Avid Technology's Video division has unveiled "New Thinking"; – a customer-focused campaign designed to improve the way the company connects with all of its users and prospects. The new campaign revolves around four main objectives: increasing the value of Avid's products, workflows, and services; advancing technical and customer support programs; investing in the community of media professionals; and fostering an open, two-way dialogue with customers. With a wide range of initiatives planned to roll out throughout the year, the company has recently announced the following:
New, lower pricing of Media Composer software:$2,495 USMSRP: Increasing the accessibility of the industry-standard digital video editing application to a wider range of users.
The consolidation of software editing applications – merging Avid Xpress Pro software into the Media Composer product line. The company will offer existing Avid Xpress Pro customers a pathway to upgrade to Media Composer software for $495 USMSRP.
A new online community – introducing new ways for industry professionals to access and share tips and tricks, demonstrations, tutorials and media content; as well as opportunities to connect with both Avid and industry peers.
Enhanced online customer support – delivering Avid® support customers easier access to more accurate and personalized answers to important product and service queries, 24/7, without having to call Customer Support.
New student pricing for Media Composer software – enabling any student at an accredited college or university with a valid student I.D. to purchase Media Composer software at Avid’s educational price.
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We are pleased to announce that Avid has qualified a new version of the HP xw8400 workstation, as well as the HP xw4600 workstation, for use with selected Avid editing systems.
HP dual quad-core xw8400
The dual quad-core version of the HP xw8400 workstation has been tested and qualified for the following editing systems (versions x.8 or higher):
Avid Xpress Pro
Avid Media Composer software
Avid Media Composer Adrenaline
Avid NewsCutter XP
Avid NewsCutter Adrenaline
Please note that this workstation was already qualified and shipping with Avid Symphony Nitris.
HP xw4600
Avid has completed qualification and has approved the HP xw4600 for the following editing applications (version x.8 or higher, unless noted otherwise)
In the timeline fast menu under Audio data, select "Auto Pan". You can plot key frames and adjust panning by:
Dragging key frames in the timeline segment up for left channel positioning or down for right channel positioning - center is mono.
Plotting key frames and adjusting pan values on the audio mixer tool.
Use an external fader controller (like Digidesign Command8) that supports automation pan adjustment or recording. Note that Auto Pan rubber banding and Auto Gain rubber banding cannot be displayed simultaneously on the timeline (it's an either/or situation), but both sets of values are honored on playback.
Submitted by: Larry Rubin
Using Multiple Source Windows
In Media Composer, when you alt-double click (PC) or option-double click (Mac) on a clip in a bin it opens in its own source window, with all the typical source window buttons and monitor output. You can have multiple clips open at the same time, which is very helpful when matching clips, or when reviewing footage/takes with a client, since it's faster than finding and then loading each clip into the source monitor. You can even edit just by dragging the display to your timeline
Submitted by: Todd Grimes
Panasonic P2 Formats supported by Avid
The link below details the formats supported with the latest versions of Avid Xpress® Pro, Avid® Media Composer® family, Avid NewsCutter® family and Avid Symphony™ Nitris®. Please note that Avid Symphony Nitris does not offer real-time playback in these formats.
What Operating System, QuickTime version, and NVIDIA driver should I have installed for my version of Avid Media Composer?
The following list provides a graphical representation of what version of QuickTime and NVIDIA driver are needed with each specific version of Avid Media Composer PC.
Place your mouse on top of your version of Avid Media Composer for a clearer view, or click the version of Avid Media Composer to launch the ReadMe documentation.
The following list provides a graphical representation of what Qualified Operating System and version of QuickTime are needed with each specific version of Avid Media Composer MAC.
Click the version of Avid Media Composer to launch the ReadMe documentation.
Why do I get the message "FILE_OTHER, filename:" when trying to access media on a Medea VideoRAID?
If you use an Atto UL4D SCSI card and the RAID is configured as "basic" instead of "dynamic" you will notice that capturing to that drive will fail. This is caused by the fact that the Atto card could send larger block counts to the drive than it is configured for. You could either configure the RAID to be "dynamic" or limit the block counts sent to the drive.
Therefore you need to download the Atto UL4D driver from http://www.attotech.com and decompress to a folder on your hard drive.
Open this folder and search for the file "ELT-1MB.reg"; double-click it.
You will be asked to confirm if the information should be added to the Windows Registry, which you need to accept.
Reboot the system.
Now the I/Os from the Atto card will be limited to 1MB maximum.
Why is there no HD SDI embedded audio output to Sony PDW-F70 XDCAM deck possible?
Assuming HD SDI output is enabled on audio project settings, be sure the Sony firmware for the PDW-F70 deck is version 1.6.2. You can download it here: https://servicesplus.us.sony.biz/sony-software.aspx. Consult the Sony deck manual for uploading the firmware to the deck.
Why do I get a message "executable error pointing at nvoglnt.dll" when saving titles to a bin from Marquee?
Check the Hardware Acceleration setting for Multi Display. If it is set to Multi Display Performance mode, please set it to Single Display mode and restart the application.
Can I download the Latest Updates and Hot fixes for Microsoft Windows on my Avid system?
Click the link below for Avid's latest supported Microsoft Service Packs and Hot fixes.
Below is a list of Avid software downloads currently available with their release dates:
Product
Release
Date Available
Avid DS Nitris PC
8.4 QFE 1
October 18, 2007
Avid Symphony Nitris PC
1.8.1
January 28, 2007
Avid Media Composer Mac
2.8
December 17, 2007
Avid Media Composer PC
2.8.1
January 28, 2007
Avid Xpress Studio Complete PC
5.7
March 22, 2007
Avid Xpress Pro MAC
5.8
December 17, 2007
Avid Xpress Pro PC
5.8.1
January 28, 2007
Avid Unity MediaNetwork
5.0.1
December 18, 2007
Avid Studio Toolkit PC
5.7
March 22, 2007
Avid Newscutter PC
6.8.1
January 28, 2007
Please note that software downloads are typically available for customers with an active Avid Assurance contract or customers who have purchased an upgrade. There are some free upgrade downloads available for certain Avid products (Click link below). Customers on Unity products should check release notes for all storage and attached client systems before upgrading any software.
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