All,
I have a user who can't use the Marquee title tool on one of our Avids. It keeps giving him the error message: "Can't read .tmp file" and then goes away. I can't seem to find anything in the knowledge base, do any of you have a clue as to where I would start to solve this? Other uses can get into Marquee just fine. It's only him.
Thanks in advance.
George
Good day! After installing MC 2019.6 found folder with name "UME " next to the folder "MXF" in Avid MediaFiles folder. Does anybody knows what for this folder?
Almost 15 years using Media Composer and staunch defender here. I decided to give up my old habits and learn something new by switching over to the new UI overhaul. At the same time I decided to stop using Title Tool and Marquee and give Avid Titler+ a try for the past few projects in the hopes that there would finally be a fully-featured titler that didn't require stepping into another window every time I had to change a single character.
That dream did not last long. I have run into several limitations and outright bugs that never get resolved.
* The most serious one is the extreme slowdown of the timeline after adding 10 or so of these Titler+ titles. Every time I hit play or scrub to a new position, I would have to wait 5-10 seconds before the timeline would be responsive again. This happens even when I'm not even viewing the title. I spent today going back and recreating each title in Marquee and the timeline has returned to its usual snappy performance. (Side note: I checked CPU utilization and it seemed to be maxing out one single core of my 20 cores - is Avid not optimised for multi-core performance, or perhaps it's just the Titler+ that is unoptimised?)
* Sometimes I would change something about the title and during playback the title would disappear, fade in/out or drift across the screen from its old position to its new one, despite having no keyframes. Even after rendering the title or other effect on tracks above it, the glitch would still appear. It would only be resolved by clicking on the title in effect mode and escaping out of it again.
* Animation is extremely limited when compared to title/matte keys (where you can update them to 3D effects, allowing defocus, rotation, etc.). Animating each layer is a nightmare. The rotation slider is a pain (0-360 as opposed to +/- from 0). Anchor points seem to not want to stay in the middle.
I created this topic to see if others were having similar issues. I know it's a new feature and bugs are to be expected, but to be this unusable after almost two years... This is definitely not the 'robust Avid' that I talk about to other editors.
We continue to have problems with our system and font interfaces changing. This is small but important to days spent editing with crazy fonts that change randomly. We know how to set them it's just getting them to stay that way. Avid support requested we dump all but standard fonts. That's not a solution. Their interface software should stick!!!
Any better work arounds??
I m not sure but do I have to update my dongel with Avid Link / or directly from my account, before update MC 2019.12 to 2020.5 ????
Hi,
when I try to activate my licence (7.3) I have this "101 Activation Failed".
How my I correct it?
Thanks
Alain
Anyone seeing " Range specified for Dup is outside range of component" error message caused by Continnum BCC transitions when exporting?
I've also been trying to figure out the new Export settings and getting weird error messages. Trying to figure out the fastest way to export to Sorensen without QT Ref. Anyone find anything good?
Thanks.
Hi, I'm using MC with a Single Monitor that is HDMI-connected to an Unsupported GTX-1070 video card. I have noticed that playing back an MXF directly from VLC has "better contrast" than the same playing on Source or Composer Monitor. I also notice that QuickTime Player has the same less-contrast look as my Source & Composer monitors.
Does MC provide a way to tweak the look of just those MC Monitors without changing the video card's look globally? Does the driver handle tweaks on a per-app basis?
Will anyone using that video 1070 or similar GTX card let me know which driver version you are using? I'm on v2018.12.11. Thanks for any suggestions.
Hey all,
I'm having issues with BRAW files.
When in a sequence either scrolling through or in trim mode, the program will freeze and eventually I will have to force quit.
This happens literally through out the edit. In the end I was able to transcode the clips and it works.
But when linking from a drive I get the issues.
hi,I want to download my special offers and must to key in "my code",what's my code ?how to get it?
For some reason I am unable to drag the bin column separators to adjust the width of each column in Text View like before.
I am able to change the column order by dragging the headers left and right, but I can't adjust the individual widths. Hovering my cursor on the separators does nothing, nor does clicking on them.
A quick search of the Help file hasn't yielded any clues.
Gurus?
Just updated from 2019.11 to 2020.5 all editing workstations/laptops. So far I came across one annoyance and one MAJOR bug.
The annoyance is more of a ergonomic/design flaw - when using new "MOV" export (to take advantage of Prores encoding, btw. thanks for that!) there is no way how to define the raster. I expected the export to be the same as the current raster of the project, but it is not the case. I was working in DCI 2K Scope and the exported MOV was HD (inproperly scaled, subtitles with wrong aspect, etc.). The only way to fix this is to choose "Quicktime export" tab, set the raster there, then switch to "MOV" tab and proceed with export. This is confusing and unfortunate workaround. It would be great to have the raster selection directly in the "MOV" export tab.
But far worse is the bug with the FrameFlex - when linking MOV files with different raster the scaling algorithm is complete garbage... Linked DCI 2k Scope MOV to HD1080 project and the file looks awfull. I was not able to find ANY solution, since there is no quality settings. The picture looks as if nearest neighbor (or something similar) is used. While experimenting I realised that as soon as I put any effect on top of the ugly FrameFlex-ed clip, the result is nice looking picture. Strange. But as soon as I render the effect (or export the sequence) the picture gets distorted again. In this state the FrameFlex is UNUSABLE completely, at least for linking MOV files with different raster (which is primarily what the FrameFlex is for). This issue was not present in 2019.11, since I re-used the old project which worked perfectly fine in 2019.11, with nice scaling/resize quality, but look terrible in 2020.5. This needs to be fixed, since this is not a "cosmetic bug" but a major flaw unfortunately.
Hello
I tried to find an answer on the forums but could not find a definitive yes/no -
Can you put motion effects on a imported clip (in my instance a mov file) that has an alpha track on it (matte effect).
If so then what is wrong with my clip and how does one do this?
I tried the promote the matte to 3D before adding it - but alt drag and drop does not work / nor does segment mode select clip and double click on click.
When stepping into it I can add the timewarp to the underlying track but not to the matte track. This makes them play at different speeds and it looks well - not so good!
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
I'm using the Audio Punch-In tool and it seems to be working well. However, yesterday, when I used the 'V' key to play the audio recorded in the timeline, it would delete it after playing it. Today, I'm doing exactly the same thing again, except for a machine reboot, and this time I get the following message every time I try playing the recorded audio (also, the audio isn't deleted this time):
19.12.1.53716
* Exception: UNDO_NOTHING_LEFT
Exception:
@ Tue Jun 9 14:58:23 2020
The above is from the console but the message appears in a message box. I'm using MC 2019.12.1 on W7 Pro. Any ideas as to what's happening here? The recording key 'B' works fine.
The hardware used for capture: AT875R -> MixPre (Tape Out) -> Matrox Mini (Left channel input)
Thanks!
Attempting to UME link animation with alpha mattes that are number png sequences. Works great and fast.
Unfortunately footage always comes in as 24 FPS source even in my 29.97 project. Changing source settings to playback at 29.97 seems to do nothing to solve the 2-3 pulldown frame repetition.
I'd like to be able to set the source frame rate during the link but cannot seem to be able to. Help?
UME link PNG animation sequence (with alpha) seems to work okay (other than having the incorrect FPS.)
But if the linked media is deleted at the file system level, say before a clip is deleted, MC seems to hang forever. Requires closing the app ungracefully to regain control.
Hi, on my Dell G3 35590 notebook (I know its not certified machine) Media composer crashes whenever entering full screen playback mode.
I have been using MC 2019.12 for months with no problem but now it start to behave like this (I asume it is after last windows update but I cant tell for sure).
I tried to update to MC 2020.5 but it doesnt help.
Probably something with graphic card driver or setting maybe?
I have Vertical Sync turned to always ON.
The PC is: i7-9750 (six core at 2.6Ghz), 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (6GB) (driver version 431.40).
Thanks for any help.
Hi,
I'm using Media Composer 2019.9
I want to use a font which installed in my PC and work well With Avid Title Tool but
is not listed in SubCap fonts.
How can I fix that and make all my fonts avalble in SubCap as well?
Thanks
Yair
Hi
Prior to MC 2020 I would transcode / import / render and edit in DNXHD 120 - I see that the default is AVC Intra 100.
There are a lot of other options as well.
While DNXHD served me well - I havent had any issues related to AVC INtra either.
But my output formats are not rigidly defined so maybe I am not best positioned to evaluate this.
Being consistent across an entire project I imagine is preferable but is there an optimal format as well that is recommended ?
Any comments here?
I am trending towards DNXhd SQ but would be interested in other experiences
Thanks
Neil
Hi, If I am in an HD Rec 709 Project and I Legacy Import a JPG believed to be Full Range, the Bin Column for Color Space shows "Rec.709 [video levels]" whether I had used Import Settings>Image>Color Levels> Do not Modify, treat as legal range -OR- Scale from full range to legal range. When I look at the Color Transformation Bin Column for those two legacy imports, there is no data (it's blank).
When I Link to the same .jpg, the Color Space column reads "Rec.709 [full range] and the Color Transformation column reads:
"Levels scaling (full range to video levels)"
Question: Is there a bin heading, tool, feature or trick to verify the original color space of a Legacy-imported file?
And when I do have access to a file, then Link to it, does that Color Transformation column data indicate the file's original Color Space?
In the example above, would Color Transformation data be different if the jpg file or any file was already Rec.709 [video level]? I do see that .mxf graphic files I had Legacy-imported are showing: "[video kevels]" only. No "Rec.709" preceding it.
Re Name column. I also noticed that if I change the name of a Link Masterclip in my bin, even if I delete that masterclip and remove it from any Sequence, the next time I link to the same file, it shows up in Bin with the last changed Name I used. Is there a way to have Source Browser deliver that file like it did initially, using the file name.jpg ? Am I required to refresh a database to do it and if so, how is that done on demand?
Thanks for any input.