I own Avid Media Composer 3.5 and just recently my iMac's operating system crashed and I needed to reboot. I lost all my files including AMC. I just want to reinstall my current version of Avid on the same iMac computer. I tried inputing the same System ID and Serial # but the activation failed and... (read more)

Hi, I've recently purchased a atomos ATOMCTC-SH1 converter to be able to convert sdi to hdmi with a timecode burn in. I'll link to the product page below. The converter seems to be working fine when connected to a camera or davinci resolve. However, when we open avid media composer or protools... (read more)

Hi all, When I try to launch Avid Media Composer I receive the following error message: 'the program is not supported on VM instances' A brief google search pointed me in the direction of deactivating windows hypervision, via the control panel. Problem is, hypervision wasn't activated in... (read more)

Hello, I am having some performance issues with avid in that its very slow to open a project, creating/renaming/moving bins takes a very long time as well. I posted a question on here a week ago and someone suggested that I clear the attic which didn't make a noticable difference. I found a post... (read more)

Hi All, I'm having a small issue with avid which is my project is very slow when saving, creating and moving bins. After a bit of googling I found page where avid were suggesting archiving the attic. This isn't an issue except I'm mid-project and obviously I don't want to break anything... (read more)

So It has been more than 20 days since I paid for Avid Media Composer under student pricing during Black Friday. I still have not received my serial key. The customer care people have been coming up with wrong solutions from the beginning asking me to wait while they contact the Sales department. Then... (read more)

Hi! Everything is in the title: is there an "Extend" trimming option like in Premiere :) Thanks (read more)

While working on a basic project for my editing class after exporting the video using .mxf after using Media Encoder to make a quicktime .mov (Avid will not do this directly using Catalina on a Mac) right before I was about to submit the finished version of my project I noticed something odd. The EQ... (read more)

Hello, Avid Media Composer has worked on my laptop for 3 years. 2 days ago it started crashing every time I try to open a project. Because I have a deadline for my video, I tried to open a project in Resolve, but it stared doing the same. Anyone has an idea why suddenly I an't open and editing software... (read more)

Urgent issue if anyone has any information. Mac environment working on a range of imacs and mac minis running 10.14.6, on MC with a split of 2018.12.12 and 2018.12.8 Large OB truck shoot, transcoded low res media to LB 1/4 res on set. Avid projects prepared on set with full day sync maps. The sync maps... (read more)