Background Bin Save is a disaster
Please do not use it. This feature saves our Bins with 0kb! Also in the Attic-Folder! Already the second workstation has got infacted by that problem. So we deactivated BackgroundBinSave in the...
View ArticleWhite flashes on dip to color transitions
Using Sorensen Squeeze to compress my QT reference from MC. Any format tried results in white flashes at dip transitions. Is there compression software that i can buy that accepts QT reference and...
View ArticleHardware setup is missing from Tool menu after upgraded to 8.6
Hi All, I just upgraded from MC8.5.3 (which was working fine with Matrox MX02 mini card) to MC 8.6. I couldn't find the Hardware setup in Tool menu like the last version. So now I can't seem to connect...
View ArticleTitle+: Text Quality Better?
So everyone here knows how soft and not-awesome both of the old text tools were. My question for those who have used the new tool: Is text now sharp and like the results from After Effects? Or do...
View Articleimporting DNG files
Avid not recognising .DNG files (Black Magic Cinema Camera). MC 2018.11. Is there a known workaround folks? Will I need to make proxy files off system?
View ArticleShould I have NOT bought a RED camera; Mistake?
Using Redcine-X, I opened the R3D file and changed/fixed the ISO.The ISO was at 3200, therefore it looked horribly washed out.But when I corrected the ISO to 100 (within Redcine-X) the R3D file looks...
View ArticleManaging media
I'm wondering if any other Avid users have tried this (and succeeded)...My media data is stored on several large RAID arrays on one or more media servers, accessed overa 2GB network from a single MC...
View ArticleBug? AVCHD import (or AMA link) to 2018.12.1
When I want to import (or AMA link, it doesn´t matter) AVCHD file to version 2018.12.1 imported file in bin has not sound. It seems to be something with AC-3 licence. Clean uninstall and reinstall...
View ArticleDNxHD 90 files linked as Avid DNx Codec rather than DNxHD 90
I have a number of 1080p/59.94 files recorded during one session on a Blackmagic Mini as DNxHD 90. Some link as "DVxHD 90 (HD1080p)" and others as "Avid DNx Codec", both using the QuickTime plug-in....
View ArticleIssues exporting MXFOP1A direct out
To start, my avid is on 2018.9. Since upgrading I've had strange issues with MXFOP1A direct out exports. 1) the file size is 2-3 times bigger than previous Avid versions doing MXFOP1a exports.2) These...
View ArticleProject cleanup - is it necessary/possible in MC?
This might be a question about a problem that doesn't exist, but I'll ask anyway...Back in my Liquid days, a large project that one had been working on for a long time would end up with an unecessarily...
View ArticleAMA H264 Timcode Missmatch Issue
We thought the issue was with H264 but we have now been received more creative Vendor cuts from Premiere, Final Cut, and Resolve stations. No Timecode or relink issues.... The road keeps leading us...
View ArticleStandalone MXF viewer/player
I've spent the day tidying up my storage arrays and I have a few mxf files which I am unable to identify - either by name, date or content. It would be easy if I could simply open and play them - but...
View ArticleMulticam live cut
Often, when I try to live cut to a camera angle while playing a sequence in mcam mode, playback stops as soon as I select a cam angle (with mouse or num key).This is not consistent, and I haven't been...
View ArticleCannot Get Title+ to Work {Can Delete}
If I click on the T+ icon above the timeline nothing happens.If I make a regular title and try to promote it to T+, I get an error that no titles were selected.I feel like I'm missing some secret...
View ArticleTwo Avid Generic Plug-Ins competing to link A7s footage
On a client's Symphonies. They recently updated from 2018.7 to 2018.9. Now it seems there are two Avid Generic Plug-Ins installed - 2.6.0.10041 and 3.3.4.10092. When linking in a card's worth of A7s...
View ArticleDefault location of Avid user settings file(s)?
I'm running MC 8.5.3 on Win7x64. I'm just doing a cleanup and backup after completing a job.I am trying to find the default location for the users file. I have a user setting called "Adrian 001" (which...
View ArticleDealing with polywav audio – please Avid, can we sort this out!
So for years now, we’ve been working with audio that is delivered from sound recordists in either a polywav format or lots of single wavs. Typical track layout will be:Track 1: Mix LTrack 2: Mix RTrack...
View ArticleNew track creation on drag (stop it)
I don't like it when new tracks are created if I drag a clip too high or too low in the timeline. Messes me up more oftan than helps. But I can't find a way to disable this feature. Is there a way?
View ArticleEffects Don't Place Correctly Anymore
On the current version of MC, if I try to place an effect between 2 clips, Fluid Morph, for example, the effect USUALLY doesn't get placed right, but instead gets placed on the entire track to the left...
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