I noticed that the bin lock icon dissapeared in recent releases.
Is this normal behaviour or is there something wrong with my set up?
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bin lock item
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2018.12 | Can't playback 2018.5-sequence | Error "Audio consumer duration differs"
Happy new year everyone! :)
I just installed 2018.12 to see the new features at work. As soon as I opened an old sequence (v2018.5) I got this error:
After clicking "continue" I get this:
The 50/50 method narrowed it down to a very few of the many audio suite plugins used in this and other sequences. (Mostly EQ3 1-Band and D-Verb.) Other parts, with or without audio suite plugins, can be in/out-previewed. I could only test it on a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017, 3,1GHz i7, macOS 10.13.6, AJA T-Tap v15.0.1.1) so far.
Does anybody know a solution besides removing and reapplying the effects?
Meanwhile I will once more switch back to 2018.5 ;)
Thx & Cheers
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CMD+V fails - splice in overwrites
I have an issue since I installed MC 2018.10.0
I'm using a Macbook pro 2018 and a USB Avid keyboard. Whenever I mark and extract (CMD+x) and paste (CMD+v), the extracted content will overwrite instead of splice in. I've got the same issue when I mark clips with the splice in mover (yellow arrow). Whatever clip I move to splice in, it'll overwrite.
When I check my keyboard settings it shows that the splice in tool is correctly on the v-key.
Any advice or clue is highly appreciated. This really slows down my editing
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Transition from AMT 2.x to AMT 3.x
In our software we provide a way how to export/transcode media to MXF/AAF files.
So far we have been using AMT 2.x, but we want to move to AMT 3.x.
However the API has completely changed and it seems that some of the lower level functions disappeared.
Our workflow looks like this:
- read media samples from MOV files (using AVFoundation)
- transcode video samples to DNxHD/DNxHR codec (using libDNxHR)
- write video samples and audio samples to AMT clip (AAF + OP-Atom MXF files for each track + XML) (using AMT)
I was going through the AMT 3.x and I could not find lower-level functions like in AMT 2.x (CreateAmtFile, CreateAmtTrack, …) that would provide this functionality.
The closest thing I could find was SampleBasedToFileBasedConversion, but it seems to work only on samples stored in files with media asset description XML provided.
I could not find a way how to create these file samples and MAD XML from non-Avid files and raw sample data. All examples are for AAFs, MXFs, etc., MediaProcessor throws exceptions when provided with MOV container, so it is hard to find a correct way.
The question is: How can we implement our workflow with AMT 3.x? What do you suggest for transition from AMT 2.x to AMT 3.x?
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AvidOPFrameGenerator Hanging, Causing Media Composer to Lock Up
One of our users reported that Avid hangs randomly for up to a minute while playing back from the timeline. At times the issue persists long enough that a force quit is necessary to close the application. We noticed that the beach balls appear to coincide with with the AvidOPFrameGeneratorApp appearing as not responding in Activity Monitor and quitting. The FrameGenerator app will then restart and the process begins again. MC will run normally until the FrameGenApp crashes again. I can recreate this by force quitting the app myself. Sometimes this issue can take hours to materialize. Other times it starts as soon as the editor sits down.
We've done a remote session with Avid support, who made the following recommendations:
Delete /Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer/AMA Management, FatalErrorReport, AvidImageCache, and AvidSourceBrowserCache
Change permissions on /Applications/Media Composer and /Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer/ to R/W for Everyone.
Close the Source Browser while working.
Clear Bin Memory and Monitor Memories when it occurs.
They also advised that this issue could be caused by our video plugins (BCC and Sapphire 11). They removed the BCC 3D Objects plugin from the /Library AVX Plugins folder.
So far none of these steps have resolved the issue. I'm waiting to hear back from BorisFX support, but am skeptical that this is the culprit. We've witnessed the issue happening on sequences with no video effects.
This is a fresh install of 2018.11 on a fresh build of 10.13.6. We have this build running throughout our environment without issue. Most are iMacs which have been upgraded from 8.5.3. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
MC 2018.11
OSX 10.13.6
MacPro 5,1
32GB RAM
No IO
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1.23.19 Boston Avid Users | Jeffrey Lomicka Avid | Paul Sanni WGBH
Hey local folks in New England....
Jeffrey Lomicka, who many of you know as our audio god ( the man that gets Marianna her info )..... has been invited to speak about Media Composer Audio at the Boston Area Avid User's Group gathering next Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 at Avid in Burlington (MA). That's a week from today.
Jeffrey is sharing the stage with Paul Sanni from WGBH. He has his talk mostly done, and I'm excited to have this opportunity. Last we checked, there were still a few openings.
BAVUG main site:
http://contac644.wixsite.com/bavug
Register here:
https://mailchi.mp/3b9ab90ce3d3/bavugmeetinginfo-1228041
Man I wish I was in Mass that week.
Marianna
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Place Clip on Timeline without Patching
So, this may actually already exist, but I don't think so. What I'd like to see, is when you are placing a clip in the timeline, and you click that red "place in timeline" arrow thing button, sometimes it's overkill to have to select your video and audio patching. If you could just, say, Shift+click that red button and that would perform a "put in timeline, I don't care where, just don't write over anything else in the timeline" function. No worry about wrecking anything in your timeline, and hypothetically much faster in certain situations.
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1 frame shift in the UHD 50p project
UHD 50p (25 timebase) media in cut was shifted by one frame
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SCfI05YenR62jMIlb013kIHPu4zT_2q3
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1twYeUsyEzkmBTlX0iwkKw9m9kP6GLeMK
Media composer 2018.11 imac pro Mac os mojave 10.14.2
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Title+: Text Quality Better?
So everyone here knows how soft and not-awesome both of the old text tools were. My question for those who have used the new tool: Is text now sharp and like the results from After Effects? Or do they still look bad? I never understood why the Avid titles always looked night-and-day in quality to After Effects, but regardless hopefully this has been fixed?
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AMT 3.x reading media samples from MXF
Hi all,
I'm wanting to play back DNx MXFs in my application, but am finding it hard to find an entry point into doing this with the documentation available. I have the DNxSDK and AMT 3, but can't figure out where in AMT I can arbitrarily access the media samples (or even just the media) from a MXF file.
Can someone point me in the right direction? None of the AMT code examples seem to illustrate this use case.
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DeviceDisappeared event detected on md device /dev/md14
Hi all,
This our editors started complaining of speed issues and MC 2018.5 started reporting some Exceptions. As this was happening across projects and workspaces, we went to check out our NEXIS log and noticed that around the time editors are gertting errors we're seeing the following error:
DeviceDisappeared event detected on md device /dev/md14
It's also followed by a detected capactiy changer info line: md14: detected capacity change from 26197557248 to 0
Some time later there will be a warning that a NewArray event is detected for md14:
mdadm TGroupSDA-top NewArray event detected on md device /dev/md14
The NEXIS and all clients are 18.9.1.16. Any help woul dbe appreciated.
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Press DELETE twice?
When I lasso a group of clips and want to delete them, I have to push delete, lasso them a second time, and then push delete again?
Any ideas why this would be? Seems so brutally unecessary.
Chap
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Group/Link unrelated clips vertically?
Hi all-
I've seen this topic elsewhere but the thread goes off the rails. Is there a way to select clips (either vertically or with a lasso), and then group/link those clips together?
I have a multicam (in principle), but there is so much finite editing that I prefer to be able to see the timeline.
Any thoughts on the equivalent of a "G" on Premiere (groups tracks)...
thanks!
Chapman
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Cannot Open Saved Project - just dings
Folks: So here's my deal. I have been working on a project for a year or so in MC v 8.02 and of course my system totally crashed. Blitzed motherboard. I had saved everything so my media and project "should" be okay, but until my system gets reapired I thought I had this great idea of using Media Composer First just to do a few low-end things.
When First opens I can navigate to the Avid Projects folder I'd saved earlier from my "real" version of MC, it appears in the open projects window but when I highlight the folder and choose "Open" the Projects window shrinks to about one-quarter size mid screen and I cannot do anything. ANYWHERE I click I get a ding sound effect and the only thing I can do is Control-Alt-Delete and end the program... Any suggestions? Thanks.
Tom
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Pg 2 - offical answer: Avid DNxHD/DNxHR not compatible with macOS beyond Mojave?
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT209000
“In Final Cut Pro, you might see an alert that legacy media files won't be compatible with future macOS releases.
Legacy media files are compatible with macOS Mojave, but they won't be with future macOS releases. Legacy media can include footage recorded with cameras like Sony HDCAM-SR cameras, footage from GoPro cameras recorded in the CineForm format, video files in the Avid DNxHD/DNxHR format created with software, footage shot with many other older cameras, or files modified with older software.”
Does this mean we need to avoid Mac as a platform for DNx based Avid editing in future? Or will this only affect FCPX/QTX?
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Media Composer 2018.12 Now Available
ReadMe and What’s New Files: ReadMe and What’s New documents: Media Composer 2018 Documentation Page
How to obtain Media Composer 2018.12 Updates:
- Customers who have already installed the latest version of Media Composer 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 when desired.
- New customers who purchase Media Composer will receive the update in their AvidMaster Account.
- Customers on current Update & Support plans can download the Media Composer 2018.12 update either from their Avid Master Account or the Avid Download Center (login and password required.)
- Customers not on a current Update & Support contract must either 1. purchase either a new Media Composer Subscription or Perpetual license or 2. crossgrade an older license to a new subscription to receive this update.
Reminder: This release of Media Composer requires an active Update & Support plan. Please ensure your plans and licenses are both up to date before installing this update.
What’s New: This is a major release for Media Composer users as it includes 4 of the top 10 most requested features!
- Background Auto Bin Save: Media Composer now performs automatic bin saves in the background – letting editors continue to work and focus on creative tasks and not deal with costly interruptions
- New High Res Title Tool: Create and edit titles in any raster, directly in the record monitor – and switch rasters automatically without having to realign or adjust your text
- Group and Multigroup Updates: Add, edit, remove, trim and update clips in groups without having to make a new group. You can also create groups with mixed frame-rates, create multigroup from a sequence, change the reference audio track, and cycle through all cameras using Swap Camera Banks
- Shape-based Color Correction: Draw and manipulate shapes in the Color Correction toolset to apply different looks to the shape and base layer. You can also animate the shape using tracking tools and create multiple shapes in the same layer. (Requires Symphony Option)
- Faster DPX Linking and Editing: Link to, edit and play back DPX files up to 10x faster than before
- 64 Tracks of Video: We’ve expanded our track count so you can have up to 64 tracks of audio and video
- Syncing using Waveforms: Sync audio-only clips to video directly in the Timeline using waveform analysis – no need to rely on In points or Timecode
- DNxUncompressed 12 Bit: Now you can create DNxUncompressed media at 12 bits, saving you space and bandwidth
- Enhanced QuickTime Support: This update also includes fixes for a number of issues related to QuickTime files. Customers who have been reporting problems linking to or importing .mov files should upgrade to 2018.12.
What’s Fixed: The following issues have been resolved in this release.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2734. You could not perform a perf slip on sub clips that were exported and then imported via AAF.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2741. When loading a sequence from the Interplay Window into the Source Monitor, some master clips appeared offline.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2752. (Mac Only) In some instances, after using the Source Browser, the “Recovered Files” folder with AAF files appeared in the Trash.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2413. Linked .mp4 clips had a 1-frame Timecode difference on audio and video when linked with the Avid Generic Plug-in.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2235. In an Interplay environment, you might have received an AAFProcessor error when linking to GoPro and XAVC-S media using the Avid Generic Plug-in.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2652. The color coding equation for a 2020 color space, might have appeared as 709 in the SMPTE Metadata Register.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2658. In some instances, animating a Circle Blur Effect on an imported still image as XDCAM, created an unexpected result.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2663. When working with Open IO_ NDI, output only played the number frames set in the Desktop Play Delay setting.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2644. In some instances, you might have received an Exception error when exporting a sequence that contains an audio track effect with a long delay such as iZotope RX6 De-clip.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2673. Linking XAVC-S with the Avid Generic plug-in provided incorrect Timecode.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2754. When a locked bin was open in a project, the 3rd party product Baselight might have been unresponsive.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2674. The editing application was sluggish when working in Small Trim Mode.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2742. In some instances, Dynamic Relink settings were not retained in new projects if they were saved as a Site Setting.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2635. In some instances, an auto-save did not occur after adding or removing markers, or deleting clips and sequences.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2395. When applying a SPACE effect, and using a SPACE Impulse Response, render results were inconsistent.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2539. (Avid Artist DNxIV, Avid Artist DNxIP, AJA IO devices) In some instances, the position indicator jumped ahead when pressing play.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2740. Media Creation settings reverted back to previous setting if Drive Filtering settings were changed.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2727. When performing an Insert Edit Export, you could not select another target drive in the Look In menu in the Select Insert Edit Target window.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2697. In some instances, FrameFlex reformat parameter did not stick to AutoSynced clips.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2733. In some instances, fast import of AVC-Long G25 files would hang the editing application.
- Bug Number: MCCET-2602. With attached Avid Artist DNxIV, Avid Artist DNxIP, and AJA IO devices, playback started with a stutter on a Broadcast Monitor.
Media Composer Notes:
- Application Installers: With this release of 2018.12 (as with previous releases starting 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Operating System Update: macOS Mojave (10.14.2) is now supported. 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 v10.12.6, 10.13.6, 10.14.2
* * * macOS 10.12.x is now the minimum operating system supported for Mac on this release.
To learn more about compatible versions visit http://www.alwaysediting.com/avid-mc-versions.html -
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bin lock symbol suddenly disappears...
have a strange problem on one client....have tried to swap computer, but the problem comes back....sick!
after a while of working, this symbol disappers, and the user cant open other users open bins locked....
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Problem with bin in Mcomposer 7.0.3
Hello from France
I'm on project i start again
and when i make a new bin, i can't read inside it clearely ; name creation date and so on and it's the same for rush i put inside new bin
i think it's a kind of bug / someone can perhaps help me
Thanks
odr
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HDMI O/P Drops out via AJA IO4K
Hi
So more AJA Media Composer and AJA woes.
Seeign intermittent loss of signal to an HDMI monitor being fed from AJA IO4k via MC 2018.8. AJA Driver 15.
Basically the tiemline plays fine for a period of time and then the HDMI screen goes black, withna few seconds the signl returns. THe same problem happens on and off at random.
Any ideas
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NewBlueFX Prime - can I use it with MCF?
What is it, and what is it for? Why can't use it with MCF? MCF doesn't see it.
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