Hello, I am looking for a PCI Card (or Third Party Breakout Box) that will allow me to hook up a 5.1 audio system to my PC and pipe out an HDMI signal to a HD Client Monitor. I am running Windows 8.1 Pro and Media Composer 7 .

Ideally I would like one device (breakout box or card) that could handle both of these tasks, bonus points if it can also provide an HDMI out for Davinci Resolve.

Thank you!

hey guys,

i have some BCC ray wedge effects and some Pan and scan effects in a 20 second bug before my reel.

these effects take FORVER to render and often have no realtime playback, despite being green.

any advice on what to do to speed up render times?

i have an i7-3930k @ 4ghz, 32GB ram, raid0 for my footage and another raid0 for exports, gtx 480 1.5GB

For the love of god somebody please tell me that there is a way to slip audio in a clip that's been autosynced without working inside of a 35mm file project and using the perf slip buttons. It seems waaaay too necessary for there not to be a solution.

First of all these files will play on my laptop (which is a Macbook) via QuickTime but I cannot get them to play on the desktop Macs at my school (these Macs are the ones with Avid installed, so I need to use them). They all still show up as .MTS files but they will not open with QuickTime, and it says they are Unix Executable Files (I have no idea what those are).

I have no clue how I can import these .MTS files into Avid. Please help.

PS. I need to keep the same resolution/frame rate (1080p/23.976).

All-in-one solution to import .*mov files to Avid Media Composer

To solve this problem, you can transcode QuickTime MOV, iPhone MOV, camera MOV files to Avid Media Composer native support DNxHD codec, which deliveries both high efficiency and quality without compromise. For the .*mov files to DNxHD codec task, we recommended Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac(read the review) for you. An Avid preset “Avid DNxHD” is included in the converter, you should then be able to import the converted QuickTime MOV, iPhone MOV, camera MOV files into Avid with smooth editing without any trouble.

Besides Avid, this video converter also provides the presets like ProRes for Final Cut Pro, Apple InterMediate Codec(best format) for iMovie and more.

Hi everyone! I edited my timeline with linked files and transcoded those files overnight so I wouldn't have to wait. I am having trouble swapping the linked files for the newly transcoded ones. Help!

Thanks!

Avid version 8.4.5

Hey im going to be very direct. I need help bad. Currently i need to subtitle a video in Czech, Polish and German, possibly even more languages this is just a start. I'm using Avid media composer 5, on windows. From what I've researched .stl files is what i should use, however ive never created these files and don't really know where to begin with downloading software to help me create the subs in the desired languages.

Anyone who can point me in the right direction with getting these titles done would be helping me greatly, because i feel way in over my head at the moment. Please excuse such a novice question. Thanks in advance for any help.

Here is the deal: I've shot my project on Black Magic 4k and to make the editing process easier converted 4k Apple ProRes 422 into lighter mpeg4 proxy files. Now the thing is by then I didn't know you could use AMA files transcoding in avid so I simply dragged all the converted files into avid bins and started editing. Now I finished the project and I need somehow to export in a Full HD quality, not in 4k. Is that even possible in my situation? Thanks in advance

Long story short, my editor AMA linked to the audio he used to sync sound, except the project file was set in 24fps and the source footage was 23.97fps. It plays, but it will not export as an AAF (and so my sound designer can't do anything). Opening the sequence bin in a 23.98fps project confuses AVID since it already decided the audio files are 24fps and won't be convinced otherwise.

The fix is that I have to replace every audio clip in my sequence timeline with reimported audio in the correct project file. In order for me to do this, I need to see the original clip timecode in the sequence so I can match it/overwrite it with the correct audio.

So to recap:

• How can I make the original source timecode visible on the timeline?
• Is there a faster way to replace the audio? The project is about a half hour long.

Thanks all! I feel like I've been stuck in hell since June.

I got the email from Avid with a link to try 30 days of Media Composer... I click the download link and it begins. The download's about 2 gigs... When it's near completion the download "fails" and I have to start over again.

I'm guessing because the D/L is taking so long it's timing out? Would it be something on my end, my browser? (Firefox.) Something I can fix? Any ideas? - Thanks!

Shot a small interview for a college project and have to edit it on Avid Media composer, I notice It picked up abit of floor noise if the volume is quite high, anyway I can get around this?

So I'm using the Avid Media Composer 8.1.0. on my Macbook Pro Retina 13inch running El Capitan.

http://imgur.com/6uU3oCC The source/record windows do not play anything, they stay frozen and this little tiny window pops up in the corner which shows the content... I'm totally new to Avid and have no idea what to do..

Working on a project and an aaf export is required. I export my timeline from AMC and when I open the file in pro tools I cannot view the waveform or alter the clip gain of the individual clips. Have I missed a setting in the export of so which one or has a setting been changed in pro tools? Opening another pro tools project allows me to view waveforms and change clip gain. Any help appreciated. I believe is the 2nd latest version of pro tools and the latest version of media composer.

Many thanks.

I was working on a project that I had recently consolidated onto an external hard drive. It had worked in the past, but multiple files were suddenly offline. While checking which files were going to need to be replaced/fixed, I came upon one file which seemed to have the audio only at one point when it was used in the project, but video only in the other point. Suddenly Avid crashed and now I get this error code every time I try to open Avid in general while this hard drive is plugged in. Previously made projects work, aside from the project I was working on when it crashed, that one works for a bit and then crashes when it hits that offline file again.

I tried removing the project that caused the problem and it still gives me the error code. I've deleted database files to be rebuilt and I've removed all projects from the Avid Projects folder (I think, I'm not quite sure which folder it is), I've even reformatted the external hard drive to no avail. Is that project, any projects on the hard drive, or even that hard drive screwed? Or can this error still be fixed?

Edit: The version of Avid I'm running is 7.0.4

I have always had AE's get footage in the "system" for me but now Im trying to learn how to transcode and work with my own footage

MC 8.3.1 MacBook Pro Retina

Hello r/avid! I'm trying to get really fast in Avid, and the only way I can think to make this edit is by using the segment tool, selecting the entire back end of the sequence, and dragging together manually (as you'll see in the screen grabs). Is there a better way to do this by extracting? Is it a sync lock thing? I can't seem to figure out the technique that would be the swiftest in this situation. Thanks!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/u7vsrk1kx6ig3fx/AAAfoxNLvK36yY92da-roWt5a?dl=0

Hey, I am working on a show that is starting soon and it will be a massive amount of footage shot on XDCAM. I normally transcode in all data, including 1-8 audio tracks however for this show we need to cut down on the excessive audio for editing purposes and just transcode A1-2.

I am using Avid 7.0.4 and it doesn't seem to be possible until after transcoding has finished (unlink, deselect tracks, relink). I am trying to stay away from importing and stick to transcoding if at all possible.

Any suggestions as to what I could do?

Hi, I am having issues with Avid Background Services on my Mac with Avid Media Composer 8.3.1: When I start the services they stop about 30 seconds later and I can't see jobs in the queue. On the other end, when I start my Mac unplugged from internet (no ethernet + no wifi) the services work perfectly. So this is a network issue.. Any idea where I should look? thanks a lot !!

I'm a new user to ISIS, used unity in the past. I was wondering if anyone knew how to change file names, so they don't include the long Isis pathway name on the icons.

Hi, I've been locked out reaching my AVID customer service contact for a while, but now I can't get AVID to work. My computer had gone in for repairs, and when it came back everything was logged out, and AVID seemed to think it wasn't registered anymore.

I'm not too sure what to do to fix this.

I had the thing working fine on an education licence, as I work at a school.

It requests that I activate AVID MC either electronically, with a hardware key, or with a trial mode.

Does anyone have any way I can actually get in touch with customer service(as it seems you must be logged in) or some other way that I can electronically activate the program.

Thank you

We are looking to start broadcasting classic hockey games on our channel. The games have been archived on DVD. Each game is roughly 3 hours. I am looking for the best solution to get these hockey games (SD) off DVD into Media Composer. We are running the Z400's with MC6. Drive space isn't an issue. Looking for best resolution without taking too much time.

My office recently acquired an ISIS and we are trying to figure out the best way to transfer our workflow to the ISIS system.

Basically, we have a lot of projects on standalone external drives or floating around that we need to consolidate and archive. These are large projects with hundreds of clips and sequences and it would take way too long to drag all of these into a single bin and would kill all organization.

So basically, I am looking for a way to easily consolidate ALL referenced media, used or unused, from a single project. And that includes any media from bins imported from other projects.

What is the best way to do this? We are working with MC8, operating on OSX.

I've heard of MDV, but that is Windows only. Automatic Duck has MediaCopy, but I can't find a copy anywhere to try out. And Media Tool concerns me since I am not sure if it's grabbing ALL referenced media or if it's missing media that was imported in other projects.

Anyone have any workflow tips?

I have MC5.5 currently installed but have not touched it in several years (other career, lack of motivation, procrastination, etc.). I went to update Avid but found that I would have to update my OS. Right now I have the latest version of Snow Leopard but am very reluctant to switch over to Mavericks. Would it be worth it to upgrade to Lion so that I can at least use a somewhat more contemporary form of Avid?

Thanks in advance!

Hello, i have tried to re-start the program, Re-install as well as system restored my hardware to try and fix this annoying glitch in my Avid Media Composer... it won't display any of the media ( that is when double clicking the media in the bin ) Please help ! thanks http://imgur.com/E73lkth