Laptopeditor:

tompearson:

 sp3 since mc 3.0 and all is well

 ...Tom does using Service Pack three give you anything more performance wise that you didn't have before with service pack 2 ?

 

 not that i am aware of i didnt have a choice when i upgraded to 3.0 i reinstalled my os  and didnt have sp2 as an option   the only thing i am seeing is that sorrenson squeese seems to shut down if i send to from avid but works well if i do a qt ref then open ss standalone

 I'm running 2.6.4 on an HP xw8000.  Is it safe for me to upgrade to SP3?

 I'm running 2.6.4 on an HP xw8000.  Is it safe for me to upgrade to SP3?

Thanks!

Brian

camoscato:

Hi all,

Here's an update to my original answer:  With today's release of MC 3.0.5, Windows XP Service Pack 3 is approved.

good luck,
Carl

That page doesn't mention SP3 as being supported at all. However, the page for MC 3.0.5 in the download center most certainly does.

Hi,

malefunktion:

That page doesn't mention SP3 as being supported at all. However, the page for MC 3.0.5 in the download center most certainly does.

That's just the thread that links to the download center page.  From there you can access the ReadMe, which has a compatibility chart listing Windows XP SP3 as an OS that works with 3.0.5.

good luck,
Carl

 Per the README_AvidMediaComposerv3.0_5.pdf

Microsoft

Windows OS Windows XP Professional with SP2 or SP3.

Of course Avid also says in their documentation that a single processor would work in a xw8200 with a mojo installed...(which it doesn't).   Found that one out the hard way.

http://www.avid.com/resources/qualified/MediaComposer-NewsCutter-Qualified-PC-Workstations.pdf

Before I installed the new MC 3.0.5 on my system, I installed service pack 3. Service pack 3 totally tanked my system ! All kinds of things just wouldn't work anymore, including my built in DVD burner, software to burn, UDF discs would no longer read, other funky system behavior. I rolled my system back to service pack 2, then installed new MC and all is well