I'm in a situation where I have to edit on a 4k laptop.  In avid, the text is beyond miniscule and some of the windows overlap each other in a way that makes them illegible.  Is there a solution for this?  (editing with 8.8.5 but I think I'm licensed to upgrade to current)

Thanks.

I try to install the lastest Avid Codecs LE package on Windows 10, but altrough the installer runs in full, it don't seems to install anything (the "program files" folder is empty), and if it do, it don't work. I have installed the equivalent package on a Mac and it works fine. On Windows I don't have Quicktime installed.

I am experiencing slow export times when  using  custom export to QT Avid DNX ( or other ) codec.

I have to use a custom export as I have some Long GOP material so I cant use same as source or QT ref

The odd thing is that mixdowns and Op1a exports are much faster.

A 1 min sequence for example:

DNX export = 50 sec

Op1a export = 20 sec

Video mixdown = 8 sec!

Also the CPU / disk usage is very low on QT export so I assume it is just poor coding.

Does anyone have a faster way of getting a sequnce out of MC with Long GOP material?  I could mixdown the whole sequence video AND audio and export but its not a good workflow for revisions etc.

Hi

exploring AMT log file I found these warning messages:

2017-10-30T14:33:27,252UTC [INFO] [GH] [] {P:3116 - T:4196 } [..\..\AA\AAFMediaStorage.cpp:1370] Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avid Technology\GenericHelper\MXF\MaxBufferCount not defined. Using default value.
2017-10-30T14:33:27,253UTC [INFO] [GH] [] {P:3116 - T:4196 } [..\..\AA\AAFMediaStorage.cpp:1426] Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avid Technology\GenericHelper\MXF\AudioBufferSize not defined. Using default value.
2017-10-30T14:33:27,253UTC [INFO] [GH] [] {P:3116 - T:4196 } [..\..\AA\AAFMediaStorage.cpp:1441] Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avid Technology\GenericHelper\MXF\MaxAudioBufferCount not defined. Using default value.

What are the default values for these registry variables ? This allow me to avoid these messages from log.

Regards

Media Composer v8.9.3 is being released today, October 30th, 2017.  

Location at Launch:  Media Composer v8.9.3 will be available from My Avid account, Application Manager, and the Avid Download Center (login and password required), Monday, October 30th, 2017 @12:00 PM EDT.  

Installer:  There is a Media Composer v8.9.3 Mac and v8.9.3 Win Installer. 

What’s New in v8.9.3: The following has been changed in this release.

• Effects Parameters Update - With this release, the following effect parameters have been updated to include a decimal for better precision.
• Move Clips Up and Down in the Timeline - Two new commands allow you to easily move clips up and down the Timeline.
• Color Info Tool Setting - A new setting has been added to the Effect Editor that allows you to disable the Color Info Tool from automatically launching when you access a color picker.
• Dynamic Shuttle - With this release, you can use the Dynamic Play Forward and Dynamic Play Reverse buttons to adjust play speeds at smaller increments than with the usual J and L keys.
• Audio Pitch Correction - This release includes an Audio Pitch Correction option. Go to the Audio Settings in the Project window.
• Color Correction Presets - A number of color correction presets have been added to the effects library.
• Adjusting FrameFlex Parameters - With this release, using the Shift key while adjusting the X, Y, Size, and Z Rotation framing parameters, allows for a more controlled adjustment.
• Tool Palette Update - This release includes changes to accessing the Tool Palette.
• Motion Adapters and Source Settings Support for Matte Key Effects - In previous releases, Motion Adapter effects were not applied to clips with Matte Key effects. With
• this release, Matte Key’s support Motion Adapters. Adapters are applied to both the graphic fill and alpha sub tracks.
• Relinking Across Frame Rates - With this release, you can relink across different frame rates. A new option has been added to the Relink dialog box that allows you to relink to clips across different frame rates

What’s Fixed in v8.9.3:

• Bug Number: MCCET-2091. You might have received an “EXCEPTION: CM_NO_SOURCE” error when adding filler to the start of an audio track containing an Audio
• Track Effect.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2093. (Mac) You could not open a bin by accessing the Finder and double clicking a bin from the Avid Projects folder.
• Bug Number: IPI-1784. The length of spanned P2 clips were different when you checked the clips into Avid Interplay.
• Bug Number: MCCET-1953. You could not always smoothly drag The Tool Palette Fast Menu to open the Tool Palette. There is a new Tool Palette button that properly opens the Tool Palette. See “Tool Palette Update” in the Media Composer v8.9.3 “What’s New”.
• Bug Number: MCCET-1912. You might have experienced a delay when opening the project window if an Avid Nitris DX was connected.
• Bug Number: MCCET-1869. In some instances, while in Script View or Frame View, the thumbnails might not display clearly. This is because the application prioritizes displaying the thumbnails faster rather than having the best resolution for the thumbnails. A new option, “Faster thumbnails” has been added to the Bin menu. For bins with a lot of thumbnails, it is best to leave this option enabled. If you prefer better resolution for the thumbnails displayed in a bin, deselect Faster thumbnails from the Bin menu. This option only applies to the currently selected Bin.
• Bug Number: MCCET-1966. (Avid DNxIO) If the Source/Record monitor was minimized, the client monitor might not have updated properly.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2070. In some instances Media Composer would hang when applying a Timewarp effect.
• Bug Number: MCCET-1735. (Avid Nitris DX) If you had a master clip with a D-track loaded in the Source monitor, and you had a sequence without a D-track, the client monitor would flash black if you switched from the Source monitor to the Record monitor.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2004. The “Allow 16 channel output” setting in the Audio Project Settings was not sticking.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2047. If you copied a 3D Matte key from one clip and applied it to another, the 3D Matte key did not apply properly.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2020. You could not successfully import XDCAM media if “Enable legacy XDCAM import” and “Enable legacy P2 import” were selected in the Link Settings menu.
• Bug Number: EPIC-1856. When your locale was set to German, Spanish, or Italian, a number of Media Composer dialog boxes displayed cut off text. Avid has made improvements when displaying these languages so the text is displayed properly. Also, a number of dialogs now include tool tips in the appropriate language. Avid will continue to make improvements with subsequent releases.

Known Limitations:

• Bug Number: MCDEV-8421. It is not recommended to use Avid Media Composer v8.9.3 with Media Indexer v3.8.1.
• Bug Number: DAMAN-1927. (Mac) In some instances, the Canon AMA plug-in causes the editing application to crash. Remove the plug-in if the system continues to crash.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-8397. In some instances, when loading media into the Source or Record monitors, you might have received an “STD Exception” error.   Workaround: The current workaround for this issue is to disabled the Dual Copy Engine option in the Video Display Settings

Documentation:  The What’s New Guide and ReadMe for Media Composer v8.9.3 will be posted to the Media Composer 8.x Documentation page on the Knowledge Base at launch.

How Customers will obtain the Media Composer v8.9.3:   

1.  Customers who have already installed the latest version of Media Composer will be notified of the availability of the v8.9.3 upgrade via the AppMan. The Apps tab will also provide a link to download and install the update when desired.

2.  New customers who purchase Media Composer on or after October 30th, 2017 will receive this v8.9.3 update in their Avid Master Account.

3.  Customers on current valid Upgrade & Support plans can download the Media Composer v8.9.3 and either update from their Avid Master Account  or the Avid Download Center (login and password required.) after launch.

4.  Customers NOT on a current Upgrade & Support contract that wish to upgrade to Media Composer v8.9.3 must purchase a new Subscription or Perpetual License.  

Having a nightmare with effects. As one example, I have two title graphics that I've collapsed into one layer. And I want to apply an effect to that collapsed group. But not the background. Just that one collapsed layer.  This is sometimes a color correction, a stabilization, or just a transition.  But Avid always applies these effects to everything underneath. All layers.

This is off-the-charts counter-intuitive, and is literally not helpful to ANY editor on the planet.  If I wanted to apply an effect to every layer, I would have made an adjustment layer.  I have been fighting this blunder for 20 years now. And I still don't know a good way around this mess.  The software, over my editing career, has gone through at least one, and probably several complete overhauls, and yet this abomination of poor design has been in every version of the software.

Here's my hope - can Avid please make this horrible, horrible blunder go away some time in the future?  If you apply an effect to a layer, we ALL expect it will only apply to that one layer. Literally everyone. Except maybe the one guy that programmed this mistake 20 years ago.

Alternatively, if anyone has a good workaround (note that stepping in does not work for many effects, like a few mentioned above), then please let me know...  

I'm having to do SOOOOO much of my editing in Adobe these days it's quite ridiculous.

Working with motion graphics in After Effects and normally export out QuickTime RGB+Alpha, DNxHR/DNxHD and import into Avid as a Alpha Channel Invert on import white = opaque.

Lately on 8.9.2 the QT imports are breaking up, so I switch over to AVI export from AE which are just as clean and work fine when importing.  Still curious as to why QT is giving me trouble?

Running MC 8.9.2 (although I had the same issue when I just tried 8.6.3)..

All of a sudden, I cannot play back clips in the source monitor or in the timeline.

When trying to play back clips in the source monitor (AMA-linked H.264 or transcoded DNxHD 175 when testing this issue), the video and audio will stutter. I can skip ahead but, at random points, the playhead will jump back to the atart of the clip.

When trying to play back in the timeline, video and audio play okay but, again, the playhead will jump back to the start of the sequence randomly. At this point, it automatically enters trim mode.

I have tried various setups with keyboards/mice/etc. and it always exhibits the same behavior.

The issue has rendered the whole application completely unusable.

Could a graphics card update be causing this odd behavior? (Update: Rolling back drivers didn't solve the problem.)

EDIT: Trashing preferences/creating new user didn't solve the issue either.

Any insight into a possible cause would be much appreciated.

Jeff

In case anyone ever tries to install the patch

Installing the 8.2.13 patch on top of the 8.2.0 setup results in an error during hardware initialization. Reproduced on 3 systems including an unsupported Win10 Install. An intermediate step, for example 8.2.10, 11 or 12 is required to install this latest patch.

Hello,

Does Media Composer have a feature where it can scan a .wav audio file and find it's largest audio peak?

Thanks,

Hi,

I remember that years ago I always changed this setting in the QuickTime preferences:

> QuickTime preferences  >Advanced Tab  >under Video

ENABLE: Safe Mode (GDI only)

DISABLE: DirectX

Do you still do this nowadays?

TIA

Hi all,

I have problems whit this...

"Avid Media Composer 8.8.5"

"Exception: Legend Audio Communications error, Hardware Underrun, reason:kLUKAerr_Underrrun

We have Isis, with interplay and Composer 8.8.5

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I exported a sample XDCAM mxf file, compressed to YouTube MP4:

https://youtu.be/1qxEzirPCiw (around 00:59:50:09 in the burned in timecode)

Apparently I have an XDCAM timeline with countdown (media is XDCAM HD 422 1080i).

As soon as I place a fade in, there is this "bump" in the video the second the fade completes.

Don't know what's causing this.

I exported an XDCAM file from Avid.

Any thoughts? Tried different XDCAM media not just countdown, actual footage, etc. still same problem.

BUT if I export a AMA MXF file in Avid DNxHD codec, i do NOT see the issue.

Here's my timeline:

thanks :(

I think I understand the Consolidate/Restore process, but I'd like to ask you smart folks before I delete my project.

I've consolidated my project onto an external USB drive, and backed up my "Avid Projects" folder onto the same drive.

So, to restore, I should only need to:

1). Copy my project back from my USB drive into my "Avid Projects" on my C: drive.

2). Copy the Media back from my USB drive into my media drives in the "Avidmediafiles\mxf\1" folder. The media database will update with the newly restored media when I restart MC.

Right?

Also, I notice a "Creating" folder in both places - can I just copy over that?

Hi all,

I've got some footage with LTC recorded on to one of the audio channels and MC is having trouble reading it.  It's there on the clip and it's recorded at a good level.  I've tried subclipping out the first few frames so I know there's timecode at the point in the clip I'm trying to read but Avid just doesn't want to know.  

I generally use this system a lot and mostly it works well but it's just having trouble with this batch for some reason.

I've given up on using Avid so does anyone have any suggestions for other software that can read audio timecode?  All I really need to know is what the start TC of the clips are so something super basic that could just report the tc would be great.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

Cheers,

Andi

Since upgrading to 8.9.1, I have noticed a conflict with Boris RED 5.5. When I apply the effect to a clip in my timeline, I get an error:

Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library "This application requsted the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way."

This error is a hard crash that kicks me out of the software.

The project is 1080p2997 at DNx100

I have opened a case with Avid.

The Boris application still works. I will contact Boris RED support, as well.

Does anyone else have this problem?

MC will crash. If I relaunch and try again, then it seems to work.

We are on Windows 10. Dell Precision 7810. 32GB RAM

Today I rediscovered this more than five year old solution from Buchel:

"If you have problems with slightly blurred titles in an HD project and you are shure you have set all settings correct (media creation and timeline quality) I have a solution for you.

Open the Console and Type: "HDTitleFilter"

This toggles the title "anti-alias-downscale" filter to off and your new created titles get crisp. You already have washy titles? Just recreate them. This is also for imported graphics with alpha. (Matte Keys)"

See the complete thread here.

I did a quick test and was surprised: This is still valid in 2017 with MC version 8.9.3

Is there any reasonable explanation why this filter is ON by default?

My Avid subscription renewed a couple of Days ago, and my MC was running fine. As of Wednesday morning I haven't been able to Activate it. I keep getting an 'Activation Failed: 101 Activation Failed. 20076: Inactive...' issue come up everytime. I spoke with chat and they forwarded it on, but I can't wait up to 5 days for a reply on it.

I've already lost a Day on a time sensitive project. So it's costing my $$$ now.

Any Help???

G

My workflow invlolves adding markers with a keyboard shortcut and quickly typing comments in the pop up dialog.

In MC 8.9.3, the comments field is not automatically selected after creating the marker, so I have to either manually select it with the mouse or toggle through multitle marker dialog elements before reaching the comments box.

Is this a bug or a deliberate change in functionality? It is slowing me down considerably.