Still need Quicktime?
Installing the latest version of Media Composer on my windows machine. Do I still need to install Quicktime before installing Media Composer or have they updated it so that would not be...
View Articlemoving media files to one drive
Hey I am trying to clean up my drives. I have multiple drives that have avid media file folder on them from different projects. Correct me if I am wrong but all I have to do is cut and paste the files...
View ArticleSequence to master- or subclip
A quick sanity check:I have multiple clips from a camera, with free running timecode. For multicam editing with shots from other cameras, I need to concatenate these clips into one master or subclip...
View ArticleSony XAVC-S Footage
Hello All,I just recently purchased the Sony RX100V as my introduction to 4K video. Apparently there is a problem ingesting XAVC-S video into Media Composer. What's the best way to do this without...
View ArticleWorkflow help for best method of cloning hard drives
HELP Been trawling the forums looking for this, probably missed it somewhere but just wanted to know. I am using two systems a desktop and a mobile workstation both PC. I am wanting to clone my desktop...
View ArticleHow to come back to English?!
Hi Everybody.I'm an italian user of Avid Media Composer on Windows 10. With the last upgrade (versione 8.7) the software has all the functions written in italian.Because of some bad translation and...
View ArticleMedia Composer 8.6.5 + 8.7 XDCAM Export Problem
We have got Problems when exporting Clips on XDCAM. Somitimes it works, somtimes not.AVID knows the XDCAM drive, but won´t export. AVID says, it doesn´t see the XDCAM Drive"Please connct XDCAM device...
View Articlednxhr 444 cannot be recognized in avid
i export aaf from davinci resolve as dnxhr 444. the original files are arriraw 2.8k. but when i onpend avid, the media sanner told me all the 444 fils need to be quarantined. i tried this process with...
View ArticleKeyboard mapping
Hi I'm using Adrenaline and there is a Picture in Picture effect that I use a lot. Is there a way of mapping this effect to a key? It would make my editing easier and quicker!
View ArticleSync Issues on Export
I am using MC 8.7I am exporting using QT to a .mov file and then using Sorenson Squeeze to create .mp4Both files play fine on my computerBUT on upload to Vimeo the audio is around a second out of...
View ArticleSuccesful home built workstation
It's been years since I have posted anything here, but I am grateful for all the information that I have received down through the years. I know there is always a lot of talk about what works and what...
View ArticleMC freezes at "Reading Settings"
MC has freezes at "Reading Admin Settings" when I try to open a project. I noticed this happens if I have opened a different program (Photoshop, SoundForge, even Word) before using MC. I have to...
View ArticleUncompressed Quicktime Gamma/Color shift
Hi all,I'm trying to deliever a feature to quiver digital who accepts prores422 quicktimes or uncompressed quicktimes. Of course they don't accept DNxHD/HR and I'm not on a mac, so.... My project is 4k...
View ArticleWhich GeForce driver w/ MC 8.7?
Which driver are you guys using? I'm moving my system over to a new computer, working out a few gremlins (glitches after rendering)...wonder if it's the driver. I tried the newest 3 drivers and then...
View ArticleMedia Composer 8.7 Render Error/Bug one frame
Hi,we have bugs after rendering clips with color corretion on it. Result aft render is for one frame the color effect does not work, rest of the clip works fine.We got this bug with XDCAM and GoPro...
View Articlemedia offline
So I had to do a batch import on some footage that was offline. All the clips came in except two. Well they show in the bin but still showing offline in the timeline. In the bin the footage is scaled...
View ArticleAvid Confusing Correct nVidia Driver for MC8.7
Avid gives confusing instructions (to me at least) regarding installation of correct nVidia video card driver for MC8.7. Here is history of my situation. Avid licensing/installation support helpfully...
View ArticleC300 MarkII 10bit MPEG 50 Mbps wont consolidate
We have shot 1080p23.976 on the C300 Mark II at 50Mbps (Mpeg2) Canon XF codec at 10 bit.On MC 8.6.2 (and also the older 8.5.3) - Used the latest AMA plugin and the AMA plugin a version back - both...
View ArticleXAVC from Sony FS5 won't link
Hello - I can't get Sony FS5 footage to link. I'm on Symphony 6.5 and I've instlled PDZK-MA2_v2.4 AMA plug-in (which is supposed to be compatible with Symphony 6.5) and the Avid says its a unsupported...
View ArticleQuicktime vulnerability
Today I was looking for Quicktime's latest version to install, and I found this warning:http://blog.trendmicro.com/urgent-call-action-uninstall-quicktime-windows-today/Should we just ignore it?Avid...
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