Hi All, I was hoping I could get some advice. I'm getting rid of some older equipment and I was hoping to build a full Edit Suite for a local charity. They're a arts/media centre who provide training and experience opportunites in a range of creative fields for young people from working class... (read more)

Hello everyone, I'm trying to export my dailies in a 2:1 aspect ratio using "Crop to Mask Margins", a custom Image Size and a 2:1 aspect ratio. When I do this I cannot select H.264 as the codec family. Is there a reason to that or is it a bu Using 2024.10 on Windows, screenshot of the export... (read more)

Hello, Been having Zoom edit sessions using the screen share feature. Client constantly complains about choppy video feed. It can be silky smooth for a fair amount of time and then gets choppy. Rebooting usually fixes the problem. But one time it did not. I am on a fiber 1Gbps upload and download. A... (read more)

Hi folks, on my quest to optimize Media Composer performance in our network I came across some issues when I took a look at what actually happens at the 10G interface of our machines. We have Facilis Storage which serves a mostly 10G network. Two things were staggering: - a project in "idle mode"... (read more)

I purchased a perpetual license in December 2023 for MC for Education. I moved my computer and tried to reactivate my software. It seems to want me to pay for support and upgrades. Do I have to do that in order to reactivate my software? Thank you. (read more)

Hello, Several of our workstations are having the issue of PhraseFind not indexing or returning results from Nexis mounted project bins. All but one workstation is able to return results from Nexis mounted projects. These workstations have the same setup. Similar hardware builds, all using the same Avid... (read more)

What is the best practice for the location of Original Media relation to your project? Should it be kept in the same project while working off transcoded files? Is there a performance hit in this method? Should the OM be kept in a seperate project, transcoded into bins and copy those bins into your working... (read more)

I really wish that Avid would let us adjust interface scaling in-app instead of the OS BS that's happening right now. I also wish that windows didn't make such a mess of High Res. So sorry for wanting the screen text to be legible. 4k monitors are my greatest regret. I've got an inherited... (read more)

Hey Everyone, New version of Avid has now released and with support for MacOS Sonoma as well as bringing back the long missed importing and Batch re-importing! These functions have been folded into the new UME engine and work just like they used to on Classic Avids even on my brand new M2 Max Machine... (read more)

Used to run Xpress Pro HD and Avid Mojo with a DV deck via Firewire. Deciding whether to let go of the Mojo or not. Wondering is there any version of Media Composer that are compatible or support the Avid Mojo? The original one not the SDI second generation. Media Composer 5? Media Composer 6? Media... (read more)