v2022.12 Avid Media Composer | Legacy

What’s Included:

Media Composer (monthly/annual subscription)

• Media Composer —Edit SD, HD, and stereoscopic 3D material
• Standard Avid Support (includes software updates/upgrades)

Media Composer | Ultimate (monthly/annual subscription)

• Media Composer—Edit SD, HD, and stereoscopic 3D material
• Media Composer | Symphony Option
• Media Composer | NewsCutter Option
• Media Composer | ScriptSync Option
• Media Composer | PhraseFind Option
• Production Pack
• Standard Avid Support (includes software updates/upgrades)

Media Composer (perpetual license)

• Media Composer | Ultimate—Edit SD, HD, and stereoscopic 3D material
• One year of standard Avid Support (includes complimentary software updates/upgrades; renewable annually)

Avid Media Composer Comparison Chart

License Types

For the most up to date information on Avid Media Composer licensing, please read the Media Composer Licensing FAQ.

Media Composer now gives you more choices in how you acquire and use the software. Edit on premises or remotely through the cloud. Work on a Mac or PC. Access the software through a monthly or annual subscription or on demand with a floating license. Or own the software outright forever with a perpetual license. In addition, you can configure it your way with the options you need to get the job done, from real-time remote collaboration through Media Composer | Cloud (formerly Interplay Sphere), to advanced color correction and mastering tools, iNEWS and ENPS integration, and software for creating effects, titles, and more. It’s the only professional editing solution that’s available everywhere you need it, the way you want it.

Media Composer | Software gives you more choices in how you acquire and use the software. There are 3 License Models for the latest Software:

Subscription License (“rent it”)

A Monthly or Annual “pay as you go” type of license.  You are always entitled to the latest version of Media Composer for the duration of your Subscription.  If your Subscription expires, you are no longer able to launch any version of Media Composer.

A standard Avid Support plan is included with all Media Composer | Software subscriptions and purchases. But if your support needs are more demanding, you can buy an upgrade to Elite support, either as a monthly or annual subscription plan.

Perpetual License (“own it”)

A Perpetual license is one that you own outright.  You are entitled to the latest version of Media Composer as long as you keep your Upgrade and Support Plan current.  If your Upgrade and Support Plan expires you may still launch Media Composer, but only the last version that was released while your Upgrade and Support Plan was active.  If you let your Upgrade and Support Plan expire for more than 30 days you must re-purchase Media Composer (Perpetual or Subscription) in order to receive the current version.

Dongles will be supported as part of Avid’s perpetual license. In this case, the only difference is that you will need to purchase a yearly Avid Support plan, which will provide new features, patches, and enhancements as well as access to standard Avid Support.

Floating License (“lease it”)

Avid offers a Floating License Server for large sites such as broadcast and educational facilities. Floating Licenses allow you to purchase a pack of licenses and ‘lease’ them out as needed. This application can be installed on any Windows server and allows customers to distribute multiple licenses (minimum of 5 as of July 8 2016) of the editing applications and software options using a single Activation ID. Licenses are checked out when a client launches Media Composer and check back in when the user closes the application. Seats can also be reserved for a specified duration allowing the user to take the client system offsite.

Retrieving your Activation ID or System ID

Avid products that utilize the Avid Unified Licensing Platform will present the user with an Activation ID and System ID (for products that utilize a System ID) in the INFO tab within the Avid License Control activation application. Note that the complete Activation ID may not be displayed as a security measure. You may also obtain your Activation ID or System ID using the following methods:

• Avid Customer Support has access to all Activation IDs and can utilize customer information, device information, or System ID (if used) in order to look up the Activation ID for a specific product.
• For products that utilize a System ID, the Avid software registration process requires that the customer provide their System ID in order to complete registration. If your System ID has been lost, and the product has been registered, Avid Customer support can look up your System ID (and associated Activation ID) within the registration database.
• For products that have been associated to a customer’s Avid Web Account, the customer can log into their account and review entitlement information for all products under their account ownership (Note: Avid products that utilize the new Unified Licensing scheme and our updated registration process can also be associated to a customer’s Web Account. Information regarding previously purchased products that were obtained outside of the Avid web store may not be able to be accessed.)

How to return software

Customers may return products under the following conditions; as part of our 90-day Warranty program if they do not agree with the conditions of the Avid End User Licensing Agreement (EULA), or for a purchase refund if the product is unused (subject to the specific return policies of the point of purchase). Avid will require specific product and customer information as part of the returns process.

• Unopened: Unopened software can be returned to the original point of purchase or the customer can contact Avid Customer Support, open the software package, provide the CS representative with the software Activation ID contained inside and then dispose of the software package.
• Opened: (Only applies to products using the Avid Unified Licensing system.) If the software package has been opened prior to the return request, the customer must provide Avid Customer Support with the product’s Activation ID so that they can confirm that the software is not active. If the product was previously activated the customer must de-activate (see note below) any software prior to submitting a return request. Any return requests will be denied if the CS representative cannot validate that the software is inactive at the time of the request or if the return request was not submitted within a reasonable time after product activation.

Downloaded Software / Web Purchases: 

• For products using the Avid Unified Licensing system: The customer must provide Avid Customer Support with the product’s Activation ID so that they can confirm that the software is not active. If the product was previously activated the customer must de-activate (see note below) any software prior to submitting a return request. Any return requests will be denied if the Avid Customer Support representative cannot validate that the software is inactive at the time of the request or if the return request was not submitted within a reasonable time after product activation.
• For all other Avid products: It is only possible to return a download/digital product by sending a Letter of Destruction. You may also scan and email the document to shop.avid@arvatosystems.com. You will be refunded within 10 working days. Should you have any questions regarding the procedure, you may contact Avid Customer Support.

In-App purchases: In-App purchases are returned using the same method as downloaded software/web purchases (see above). Please note that Studio In-App purchases, such as Concert, are non-refundable. If you are having technical issues, please refer to our online forums for assistance or contact Avid Customer Support.

Rental Downloads: Please note that Activated Rental Downloads are not refundable once they have been activated. Packaged Systems (Hardware and Software): If the software portion of a packaged system has been unopened, the system can be returned to the point of sale. If the software has been opened it must first be deactivated prior to the return request (see Packaged Software > Opened above).
Note: You can deactivate your software using either the Avid License Control activation application or the help menu. Deactivation requires that the product is connected to the internet.  If no internet connection is available for your system, you will need to complete a Letter of Destruction form.

Switching from one license type to another
Certain products allow you to switch from one license type to another as part of the product upgrade process. For example, Media Composer allows users to switch from a Hardware Key licensing method to a Software node-locked license as part of the upgrade process (but not the other way around). Refer to specific upgrade information within each product web page for more details. Switching license types outside of the upgrade process for products that offer various licensing schemes may only be available on an exception basis and requires the involvement of an Avid Sales representative.

Moving a license within a legal entity
Transferring software rights within the legal entity that activated the software is authorized by the Avid EULA. If your license is limited to one hardware device, you may transfer your licensed copy of the software to a different device for your internal business use or your own personal enjoyment provided that you completely deactivate the software from the former device.

Changing ownership of an Avid software product
Avid allows for the one time permanent transfer of software licenses to another end user or legal entity. Academic and evaluation licenses are prohibited from any transfer of ownership (refer to the Avid EULA for more information).

For optimal performance and reliability, be sure that your computer or laptop meets the following minimum system requirements for the latest version of Media Composer.

Important: Avid dedicates a significant amount of engineering resources and time to test and qualify specific platform configurations. Our Customer Success and Engineering teams are equipped with these systems in our development and support labs. For an optimal experience with Media Composer, we strongly recommend choosing an Avid-qualified system. We cannot guarantee performance, compatibility, or the resolution of issues with other systems.

• Please see the Avid Media Composer Documentation and Version Matrix for up-to-date system requirements.

Avid Installation Notes/Videos

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What’s new in Avid Media Composer 2022.12

The following are new for Media Composer v2022.12:

• Export Pro Tools Session
• Support for Avid MBOX Studio
• Mounting UNC Drives in Media Composer
• Go to Previous Selected Clip and Go to Next Selected Clip
• Creation Date Column Added to Markers Window
• Bin Map State
• Lassoing Bins and Folders in the Bin Container Sidebar
• Dragging from Any Column in a Bin
• Ignore Multichannel Audio Layout From File

What’s New PDF

What’s new in Avid Media Composer 2022.7

With new enhancements in Media Composer 2022.7, you can create custom workspaces when working with different monitor configurations, and Media Composer will automatically remember your interface layout based on your display configuration. Communicate clip notes more visibly in your timeline. Get comfy with familiar keyboard mapping from Adobe Premiere or DaVinci Resolve when transitioning. And more!

Create custom workspaces for multiple monitor configurations

Customizing your Media Composer Workspaces is a great way to create a user experience designed the way that you like to lay out your interface. Maybe your workstation is set up with a single display—especially if you’re working on a laptop—and you may have two or three displays you can connect to, providing a large set of real estate for your bins and toolsets. If you change the configuration of your displays, you want your workspaces to remember the position of your windows and tools.

With Media Composer 2022.7, the software will now recognize the monitor count and configuration in use and embed the parameters within the Workspace settings. This gives you the ability to create more than one predefined workspace (Edit, Effects, Color, and Audio), as well as custom workspaces with the monitor configuration embedded, so you can start working right away when changing monitor configurations instead of having to manually rearrange your interface layout each time.

Upon launch, Media Composer detects the updated monitor configuration. You can either update to a workspace matching the current configuration or continue running with the same workspace.

This feature is highly customizable; with Media Composer running, you can choose the preferred behaviour when switching between configurations and save it as an Interface setting.

Justify text relative to an anchor point in Avid Titler+

Along with providing better performance and control, we’ve made improvements to the Avid Titler+ tool. When creating titles, you will now see an anchor point on each text box and shape you add. This anchor point is set according to the justification of the text by default. If your text justification is set to “Horizontal Justify Left,” the anchor point will be positioned at the bottom-left corner of the layer (as denoted by the bounding box). When toggling between justifications (left, center, right), the text will shift accordingly around this same anchor point.

If you prefer to have a different anchor point than what is set by default, you can manually move the anchor point to a desired position to set the text box or shape layer for rotation.

Display timeline clip notes for nested clips

Creating multilayered effects within a clip in your sequence can produce some amazing results, but there may be a specific note that needs to be added to the nested effect or layer to communicate a comment or note.

With Media Composer 2022.7, you can step into your nested effects and add timeline clip notes that will be seen on the nested clips.

Interact with “enablers” more easily

We constantly make updates to improve the editor experience within Media Composer. In this latest release, all “enablers,” which are used to toggle a clip’s or track’s parameters on or off, have been updated with a new overall appearance and consistent size in the Effect Editor, Color Correction toolset, and Avid Titler+ mini menu. This improved design not only makes enablers easier to toggle, but it also eliminates spacing issues with other interface elements.

Select Filler with Segment Tools faster with a simple keystroke

To select filler or not select filler… that is the question. Or maybe the question is, how many steps do you need to take to choose the filler or blank space in your timeline?

You can still choose to enable or disable the select filler function with the Segment Tool from the Timeline Settings. Or a faster way to perform this it to right-click in the timeline and enable “Select Filler with Segment Tools.”

But the fastest way to perform this is to map the new “Select Filler with Segment Tools” option in the Timeline menu to a keystroke.

Get new Match Frame results for group and multigroup subclips

Editing a multicam sequence in Media Composer has always been a popular feature for sitcoms, interviews, concerts, and sports, and extremely powerful when editing reality television shows.

Until today, performing a Match Frame on a subclip of a group or multigroup would load the group or multigroup clip. But in Media Composer 2022.7, performing Match Frame on a subclip of a group or multigroup will now load the original subclip of the group.

* Please note that this feature only works on group subclips created with Media Composer 2022.7 and later.

Work with new keyboard mapping options from Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve

We’re aware that there are editors who may be moving from other non-linear editing systems to Media Composer. To help make the transition easier, you can now activate your keyboard mapping to be set to the default keyboards for Adobe Premiere Pro and Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve.

These new options can be accessed through the keyboard preferences in your User Settings, enabling you to select the desired keyboard for the software you’re most familiar with.

Media Composer 2021.12.1 – 7 April 2022

Avid is pleased to announce the release of Media Composer 2021.12.1 today, April 7, 2022, at noon ET. This is a maintenance release for MC 2021 users.

Location at Launch: The Media Composer 2021.12.1 is available on the Download Center only.

Status of Support Plan: The ability to launch this Media Composer 2021.12.1 software is dependent on the status of your Upgrade and Support Plan on the date this software version was released. Media Composer 2021.12.1 was released on Thursday April 7^th, 2022 at 12 at noon ET.

Changed in Media Composer v2021.12.1

What’s Fixed in 2021.12.1: The following have been fixed.

• Bug Number: MCCET-4360. In some instances, exporting to a P2 device resulted in pixelated and inverted images.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4465. MC Option not getting enabled When MC is Cloud License and Option is FNO License
• Bug Number: MCCET-4399. If you performed an Export as Graphic and NDI was active, you might have received an “AMEResourceManager ReconfigHW_LegendBoB_Capture” error.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3854. During export some AAF Sound settings did not save.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4481. (Production Management) Clips with the Restrictions did not appear with the red triangle in the Media Composer bin.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4509. In some instances, the image appeared garbled after loading a sequence in a Color Correction workspace.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4449. In some instances, when working with MultiCam sequences, Media Composer was sluggish.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4402. With Gang enabled, selecting all Timeline Clip Notes resulted in a hang.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4395. (ScriptSync) If you added color to a range of script indicators, when you closed and then reopened the script, the indicators were filled even if they were not previously filled.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4513. (Production Management) In some instances, you might have experience a significant slowdown when performing an Edit While Capture.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4498. Lassoing in Bin Frame View using Shift or Ctrl did not work properly.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4056. Applying a Matte key effect to a ProRes 4444 file did not preserve the fill layer.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4437. Selecting “Set Audio Suite Plugin In/Out” from the AudioSuite Plugin fast menu does not work on rendered effect after performing an Undo.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4519. In some circumstances you might have received an error when using Color Correction with dupe detection enabled.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4382. In some instances, Dynamic Relink settings unexpectedly reverted to Most Recent.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4562. In some instances, LTC signals did not parse correctly in Read Audio Timecode.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4332. Transcoding linked 50fps h264 clips to 50i resulted in the wrong duration.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4479. When moving bins in a project, it can take too long for the bin to respond and in some instances the beachball appears when moving the bin.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4443. You might have received a “m_qDrag deleted with deleteLater” error after dragging a button from the Command Palette to another button under the Composer Window.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4501. If a floating Timeline window is made smaller, scrolling with the mouse wheel does not work properly.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4450. Media Composer | Enterprise might have launched as Media Composer standard.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4436. If Dynamic Relink was enabled, an imported audio file might have appeared offline.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4494. (Production Management) In some instances, after checking in sequences, the thumbnail in Access would display “No head frame.

What’s new in Avid Media Composer 2021.12

The following are new for Media Composer v2021.12:

• New M1 Mac Support
• Updated OS Support
• Rendering AudioSuite Effects
• SubCap Font Support
• Change to Dual Monitor Systems
• Dockable Tool Palette
• Increased Track Limit
• Snap to Grid in Bin Frame View
• HW/SW Context Menu Update
• Insert Track Menu Option
• Updated Bin Settings

Read the full Release Notes

What’s new in Avid Media Composer 2021.9

The following have changed with Media Composer v2021.9

• Updated Message – The editing application notifies you if your third party storage is emulating Avid NEXIS or Avid  ISIS storage. With this release, the error message has been updated.
• Default Change for Bin Frame View – With this release, you will notice the following: If clips have an assigned clip color, the color will appear as a border on clips in Frame View by default. You will see this change if you create a new user setting after installing Media Composer v2021.9.
• (macOS) No Restart after Install – With this release, if you are on a macOS system, you do not have to restart after installing Media Composer.
• macOS – See the latest macOS versions supported in Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems.
• Move Clip Leaves Filler – You can use an option in the Timeline menu that allows you to leave filler when you move clips up and down over multiple tracks in a sequence. When you select the Move Clip Leaves Filler option in the Timeline menu, a check mark appears next to the option indicating it is enabled.  When you do not want to leave filler, simply select the Move Clip Leaves Filler option again to remove the check mark.
• Improved Bin Column Width Adjustments  – Bin Column widths can now be manually adjusted. Simply drag the separator between column headers to resize the column. The bin width is saved when you save or close the bin. You can also double-click on the separator between columns to resize the entire column, not just the visible area.

Fixed in Media Composer v2021.9

• Bug Number: MCCET-4275. Opening large sequences containing SubCap effects crashed Media Composer.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4191. The TRK bin column heading was changed to lowercase Trk for imported ALE files, which did not pass the track data via AAF to Pro Tools.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4202. You may have received a “writing properties to asset manager” error when checking in a Matte key clip.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4218. In some instances, QuickTime with alpha MOV files appear offline after import.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3119. Some Avid Titler+ font names may have displayed as “Invalidate label encoding” in the Effect Editor window.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4164. (macOS) Avid Titler+ English alphabet characters were left behind once you selected Chinese Pinyin characters.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4177. In some instances, media was offline in the Timeline on some of the clips and adjusting Dynamic Relink would not bring it online.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4188. (Production Management) XDCAM HD media was offline after checkout and you could not get the media online.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4305. Using Quick Find in the Timeline might have crashed Media Composer.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3893. (macOS v10.15.x) In some instances, previously saved Export Settings were not saved properly.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4296. After closing and opening Media Composer, some docked and tabbed windows were not retained.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4280. In some instances, working in the Audio Mixer crashed Media Composer.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4091. UHD 100p projects might create a duplicate timecode frame in a 25 fps Timebase.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4187. Segment buttons from (Command Palette – Edit) did not work the same as the Segment buttons from (Command Palette – Smart Tools).
• Bug Number: MCCET-4183. In some instances, the User Interface would appear to freeze or hang if you were working with a large project with many bins.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-15040. You might have received an “AAF import” when performing an update from Production Management for a sequence containing an Avid Titler+ effect.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4114. Dragging a saved Audio Track Effect from a bin to the Audio Mixer [+] did not apply the effect.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3705. (Production Management) Video track name changes might not have saved properly during check in/check out.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4065. In some instances, the clip color changed on transcoded clips with alpha.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4159. In some instances, with Dynamic Relink enabled, a sequence showed different clips offline depending on the version of Media Composer.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4167. (Japanese OS) Dragging an effect from the Effects Palette moved the highlighted effect category up unexpectedly.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4079. Site settings for Media Creation were not working for some codecs.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3847, MCCET-4155. Default Media Creation settings for new projects and when switching to a different project format might have been incorrect.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3510. Even after changing the Media Creation setting, video resolution reverted to default in 1080p50 projects.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4100. Media Creation Settings defaulted to H.264 800kbps proxy in 1080p/24 projects.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4013. If the RED AMA plug-in was installed on an Edit on Demand system, Scriptsync did not display script marks.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4137. A .transfer sequence did not play in MediaCentral | UX if stereo was enabled in the Transfer Settings.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4198. You might have had problems importing/linking DNxHR HQX media.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4063. In some instances, mixing DNxHD SQ media created by EVS, Media Director or Fastserve displayed in the bin as mixed resolution.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3842. Desktop Play Delay resulted in an “ADM_PLAY_NOT_ARMED” error when hitting play with NDI enabled.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4032. (Production Management) If you deleted a clip in Access, the media would not display as offline, instead you would receive a “Disk File Not Found” error.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4080. The Tool Palette window did not retain its size.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4052. Some H265 (HEVC) files could not be linked or imported successfully.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4201. When reopening a project, the Avid MediaCentral | UX panel opens on top of the Media Composer UI.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4200. The List Tool did not recall custom presets properly.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4227. The Timecode Burn-In effect did not display properly when changing the Timecode display setting.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3903. You might have received a “PMM_MISMATCH_UNKNOWN_ATTR” error when trying to capture from SD DV through 1394 (firewire).
• Bug Number: MCCET-4005. If waveforms were enabled, six hour captures of “In progress” (EWC) clips were extremely slow.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4264. You might have seen a Waveform Engine crash when opening a bin, closing a bin, loading a sequence, or clearing a sequence.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4195. Capitalized names were sorted first regardless of alphabetical order in the Project window.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4240. In some instances, Telestream Live Capture was offline for V1, A1.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4224. In some instances, the Source Browser was not maximized enough to display the Link and Import buttons.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4029. The FrameFlex size slider did not go beyond 100% in the FrameFlex top viewer.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3997. Window position was not saved in Workspaces.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4169. You may not have received a warning message when exporting XDCAM HD 50 (RDD9) exceeding 8 audio tracks.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4203. Apple ProRes 422 clips with 16bit PCM audio could not be linked using the UME plug-in.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4011. You were unable to link to ProRes 422HQ QT movie with UME plug-in, but could link with QuickTime plug-in.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3861. You could not successfully link or import ProRes HQ files recorded with Odyssey™ by Convergent Design.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3952. In some instances, mp4 files were out of sync.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4292. You might have seen redraw issues in the Source monitor when viewing 4 and 9 way MultiCam with NDI enabled.
• Bug Number: MCCET-3972. Performing a Long-GOP Send to Playback to FastServe failed if a local Transfer Engine was running.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4266. In some instances, after performing a Send To Playback, the Data track was stripped from the .transfer sequence.
• Bug Number: MCCET-4182. In some instances, 3D CLF LUTs did not always get applied in Media Composer.

What’s new in Avid Media Composer 2020.6

• 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 updates 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.

What’s new in Avid Media Composer 2019.6

Experience more inspired storytelling (Standard & Ultimate)

Find your creative flow with a modern new interface and task-based workspaces that make organizing media and video editing more fluid and intuitive. Media Composer’s responsive smart panel design helps boost your creative flow while clearing the clutter, so you can spend more time focusing on what matters most—your story.

Edit easily with new and improved tools (Standard & Ultimate)

From better bin handling and project access, to countless timesaving features, there’s a lot more to love about Media Composer. Plus, with input from customers and other video editors, we’ve added many of your top requests (say hello again to the weightlifter and scissors icons!).

Work faster—the way you want (Standard & Ultimate)

Freely resize and rearrange Media Composer interface panels to suit your editing preferences. Display and arrange the tools you want—hide what you don’t—enabling you to work more instinctively. Without the interface getting in the way.

Finish and deliver with total color precision (Standard & Ultimate)

Whether you do all editing, effects, and color work in Media Composer or roundtrip projects to another application, the new 32-bit floating point color pipeline and ACES color space support future-proof your content and ensure consistent color accuracy from end to end. OpenEXR decoding accelerates HDR effects work. Plus, new IMF packaging tools make OTT delivery easy.

Keep production moving (Ultimate)
With the new Media Composer | Distributed Processing option, you can offload rendering and transcoding tasks to unused or idle networked computers, freeing up Media Composer. Keep working instead of waiting for jobs to complete. Plus, its parallel processing greatly speeds up turnaround time.

What’s New Avid Media Composer 2018.9.5

This is a patch release and is only available through the Download Center. You will not see it in your My Avid account or on Avid Link. The Windows version of Media Composer v2018.12.5 is a patch release. You must have v2018.12.3 already installed. Then use the 2018.12.5 patch to update to this release.

Fixed in Media Composer v2018.12.5

• Bug Number: MCCET-2999. You might have received an Exception error when deleting an asset from a bin.

Fixed in Media Composer v2018.12.4

The Windows version of Media Composer v2018.12.4 is a patch release. You must have v2018.12.3 already installed. Then use the 2018.12.4 patch to update to this release.

• Bug Number: MCDEV-10783. You might have received errors when trying to log into the MediaCentral Cloud UX server.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2822. In some instances, the .mxf extension was not appended using Send to Export, therefore “Auto Launch” could not open mxf files.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2927. Intermittently, saving bins resulted in Exception errors.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2902. In some instances, a video mixdown included the effects from an upper nested layer.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2897. After importing, certain WAV files may have had an incorrect start time.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2748. If a sequence with media from a P2 card was loaded into the Source or Record monitor, relinking to add an extra clip would take too long.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2867. In some instances, rendering some effects on linked H264 media resulted in mixed up frames. Bug Number: MCCET-2862. (Windows 10) The Audio Tool was not updating when scrubbing with CAPS lock enabled.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2937. In some instances, if you captured with a single track that was not A1, the capture would abort immediately.
• Bug Number: MCDEV-10869. Clicking the yellow bin lock icon maximized bins that were minimized.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2967. (Avid Artist DNxIO and DNxIQ) Audio meter levels were not displayed in the Audio tool when recording.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2952. The Audio Punch-In Tool did not remember the last bin selected.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2914. In some instances, when exporting JPG, if you changed the name of the export, the file may have been unusable.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2942. You could not perform an insert edit export of DNxHR HQX media.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2946. (Interplay) In some instances, Media Composer would crash during check-in of sequence.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2910. Importing a non-shared user profile created a duplicate and prevented the application from closing.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2913. The Property Merge window would inadvertently appear when checking in a clip for first time into Interplay.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2901. Media Composer would hang when playing back an Avid Titler+ title in the effect editor.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2729. You might not have received the correct find results when searching group clips in PhraseFind.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2931. After upgrading from Media Composer v2018.12.1 to v2018.12.2 or v2018.12.3, batch re-import of Matte Key clips was not working.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2878. The UHD video output is converted to HD when consolidating HD media in a UHD project.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2859. Switching camera angles in Multicam stopped playback if the group contained mixed frame rates.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2857. If you were working on a system using Chinese locale, you might have experienced consolidate and transcode audio issues.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2957. Insert Edit Export failed if only video tracks were selected.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2966. You might have been unable to import an EDL.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2915. The metadata might have been incorrect after importing an ALE.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2841. Saved presets did not always retain the last keyframe.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2805. The Raster Dimension column in a bin was incorrect for thin raster media.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2925. In some cases, after performing a render operation, the green dot remained in the Timeline on PNG clips including a Matte Key effect.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2930. You might have seen performance issues when editing a long AVC Long GOP 25 clip.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2973. Changes to Audio Reference Level settings changes were not properly reflected when you switched between Normal and Narrow Mixer View.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2960. (Mac v10.14.x) When linking to media on a shared network drive, the UNC path in the Drive column might have had the network user name in the path.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2732. When consolidating AVC Long GOP subclips created new master clips that were too long. A new check box has been added to the Consolidate/Transcode dialog boxes. Select the “Re-encode AVC Long GOP media to ensure shortest subclip durations” option when you consolidating AVC Long GOP subclips.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2923. (Mac) You might have received “not authorized” errors when trying to use PhraseFind or ScriptSync.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2947. You might have received errors when trying to set target the Dynamic Relink settings in an SD 25i PAL project.
• Bug Number: MCCET-2936. If Dynamic Relink was enabled, imported DaVinci Resolve AAF media was offline.

What’s new in Avid Media Composer 2018.12

• Mac OS Support – Mac OS v10.14.2 has been added to the Qualified Operating Systems list.
• Avid Titler – The Avid Titler is a new Title Tool that works within the editing application that allows you toquickly create titles in all project types and rasters.  (In previous releases, if you were working with greater than HD projects, you had to use the NewBlue Titler Pro tool.) The Avid Titler creates a Title effect in your sequence. You can create titles and then easily edit them in the Effect Editor. Just like an effect, titles can be saved back to the bin and re-used.
• Formatting Text – The Font formatting tools in the Avid Titler tool control the appearance of text. Using the Font formatting tools allow you to select the font, the font size, leading, kerning, rotation, skew, bold, or italics options.
• Creating Graphic Objects – You use the drawing tools to create graphic objects such as squares, rectangles, circles, and ovals.  After creating graphic objects, you can modify or manipulate them in a variety of ways.
• Moving an Object or Text Forward or Backward – Once you create text and or graphics, you might want to bring one forward or send to the background.  For example, you might create text and then create a solid circle or rectangle object for the background of the text.
• Select Previous and Select Next Layers – Once you create multiple layers of text and shapes, you can scroll through them by selecting the Select Previous Layer or Select Next Layer buttons.
• Choosing a Background for your Title – You can choose whether to display a color background or a frame of video from your sequence.  With a sequence in the Record monitor, the Avid Titler tool opens with a video background. The location of the position indicator in the Timeline at the time you open the Avid Titler determines the initial video frame that displays. If you want to select a solid background, simply click Background button and choose a color from the Color button.
• Adding Shadows to Title Objects – You can add a shadow to any text or graphic object.
• Adding Outlines to Title Objects – You can add an edge or outline to any text or graphic object.
• Editing the Title in the Effect Editor – You can perform additional edits to your titles using the Effect Editor. Place the cursor over the Title effect in your sequence and select Tools > Effect Editor to edit your title effect.
• Shape-Based Color Correction (Symphony Option) – The editing application includes tools that allow you to perform shape-based color correction.
• Editing Group Clips – The editing application now supports editing group clips. If you have a MultiCam group that you want to edit or add a new shot to, you can with this release. With this release, you can also create a group clip directly from a sequence.
• Swap Camera Bank – With this release, using the Swap Camera Bank button will cycle through all cameras. Previously, the editing application would only show a maximum of 8 cameras (for squad split) or 18 cameras (for nine split).
• Waveform Sync – Waveform Sync allows you to sync your audio in the Timeline. Selected video must reference clips that have audio (e.g. camera sound) in order to sync your video clips. This allows you to use audio waveform rather than Timecode or an IN point to sync to the video.
• Changing the Source Audio Track in the Timeline – The editing application allows you to change the source track in your Timeline. Simply right-click onan audio track in your Timeline, select Change Source Track and choose the desired source track.
• Background Bin Auto-Save – With this release, the bin will be saved in the back ground according to the Auto-save interval set in the Bin Settings dialog. You will no longer be interrupted with a bin saving progress message.
• 64 Tracks of Video – In previous releases, the editing application supported 24 tracks of video. With this release, the editing application supports 64 tracks of video.
• DNxUncompressed Update – With the introduction of DNxUncompressed, you can import, render, transcode and mixdown at uncompressed quality. This allows you to generate media that preserves the full quality of the Timeline (currently the Timeline is 16 bits maximum). DNxUncompressed is available at any raster dimensions (HD, 2K, UHD etc.) With this release, 12 bit DNxUncompressed is supported.
• Timeline Settings Update – An additional option has been added to the Timeline Settings: Display During Segment Drag option.  In addition to the option to show the head and tail of incoming or outgoing frames of video when you drag a segment, you can now choose to show the frame at the blue position bar when dragging a segment.
• Media File Path Column – An additional column has been added to the Bin Column options. When you choose to display the Media File Path column, the Media Tool will display the location of the media file for precomputes and media file objects.
• Adding Bins and Scripts to Project Folder – You can add a new bin or a new script to a folder in your project window. In the project window, select the folder, right click and select New Bin or New Script. If you select New Bin, a new bin will be added to the folder. If you select New Script, you are prompted to locate the script to be added to the folder.

What’s New Avid Media Composer 2018.9

• Live Timeline Additions – You can solo, mute, and change audio gain during playback. You can also choose to set certain Edit Marker window behavior during playback.
• AMA File Export Change – Export options have been updated.
• DNxUncompressed – With the introduction of DNxUncompressed, it is now possible to import, render, transcode and mix-down at the uncompressed quality.
• Default Stream Count Limitations in Media Composer – Real-time streams are no longer limited to 12.
• DPX Export Improvement –  Exporting DPX files is much faster than in previous releases.
• HLG Scope: Display 75% graticule for Graphics white – The HLG scope waveform displays an orange horizontal line to show graphics white at 75%.

What is fixed in 2018.9:  The following have been resolved in 2018.9.

Bug Number: MCCET-2465. You might have received a “CM_INVALID_SPLIT” error when trimming promoted motion clips.
Bug Number: MCCET-2466. The project name, sequence name, and date of printout was missing in the header of the marker printout.
Bug Number: MCCET-2498. In some instances, the editing application would crash if all bins were closed and the Capture Tool was open.
Bug Number: MCCET-2533. Intermittently, you might have received an “Exception Failed to find coincidence point on tape” error when trying to capture or batch capture into Media Composer.
Bug Number: MCCET-2548. Finding a frame by entering timecode value in the Source monitor did not work when searching on an audio mixdown.
Bug Number: MCCET-2580. Activating Play Standby would start playing too fast if you had played the sequence at double speed prior to pressing Play Standby.
Bug Number: MCCET-2585. After installing the editing application and creating a new project, you might have received an “assertion” error when opening the Tool Palette on the Source/Record Monitor.
Bug Number: MCCET-2589. (Windows OS) When using a Japanese locale, the source clip name did not display in the Timecode Window.
Bug Number: MCCET-2596. Match-framing a Multigroup clip with Symphony Color Correction applied, would match frame to the group clip instead of the main Multigroup clip

Limitations in 2018.9: The following are limitations with the 2018.9 application.

Bug Number: MCDEV-9781. You might see the following issues if Run Length Encoded is enabled:

• “Core Consistency Check Failure” errors when recreating animated Marquee titles
• Media size might not be accurate when working with interlaced projects

Workaround: Disable Run Length Encoded (RLE) in the Import Settings Image tab.

Bug Number: MCDEV-9676. Intermittently, the blue bar in the Source and Record monitors does not move. The blue bar does move in the Timeline. Workaround: Restart the editing application.
Bug Number: MCDEV-9523. When linking with the Avid Generic Plug-in, audio waveforms do not build properly in the Timeline when playing back an H.264 movie with AAC audio.
Bug Number: MCDEV-9460. Windows 7 systems with Nvidia Maxwell or Nvidia Pascal cards might experience playback issues that could result in “Play Consumer timeout” errors. Workaround: Select “Disable GPU Effects” in the Render Settings dialog box.
Bug Number: MCDEV-9142. You might experience hangs or crashes when performing a video mixdown with a 16K project on systems with less than 64GB RAM.
Bug Number: MCDEV-9329. (Avid Artist DNxIV and DNxIQ) When playing back immediately captured media, the video might freeze after approximately one second but the audio continues. You might need to restart the editing application.
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: 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.
Bug Number: MCDEV-5384. Currently, when working with LongG media, you might see dropped frames when editing 4 streams. This might occur when playing from a single stream to multiple streams (and from multiple streams back to a single stream). The dropped frames usually display around the edit point (transition to a different stream).

A few important reminders:

Avid DX Driver Separate Installer:  The Avid DX Driver is not automatically installed when you install the editing application. If you need to install the Avid DX Driver to work with your Avid IO device, you can install it separately.  Note:  For Windows systems, there is a Win7 driver and a Win10 driver in the Utilities folder. The Win7 driver works for both Windows 7 and Windows 8 systems.  The installer is located:

• (Mac) /Applications/Utilities/Avid Utilities
• (Windows) Program FilesAvidUtilitiesDXDrivers

Application Installers:  Previously, a separate installer was required for Media Composer | First. With this release, you have a single installer for Media Composer and Media Composer | First. Note: The option to run as Media Composer | First is now included in the Avid Media Composer Activation window.

New Computers Qualified:  The following have been added to the Knowledge Base.

• HP Zbook 15”, 17”, Studio, Studio XPS and “V” model laptops
• Lenovo P52, P72 and P1 (thin and light) laptops
• HP Z2 G4 tower and SFF and Z2 G4 mini
• Dell 3430 SFF, 3630 tower and 1U rack 3930
• Lenovo P330 Tower and SFF plus P330 Tiny

The below links are live now.

Avid Qualified Systems and IO hardware for Media Composer, Interplay Assist, and Avid Instinct 
Avid Configuration Guidelines and Slot Configurations 

ReadMe and What’s New Guide: The ReadMe and “What’s New” Guide for the September release of Media Composer have been uploaded to the knowledge Base Media Composer 2018 Documentation page.

How customers will obtain the September Media Composer 2018.9 Update:

1. Customers who have already installed the latest version of Media Composer will be notified of the availability of the upgrade via the Application Manager. The Apps tab also provides a link to download and install the update when desired.
2. New customers who purchase Media Composer will receive the update in their Avid Master Account.
3. Customers on current Update plans can download the Media Composer update either from their Avid Master Account or the Avid Download Center (login and password required.)
4. Customers NOT on a current Upgrade & Support contract must purchase either a new Media Composer Subscription or Perpetual license to receive this update.

New in Version 2018.7

Live Timeline

See the What’s New in Avid Media Composer 2018.7 PowerPoint Presentation

Other new features include:

• 16K Project Presets
• New High Frame Rate Projects (100, 119.88, 120)
• Support for NewTek® NDI Video over IP
• Resize the Composer Monitor
• Work with BXF Files
• Support for Full Frame Stereoscopic with Avid Artist DNxIQ
• Performing an Insert Edit to an Exported Sequence
• Preview Growing Sequences and Clips while Exporting to DNxHR or DNxHD
• Allow AMA File Export with Media Offline

Avid Media Composer v2018.7

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The $599 subscription includes Media Composer and the Symphony option. Designed to handle high volumes of disparate file-based media, Media Composer delivers accelerated high-res-to-HD workflows, real-time collaboration, and powerful media management, eliminating time-consuming tasks so you can focus on telling a great story. And now the choice is yours—edit on premises, remotely through the cloud, on demand, through a low-cost subscription, or purchase a license outright—making Media Composer the most versatile and accessible tool for professional creative editorial.

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New in Version 2018.4

Create compelling stories for less

Media Composer is now available for just $19.99 USD/month for independent editors and moviemakers. This new version provides the full suite of editing tools professional storytellers rely on daily. If you work as part of a team or within a MediaCentral environment, choose Media Composer | Ultimate (formerly Media Composer), which offers the real-time collaborative workflows you need.

Get better UHD performance

With support for four real-time streams of XAVC-I media, Media Composer delivers greater performance with high-res media, so you can spend less time rendering or transcoding media to lower resolutions.

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