Avid is pleased to announce the September release of Media Composer 2018 which is available as of today, September 14th, 2018 at 4:30 AM ET.
Location: This release is available from Avid Master Accounts, Application Manager, and the Avid Download Center (login and password required).
Operating System Update: Depending upon your hardware the qualified Operating Systems are:
What’s New:
What is fixed in 2018.9: The following have been resolved in 2018.9.
Limitations in 2018.9: The following are limitations with the 2018.9 application.
• “Core Consistency Check Failure” errors when recreating animated Marquee titles
• Media size might not be accurate when working with interlaced projects
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 Files\Avid\Utilities\DXDrivers
- 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 include in the Avid Media Composer Activation window.
New Computers Qualified: The following have been added to the Knowledge Base.
The below links are live now.
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.
Reminder: This release of Media Composer requires an active Upgrade plan.
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Carl Amoscato | Freelance Film & Video Editor | London, UK
No mention anywhere about whether the baselight and title tool bug has been fixed yet. MCCET-2577
I'll be using 2018.4 for abit longer then!
AntCaladine: No mention anywhere about whether the baselight and title tool bug has been fixed yet. MCCET-2577 I'll be using 2018.4 for abit longer then!
I was just emailing back with Peter at Filmlight about this. they know what is causing it as of 2 days ago so now to fix it for the next release I hoe.
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Thanks
I'll happily beta test it for you !
email me directly and I will get you the beta login etc...
I've been using this release all day on a uhd doc with over 16tb of footage. not 1 crash yet.,
win10 (1703 pro no updates), 1080ti, 128gb ram, mc 2018.9, software only (i stopped using hardware a while ago)
Nice work avid.
Bugs in 2018.9 (reported to Avid already):
Joachim Claus
So AMA file export is now in the old school export method.
Im not getting the same cpu performance now. I used to get 100%, definitely not maximixing cpu like before.
And my drives are definitely not the bottle neck.
Hello,
This Issue,
Export h264 with a shorter audiotrack then the videotrack - still ends up in an never ending export.
Isn`t this problem there for more than a year now? It's so anoying when you forget to save your last changes.
Kind Regards
C.
CeeBee: Hello, This Issue, Export h264 with a shorter audiotrack then the videotrack - still ends up in an never ending export. Isn`t this problem there for more than a year now? It's so anoying when you forget to save your last changes. Kind Regards C.
ceebee
are you on MC or MC | First?
I don't know if this is a bug or if it has been reported already or even a selectable user setting! But I have MC 2018.9/Z420/Matrox MXo2 with the J&L buttons not ramping/incrementing up the speed when J or L are tapped.
ShadenFreude: I don't know if this is a bug or if it has been reported already or even a selectable user setting! But I have MC 2018.9/Z420/Matrox MXo2 with the J&L buttons not ramping/incrementing up the speed when J or L are tapped.
I could not reproduce this on my system. Does the behavior persist if you change to a new user/project?
I saw this too on MC 2018.5, even on sequences with audio tracks of the same lenght of the video tracks...
peace luca
Marianna: ceebee are you on MC or MC | First? Marianna
Hi Marianna,
I am on Media Composer with Symphony Option 2018.9
Kind Regards from Berlin
camoscato: ShadenFreude: I don't know if this is a bug or if it has been reported already or even a selectable user setting! But I have MC 2018.9/Z420/Matrox MXo2 with the J&L buttons not ramping/incrementing up the speed when J or L are tapped. I could not reproduce this on my system. Does the behavior persist if you change to a new user/project?
The symptom disappeared for a while and then came back next morning on reboot. It was persistent across different users. FYI, the editor is using a Wacom tablet.
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