Slip/Slide//Segment highlight Toggle
Once a segment (or multiple segments) have been either highlighted or lassoed, we need a one-keypress solution, a toggle, that will cycle through all the important modes: Slip, Slide; Segment...
View ArticleMedia Composer 8.6.5 NOW AVAILABLE (21 Nov 2016)
Media Composer v8.6.5 - Launching Today 11/21/16 @ 12:00 Noon ESTWe are pleased to announce the release of Media Composer v8.6.5. Media Composer v8.6.5 will be released today, Monday, November 21st ,...
View Articlelogin to interplay failed: format descriptor
Upgraded MC from 8.4 to 8.6.1 today. The version Matrix says its supported interplay 3.3.0But I get the error login to interplay failed: format descriptorI tried patching access to 3.3.1 no luck....
View ArticleMC8 Diary
The first thing noticed is that MC5 is a new beast. Here are some AVCHD files to try.The first 3 files are mts.Because MC5 is capable of importing AVCHD files.Update: 1) The import is slow but the...
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 ArticleArri Alexa workflow: when to transcode before or after Avid
I'm doing a short film that was shot on the Arri Alexa. Since the film has already been shot I want to be as efficient with my time as possible. Since I want to save time does it make sense to skip...
View ArticleMedia Composer v8.6.5 | NOW AVAILABLE - w/Sierra support
Avid is pleased to announce the release of Media Composer | Software v8.6.5.HOW TO GET:The latest update to Media Composer is available worldwide as of November 21, 2016 from the Avid Download Center...
View ArticleBCC Lite not showing up in the effects pallet
I Installed BCC Lite, and it's not showing up in the effects pallet. It was correctly installed in the AVX2_Plug-ins folder. I'm on MC 8.6.5.
View ArticleSelect CODEC for link in Source Browser / AC3 problems
Not sure at which version it disappeared, but in the (now) Source Browser there used to be a setting (pull down menu I seem to recall) that you could select which installed codec to use when linking to...
View ArticleChanging Avid Language
Hello,today I update Avid to 8.6.5 and...I get this unwanted feature: now Avid is in my native language. I don't want use Avid in Italian! I want my loved english Avid.I find a solution changing my mac...
View ArticleA bug in 3D Particles effects in BCC 10?
I believe there is a bug in BCC 10's 3D particle effects (like Particle Emitter 3D, Organic Strands or Array 3D - it applies to obsolete versions of Particle effects as well).After I apply any of these...
View ArticleAvid Error: DOMAIN_COPYOUT_FAILED / STRM UNEXPECTED...
Hi all,I am desperately trying to open a sequence bin from a project I originally owned, sent to a freelancer who amended the project (on a mac) and then returned the project and media drives to...
View ArticleNew HP studio g3 Laptop 4k screen avid scaling issues.
Hi All, Just purchased a new laptop from HP. all singing all dancing Zbook studio G3 4k 15.6inch dreamcolour screen, 32gb ram, 2TB pcie zdrives, quadro m1000m graphics, Windows 10 pro 64bit and the...
View ArticleImport MXF OP1a to Interplay using AMT SDK
Hi,I want to import MXF OP1a AVCIntra100 to interplay using AMT SDK. I convert the file to Atom files using bmxtranswrap open source tool. I use following command:bmxtranswrap --rt 1.0 -t avid...
View ArticleThe new Codec naming and problems
So Avid is changing the codec naming from the usual DNxHD 36, 120, 185 and 185x (25p) to DNxHD LB, SQ, HQ and HQx. Now, I've been involved with pushing Red Digital Cinema to implement MXF recording on...
View ArticleAvid App Manager annoying prompts
I have a year long plan that expires December 28th and I'm fully aware that I should renew the plan at that time. However, the app manager prompts me every five minutes about renewal which I will not...
View ArticleERROR message - Assertion failed:buffer
Hi everyone.I am very lost here. I have just started editing a school project. This particular edit involves some timewarp and dissolve transitions. So far the piece is only a few minutes long....
View ArticleAssets vanish after moving
This is most strange and any help would be appreciated. One of our customers is using this workflow (with Interplay 2.7.6 and WS 2.7.5):1. Using Interplay Access, user removes the reservation that is...
View ArticleiLok Manager Issues
I have a software only version of Media Composer V. 8.6.3. It has been authenticated and has been working fine since I installed it, using Windows 10. Yesterday, all of a sudden, while loading MC, I...
View ArticleVideo compression not recognized
Updated to MC 8.6.5 today. Sequence that played perfectly last night with 8.6.4 crashes MC today with error message -Video compression not...
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