I've noticed a bit of confusion as to which Macs are supported and which are not with the new release of MC 3.  After a bit of discussion with Avid, I've formulated a list for ya'll.  This list does not take into consideration the current FW issue with the DNA line.  It's purely a CPU list.

-All MacPro's are supported with MC 3, DNA hardware and DX hardware.

-All 'core-based' G5's are supported with MC 3 and DNA hardware

-All other non-core, aka single or dual processor based G5's are not approved with MC 3

So what does this all mean?  If you want to run MC 3 on something lower than what was tested, then you would be doing so at your own risk.  Also, the Avid Support Group would not be able to as accurately help you if you are running on an untested system  The real thing to take from this is that if you want the new DX hardware... you need a MacPro.

Thanks Todd.

you're the best.

Yes Todd,

thank you very much for providing these informations...

btw. now that i know that mc 3.0 will work with my g5,

does any of you guys got a clue if DVD Studio Pro 3 and/or Motion 1

will work with Leopard either? 

regards

fsd

FSD,

It may not work well.  Here's what I expereienced.  The PPC version of DVDSP 4 worked in Leopard/Intel and Leopard/PPC, but would not display the tool bar.  Further, whenever I saved, it would crash and not save.  Beyond that it worked fine.  Compressor also would not work at all.  The well documented 'background process' error reared it's ugly head no matter what I tried.  We upgraded to the newest Intel versions and ran all the software updates.  All is working well now.  Long and short of it... I think you'll need to upgrade DVDSP to 4, which sucks since you now have to buy the whole FCS 2 package to do so.  However, that will fix your DVDSP and Motion issues.

Todd Sanderson:

which sucks since you now have to buy the whole FCS 2

i knew you would say this[:'(]

thank you

Todd, last night I loaded 10.5.2, QT 7.4.5 and MC 3.0 on my G5 Quad and have been editing all day today via an analog Mojo without a single issue.  Same goes for my 17" MBP.

In both cases I erased the HD and loaded Leopard from scratch.  I have to say it has been a smooth upgrade so far - touch wood!

Oze,

What firewire card are you using for your mojo?

Thanks,

Mike V

Mike, the Mojo has to connect through the internal native bus of the mac.  For drives am running FW via a SiiG 2 Port 34 card on the MBP and a pretty generic FW 800/400 combo PCIe card on the G5 although on the G5 I mostly use a 750GB internal SATA drive now.

All working just fine, in fact I think MC and the Mac in general is definitely more snappy under Leopard.

Ok, Thanks OZE, but....

So i hooked up my analog mojo to the native FW400 port on the back of mac pro, and made shure that No other FW devices were hooked up.

But, every time i play a clip i get -DIO RUNTIME ERROR_FLAMETHROWER.

It just won't work. I have 3-1TB Internal SATA drives which the media is stored on.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Looks like it might be Quad Core related . . . there's another thread here that is discussing the issue.  Blkdog is on it.

http://community.avid.com/forums/t/59526.aspx

Thanks Oze.

I feel like i'll be stuck without MC3/Leopard for a while.

At least Avid got 3.0.1 to run on Tiger, but i can't revert and for the interim i have to cut on the dark side.

Bring me back avid!
It seems apple doesn't care how long it takes.

This is my first post, so I'm not sure if I am doing it correctly.  I didn't want to start a new thread so hopefully posting within this thread should be correct.

I purchased MCS 2.8 in April this year, so I am entitled to an upgrade.  I have it on a 2.3 Dual core G5 PPC running OS 10.4.11.  I have leopard ready to install and the question is does MC 3.0 run on a G5 PPC with leopard, or do I have to upgrade to MC 3.0.1 and remain on OS 10.4.11?

Thanks in advance for any help that is offered.

dodgiebloke

Welcome dodgiebloke,

Your machine is fully qualified by Avid to run MC 3.0.1 and the FW based DNA line on OSX 10.4.11.  Or it's qualified by Avid to run MC 3 software only on OSX Leopard.  Avid has not qualified that machine to run the new DX hardware however.

Thank you for the information Todd.  As I don't have a Mojo, which do you think would be a better choice for an upgrade?  Is there any major difference between 2.8, 3.0, 3.0.1?  Do you think that Avid runs better on a Leopard system, or a Tiger system?

Cheers

dodgiebloke

Interesting question... to be fair up front, beyond some testing and a quick weekend spot edit, I have little experience with MC 3.0.1 on Tiger.  I do currently run it at home on a dual core G5 almost exactly like yours and it rocks!  If you have the right to both MC 3 and MC 3.0.1, you should download them both and get your dongle flashed for MC 3.  You can always run MC 2.8 with a MC 3 flashed dongle.  Keep those installers for future use, no matter which way you go.  I think Tiger is a better OS than Leopard currently.  I think MC 3 and MC 3.0.1 are both way better than MC 2.8.  I think the DX hardware is better than the DNA hardware. 

If I was in your situation, which I am at home, and was running MC Soft on a dual core G5... I would stay with Tiger and run MC 3.0.1.  Particularly if you are only sporting a few GB's of RAM and if you use FW decks and/or storage.  You can always move up as needed. Just my two cents.