I have noticed the problem lately while finishing an old project, using MC 18.12.10: background transcode would not start, but report an error.
I dismissed that assuming it was some kind of corruption carried forward in that 4-years old project and went ahead finishing the project before installing 20.10 from scratch (almost: a few projects and some other folders were not deleted before installing 20.10)
But now in 20.10, I realize that not only is it still impossible to launch background transcode, but also the "Avid Editor Db Engine" service fails to start (no error logged) while MC seems to be fully functional, except for background jobs.
I have absolutely no clue why this (probably essential) service fails to run (when manually started in Windows Service Manager, I get "The Avid Editor Db Engine service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs").
Could this be an A/V or Firewall issue ? I use the Win10 built-in protection tools.
Or some corrupt file/folder/registry entry ? Sotware conflict ???
I tried reinstall/repair...no change.
On my other (lighter) PC, MC First 20.10 runs just fine, including the "Avid Editor Db Engine"....
Searching the Internet for "Avid Editor Db Engine" doesn't return many things.....
I'm clueless......