Hello, I'm trying to localization our AVX plugins at the moment and I'm facing few problems. By looking into the SDK, I found out this: ACFATTR_Definition_Language , which seems to always returns 'en' what ever UI lanagage Im using. Note that I'm using this documentation to change... (read more)

Hi, I would like to build a plugin for Media Composer (and not Media Central). Is that an option? I don't see any rellevant documentation or APIs for that. I want to create a Media Composer plugin that processes the video and marks points on the timeline. Where can I find rellevant documentation... (read more)

Hi, I'm developing an AVX2 plugin and on a specific time I'd like to create a file under the project directory [1] where my effect is currently applied on. In order to do this I need a way to retrieve the current project directory. I know there is a function GetModuleFileName() for dll's... (read more)

Hi All I am trying to use AMT3 (version 5.2.2) to write an uncompressed video file to be used as an alpha channel for a video file. I have found a number of MADs that are accepted by the AMT interface, but none of them allow me to actually write the uncompressed frames. I am initially trying to setup... (read more)

Hello! I need to implement plugin for integration between MCUX and Media Composer to solve the next workflow. I have sequence with not rendered effects. In MCUX player window I see message "Unrendered effects". On a separate machine I have a Avid Media Composer. I want to have Render and Refresh... (read more)

Thank you, Marianna! I will forward the answers to the team. To answer your last question, yes, the plugin we are developing will launch its own UI through Avid's effects control panel, similar to many 3rd-party plugins (Baselight for Avid, Sapphire Builder, NewBlue Titler, etc.) That user interface... (read more)

Thank you, Tom, for this valuable information. I will pass it on to the team and reply with the results or more questions :) Much appreciated! (read more)

You are experiencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DLL_Hell. Media Composer has it's own version of the Qt DLLs & framworks with custom patches to Qt that are not necessarily binary compatible with any externally built Qt-based AVX plugins. Your AVX plugin is loaded into the Media Composer process... (read more)

Yes, we are referring to the programming framework that builds the plugin UI and not Quicktime :) (read more)

Hello, We are building a plugin for Avid Media Composer. The plugin will use a custom UI that will be launched through the DoDialog method. We are using Qt for our plugin but we are having a hard time getting it to work. Do you have any run books or documentation specifically for Qt based plugins that... (read more)