I'm planning on configuring and buying a new Windows 7 PC to use with Avid MC 6.5 at home and was looking for some advice on the optimal CPU and GPU. I've read on here that for the CPU it is better to go with higher speed over number of cores. So would I be better off going with an I ntel®...

I'm importing files to avid (6.0.1). videos were created with sony z7. i start the program, load the project, start importing, and after importing 1 file (which he imports fine) - avid says he can not import those kind of files and aborts all the rest. the 1 it did import appears just fine but i...

I am new to Avid Composer 6.5. When I am trying to use the Motion Effect Editor I can not chage anything. When I click the Speed graph or the Position graph nothing happens. All I am trying to do is slow or speed up clips. Any help please!!

Hi there, I'm considering buying a version of MC 6 off Ebay (It's half the price of MC6.5). I probably won't be able to upgrade to 6.5 for a while but I've heard version 6 is a bit buggy. Will I be desperate to upgrade to 6.5 ater only a few weeks and therefore spend money I don't...

I have a video file that was exported by Avid as a ProRes MOV. For no reason I can surmise it wouldn't work on my PC, on neither quicktime nor Avid, even thought other ProRes files work. I put it on my mac and it worked fine there but I don't have Avid on that computer so I transcoded it in Apple...

Hi Peeps, I recieved 30 gigs of .mov files which were transferred to a mac from the camera, then to my Gsafe (and 3 DVDs). I then tried playing them on my PC, but it only played the audio with no picture. After doing some research, I think they're encoded with the ICOD codec which I believe is an...

Hello everybody, I want to build my own Edit PC for fulltime professional video editing (I'd like HD editing to if possible). And I would like to know if thats possible with this configuration. Motherboard M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Socket AM3+ - AMD 990FX Processor AMD FX Series FX-8150 3,1 GHz – 8...

Hi there, Im running AMC 6.0.1, and trying to import some new XDCAM footage for a new film. I get presented with this message "Exception: XDCAMHiresAudioImportReader::LocateSamples - Sample miscalculation" Importing XDCAM footage previously has given me no trouble, so I updated using the 6...

So I just installed the new 6.5 Avid Media Composer and I'm having a certain issue with adjusting key frames. It will let me select one and move it around just like normal, however, when I do an in and out to select multiple keypoints it'll still only move the one that I click on. This used to...

Hi There I hope I'm posting in the right forum, if not feel free to redirect me. In about a month or so I want to buy myself an edit setup and I need a fair bit of advice as to which way to go: PC or Mac. My situation is this: I'm looking to spend about £1,800, maybe a little more, to run...