Hi,

I've been using Avid since 2005 but for various reasons not touched it in a couple of years. 

Upon recent return like some kind of Victorian time traveller I've found the changes quite bewildering. 

Foremost, Sorenson Squeeze is now dead? 

There's a lively archive here about alternatives so will research but my question is:

Can MC now do its own transcoding? 

I ask because the old MC was notoriously incapable of decent compression hence the need to export to Squeeze. 

But recently in a suite the editor blithely exported straight out of Avid for broadcast - something I'd never seen before. 

If so, what's the workflow? 

Or did I imagine it? 

Thanks in advance. There may be a  few more Victorian traveller enquiries before this is through...

Jon

Yes Squeeze is EOL, and recent versions of MC have a new engine and can export without using QuickTime. Same workflow as before, You just have to pick the proper options.

Hi and welcome back,

There are new export options; it's up to your judgement whether or not they are good enough for your needs. If not, Shutter Encoder is a good free compression program.

Jon the export for Broadcast was probably (if UK based) A DPP AS-11 export which Avid lead the way in supporting and its very robust. You do have to understand about DPP AS-11 files and how to prepare your timeline and the export choies you need to make (I Teach this) but its a very common process now.

Like wise the new MOV or MP4 export options are much faster and handle H264 and DNx in a stright forward manner.

Things have moved along.