bin appear as Media Offline when importing a matte key.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2118. (Mac) Files that include “ ” in the name could not be transcoded and resulted in a “failed to import” error when checked out on a Windows system.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2590. When returning to the Find window to perform a repeat custom sift, the Custom Sift text field was not highlighted.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2653. You might have received a “Cannot be exported” error when performing an export to XDCAM OP1A of a “Capture in progress” clip.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2600. Airspeed MP2 low res proxy waveforms did not draw on the Timeline.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2254. A green/pink gradient might appear on some images captured from a Sony HDR FX1000E device.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2624. (Windows 10) You might have received a “FILE_OTHER” error when linking a P2 folder that contained a multibyte name on a shared workspace.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2520. If you had linked h.264 media containing AAC sound and then exported that media to h.264, the editing application would hang.

- Bug Number: MCCET-2627. (Mac) If you had Boris FX Final Effects Complete installed, you may have had problems with Open I/O devices.

- Bug Number: MCDEV-9676. Intermittently, the blue bar in the Source and Record monitors did not move.

- Bug Number: MCDEV-9781. You might have seen the following issues if Run Length Encoded is enabled:
“Core Consistency Check Failure” errors when recreating animated Marquee titles Media size might not be accurate when working with interlaced projects

- Bug Number: MCDEV-9523. When linking with the Avid Generic Plug-in, audio waveforms did not build properly in the Timeline when playing back an H.264 movie with AAC audio.

Media Composer Notes: 

1.     Desktop Video:  Avid recommends that you do not install Desktop Video software version 10.10.1 on Media Composer versions prior to v2018.5.1.

2.     Avid Artist DNxIO and Avid Artist DNxIQ: If you are using Avid Artist DNxIO, Avid Artist DNxIQ, or a BlackMagic Designs video device, please update to Desktop Video software version 10.10.1 or higher. The minimum Desktop Video version that will work with Media Composer v18.5.1 is 10.9.11. Older versions will be rejected, and you will not be able to use your hardware until you update.

3.     Dongle Info (Mac Only): The Dongle Sentinel driver installer is no longer automatically installed when you install the editing application. The driver is now located in the Avid_Utilities folder (/Applications/Utilities/Avid_Utilities/Sentinel_Driver). If you have a dongle, manually install the driver from this location.

4.     NVIDIA Driver: The editing application supports Nvidia Driver v390.77.

5.     Quadro 4000 - If you have a Quadro 4000 graphics card remain on the Nvidia v353.82 driver. Avid recommends that if you are on a Windows 7 system and working with the v390.77 Nvidia driver, you should enable desktop composition. See this article for details: http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/how_to/Enable-Desktop-Composition-in-Windows-7

6.     DX Driver installed separately: Starting with Media Composer v8.9.4, the DX Driver was not automatically installed on Mac systems.With this release, the DX Driver is not automatically installed on Windows systems. 

How customers will obtain the October Media Composer 2018.10 Update:  

1.  Customers who have already installed the latest version of Media Composer or Media Composer |First will be notified of the availability of the upgrade via the Application Manager. The Apps tab also provides a link to download and install the update(s) when desired. 

2.  New customers who purchase Media Composer will receive the update in their Avid Master Account at https://my.avid.com/account 

3.  Customers on current Avid Update plans can download the Media Composer or Media Composer | First update from their MyAvid Master Account and Media Composer customers can also download the update from the Avid Download Center (login and password required.) here: http://esd.avid.com/ProductList.aspx

4.  Customers NOT on a current Upgrade plan must purchase either 1. new Media Composer Subscription Crossgrade or 2. new Subscription or 3. new Perpetual license to receive this update. 

Reminder: This release of Media Composer requires an active Upgrade plan. Customers have to have one before installing this update.

So I hit play button or spacebar, playback goes for one frame and the play button in the composer record window changes from the triangle button to a "0" and back to the triangle play icon.  What is that about?

Everytime after I have been playing a clip in the Source Monitor, the error below is automaticly added to the Console window.

LegendHWbufferMgr::DumpBuffersInUse(): Dump disabled since it may take forever. Rebuild the code if needed.

HagridBufferWrprMgr::DumpInUseBufferWrappers(): Dump disabled since it may take forever. Rebuild the code if needed.

Any ideas where this is coming from? It looks like this happening since I installed 2018.10.

Thanks in advanced!

Ivan

When I look into the Console window just after launching Media Composer, I'll get these errors from the Dynamic Media Folders Service. To me it looks like there are some plug-ins missing or not registrated. Or am I wrong?

------------------------- Start DMF -------------------------

Nov 4, 2018 9:31:12 AM(28)SEVERE: Plugin definition registration failed com.avid.dmfservice.WSLoggerResource:putXML

Nov 4, 2018 9:31:12 AM(30)SEVERE: Plugin definition registration failed com.avid.dmfservice.WSLoggerResource:putXML

Nov 4, 2018 9:31:44 AM(25)SEVERE: Plugin definition registration failed com.avid.dmfservice.WSLoggerResource:putXML

Nov 4, 2018 9:31:44 AM(28)SEVERE: Failed to setup chained feature toggle from /AvidMediaEngine/GenericMXFContainer/MXFSuppressMCAMetadata to /GenericMXFContainer/MXFSuppressMCAMetadata. Second toggle is not registered. com.avid.dmfservice.WSLoggerResource:putXML

Nov 4, 2018 9:31:44 AM(32)SEVERE: Failed to setup chained feature toggle from /AvidMediaEngine/GenericMXFContainer/OverrideUnsupportedDistinguishedFrameLayout to /GenericMXFContainer/OverrideUnsupportedDistinguishedFrameLayout. Second toggle is not registered. com.avid.dmfservice.WSLoggerResource:putXML

Nov 4, 2018 9:31:44 AM(25)SEVERE: Failed to setup chained feature toggle from /AvidMediaEngine/AMPPlugin/Enable_DNx to /AMPPlugin/Enable_DNx. Second toggle is not registered. com.avid.dmfservice.WSLoggerResource:putXML

Nov 4, 2018 9:31:44 AM(28)SEVERE: Failed to setup chained feature toggle from /AvidMediaEngine/AMPPlugin/Enable_IMF to /AMPPlugin/Enable_IMF. Second toggle is not registered. com.avid.dmfservice.WSLoggerResource:putXML

Nov 4, 2018 9:31:44 AM(27)SEVERE: Failed to setup chained feature toggle from /AvidMediaEngine/AMPPlugin/Enable_DCP_J2K to /AMPPlugin/Enable_DCP_J2K. Second toggle is not registered. com.avid.dmfservice.WSLoggerResource:putXML

Nov 4, 2018 9:31:44 AM(32)SEVERE: Failed to setup chained feature toggle from /AvidMediaEngine/AMPPlugin/Enable_IMF_J2K to /AMPPlugin/Enable_IMF_J2K. Second toggle is not registered. com.avid.dmfservice.WSLoggerResource:putXML

------------------------- End DMF -------------------------

Any thoughts about this? With the previous version (2018.9) the DMF Services weren't working at all on my system.

Thanks in advanced!

Ivan