In order to play a six camera multi-cam window I bought a new iMac upgrading my old 2014 to a 2020 3.8 8-core i7 running Media Composer 2020.10.
The playback was just as bad in the new machine, very choppy, dropped frames as it was in the old iMac. The footage is DNX 175x. The original project was created in Media composer 2018.8
Any thoughts of what is going wrong? I tried upping the media cache, but no improvements.
Im running a multi-cam setup using Canon 70d and Canon 90d, I also have 2 external audio devices. one audio device have a BNC timecode port.
Instead of going straight into Avid I must use a program like Tentacle Sync (which I use for LTC audio sink into the camera's audio input) the program will embedd the timecode into the video files. It basically converts the audio SMTPE code into digital time code. It will also sync both video and audio clips together. Then you can import or sync those clips into MC and make multi-groups or auto-sync those video and audio together.... however, there is an option to sync using Tape / Audio Time Code in Media Composer but its greyed out... I understand that Im not use hardware with MC but why is the Audio Time code option greyed out? Why cant Avid work like Tentacle or Devinci Resolve and even Final Cut Pro and read the LTC directly from the audio track of the video?
is the only way to have MC work with LTC is to use hardware?
Hello there, I have a HD 1080p project and I would like to have a 1:1 format video at the end.
I'll have to crop some of my clips, so I would like to know
How to export to 1:1 format?
How to create a 1:1 mask so I can control what will be seen in the final image?
Thanks a lot,
Need advice on a workflow. A feature film edit is half done, producers are not happy with the edit so now we need to pick up the project and finish it. Its a Premier Pro project, we use Avid. Any thought on how to move / convert the project?
Hi AVID,
After a few months away from Sibelius, I came back to the software to find that once again, it has kicked me out and decided that I need to activate it yet again. Except that Avid Link decided that somehow my license is unavailble - and despite that I last used it on this same computer some months ago just fine. After a reboot, Avid Link again decided to go into that dreaded "initializing" loop and wouldn't start properly.
This is not the first time this happened. Last time I didn't touch Sibelius for a few months, it failed to start in exactly the same way. Sorry that I'm complaining, but why does a software that I've paid subscription for and simply not touch for some months consistently NOT start?
To add insult to injury, there is no simple way to reset the license (which is ridiculous in itself as google tells me that this is a very common problem). You have to go through support tickets and wait for your case to be resolved somehow, just to use the software which you've paid for, and I still can't make sure it will work, because Avid Link is stuck, a problem that persisted for years.
Please make the software you sell work. Thank you.
Hi,
So I've been running a 3 screen setup for several years (3rd being a TV for fullscreen playbacks) now I upgraded to a wide 21:9 screen to replace my two 27" monitors. Only to find that Avid will not let me choose the screen I use anymore.
Is there anyway to allocate the program to just use the single larger monitor and reserve the tv for fullscreen playbacks, I gotta be honest I was pretty bumed on discovering this, hoping there's a fix somewhere, or this was a costly experiment to upgrade my setup and find it doesn't work, and seems like something that should be fixed as I know several colleagues planning simmilar upgrades to a single wide monitor and 2nd for fullscreen output.
Would greatly appreicate any insight or guidance for a problem I've encountered as it's a bit of a head scratcher.
Running Avid Media Composer 2019.12.0 on my Mac (OS X 10.14.6) and everything is good, apart from the fact that for some reason recently the ProRes format dissapeared as an export option from QuickTime Movie export. I've no idea why.
Anyone had any experience with this before, or know of a solution? At the moment I'm having to export a DNXHD file out of Avid and then encode a ProRes from that in another application which is not ideal.
One word of caution in case it's the first solution suggested - right now I cannot upgrade to a newer version of Avid Media Composer as when I tried that a few months back it caused me all kinds of problems on my system. I had to roll back to the version I'm using. The strange thing is, after I rolled back everything was fine for a long time - it's only recently that ProRes exports have dissapeared.
In the event that this issue is hard to fix - does anyone have any clever workarounds? Is there another way of outputting a ProRes file from Avid without going through the QuickTime Movie Export window? Maybe some form of interchange with a compression tool outside of Avid that would let me send my sequences and make a ProRes file that way?
Adam
Update:
Once I disabled GPU effects (under render settings) the issue no longer occurs.
Hello all.
I am having an issue that I can't figure out for the life of me
When i apply a effect using Frame flex I get a green screen in my composer window and client monitor. AMC will crash on occasion as well.
The only workaround I have found was to disconnect my BM ultrastudio monitor.
I can't figure out what I am doing wrong and any assistance will be much appreciated
Thanks
The button "tab" should higlight the clip in the bin to rename and so it does but when I open the next clip in the source with the key combination " down arrow + enter" and then when I come back to the clip with the "find in bin" shortcut it doesn't work anymore.
MC 2020.10
MacBook Pro 13 MacOS Catalina 10.15.7
Hello,
I'm trying to run a trial version of Avid Media Composer Ultimate 20.10.0 but the application gives me the following message on startup:
'BoB is unavailable'
The only option I am given is the quit the program. I am not using a break out box, just the computer's hardware and I am running an M1 Macbook Pro with Big Sur - is this my problem?
I am aware that the program is unsupported on M1 Big Sur, but I have seen a few people claiming to be able to use it - I was hoping to be able to do the same as my iMac has gone into terminal decline mid-contract.
Thanks in advance for any help.
grumpy_bastard
I currently have MC "Perpetual" (crossgrade from Symphony) with support plan & annual renewal which is about to expire.
Do I understand correctly that, if I don't [timely] renew, I will:
be able to use the current version of MC, forever w/o restrictions
not be able to upgrade to more recent versions
not get any Avid support
be able to get informal peer support through the forums
Now if I want to renew, I wonder why simply renewing what I have will cost me abt 428€ while if I opt for MC Ultimate upgrade (1 year), I pay only abt. 344 € - what's the trick ?
Sorry if this is a faq, but I'm a bit confused...
Hello, I recently moved my computer to a different location and since then Avid crashes each time I try to open a project. I can't even create a new project and open it. I deinstalled and reinstalled a new version of AVid (I was on 2018.5 and I have now 2018.7 as I stopped paying the support plan) and it is still the same issue. Also the project I was working on at the moment has been emptied for some reason. Only the Search data folder is still in the project folder. Can anyone help ? I have a deadline on 31st October to post this video and can't use Avid at all... It's a disaster. Many thanks, Alice
Hi
Using V2019.7.
Fisrt time using on my new Dell Laptop XPS . Opened new title and I all I get is a white blank. I've been trying to find new user settings but no luck. So many windows are hidden and the functionality is very daunting. So differnet on my desktop.
Hello
I installed avid 2020.10.
While trying to captured from dv port connected by firewire - I get an error massage
pmm_mismatch_unknown_attr
Over and over again - and I can't captured
I uninstalled and install avid 2020.6 - and it worked just fine
I installed avid 2020.9 - and it also worked
I installed 2020.10 - and the same error appeared and again - I can't capture
What is the problem and what can I do or what can be done?
Eyal Cb
eyalcb@gmail.com
I need to import media shot with a Panasonic AG-CX10. The files are .MOV, 4K HEVC at 50fps. Media Composer 2020.10 will not allow me to link to them through the source browser, offering Import only. When imported the audio is fine but the video gives the green screen typical of unrecognized codec issues.
After Effects does recognize the files and will render them out in DNxHR format that I can then link to in Avid, but it will take too long - I have 73 files I need to get into Avid!
Any ideas how I can get these into Media Composer quicker? I'm sure there must be an easier way...
Using Media Composer 2020.10 Win10
I am running HP z840s with Decklink card.
But the Media Composer 2020 won't let me work with the Mbox 3 (USB) or Windows Mixer to get audio in IF I use the decklink to see my video -and have the voice-over artist see the video.
This used to work in older versions, but not anymore.
Also we run PCs so cannot use the new Avid boxes that need Thunderbolt-3 - and the Thunderbolt card for the HP z840 don't work.
There must be editors out there that do Voice over -and see the video.
I have an old Avid "OMFI MediaFiles" folder with thousands of .omf and .aif files, which I would like to move to Resolve for CC. There has been no editing, so I just want to have all clips in Resolve.
The files are DV files, which Avid split into separate video .omf and audio .aif files.
The first problem was that Resolve cannot read .omf files. That can easily be fixed by rewrapping the .omf into .mov or .mxf.
But the main problem is that Resolve doesn't know which .aif files belong to which video.
Avid does know, and can show me with "Reaveal File...". But that just opens a GUI window for one specific clip.
Is there some way to export a list of clips and their corresponding media files? I could then use that list to automatically rewrap both video and audio into single .mov clips.
I could also put all the clips on timelines, and export these timelines as .aaf, which I can import into Resolve. But the .aaf will reference .omf files which Resolve cannot read. So this is useless unless there is a way to hack the .aaf to reference a .mov copy instead of the .omf.
If I have .mxf files for all .omf video files, can I somehow relink in Avid so that the clips use the .mxf instead of the .omf? Then the AAF route would work.
Thanks for any ideas...
I got charged twice for my subscription. Could someone help me through the labyrinth of crap and let me know of a number I can call or an email address? I've been looking for a long time.
I would be eternally grateful. Thanks.
Hi - I have Avid MC 8 on a PC computer. When I have tried to get some tech support, and also install the BCCC plugin I just discovered on one of my drives, I get asked about serial number. My software is a legal copy that was installed from CDs purchhased in a box set. That box got lost in my recent ove of 2 years ago. Is there somewhere in the software when I can find my system ID and software seial number? Note: it is NOT included in the screen that comes up when you start the program. It also doesnt show in the console box that I called up from the tools menu that someone suggested. Please advise of any ideas you may have.
Thanks
Jack
I've stumbled across a bug in 2018.12.6 that i believe is also in later versions but i need to test it.
I was using NDI playback and found that if I use the SHIFT key to scrub, I crash. I believe this was also happening with the CAPS LOCK bug kicks in, same issue. So any scrubbing eventually kills Avid currently playing NDI.
Has anyone else experienced this? I'm going to update to 2018.12.13 but I believe I was getting the same issue on another machine.
I've tested this on 4 machines at our office.
EDIT: I wanted to include that we have DNXIOs that are plugged into all machines. These are 2013 Mac Pros running Mojave.