I want to "loop play" from a Mark-In on some clip before and a Mark-Out on some clip after, what's in the Center (Current) monitor.
Can this be done, and if not, why not?
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Play it again, Sam
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Serious problem, Assertion failed
Hi,
Suddenly, after not being able to export a sequence, Avid MC stopped working properly.
After booting the application, when I open a project I get the following error message:
assersion failed: m_valid File:/Builds/workspace/MC/Release_installer_Git/Mac_Build/coresw/VolumeUI/volMenuUtils.c Line: 1089
then I can choose from debugger, continue, exit applictaion or create report, but I can't work. if I choose continue, I'll get this message on everything I try to do.
It happens in all my projects, including a newly creatd one.
I tried the following:
Restart the computer
uninstall and install Avid MC again
Deleting the latest render files, thought maybe they caused the problem.
but the problem persists. Please help! I can't work!
iMac Pro 2017
OSX Mojave 10.14.6
Avid MC 2020.5
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Smoothing pans
Hi,
I have some camerawork that involves a slow pan, but still there is a little jerk in the movement. Is there any way to smooth this in MC?
Thank you,
DC
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Webinar | Teradici & Avid | Remote Workflows for Post | 06.25.2020
Webinar: Teradici and Avid | Remote Workflows for Post.
When: Thursday, June 25
Time: * 13:00pm to 14:00pm BST. * 14:00pm to 15:00pm CEST. * 08:00am to 09:00am ED.
Register: https://tinyurl.com/ybyxm7sr
The webinar covers the Remote Workflows for Post overview in collaboration with Teradici and Avid’s position to respond quickly to changing demands in content production, including recommendations for incorporating an integrated toolset to improve efficiency and productivity.
We will be showcasing some key features of remote post-production workflows and discussing what they need to consider when picking a remote access solution.
Furthermore, Adam Peat, Chief Engineer at The Farm Group (UK), will be joining the discussion to share his experience on implementing remote workflows.
Finally, we will be answering questions and sharing knowledge on some of the deployments you can leverage today!
Avid Presenters:
Ray Thompson, Director of Market Solutions
Danny Hollingsworth, EMEA Northern Region Pre-Sales Manager
Teradici Presenters:
Andrew Waite Brown, EMEA Regional Director
Michael Gross, EMEA Solution Architect
Special Guest:
Adam Peat, Chief Engineer at The Farm Group, UK
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Dock with Media composer no longer functioning
I've had the Protools dock for around 8 months now, and was pretty happy with its functionality in Media Composer.
Recently, the fader bar has stopped working properly. I can select a channel, and lower the levels, but as soon as I let go the fader, it snaps back to the zero position. The Mixer screen on the play app shows the level back up at 0, while the mixer inside Avid shows it at the adjusted level. But as soon as i go to do a further adjustment, the mixer in Avid snaps back to 0 (i would assume because everything else says it is at 0)
This essentially makes the entire mixing system unusable with in the dock...which sucks, as that is why i bought it.
I'm pretty sure we were good until 2020 came out.
Running Windows 10, with updated Avid and Eucon and play app versions.
Glenn
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Circuit diagram Artist MC Color
Does anyone here have a circuit diagram from the artist color v1 or newer?
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Future macOS Roadmap?
Avid folks, is there any roadmap you can share with us that will fill us in on when we can safely upgrade past Mojave to a version of MC without compromises? From what I've read on the boards 2020.5 doesn't seem to cut it for serious work on a broadcast show due to several limitations. If anyone's using it in a high pressure environment with multiple AE's and editors with no issues plz let me know. For instance I don't know of any TV post house in NYC that's updated to the 2019 version, let alone 2020.
Now that Apple is moving on to OS 11 (bye bye X) and their new processor architecture, will Avid be keeping up? I was kind of hoping for some sort of big announcement from Avid today that they just couldn't say until Apple officially announced the transition.
Avid is the only piece of software I use that has made me have to stay a year behind on OS updates and now I'm afraid it will go longer.
Reading the latest updates to the Titler+ thread on here make me worry.
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Sony EX1 footage into Avid
Yes, that old Sony EX1 XDCAM-EX 35MB HD Footage.
I'm editing a documentary that has been filming for the past seven years. The earlier footage was shot on Sony EX1 (1080i50), and I can't import/transcode the footage into Avid MC successfuly.
I have Avid 2020.5 on Mac OSX 10.14.6.
The clips cannot be imported, and no AMA plugin even recognised the footage except MediaReactor. MediaReactor used only one audio track (and doubled it) and completely ignored A2 track, which makes the footage unusable.
Searching the web I found old and not applicable solutions at the current OS I have (i.e. all of sony applications to deal with the matter).
What can I do?
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MC 2018.12.10 - Timelapse imported, black screen
Hi all, I'm working from home, remoting into the office. Both Avids are 2018.12.10. Has anyone seen this issue?
I imported timelapse jpgs on the work computer. Everything was fine. I brought the media to my house on a drive. Everything still fine. The next day on my work computer, the timelapse clips were online but they are black in the Source monitor. All of them. Can't see them but they're not offline; just a black source monitor. At my home they are fine, but at work, no.
I looked for the master clips in Media Tool and they were there but also just a black screen. When I select all the clips and push delete, it says "Delete selected master clips" but there's no option for "Deleting associated media", which is weird.
We upgraded our Nexis, in case this was the issue but it didn't fix it. I ended up just re-importing all the timelapses.
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best way to downconvert 4K to AVC-Intra 100 (so I can edit in HD)
Hi there,
Can anyone recommend the best way for me to downconvert 10TB of 4K footage (yes, it's a lot) to HD, so I can edit it using my old Mac Pro?
I'm thinking I should downconvert to AVC-Intra 100 because that's what I've been using in Media Composer, it seems to me.
I'm hoping there's a software solution that isn't too expensive.
Regards, Malcolm
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AMT V3 questions
Hi All,
We are using the new AMT v3 SDK to create DNxHD files, and we found some isses and have some questions:
- - Seems to be the new Avid SDK writes a different PictureCompression UL in the CDCI for DNxHD than the older SDK. Is it possible to write the same?
- - We cannot write film metadata with the new SDK. Is this true? I was able to do this in the v2 SDK.
- - Is it possible to add other metadata, like Scene, Take info into the rendered MXF files?
Thanks,
Gyula
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Bulk Edit improvements
Bulk Edit is a great new feature I'm really happy with, but I think it could need a few improvments to make it more useful.
The one thing I'm missing the most is the option to modify current values.
Two examples:
- remove the last 3 digits of the current name
- search and replace strings in the current name (e.g "Copy.01")
I hope this is something Avid is working on to make this great new feature more powerful and save us editors a lot of tedious work!
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Bulk Edit
I really like that we now have Bulk Edit, but can it please also get a 'Replace' function? Even just to get rid of ".Copy.01" and 'Sync.01'.
Thx!
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Apples move away from Intel CPUs to ARM
So in 2 years Apple computers will be running ARM CPUs not intel.
That will require a seperate code base for Media composer as well as the Intel code base.
The rossetta translation or any sort of emulation just won't cut it for a piece of software that has to work directly with the hardware.
Also as Thunderbolt is Intel based its looking like Apple TB will be dropped for USB4.
So whats the future of Mac in editing with MC?
Answers on a post card (or just reply here)
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FEATURE REQUEST: SELECTIVELY HIDE LOCATORS
I do a fair amount of game shows and reality shows. Would love to keep locators from old notes passes in my sequence without having them always visible. Two features regarding locators would be great. A column in the markers window that can be sorted by "Date Added." And the ability to right click and hide a selection of markers so the dissapear/reappear on the timeline.
I have obviousl workarounds for this, but I think that feature would be great. It would allow me to quickly answer questions like "Is that audience shot there because of a note from the network?"
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FEATURE REQUEST: IDENTIFY LINE CUT EDITS AND ADD EDIT
I work on a fair amount of stage shows. In the early stages of cutting we often keep in the Line Cut but then have to remove it before handing over to online. Would love a feature that could automatically place add edits where the line cut switches camera. That way the editor can quickly convert sections on the line cut to isos.
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Do I need a (Avid Artist) I/O?
I am currently building my first editing suite at home.
At the moment I am having 2x normal monitors for timeline and bins and an EIZO CG279x as colour accurate preview monitor.
For sound I got two Genelec monitors set up.
I know that a professional post house is most likely to use a video interface like the Avid Artist I/O to connect the computer monitors and other devices using SDI cables etc. However my budget got its limits.
I would be very thankful if someone who has experience with I/Os could answer a few of my questions:
1. Do I need 2 interfaces. One video interface like the Avid Artist I/O and another audio interface like the prism lyra to connect everything or is there good interfaces for both at once, which is a better option / better deal for the money?
2. Which interface would be a good pick to connect 3 monitors to it and does it improve integration of my video monitors with software like Avid Media Composer and Davinci Resolve?
3. What benefits do I get from having the Avid Artist I/O if my computer already has good specs for editing. (Is something of the processing done by the interface (like these Afterburner cards Apple is selling in the new Mac Pros now)
4. Do video interfaces like the Avid Artist have a long life time?
I think I read something in another forum where it sounded like they will break every 2 years which got me worried because I would not want to invest a lot of money in it if it is something that breaks every 2 years and is therefor only suited for post houses that have the budget to change them that often.
Thanks a lot for taking the time to read this. :)
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Find Bin improvement
I normally use the “Find Bin” button to get into the bin of the scene which I’m editing, it’s a quick shortcut that avoids me always to scroll into the project. I think I’m not the only one to use this workaround, and it’s common for editors when you have many bins and folders in your project to open when you work on a scene (sfx, music, sync clips, etc).
In these new redisigned releases, 2019.6 and 2020.4, I was expecting that the “Find Bin” command would make it to appear into the bin container instead of opening it outside. In such a way, the idea of gathering all bins into one container fails, and you eventually finish to have a monitor filled with bins at the end of a working day.
Can this be corrected, so that the "find bin" opens the Bin INTO the bin container and not outside?
thx
Alessio
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force AMA cache update for linked file
hi Marianna,
I discussed this separately with Dennis, but here is our question in more detail:
We need a method to force update the AMA cache for linked files so that changes to the essence are reflected in MC timeline, but cannot find any such method in the SDK.
At the moment, if eg my_file.mxf (op1a) is linked and in the timeline and I make an essence insert to it, the audio and video shown in the timeline is still the original cached data.
Even re-linking the file does not fix this as it seems AMA views the metadata only and does not recognize a data change unless the UUID is changed, at which point it treats the asset as new and extracts new cached info. Obviously changing the UUIDs at every update is not viable.
Obviously this issue was resolved for Avid's own insert function for XAVC etc, so any help appreciated.
thanks
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MEDIA COMPOSER 2020.6 AVAILABLE NOW - 23 JUNE 2020
Great news, Today, June 23, 2020 @ 12:00 noon ET, Avid has launched a June update to Media Composer v2020.6.
Location at Launch: The Media Composer v2020.6 (Mac and PC) is available in MyAvid Master accounts, Avid Link, and on the Download Center.
ReadMe: The ReadMe has been uploaded to the Media Composer 2020 Documentation page .
How to Obtain Media Composer 2020.6 Updates:
- The latest update to Media Composer 2020.6 is available as of June 23.
- Customers who have already installed the latest version of Media Composer 2020.5 will be notified of the availability of the upgrade via Avid Link. They may download and install the update from Avid Link or from a browser-based MyAvid Master Account when desired.
- New customers who purchase Media Composer from today onward will receive the 2020.6 update in their Avid Master Account.
Reminder: This release of Media Composer 2020.6 requires an active Update & Support plan. Please ensure your customers’ plans and licenses are both up-to-date before installing this update.
What’s fixed in 2020.6: The following have been fixed in this release.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3290. You might have received “FatalAbort VDM Scheduling failed” and “MultiFrameCombiner” errors when trimming.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3474. Marking an IN and OUT and then dragging an effect to the Timeline sometimes caused multiple additional add edits.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3237. (Windows) FrameFlex scaling might have appeared blurry on some images.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3589. (Media Composer Video Satellite) If the Timeline crossed midnight (00:00:00;00) playback would not start if the playhead was beyond halfway between 00:00:00;00 and the end of the sequence.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3479. When working with Edit While Capture subclips, the cursor and position indicator did not follow smoothly when scrubbing with the mouse.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3331. In some instances, linked MOV files failed when performing a background transcode.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3596. Adding Key Code to a Subclip did not work properly.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3635. AAF exports were much slower than in previous releases.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3597. You might have lost renders when working between two systems and using the Sapphire Plugin.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3577. In some instances, changes in the Timeline and audio were not correct after performing a batch re-import or relink of the audio.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3542. You might have received a “No such track” error after performing a mixdown for a sequence with a Timecode Burn-in effect.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3614. (macOS) (List Tool) When choosing to save an EDL “To several files” the save destination was not remembered.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3443 . When working with Paint Effect, video on a lower track appears when you first drag the paint object.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3481. If you zoomed in on a Paint Effect object in a sequence and then scrubbed the Timeline and moved the object, the image displayed was incorrect.
- Bug Number: MCCET-3472. You might have received a “Fails Playout QC Process due to repeating idr_pic_ids” error when exporting 4K / UHD XAVC Class 300 media
- Bug Number: MCDEV-12926. (macOS) If you have upgraded to macOS 10.15.4, there is a known issue with local attached RAID storage. The system will hang when running Media Composer or copying large files. This does not happen with earlier versions of the OS. You can read details about this issue in this blog.
- Bug Number: MCDEV-12988. (macOS) The AMA Drastic plug-in is not supported with Media Composer v2020.4
- Bug Number: MCDEV-12964. For a faster performance of export audio/video sequences to .mov in 2020.4, please render the sequence prior to export, or disable the GPU fx (in the Render Settings - Current menu)
- Bug Number: MCDEV-12735. Maestro graphics do not appear correctly in the Timeline if your system uses the Radeon video card.
- Bug Number: DEFI-1808. (Media Composer | Distributed Processing) Two clips or sequences will always be created when performing a consolidate or transcode with Media Composer | Distributed Processing.
- Bug Number: MCDEV-11481. Promoting a title from the Title Tool application to Avid Titler+ cannot be performed if it includes a motion adapter.
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