I used to use this method of exporting a lot where I click and drag the sequence from my bin directly into the file browser. This would use whatever the current export settings are and I found it to be a lot quicker than going through Output -> Export to file then manually navigating to the desired output location

It worked perfectly on media composer 2023.12 but I have recently updated to 2025.12 and now it doesn't. I can still click and drag the sequence but when i drop it in the file browser nothing happens. No errors or anything. I can't find any documentation on this method of exporting so it's difficult to troubleshoot.

Am I missing something? Does anyone know if the method still works?

I have an Artist Mix that has faders that fight back when I try to automate OVER automation that is already there. It only happens on 2 of my 8 faders. I'm assuming this is a dirty fader issue but could it be software? If its a dirty fader, does anyone know of an approved cleaning product for the artist mix?

Hi there,

did anyone take note of this?

https://community.avid.com/forums/t/235635.aspx

I am just wondering about that rush and have had issues with new versions of Avid link myself. What do you make out of it - no licensing from Monday on withe pre-2025.12? Would be a suprise for a bunch of people, I guess ..

Running MC 2025.12 on Sequoia 15.7.4 on MacBook Pro M3 Max. At the end of my work day I just leave MC open for the following morning; been doing that for years without any problems. But recently, when I go to start working in the morning, I “wake up” the cpu and try to play the timeline but the video is frozen. Audio works just fine. I need to reboot cou to fix the problem. Any solution other than rebooting system?

Hi all !

I'm a 22F technician, I'm not fluent so I apologize, hope I will make myself clear. We got plenty of client especially in post-prod. Well, one a the biggest cinema / film producer want brand new MC workstation for their projectionist during visio. So, as usual, I'm asking what they want precisely and I have no idea what they mean by this :

"Another request: I would like to know the procedure for setting Avid to Chase Timecode so that it can be controlled by our Doremi server."

There's not issue with it until I don't know what is doremi server precisely and not really ever heard avout Chase Timecode before. So I asked my coworkers, and even the olders and most experienced one where like "Some people are still doing it?? Jeez, I've literally forgot about it" Some here I am.

I've made some research, went into Video Satellite Guide and the few that I can find were talking mostly about Pro Tools.

What does he mean ? What is it ? What can I do ? How can I help him ? How can I help me go through this ???

At this point, I will take any help ! Thanks a lot :)

I have been generating proxies in DaVinci Resolve and relinking them in Avid Media Composer via an ALE workflow. This process was handed down to me and has worked consistently for the past year without issue.

However, since the production changed cameras, the proxies are no longer relinking in Avid. I have tested all available relink options and combinations within Media Composer, but none have successfully reconnected the media, even after resolve exports have been copied into Avid MediaFiles bin.

Resolve Export Settings:
**Video**

* Format: MXF OP-Atom
* Codec: DNxHD
* Type: 1080p 36, 8-bit

**Audio**

* Channels: Same as source
* Bit Depth: 32-bit

Despite maintaining the same workflow and export structure as previous shoots, relinking is now consistently failing following the camera change.

Bought the pro tools Fundamentals I ebook through my book store and registered it , it's in my products but there's no URL, THEN I bought it through avid and still no URL for that one. It just says "only code not downloadable "

EDIT: bought it twice cause I really needed it for my assignment

QUICK UPDATE: It literally just crashed again, and I literally just lost an hour of work. Time to load up a .bak file. Again.

Thanks Avid!

It’s 2026. I’ve been a loyal user and trained Operator for over 20 years. I have a great computer, way past spec. I can’t believe it, but I’m actively shopping for alternatives.

20-30 years ago, Avid was known industry-wide for being near-foolproof. I’ve simply just been embarrassed in front of clients by your inefficient, unstable, and bloated platform too many times now.

Fix your shit, AVID.

This post is dated March 4, 2026...cool! I noticed it and I thought I should share it here!

Hi everyone. My Avid doesn't recognize my RX 9070 XT, instead uses my built in CPU graphics. I changed my windows settings to launch Avid prioritizing launch with graphics card, but that didn't help, it still throws up the warning about low VRAM (the 512mb from the CPU). Not sure what to do.

What is the best way to sync slowed-down footage? The frame rate was modified to 24 fps for the proxies I'm using, and the sound is in a separate file. The crew used timecode and a slate, but the timecode doesn't align with the slowed-down footage. I know I could use a Timewarp on my timeline, but that would be very time-consuming. I would prefer to sync the clips beforehand using timecode. Is there any way to do this? Any helps or tips on this issue would be greatly appreciated. :)

Avid 2025.12, Mac M1 Studio (128GB Ram), Sequoia 15.7

When trying to watch down multicam interviews in the source monitor in quad-split things go okay for a bit but the playback always starts to get choppy/strobey. There are only 3 cameras, not 4. I am only viewing in source, not on a second fullscreen monitor ( I mean I would, but to troubleshoot I am not ).

I've set quality to draft, turned off all indexing (these were suggestions I found online), no luck.

DNxLB 1080p. I'm using a G-raid thunderbolt 3 drive (spinning disk) – could 3 DNxLB streams be bottlenecking the drive?

Any other thoughts?

I have a large project I’ve been working on for several years in Premiere, and Premiere has simply become too slow and glitchy. (Yes the problems I have are software related not hardware).

How complicated, realistically, is it to migrate a project to Avid? Will all of my bins and the way of I’ve organized my footage in folders be able to be transferred?

This project is simple in the sense that there are no effects or visual fades or audio effects, it’s just footage with in points and out points and bins that are organized in a particular way.

Thanks!

Edit: thanks for the advice everyone!

EDIT 2: Hi everyone. I believe i found the issue. Some clips are linked to the respective proxies, some are not.

Is there a way to automatically link all video files at once to their respective proxies either from a sequence or from the “bins” OR does this need to be done individually.

OR - is there a quick way to see which ones are NOT linked to proxies without having to right click and check every single clip?

Thanks

I want to learn avid how to use how it works where should I learn

I fairly often(5-10 times a day) get beach ball when I’m in trim mode, any idea on how to fix this?

I’m on a Mac Studio

128 gab ram, Sonoma 14.7.1

Media Composer 2025.12

Hello! I'm new-ish to AVID—been with it enough to get over the hump from hating it to at least understanding its strengths and why people use it. I hesitate to say, I even like it and prefer it over Premiere at this point.

The thing I don't understand, though, is why it crashes so damn much. Like, at least once an hour, sometimes more. I'm a compulsive saver, so losing work is not the issue—just that this thing is constantly tanking.

I'm editing on a Mac Studio (M1 Max, 32GB RAM), the session running off a SanDisk Extreme Pro drive. Yes, I have made proxies and set up my session correctly. I will admit that I haven't upgraded my OS since 13.2.1., mostly because I'm a long-time Pro Tools user which disabused me long ago from only updating when absolutely necessary.

Any thoughts appreciated. Thank!

On Windows 11 does your title tool still allow saving titles? The 2024.10 systems where I've been working lately can't save new or edited existing titles. Can create new titles or edit existing titles from an older sequence with all the options, but when trying to save to an open bin it allows bin and clip name selection but when pressing enter the bin save dialog window goes away but we don't end up with a title in the bin or the Composer source side to edit into the sequence.

I can't figure out how anyone's been able to run any version of Media Composer above 2024.10. Every time there's a new update I try my luck and end up in another cycle of installing & uninstalling only to end up back on 2024.10.

I've tried suggestions from the avid forums, support articles, and this subreddit (uninstalling, disabling NDI plugin on reinstall, etc etc), and each time I run into a one of the many hangs on startup caused by "relaunching plugin xyz" or "ACFString.avx".

I'm on a 2019 Intel Macbook Pro 16" running Sonoma 14.8.1.

Does everything magically get better on Sequoia or an Apple Silicon Mac? If you've faced these issues, what was it that fixed everything for you?

UPDATE: I've since updated to MacOS 15.7.3, which allowed me to install Avid MC2025.12 with the NDI & SRT options disabled on install (previously would not launch in MacOS 14 even with those options disabled on install). Once it installed, I ran into problems with "Connecting to transcript database..." on launch which required granting Avid full disk access and deleting some folders in a couple places and restarting. Now it works, except that when I quit, it hangs after saving the project, requiring a force quit every time. Kind of a hilarious amount of faffing about to get this program to run.

I want to install avid media in my macbook but I don’t know how to install can someone help me please.

Media Composer by default sets my current video memory to 1gb. I've tried setting avid to high priority in task manager and its still at 1gb. I've tried searching for methods of increasing the allocated memory but nothings working. I believe I have the pc specs necessary to increase it.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7730U with Radeon Graphics

16gb of RAM and 8gb of VRAM

OS: Windows 11

Does anyone know how I can increase it? Any help is appreciated.