HDV ?
HiWill Avid fix the HDV bug in near future ?I just renewed my license but it may be a waste of money since i´m on HDV ( Sony HVR VE-1 )Can anyone confirm that Avid is paying attention on this bug and...
View Articlecannot create the AMA sample mapper to play this clip
Hi, I just upgraded my Media Composer to 8.4.1. When I launch one of my projects (the only one with subcaps) an error shows up saying: Exception: cannot create the AMA sample mapper to play this clip....
View ArticleI need help importing .MTS files
First of all these files will play on my laptop (which is a Macbook) via QuickTime but I cannot get them to play on the desktop Macs at my school (these Macs are the ones with Avid installed, so I need...
View ArticleSimulate ISIS/EVOs MXF Structure.
Hello all, I fear there may not be a solution to this problem... but I shall ask anyway. We have a two workstations writing to the same JBOD partition that we would like to be writing to seperate MXF...
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Bad aliasing when transcoding 4K 50p to DNxHD120 50i
As per my post on the MAC forum where a user seems to have bumped into this problem (post copied below):The project is a 1080 50i PAL project that, to date, has vision from our P2 cameras in it. Enter...
View Article8.5 and AFIFO_TAKE_UNDERRUN
Thanks, Kevin, that's helped both on beach balls, and unexpected quits. At least I can save my work. Sometimes, a relaunch isn't enough and I have to power the Mac down. Here's a problem I've had with...
View ArticleMedia Composer v8.5.2 -- NOW AVAILABLE!
Avid is pleased to announce the release of Media Composer | Software v8.5.2.HOW TO GET:The latest update to Media Composer is available worldwide as of April 7, 2016 from the Avid Download Center or...
View ArticleRevisiting 15 year old project
I'm going into a 15 year old project that I last opened on a Meridien Avid MC, I don't even remember what version it was. I'm using MC 5.0.4 on a Mac Pro. After doing a little research, I made a new...
View ArticleMedia Composer 8.5 without waveform analysis
Hey you,I've tried out everything until now, but it won't work. For a Filmuniversity project I have to sync my ProRes and WAV Files, but people on set did not do any claps or have clockits. I don't use...
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Avid 8.5 Mac taking forever to export files (Actually stops and cannot quit)
HELLO. I installed 8.5 (and El Capitan) yesterday. I have been working on a project and have not gotten any errors while I have been working. I am now trying to export and I am unable to do it. The...
View ArticleDeal breaker: no PhraseFind or ScriptSync in v8.0??
Yikes. Just saw this in the 8.0 Read Me:Both PhraseFind and ScriptSync are dependent on underlying technology from a partner company that provides phonetic indexing and searching. Unfortunately, we are...
View ArticleAvid 8, Exception: error!. . ..how do I resolve this issue?
I get this error every now and then, and starting about half hour ago. . It's been happening more frequently. The error is; Exception: DIDReader:: XraisedUnexpectedStreamStatus async timeout error....
View Articleversions and upgrades
To MC 8.4.4 and OSX 10.9.5- a combo I've seen recommended in another thread. Always well behind the times, but good time to upgrade after sign-off on a tangled job
View Articletext in dialog boxes not fitting properly in media composer 8
Hi,I'm having text in various dialog boxes being cut off; eg in the opening project window and others. The list opening window is also cut off at the bottom when I scroll not diplaying all the...
View ArticleCPU specs for new Media Composer fleet
Hi All,We are looking at replacing our ageing HP Z800 fleet running Media Composer.Since we are very happy with the Z series, we will likely opt to purchase Z840 as the replacement.My question is,...
View ArticleAvid FX 6.4 crashes MC 8.5.1
Today I realised that Avid FX doesn't work with MC 8.5.1 any more. I have a small title animation which has do be changed from time to time for a customer. This worked fine with MC 8.5. Now I updated...
View ArticlePromote Avid Title to Titler Pro 2 not working
Has anyone here had any luck promoting an Avid title to the new Titler Pro? It doesn't work for me and I've gotten no resolution from New BlueFX.
View ArticleArtist Color panel settings
I've been using an Artist Color panel a couple of years with Symphony but I've always found the responsiveness a little weird – sensitivity too low and acceleration to high.Now I’ve noticed that there...
View ArticleAvid ISIS 5000 and Mac OS X 10.10
Here in our office, we have Avid ISIS 5000 and we want to update all of the computers in the office that have Avid Media Composer to OS X 10.10 because we want wait until the bugs are worked out with...
View ArticleIssue transcoding Sony PXW-FS7 clips
Hi,First time posting here!I’m having some issues transcoding footage via AMA from the new sony PXW-FS7 in avid. (I have the latest plug-in by the way - PDZK-MA2_v3.40)Nearly every card I transcode has...
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