Can't initiate Source browser
I just went through the prosess of uninstalling 8.6.2 and downloading/installing 8.6.1 through the App Manager after running into all sorts of issues with 8.6.2.Now when I try to open the source...
View ArticleSource browser lockup
This may be a function of using unsupported OS/MC combo but I thought I'd see if anyone else has seen this.Brand new MBP, fully tricked out (2.8GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 1TBSSD) ElCapitan 10.11.6Media Composer...
View ArticleDisk seems corrupted - what now?
Hi,In ten years on this forum I've been dreading having to write this post. The disk my project is on seems to have given up the ghost. It was a 4K project with all media edited natively then mixed...
View ArticleCutting with AMA files on Media Composer
Hello Editors, Thank you for your help.I'm working on a project currently that was set up as linking to AMA files. When editing, the avid slows down when opening bins and closing bins. We are just...
View ArticleMac Book Air and BlackMagic Mini Monitor
I have an old macbook Air 13" 4GB which I'm tryin to use to playback simple sequences for screenings.I am able to run MC 7 on it but I can't get my UltraStudio BlackMagic Mini Monitor (Thunderbol1 1...
View Articlemoving clips with timecode tracks
I like timecode tracks as a visual seperation between audio tracks. But when I'm moving clips in the timeline, I'm having problems to get to the right track. I did a short...
View Articledynamic cast error
I consistently see the following entry in my console report while Avid is runningIt says:ISAVID: dynamic_cast error 1orISAVID:dynamic_cast error 2One of these will appear every couple of minutes.Is...
View ArticleTimeline shift when making an edit
Hi everyone! My editor is having a weird Avid bug. Sometimes when making an edit (lift/extract/ or trim), the whole timeline shifts to the left. It is very disorienting.We are working on MC 7.0.4. Mac...
View Articlehow to clean/clear the metadata cache and ghost project
I have a stranded media file appearing in the Media Tool; there is no longer any corresponding master for it, and it refers to a PNG file; strangely the 'Video' column reports a strange format...
View ArticleOptions for getting Sony X70 footage into MC8.6
I have just been given 1 card of Sony X70 footage and need to get it into a Mac based MC8.6.3. I will try Resolve 12.5 tomorrow but would appreciate any help from someone who is using this camera....
View Articlenon certified budget pc?
Anyone here running Avid smootly on a cheap non certified pc? What model?
View Article"Initializing Media Streams" snag fix
Just found this posted 2 weeks ago by Matthew Mullen on Creative Cow. Works a champ. Thought I'd repost here in the hope it helps some poor *** like me who has suffered with this "snag" for a while...
View ArticleHang on Initializing Media Streams Manager
I’ve had a persistent problem for the last few days with avid MC8 hangs on Initializing Media Streams Manager. I rebuilt all of my databases and followed allot of recommendations to fix the problem. I...
View ArticleAvid Artist Control
Hello,i am sorry if this is a stupid question...Is Avid Artist Control supported for use with Media Composer?Thank you in advanceStavros
View ArticleFloating License Server
I'm interested in migrating to a floating license server as I have over 25 subscriptions to manage. How can I go about estimating the cost? Does anyone have experience doing this and what are any...
View ArticleMy computer got fried - licensing issues
Dear Support,My computer got fried. I've got a new one and now have two issues:- The license has expired earlier this year. Don't know the expiry date thus I don't know which version can I install. (It...
View ArticleUser Profile
Why am I unable to change my user profile?All I get is a spinning circle when I click on the "Edit my Profile" under Options. Sometimkes the circle stops spinning and all I get is a completely blank...
View ArticleWhy Can't Avid (Yet) "Screen" Effects like EVERY Adobe Product (Premiere, AE,...
This is kind of a whiny rant, I realize, but every year I stick with Avid, I grow increasingly-frustrated seeing what the other guys are doing while Avid never innovates... they're always way behind....
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Out of sync after the Avid Background Rendering
Hello.I regularly meetwith this problemat10 framesout of sync on fragments,whicheffects are rendering in thebackgrounds.It does not dependon the Avid version.Sometimes itmanifests itselfin...
View Articleusing cellphone footage
Hi, well I have a some cellphone footage I need to use and some videos that where downloaded from the web. How can I use these videos inside a 1080p project? Of course the footage is in a smaller size...
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