Endlessly repeating never ending export QT H264
Very strange. Yesterday, out of the blue, I began having trouble exporting QT H264. Specifically, the export indicator will come up, the bar will move from left to right, and when it gets to the end...
View ArticleMC project incompatibility warning
I work in a MC 7.0.6 ISIS environment but I sometimes use my MBP (rinning MC8.5.1) to process some additional material. So last week I started a new 1080/50i project in the laptop and injested some...
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Green screen techniques / "digital camera"
Hi,I am about to start on the Lynda.com "Avid Compositing Techniques" series, which includes in-depth green screen stuff. Having watched their "Green Screen Techniques" series already there is a...
View ArticleExternal Hard Drive Selection for Avid Media Composser
Hello Guys, It might be that this is the Wrong Forum to ask this Question but I think this will be the best Forum for me to get the Information about What i am looking for. I have a user with MAC Book...
View ArticleVirtual Memory 18GB or 50GB
What should the virtual memory on isis 5000 and 5500 be set to by default? We have a few that are set to 18 GB and it seems like most of them come standard set to 50GB.
View ArticleMbox Mini suddenly not recognized
I use an Mbox Mini as audio interface with Media Composer (8.4.5) on a 2014 fully loaded Macbook Pro. Today my computer suddenly stopped recognizing the Mbox at all, doesn't show up in System...
View ArticleEXPORT failures
I have an urgent need to get my completed film to a client and Ive tried to export twice now and it gets nearly to the end and then it says "parameter failure" - I am afraid the exact words I could not...
View ArticleAux1 IN & OUT custom bin headings?
Hi All,Hope you're well. I am working in a project where there is Aux timecode on each clip, indicated in the metadata as "Aux1". I am trying to figure out a way to create a custom bin column which...
View ArticleSaving some colour grading settings
Hi,If, say, my workflow is that I narrate-cut first, then later wish to colour grade, assuming consistency of shots, can I cc one clip, save the settings/data (in a bin), and drag-and-drop this onto...
View ArticleException: DISK_FILE_ALREADY_EXISTS
Hey. I'm new to the forum and was hoping someone could help me with this error.Every time I save my project I get a pop up saying: Exception: DISK_FILE_ALREADY_EXISTS, filename:Site Settings.avs Once I...
View ArticleAMPI SESSION CONNECT OUTPUT ERROR
We've recently updated to MC 8.5. Things have been much smoother in this version, such as trimming (much less sticky now). However, I been getting a re-occuring message when laying footage from a...
View Articlewill bluetooth headphones work with MC7?
Hi there,I usually work with speakers, connected via an Onyx Blackjack USB audio interface. They work well, but sometimes there's extraneous noise around (mostly my hard drives, but other things as...
View Article90 day expiration email alert for my plan that expires in 7 months?
Please move this post if I am not posting in the most relevant forum. My avid account shows my MC support plan is active until Oct 25, 2016. A few minutes ago I received an email from noreply@avid.com...
View ArticleWhat version with this dongle and El Capitan?
Hi!I haven't used my Avid in a while. I have this dongle and have updated my computer to El Capitan. MC 5.5 doesn't work with El Capitan and MC 8 doesn't work with this dongle. Is there an AVID version...
View ArticlePerpetual Subscription Renewal Question-Marianna?
Hi Mariannna.It's that time of the year, again. I am being innundated with reminders that my perpetual license is about to expire. I've been to MY SUBSCRIPTION page, but, it does not show that Auto...
View ArticleAssertion failed:buffer
I have edited a short film in my avidmedia composer 8.4.4. Whenever I m trying to play a sequence I m getting this message . What do I do? Assertion...
View Article8.3 and Sony Catalyst Prepare
I got 8.3 installed and I got a demo copy of catalyst Prepare. I shot footage with a Sony FDR AX100 4k camera and loaded it into Catalyst Prepare. I used one of the DNxHD transcode presets in Catalyst...
View ArticleCannot access AMA plug in OR cannot create the AMA sample mapper to play this...
Hi all I'm editing a transcoded footage from 4k Sony to Apple pro res 422, frame rate 23,976, linking with AMA. Sometimes a big part of my timeline result offline and i have to relink to AMA files...
View ArticleMake Fast Movie not checked, but still goes through the motions...
AVID 8.4.4, option is not checked, but exporting movie, it starts to make fast movie...(on one system, it is preventing me from exporting PR 422) all systems are Mac 10.10.5/MC 8.4.4. I'm testing on a...
View ArticleNitris DX + Media composer often can't see each other
Hi,I have one Z800 work station out of our suites running MC 5 with a Nitris DX. We often get reports from the editors that when they start the workstation and run Media Composer that at the...
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