Hi everyone !

I don't know if it's a new feature appeared with 2020 or 2021 version of Media Composer and I'm having a hard time finding information about it. I didn't realize that you know have a blue and blue with a green dot option in the Timeline's video quality menu, what do they stand for?  

Sorry for being a bad student who didn't follow up and thank you in advance for your answers !

(EDIT: I'm currently running 2021.6 and oddly enough the "What's this?" I get with a right-click on that button doesn't do anything. Another bug I noticed is I can't drag and drop footage from the left "clip" window of the composer to the timeline, but I guess that's for the 2021.6 thread 😁) 

Hi,

I really need some help. I am in the middle of a shoot and also editing on the fly. I had to deactivate my home system account to use on my laptop. Through team viewer I deactivated on my home system which worked but now I cannot retreive that licesne to re-activate on my laptop. The option is greyed out in Avid Link and if I try to enter manually it says I've exceeded the limit with that license. I went into the web portal and there are no options and I have run out of options to troubleshoot. Please help! It says it is still active on the portal and in link but I can no longer use it on the computer it was licensed to and I cannot use it on a new system.

Hi guys, strange things happened today. I was editing a music sequence so I deselected A13 sync lock (where I had my music track). After some inserts, trims etc. I see my timeline and, surprise, all the audio was out of sync. I disabled the sync lock ONLY on A13, the all others audio and video tracks had sync lock. Someone has an idea of what could have happened?

I reported this problem on a different thread, but it was MC 2019.11. Essentially, whether I create a rolling title, or try to modify an existing one, the Title Tool will not save the rolling title. I have created new user settings, tried it in different projects, manually reinstalled MC, etc. I can reproduce the problem in any project, including new projects with new user settings. I can also recreate the problem in MC 2019.11 and 2019.9. If I roll back to MC 2019.6, the problem is not there and Title Tool operates normally. It is just a simple text rolling credit. Here are the steps that I went through:

1.Create a rolling title.

2.1 page worth of lines – Saves as normal

3.More than 2 pages worth of lines in the rolling title, it does not save. Screen blinks, Media Composer icon from dock jumps up, Title Tool Edit window comes back. It does not close.

4.Using Save As allows you to “save” the title by going through the screen that allows you to name it and tell it where to go, but it does not save it there, and it does not save it to the bin. However, the title tool edit window sometimes closes. Other times, it doesn't. Whether it closes or not, it doesn't save.

5.If I use a rolling title created from 2019.6 (where everything works as normal), I can access it on the timeline in effects mode, select “edit title,” which brings up the title tool window, and I can edit it. Here is where it gets really weird. 

6.I have the same problem trying to save it. It does not save, and the title tool edit window just pops back up. I can do this multiple times with the same result. Using Save As sometimes does the same thing, and sometimes goes into the “save as” screen, allowing me to tell it what to call it and where to save it. When I select save, again it does not save it to the bin, it does not update it in the timeline, and it doesn’t show up anywhere. The original title is still represented on the timeline with not title saved to the bin. 

7.If I go back into effect mode and select “edit title,” it brings me to the title tool edit screen, but shows me the modified title. Obviously, it saved it somewhere, but it is not accessible and it does not show up in the bin or on the timeline. Only the original rolling title is there.

8.If I close Avid, then restart my system and go back into the project, the original title is still represented on the timeline and the new edited title does not show up in the bin, even with the set bin display set to display titles and effects. However, I can go into effect mode on the same rolling title and it shows the revised version in the edit title mode, but again I can’t get it to save either onto the timeline or into the bin.

9.Rolled back to 2019.11, new user settings, same problem.

10.Rolled back to 2019.9, new user settings, same problem.

11.Rolled back to 2019.6, new user settings, works as normal. Accessing the same test title roll that wouldn’t save, the timeline showed the original title, but effect mode/edit title showed the revised version created in 2019.12. However, a simple save updated the timeline, as normal, with the revised title and it was saved to the bin, as normal. The revised title now shows up on the timeline. Everything with the title tool is normal in 2019.6, but 2019.12, 2019.11 and 2019.9 all have this same bug.

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)

Mac OS 10.14.6

MC 2019.12.0

32GB RAM

When I create a credit roll, whether I am creating a new one or modifying an existing working one, title tool will not save. It goes through the dialogue, asking what I want to call it and where I want it to save, but it doesn't actually save it, and it doesn't close the title tool window. The only way to get the window to close is to select either "Don't Save" or to close the Title Tool Application itself and select "Don't Save." Things I have tried:

1. Restarting MC, both with a full system restart and without a system restart.

2. Creating a new user setting.

3. Creating a new project.

4. Creating a new credit roll (it will work with a few lines of text, but not if I add enough lines to not fit on one page).

5. Using an existing "working" credit roll and modifying a single character. It still won't save.

6. Tried using simply "Save" and "Save As," as well as trying to close the window to bring up the save dialogue.

Titler+ doesn't work because it is very buggy and does not let me correctly offset the rolling title, change the leading, and other problems, but that would be for a different thread. 

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)

Mac OS 10.14.6

MC 2019.11.0

32GB RAM

I'm doing some Nexis and Big Sur testing on a couple of Mac systems in anticipaton of IT hoping to upgrade all of our labs to Big Sur over the summer break.  I am running Nexis client 21.3.1.25 and have upgraded our System Director and appliance to match. These are all Intel based systems.

On a Macbook Pro running Big Sur 11.4 Nexis Client Manager does not seem to work. The client never sees the system.

On a separate Macbook Pro running Big Sur 11.1 it works fine. When upgrading that one to 11.4, it stopped working. As above, the client does not see the system.

On an iMac Pro it does not work under any version of Big Sur.  The client does not see the system, under 11, 11.1, or 11.4. Avid Support said that the ethernet adapter built into the iMac Pro does not work with Nexis and suggested trying alternate third party ethernet adapters to get it to work, but was unable to recommend a specific one that worked.  I've tried 4 different adapters including ones from Apple, Belkin, and OWC and have found none of them changed anything. Has anyone found one that works?

I'm curious if anyone else has had better experiences with this. Perhaps I need to spend more time troubleshooting. I've done several basic troubleshooting steps - reinstalliing the client and making sure it's not being blocked in Security & Privacy settings. 

Thanks in advance for any feedback. 

Don

A client shot on Sony F55 in XAVC 4k.  They chose to offline using the XDCam Proxy's which are generated at the time of shooting.

They used Frame Flex to reframe the material on certain shots.

Now that the cut is locked, we need to relink to the 4k XAVC master clips. Here is where the problem starts.  The issue is that the Proxy files have an additional bit of text at the end of their Source Name = "S03" as well as being in a different folder.

We have tried many different methods to make this relink and nothing has suceeded so far.

Has anybody succeeded in such a workflow?  If so, could you share?

Thanks,

Jef

Hi

Does anyone know, how to import a 3d model into Avid MC and work with it?

I guess some kind of plugin can do the trick, but not sure.

/Peter

Hi

I can´t find the "Close all bins" in file menu anymore in MC 2021.5.0.

Is there a new way to close my mess of bins floating around in one push?

hello

I keep reading that dnxhd 80 (or 85 or 100 - depending on the frame rate) is sub-sampled at 1440x1080

Where/how can I see that in the Avid?  Is it still the case or is it now full raster size?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Avid_DNxHD_resolutions#cite_ref-subsample1440_3-2

I don't ask for a date I'd just like to know if something is going to happen in that way. 3 months ago they told me "Rosetta first half of 2021" but 2021.6 came out and no Rosetta support. I don't want to start any argument. I'm just looking for answers.

PS: Please don't share the BigSur support document because it is update to MC 2020.12, so you know...

Hello

Does anyone know which disk brand AVID use for NEXIS E4 6TB hard drive?

Is there an equivilant brand?

thank U all.

I had been on MC2019.12 prior to updating to 2019.14.4 and had no issues with AMA mounting not automatically loading. With the update, I can't seem to turn off the AMA from loading. I just put in a full XDcam disc, started to import the material. and the Auto AMA mount kicked in and stopped the import other than the first clip. Starting over again as I need the material actually on my media drive. Is there a way to turn that automatic load function off?

Cheers

Looks like I'm singlehandly keeping the Off Topic thread alive, lately.

I've never used an Elgato Stream Deck. My question is would it be possible to assign the buttons to solo or mute audio tracks. There's no command pallete item to assign it, so I wonder if it's possible. Anyone using one of these and could test that function.

After updating to MC 2021.6 on macOS 11.4 (Big Sur) clicking into Effects mode produces a blank Effects Editor window.  If I restore the default workspace, I am able to edit the effect.  Click out of it, though, and the issue returns.

You know that button to view a specific track on the timeline (and everything below).  Is there a shortcut to move that thing up and down tracks without the mouse?   thx

If I could select up to 64 tracks, and create subclips from timeline it would save me a lot of time.

I edit big music videos.  Pop music has repeating chorus'.  Somtimes 6 times per song.

If they shot 20  full takes, thats 120 chorus's that i usually put in a multicam group.

I do it manually, but this feature would save me a lot of time.  thank you

Is there a way to swap cam banks backwards?  or does it only go forward?

This too would save time.  thanks

The new Media Composer v2021.6 is available today, Thursday June 17^th, 2021. This release includes several bug fixes and improvements including, but not limited to:

• Workspaces Load Last State
• Go to Next Event and Go to Previous Event
• Update to Media Composer | Distributed Processing

Location at Launch: The new Media Composer 2021.6 is available in MyAvid Master Accounts, through the Avid Link application itself and from the Download Center. The ability to launch Media Composer 2021.6 software is dependent on the status of a customer’s Upgrade and Support Plan on the date this software version is released. Media Composer 2021.6 was released on June 17th, 2021

Media Composer Notes:

MCDEV-11537 If you intend to use full-frame stereoscopic with an Avid Artist DNxIQ, you may want to remain with Media Composer v2018.12.x until the issues with Stereoscopic support are resolved in a future version.

(MCCET- 2541) When working with Avid Artist DNxIO or Avid Artist DNxIQ, you should disable the Line In recording input (BlackMagic Audio in the Windows OS).

• Avid recommends that you do not install Desktop Video software version 10.10.1 on Media Composer versions prior to v2018.5.1. 
• Avid Artist DNxIO and Avid Artist DNxIQ: If you are using Avid Artist DNxIO, Avid Artist DNxIQ, or a BlackMagic Designs video device, please update to Desktop Video software version v11.0 or higher. If you are using Avid Artist DNxIV and Avid Artist DNxIP please update to AJA software v15.2 or later.
• Qualified Operating Systems: For information on qualified operating systems, see Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems.

Changed in Media Composer v2021.6: The following are new for Media Composer v2021.6:

• Go to Next Event and Go to Previous Event

With this release, more options have been added to the Composer Settings' Move tab. You can adjust the behavior of the Got to Next and Go to Previous Event commands by enabling options in the Move tab of the Composer Settings. You can choose from the following new behaviors

•  
  • When the Composer or Timeline is the active window, the Go to Next Event and Go to Previous Event commands allow you to navigate through audio keyframes.
  • When the Audio Mixer tool is the active window, the Go to Next Event and Go to Previous Event commands allow you to navigate through audio keyframes.
  • When the Audio Mixer tool is the active window, the Go to Next Event and Go to Previous Event commands move based on track selector state when Ignore Track Selectors is disabled.

Bin Status Bar Duration

The Bin Status Bar now displays the total duration of a selection in a bin.

Dragging Clips to a Closed Bin and Closed Folder in Sidebar

With this release, you can now drag clips to a closed bin in the Bin Container Sidebar. Once you drag the items to the closed bin, the bin will open with the dragged items selected. When dragging items to a closed folder, the folder will now auto-expand.

Improved Timeline Scrolling

A new button has been added to the Command Palette. The Timeline Movement During Play button allows you to toggle between different movement possibilities. You can set the Timeline Movement During Play button to the following:

•  
  • Page - moves the position indicator during play until it reaches the end of the visible Timeline.
  • Scroll - keeps the position indicator stationary
  • None - the button is not selectable when set to None

Updated Bin Setting

The option “Save single floating Bin Containers in Workspaces” has been added to the Bin Settings. Select this option if you want a floating Bin Container that is not tabbed or paneled with other tools or Bin Containers to be saved into a workspace.

Workspaces Load Last State

To create a more natural flow across workspaces, Media Composer now loads the last state of a workspace rather than the last saved workspace. This allows you to move between workspaces and return to where you were the last time you left the workspace.
If you want to load the last saved workspace, simply go to the Workspace Bar menu or the Windows menu and select Restore to Saved.

Avid Titler+ Text in Clip Notes and EDLs

A new Avid Titler+ setting allows you to automatically populate the clip note on the Avid Titler+ segment in the Timeline with the Titler+ text.

This provide an easy way to view, search and export Titler+ text in the Timeline. For details, see “Adding Notes to Clips in the Timeline” in the Help.

Avid Titler+ All-In-One Text Box

With this release, you can now start typing with a standard title text box and turn it into a defined paragraph text box by simply resizing its bounding box while in Text mode.

Update to Media Composer | Distributed Processing

Media Composer Distributed Processing allows Media Composer users to offload foreground tasks such as rendering, consolidating, or transcoding to one or more service workstations on the network.
With this release, a number of updates have been included for Media Composer | Distributed Processing. For details on these new options, see Chapter 3 “Distributed Processing Workflow” in the Avid Media Composer | Distributed Processing Administration Guide. 

The changes include: 

•  
  • Mixdown - Media Composer | Distributed Processing DP option is now available for all mixdown windows. 
  • Export - Media Composer | Distributed processing now supports exporting AMA formats (MXF op1a, AS-11, and DPX). You can initiate the export from: 

-  File > Output > Export via Distributed Processing 

-  Right click clip or sequence > Output > Export via Distributed Processing 

-  Right click Record Monitor > Output > Export via Distributed Processing 

•  
  • Media Creation Settings - has 3 new options: “Use this machine as a worker for jobs submitted when possible,” “Automatically check-in sequence sent for render” and “Job Queue”.
  • Email Settings - If you want to receive a notification about the status of completed Distributed Processing jobs, you can select “Enable Sending of Email for Distributed Processing” checkbox in Email settings and specify the SMTP server which will be used for DP email transfer. User authentication for DP SMTP server is not required.

Update to Media Composer | Enterprise 

Two additional functions have been added to Media Composer | Enterprise that allow the administrator to enable or disable user functionality.

o    The additional functions:
Allow Editing - any user that belongs to a group that has this option deselected will not be allowed to modify or edit sequences loaded into the Timeline.

o    NDI Broadcast - any user that belongs to a group that has this option deselected will not be allowed to transmit NDI streams directly from Media Composer.

What’s Fixed in 2021.6: The following has been fixed.

• Bug Number: MCCET-3858. In some instances, performing a Consolidate changed the
• Bug Number: MCCET-3842. Desktop Play Delay resulted in an “ADM_PLAY_NOT_ARMED” error when hitting play with NDI enabled.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4059. You might have received a “compression not recognized” error when importing some media into Media Composer.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4067. You received an “unsupported resolution” error when trying to link DNxHD 175X media that was encoded in Media Composer v2018.12.x.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4151. (Production Management) Checking out a sequence that contained a clip that was referenced in many sequences might have been slow.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3629. You might have received “Exception: 'AComposition::ConvertFromAAF - unable to convert media descriptor” errors when trying to work with Blackmagic Hyperdeck recorded files copied to the Avid MediaFiles folder.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4061. Importing some sequences resulted in “vcAvgFrameSize encountered a codec manager” errors.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4146. (Production Management) After performing an initial checkout of some clips, some audio was offline.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4053. When working with the List Tool, you might have received an “Assertion” error when previewing sequences with mixed frame rate or group clips.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4138. Right-clicking on the Name column to sort alphabetically did not work on the first sort. You had to right-click twice.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4148. Double-clicking the Take did not load a subclip into the Source Monitor from the slate.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4131. Media Composer crashed when playing a corrupted file from FastServe Ingest.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4097. (Edit While Capture) An in-progress clip may not have shown the same frame at the same timecode after the clip was closed.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4055. .The Paint effect window did not display properly.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4136. .Timeline Frame View did not show the correct frame with
  stacked clips.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4071. Target Mask not working properly in Avid Titler+.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3952. The audio and video for some MP4 media was not in sync.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4124. The application would crash to a Breakpad window when trying to import a PSD file.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4073. The small space at the left of the bin where you could right-click to select bin options was missing.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4007. When switching between a macOS and Windows system, you might have seen font and formatting issues when opening scripts.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4075. You could not lasso multiple bins in a project.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-14593. Saving the e-mail password setting did not save properly.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-14652. In some instances, nothing happened when you clicked on a workspace button.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-14646. You could not always rename a bin in the Bin Container Sidebar.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4024. You might have received an “Unable to create SearchData directory” error when mounting the project workspace to a different letter.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3941. Imported markers did not display accents correctly if the text was from a 3rd party application.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4018. (Media Composer | Cloud Remote) Loading clips in the Source monitor from the Production Management window was slow. And you might have seen a “Not Responding” message before the clip loaded.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4066. (Media Composer | Cloud Remote) You could not use the computer when downloading media.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4051. (Windows) Double clicking a bin file (.avb) did not open the bin.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4038.  In some instances, glitches appeared in the video when XDCAM media was consolidated.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3958. The user listed in the Interplay Transfer Status was the user entered in Media Composer settings, instead of the user logged in to perform the transfer.

Limitations: The following are known limitations

• Photoshop PSD files are not supported for AMA linking if QuickTime is not installed.
• Some fonts, by their design, are available only in Bold. On the Mac system it can happen that selecting a font does not produce any visual changes. Try selecting “Bold.”
• If you launch a project and receive an “Enable 3rd Party Emulation” warning, even if you select Enable in the warning dialog, you should also perform the following: Select File > Settings and click the Project tab. Click General Settings and select “Enable Bin Sharing on 3rd party storage emulating Avid NEXIS/ISIS.”
• Bug Number: MCDEV-14845. Media Composer | Enterprise Admin tool does not restrict NDI when Media Composer is in software only mode.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3702. Image Quality when adding UHD progressive clips to an HD interlace sequence:
  The process Media Composer uses to mix and match video formats in a sequence is to transform the source clip's frame rate and frame layout to meet the project specifications; the motion adapters are added first, then spatial adapters are applied in order to provide expected playback dimensions.
  For example, if you have a UHD 50p clip that you want to add to a 1080i Timeline, the UHD clip first gets split into 2 separate fields (UHD format), then each field gets independently resized to 1920x540 in HD. The export process puts those resized fields back together into a progressive HD frame but does not maintain the clarity of the original progressive frame.
  Workaround: If you first transcode the UHD progressive clip to HD progressive and then add the HD clip to the interlace sequence, it forces the resize operation from UHD to HD to be done before the split gets into interlace mode. 
• Bug Number: MCCET-3788. You might receive a “clip name is a clip in a multi-essence file that cannot be exported using the specified Embedded in AAF setting” when exporting embedded AAFs with OP1a audio clips.Workaround: Consolidate the OP1a clips to Avid OP-Atom prior to performing the export.
• Bug Number: APPSVCS-723.  The Collab App in MediaCentral CloudUX window does not currently work with Media Composer.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-13604.  You might have issues playing clips containing Media Composer effects in the Baselight User Interface if the Fast Image Access option is enabled in the Baselight plug-in
• 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. This limitation no longer exists with macOS 10.15.5.
• 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.
• Bug Number: MCCET-11796. Larger than 10 bit DPX files might fail to link correctly.Workaround: Go to File > Settings and click the User tab. In the Link Settings, click the Link Options tab and make sure Alpha Channel is set to Ignore.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-11430. Media Tool ignores the “Current project” filtering option and lists media files that are not associated with the current project.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-11197. In some instances, the Interleave option might not appear in the Export As dialog box. If you are performing an Export using the Avid Media Processor, the Interleave option should appear when you choose Stereo, 5:1, or 7.1 Audio.Workaround: If it does not appear, briefly toggle back to the Mono setting, then toggle to Stereo Mix once again. Doing so should reveal the Interleave option.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-8641. (AMD Graphics). Systems with AMD graphics cards might display tearing when performing Full Screen playback.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-9269. (Media Composer | Cloud) After performing a remote download operation on a sequence containing AVC-I 100 remote media, the downloaded media appears as XAVC-I 100.Workaround: Download the entire master clips.
• Bug Number: (macOS).  You may occasionally see the menu bar flash followed by a brief beach ball. To fix this, deactivate “Displays have separate spaces” under System Preferences > Mission Control settings.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-9011. Intermittently, when working with the XDCAM Nablet Plug-in, you might see “Failed to get the sample position from the AMA Plug-in” errors if you have waveforms enabled in the Timeline.
• Bug Number: COGS-2560. While working in the Script Window, text operations (cut/copy/paste/delete/editing) can only be done in edit mode. See “Editing a Script” in the Help.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-5650.  When working with Panasonic LongG media, you might receive an “SFPlayConsumer Timeout” error if audio waveforms are enabled. Workaround: Turn off audio waveforms.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-5385. MultiCam editing with Panasonic LongG media is not supported with this release.

ReadMe: The new ReadMe has been uploaded to the Knowledge Base Media Composer 2021 Documentation page at launch.

Hello

Just a small but definitely persistent bug.

If I attempt to do a 'bulk edit' on my clip names, when one of the columns used for the preset isnt displayed, Avid will throw up a message notifying me it cant proceed and then immediately crash.

Tested on MC 2021.5 and 2021.6.

Thanks!

Sion