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"No media drives available" when attempting import

November 22, 2016, 12:19 pm
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Hi-

MC 8.6.4, OSX 10.11.6 running on an 8-core trashcan Mac Pro. Media drive is a G-SPEED Studio XL 48TB RAID.

Can't import media, can only link. Trying to import gives the "No media drives available" message and will allow shot logs only.

Dragging to the bin works.

Linking is fine, previously imported media is fine, import settings are correct, drive filtering on or off makes no difference.

I can make the problem go away by quitting MC, unmounting the media drive, launching MC and then mounting the drive. It will then import correctly until the next relaunch. Kind of a pain.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Chyld King

Boston

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Efficiency of large searches

September 22, 2017, 1:32 am
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Hi fellers,

I'm investigating to find the quickest way to search the database for all assets with a particular attribute value.

I'm restricting the search to start with a particular folder and to return the minimal set of attributes, but for a big database it can still take an hour or more to return the results.

I'm considering these ways of speeding things up:

1) Restrict each search to a particular type of asset. So for the complete set of results I'd need to search for clips, then sequences, then effects, etc...

2) Restrict each search to a particular date range. So I'd then search for (say) everything checked in in the last day, then the week before that, then the month before that, then everything since the beginning of time...

3) Do 1) or 2), but asynchronously so the searches all happen at the same time.

Before I go into this in depth, does anyone know if any of these are likely to help, or will it just make things worse?

Geoff.

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Mac Pro 5,1 and Titan XP will it work?

September 22, 2017, 3:26 am
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Hello, we want to buy a custom build MacPro 5,1 with Titan XP from www.create.pro.
Titan XP was not made specifically for mac so they provide custom cables to power it. They say the Titan is not flashed, it is standard.
My question is: will Media Composer work fine in this configuration?

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How do you copy bin columns used in one bin to another bin (or newly created bin)?

August 8, 2010, 8:06 am
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Or should the question be...

How can you duplicate (not linked)/copy a bin's text tab column set/group to a newly created bin?

Is this possible?

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4K video files

November 22, 2016, 6:27 am
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Greetings,

I have Media Composer 6.5 on a PC with Windows 7 Pro on a robust computer.

Needed to use a 4K file from a drone.

Tried an AMA link but was told that needed some additional file.  MC brought me to Avid's website, but do not know which file -of the many offered- I should get.

Thought of using the File>Import command.... it took about 5 hours for the process to complete.  There were no more than 10 clips.  A friend with a very old Apple lap top and Final Cut Pro completed the process in about 30 minutes.

Is the Import command, the best way to handle the 4K files with MC on a Windows 7?  This computer has been fitted to surpass the requirements of MC 8.... it has a lot more than the maximum requirement for MC 8.

Do not understand why it took such a long time to Import... plus is there a specific plug in that I should install to be able to use AMA with those files and avoid all that waiting time in the future?

Thanks for info

Bert

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Strange AMA/Transcoding issue in MC 8.8.5

September 22, 2017, 2:39 am
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Hi guys,  We’ve just updated our office machines to El Capitan 10.11.6 and Avid MC 8.8.5. I’ve stumbled on a very strange issue… We are trying to AMA link and transcode some archive footage which is all H264 in an MP4 wrapper.  Almost all of the footage links and transcodes with no issue but we have a handful of clips that link, but if you try to load them to your source monitor come up with the below error message: Avid Media Composer 8.8.5.46340 Exception: No compressed data format found for specified VCID and video format. If I use our old version of MC (8.5.3 which was running on Yosemite 10.10.5) I can AMA and transcode the problematic files perfectly.  I have made sure our new system has the same AMA plugins but as far as I am aware this should be covered by the Quicktime plugin which comes as standard with MC. After some extensive testing using QT7 to change the format of the files I’ve discovered that MC 8.8.5 seems to have a specific issue linking to MP4s that have a frame size of 320x240.  Everyone one of our problematic files is 320x240 and the only way I’ve managed to get MC to read them by AMA is to change these dimensions. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this??? I have come to a dead end! Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you, Stephan
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How to change the peripheral in Audio Project Settings

September 22, 2017, 8:23 am
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Hi,

In Audio Project Settings > Hardware, the peripheral is my "decklink mini monitor 4K". I'd like to change it to my soundcart. I can't see how. Can someone help me ?

Thanks a lot, Avid community !

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Moving ScriptSync from machine to machine between different owners

September 20, 2017, 8:32 am
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In the past, as long as ScriptSync was deactiviated, it could be moved from machine to machine, regardless of who owned the MC or the ScriptSync license.

I am working with a freelancer and it would be helpful for him to have ScriptSync. If I purchase it, can he use the license on his system - he is at 8.8.1 - and when he is done, deactivate it so I can install it on mine? Or is it tied to the MC licenses of the person that purchased it?

Thanks.

 

 

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Feature Request (or am I missing something).

September 22, 2017, 10:07 am
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Everyone can play a grouped clip in the source window in quad split, right?  You play the clip and watch the (up to) 4 synced clips play simultaneously.     Now, what if I put the video from the grouped clip in V1 of a sequence, then played that SEQUENCE in the source window.  Now I can only see the quad split effect when the sequence is stopped, not while it's playing.  My goal is to basically be able to group my video tracks, but keep my audio tracks seperate and not part of the group, thus the hybrid sequence.

Is there any feature or workaround that I missing that might allow the latter scenario to be viewed in quad split while playing? Is anyone else able to do this with their current system?

Thank you for your thoughts. 

Avid MC 8.6.5

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Export not completing

August 31, 2017, 8:12 am
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Hello,

I ripped a DVD of one of my previous productions that needed re-editing.

Imported the video into Media Composer. The original piece was 53 minutes long

Edited the piece. The edited piece is 36 minutes long

Rendered it.

Tried to export it, but at the end of the process (the progress bar showed as complete,) a message appeared on the screen:

"Exception: ste::exception; what:[CQTExportWorkingThreadBody] Threads::SendThreadMessage: Threadmessage queu full Main Thread ~Deferred DisplayWait"

There are NO other projects in the system and it was cleaned prior to starting this project.

Bert

 

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How to bring in MXF files with a corresponding bin?

September 20, 2017, 1:02 pm
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I was given two folders, one has MXF files and the other has a bin that references those files. 
How do I bring this into my existing Avid project?

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Need to shoot 4K

September 22, 2017, 6:04 pm
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So this is probably a very dumb question,  but here goes. What version of MC is best for shooting and importing 4K video? I have a pretty stout PC, should be able to handle the load, but not sure which version of MC is going to work for me if I switch to shooting 4K. Would version 8.0 be able to handle 4K? Not sure if I want to go through the hassle of upgrading,  but things certainly seem to be moving in that directiion. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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Trouble with MCF due to my AAX Plugins

September 22, 2017, 10:01 pm
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Hi everyone,

I'm new to MC so I've downloaded MC First and want to share my initial experience.  I had lots of trouble lauching the program.  Since I own PTHD 12.8 and have lots of AAX plugins, MCF gave me tons of trouble because of several AAX plugins in my folder which are made by some farily popular developers like Slate Digital, Line6, and Positive Grid. (A more comprehensive list is below)  I couldn't launch MFC without it crashing unless I removed plugins from my plugin folder.  I have close to 500- so it took some time to narrow it down and realize what happened, but I just put all plugins in the Unused folder and launched again.  Not convenient at all for me to have to do that every time I launch a different Avid program, but...  

Anyway- it launches now and I load my video and immediately learn that I can only use 7 avid plugins.  I re-read the website and it says I can use plugins from the Avid Marketplace, but even when BF76, Channel Strip, Smack, Sci-Fi, Sansamp all are in my plugin folder, they don't appear in MFC.  

After spending some time testing, I narrowed the crashes down to a list of plugins that I could keep in my folder without causing MFC to crash.  Below are images of the error messages and a list showing which plugins gave MCF trouble.  I also have a crash report, but it won't let me upload it here.  I'm worried that even if I buy Media Composer that my plugins will continue to cause problems and be annoying to work with.  Any solutions/suggestions are appreciated.  

EDIT:  FYI, you can drag these images to your desktop to view them- this website is cutting them off.

 

DAW-

Win7 64 bit

Intel i7 965 3.2 ghz

12 gigs of RAM

SATA and SSD drives

Lynx AES 16e interface

 

 

 

 

Compatible with MCF:

A1TriggerGate.aaxplugin

AIRChorus.aaxplugin

AIRDistortion.aaxplugin

AIRDynamicDelay.aaxplugin

AIREnhancer.aaxplugin

AIREnsemble.aaxplugin

AIRFilterGate.aaxplugin

AIRFlanger.aaxplugin

AIRFrequencyShifter.aaxplugin

AIRFuzz-Wah.aaxplugin

AIRKillEQ.aaxplugin

AIRLo-Fi.aaxplugin

AIRMulti-Chorus.aaxplugin

AIRMulti-Delay.aaxplugin

AIRNon-LinearReverb.aaxplugin

AIRPhaser.aaxplugin

AIRReverb.aaxplugin

AIRSpringReverb.aaxplugin

AIRStereoWidth.aaxplugin

AIRTalkbox.aaxplugin

AIRVintageFilter.aaxplugin

Antares Audio Technologies

AutoPan.aaxplugin

BarkOfDog.aaxplugin

BC PatchWork AAX.aaxplugin

BC PatchWork Synth AAX.aaxplugin

BF-76.aaxplugin

Boom.aaxplugin

bx_cleansweep V2.aaxplugin

bx_opto Pedal.aaxplugin

bx_solo.aaxplugin

bx_subfilter.aaxplugin

bx_tuner.aaxplugin

chipsounds.aaxplugin

ClickII.aaxplugin

DB-33.aaxplugin

dirlist.txt

Dither.aaxplugin

DownMixer.aaxplugin

DrMS_AAX.aaxplugin

DVerb.aaxplugin

DynamicsIII.aaxplugin

Eleven Lite.aaxplugin

EQIII.aaxplugin

FabFilter Pro-G.aaxplugin

FabFilter Pro-MB.aaxplugin

FabFilter Pro-Q 2.aaxplugin

FabFilter Saturn.aaxplugin

GateyWatey.aaxplugin

Hybrid.aaxplugin

InTune.aaxplugin

Invert-Duplicate.aaxplugin

iZDDLYAAXHook.aaxplugin

iZNeutrinoAAXHook.aaxplugin

iZOzone5AAXHook.aaxplugin

iZRX6DeclickerAAXHook.aaxplugin

iZRX6DeclipperAAXHook.aaxplugin

iZRX6HumRemovalAAXHook.aaxplugin

iZRX6VoiceDenoiserAAXHook.aaxplugin

iZVinylAAXHook.aaxplugin

LoFi.aaxplugin

MasterMeter.aaxplugin

Maxim.aaxplugin

MiniGrand.aaxplugin

ModDelay_III.aaxplugin

Normalize-Gain.aaxplugin

Panipulator.aaxplugin

Pitch Shift Legacy.aaxplugin

PitchII.aaxplugin

Plus10db.aaxplugin

RectiFi.aaxplugin

Reverse-DC Removal.aaxplugin

SansAmp PSA-1.aaxplugin

SciFi.aaxplugin

SignalGenerator.aaxplugin

Soundtoys

Space.aaxplugin

Speaker.aaxplugin

StereoDelta.aaxplugin

Structure.aaxplugin

Time Shift.aaxplugin

TimeAdjuster.aaxplugin

Trim.aaxplugin

Vacuum.aaxplugin

ValhallaFreqEcho.aaxplugin

ValhallaPlate.aaxplugin

ValhallaRoom.aaxplugin

ValhallaSpaceModulator.aaxplugin

ValhallaVintageVerb.aaxplugin

VariFi.aaxplugin

WaveShell-AAX 9.91.aaxplugin

WaveShell2-AAX 9.91.aaxplugin

WidthKnob.aaxplugin

 

XPand!2.aaxplugin

 

Some of these are causing problems- can't haven't completely narrowed it down yet:

Absynth 5.aaxplugin

Battery 4.aaxplugin

BIAS AMP.aaxplugin

BIAS FX.aaxplugin

BIAS Pedal.aaxplugin

BOD.aaxplugin

ChannelStrip.aaxplugin

DC1A2.aaxplugin

DeBleeder.aaxplugin

DeBleeder_Mono.aaxplugin

DeBleeder_Stereo.aaxplugin

DF-CLARIFY.aaxplugin

DF-TRANS.aaxplugin

dirlist.txt

Driver.aaxplugin

DrMS.aaxplugin

elysia niveau filter.aaxplugin

Eventide

Filterjam.aaxplugin

Finality Advanced.aaxplugin

Finality Lite.aaxplugin

FM8.aaxplugin

GainReduction.aaxplugin

Guitar Rig 5.aaxplugin

HoRNetHarmonics.aaxplugin

IVGI.aaxplugin

Joey Sturgis Tones

JSTClip.aaxplugin

KClip - Surround.aaxplugin

KClip.aaxplugin

Komplete Kontrol.aaxplugin

Kontakt 5.aaxplugin

Line 6

Magic AB V2.aaxplugin

Massive.aaxplugin

Megaphone.aaxplugin

MeldaProduction

mixIR2.aaxplugin

MJUC.aaxplugin

Muteomatic.aaxplugin

NUGEN ISL2.aaxplugin

OuterSpace.aaxplugin

PG Digital EQ.aaxplugin

PG FET Compressor.aaxplugin

PG Optical Compressor.aaxplugin

PG Passive EQ.aaxplugin

PG Tube Compressor.aaxplugin

PG Tube EQ.aaxplugin

Pink.aaxplugin

Pixelator.aaxplugin

Play.aaxplugin

Reaktor 6.aaxplugin

Replika.aaxplugin

RIN-M.aaxplugin

SideWidener.aaxplugin

Slate Digital

Slate Digital FG-X.aaxplugin

Solid Bus Comp.aaxplugin

Solid Dynamics.aaxplugin

Solid EQ.aaxplugin

SPL Attacker.aaxplugin

SPL De-Verb.aaxplugin

SPL Free Ranger.aaxplugin

SPL Mo-Verb.aaxplugin

SPL Transient Designer Plus.aaxplugin

SPL Transient Designer.aaxplugin

SSDSampler.aaxplugin

StandardCLIP.aaxplugin

SubDestroyer.aaxplugin

Supercharger.aaxplugin

TH3.aaxplugin

Thermionik Serpent.aaxplugin

Toneforge - Ben Bruce.aaxplugin

Toneforge - Menace.aaxplugin

Transient Master.aaxplugin

Transify.aaxplugin

Trigger_2.aaxplugin

Unfiltered Audio Indent.aaxplugin

VocALignPro.aaxplugin

xcite.aaxplugin

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Interplay media status not updating

March 29, 2017, 1:45 pm
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Hello Dear, all

We are using Interplay  Version 3.1.2 with Avid interplay archive service 1.3.3 and Avid interplay restore service 1.3.3.

I am facing two problems.One is that the status of files for archive and transcode service isn't updating in the Interplay Media services status although the files are transcoding and archiving fine.

The second problem is that some files for archive and restore unable to start and when I cancel it and retry it, it completed successfully.I don't know why I have to push some of these files.I also restarted media service engine and services as well but it doesn't work.

We are using Qualstar RLS-8500 Series library with Flashnet SGL01 v6.4.14 for archive system, it is working fine.I can check the status of the archive file in flashnet , and the file gets archive but when I check it on the media services status, it doesn't update.

Thanks in advance

Imran

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MC|First and Windows 7 - what wrong?

September 14, 2017, 12:27 pm
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Hello,

it was a long story, but as a result MCF was launched on 5-year old laptop with 8 GB RAM and Windows 10 Pro.

It was possible to open projects and bins and simple cutting edit.

But, when I just tried to enlarge the composer window a little, all the colors were distorted and the program crashed every time.

Then I decided to test MC|First on Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate on the same machine.

Everything went as with Win 10, with the difference that it was not possible to open the first project.

1) iLok error: "The software required to validate the license for this product is not running ...

 

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Logging: TRK-metadata and audio channels.

September 23, 2017, 10:26 am
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I'm currently setting up a project. The audio came from a Sound Devices recorder. Each character had their own Lavalier and track. So I would like to edit with this organisation in mind.

There are different amount of channels on different source clips. 

How can I make Avid understand that as an example 'TRK 3' should go to Audio Track 3 in the timline, and 'TRK 7' should go to Audio Track 7? If a clip has 3 audio channels, Avid simply puts the audio to tracks 1 to 3 by default. Ignoring the metadata containg information that these are tracks (TRK) 3,6 & 7.

Any ideas what I should do to get a reasonable workflow?

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XAVC-S AMA linking with new Nablet plug-in

September 20, 2017, 5:23 pm
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I AMA linked a Sony xavcs clip using the new nablet xavcs plugin and MC crashes when I try to play it.  The Sony media is 4K but my project is 1080P. Do I need to convert the media in some way to 1080P prior to AMA linking?  Hopefully there is a setting in Media Composer or the Nablet Plug In to do this but I am not able to figure out how. Any help will be appreciated!

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Help Please How do I rotate clip

September 23, 2017, 7:52 pm
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I have window 10 and I am using MC first. I inputed my clip and published. My first clip is on its side. How do I rotate my clip? It is not portaite, its in landscape clip if this makes sense. Please help. 

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HELP - Audio suite/insert controls not opening

September 21, 2017, 8:53 am
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I am able to open the audio suite; apply plugin and render, I am able to select an insert in the audio mixer.
I can't open the controls for either plugin or insert applied to the clip.  
Can someone help?

System info:

Media Composer 8.9.1

Sympthony option activated

OS NameMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro

Version10.0.15063 Build 15063

Other OS Description Not Available

OS ManufacturerMicrosoft Corporation

System ManufacturerDell Inc.

System ModelPrecision 7720

System Typex64-based PC

System SKU07B1

ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i7-7920HQ CPU @ 3.10GHz, 3101 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/DateDell Inc. 1.6.0, 14/06/2017

SMBIOS Version3.0

Embedded Controller Version255.255

BIOS ModeUEFI

BaseBoard ManufacturerDell Inc.

BaseBoard ModelNot Available

BaseBoard NameBase Board

Platform RoleMobile

Secure Boot StateOn

PCR7 ConfigurationElevation Required to View

Windows DirectoryC:\Windows

System DirectoryC:\Windows\system32

Boot Device\Device\HarddiskVolume1

LocaleUnited Kingdom

Hardware Abstraction LayerVersion = "10.0.15063.502"

Time ZoneGMT Daylight Time

Installed Physical Memory (RAM)32.0 GB

Total Physical Memory31.9 GB

Available Physical Memory16.2 GB

Total Virtual Memory36.6 GB

Available Virtual Memory14.0 GB

Page File Space4.75 GB

Page FileC:\pagefile.sys

Device Encryption SupportElevation Required to View

Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode ExtensionsYes

Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation ExtensionsYes

Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in FirmwareYes

Hyper-V - Data Execution ProtectionYes

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multicam/CMD-i crash ? MC 8.9.1

September 24, 2017, 12:18 pm
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Can anybody reproduce this crash?

follow these steps:

- Run the app, open project.

- open Mcam sequence

- enter Mcam split mode

- select a camera with the mouse

- press space to play

- press CMD-I -> crash 100%

 

MC 8.9.1 osx 10.10.5

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