Avid is pleased to announce the release of Media Composer | Software v8.5.2.
HOW TO GET:
The latest update to Media Composer is available worldwide as of April 7, 2016 from the Avid Download Center or through the Application Manager.
The ability to launch Media Composer software is dependent on the status of the customers Upgrade and Support Plan on the date this software version was released.
- Please read the How to Update Your License page before upgrading to this release.
- More detailed information is also available on the Upgrade and Support Plan FAQ page.
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The FlexVersioner, as has been stated in the past, is no longer
supported for this release. See the Support Upgrade article for instructions on how to upgrade your dongle based or SW licensing based System.
BUG FIXES:
v8.5.2 includes almost 30 bug fixes, including:
- Exporting a greater than 20 min. sequence as a QuickTime movie caused the system to crash.
- In some instances, Mac systems would get a spinning beachball after 15-20 minutes of editing.
- Support for 64 audio channels in EDLs.
- "StreamingPlayConsumerTimeout" messages when working playing back in 12-bit mode on DNxIO hardware.
- Some keyboard shortcuts would not work in the Paint tool.
- Cropped titles in the Title Tool in some instances.
OS SUPPORT:
This release continues support on Mac OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks) and 10.10.1 through 10.10.5 (Yosemite) and10.11.3(El Capitan).
NOTE: To those users upgrading to El Capitan, please deactivate & uninstall Media Composer FIRST, upgrade the OS, then reinstall Media Composer. If you use Avid Artist DNxIO, you must also uninstall the Desktop Video software and reinstall it after the OS upgrade.
README:
The
README & "What's New" documents for 8.5 are available here.
The README for 8.5.2 is attached to this thread. As always, please read the docs before upgrading to understand any
known issues.
FEEDBACK:
If
you have any comments or questions regarding the installation of this
version, please post it here. For other bugs or questions, please start
a new thread.