The 5.0.3.6 patch has been removed from the download center due to many issues it created. You should revert back to a previous working patch.

I have experienced this problem with P2 files as far back as version 3.x. It's NOT exclusive to version 5. However, with the improvements with AMA, I no longer transcode any P2 media and have no issues at all. I simply transfer the P2 media to my Avid VideoRAIDs and it all works without a hitch. One work-around for the 000 TC that I found was to

Well, just one more reason that we must be provided with a solution to permanently disable the Smart Tool. Honestly, it is THE most annoying addition to the toolset in the more than 20 years I've been a loyal Avid owner! For many years I've mapped and used keyboard shortcuts to activate and deactivate the functions of the Smart Tool and now

I've been an editor for more than 30 years. I got my degree in Journalism in the 70's. Back when I started editing, if I absolutely had to make a dissolve, I had to stretch my arms as far as possible to hit the play buttons on two 2-inch Quad VTRs, yell to the chief engineer across the hall to hit the record button on the 3rd Quad, then run

You can also create custom timeline views. I have separate views that expand individual audio tracks and have the waveform turn on at the same time. You can not map these to keyboard shortcuts within Media Composer, BUT I also use MacroToolsWork to create Keyboard shortcuts for all my timeline views, as well as many other unmappable keyboard shortcuts

Can you play the two files with the free Panasonic P2 Viewer software or P2 Contents Management Software? If not, the files are probably corrupt and there's probably no way you'll be able to use these files in MC. To Check if the files are the last 2 recorded, simply go into the Contents//Video folder and view by Date Modified. Also, are you

Not sure why some systems are NOT affected by this bug, but my system crashes after a few minutes of using the script view without exception. It usally happen when using the mouse to scroll. I have experienced the issue with every update/patch of MC 5. At first, I thought it must be something wrong with my setup, but I've double and triple checked

I have numerous eSATA drives connected to my system - none of them are striped, all individual drives. I primarily use them for P2 backup storage. I rarely use them as media drives while I'm editing. However, they have worked fairly well with short-form work when editing SD 1:1. I've tried using them with P2 DVCPRO 1080i HD files and have seen

A quick workaround is to break the documentary into several shorter sequences. I've worked on numerous documentaries and other long format programs and breaking into shorter sequences has help speed things up a lot. Just edit them back together when you are ready to mixdown, ouput or export.

I have many esata drives and they work great for both SD and HD - none are striped. As for transfer rates, it depends on what you're transfering to. When I transfer P2 media from an esata drive to our SCSI AvidVideo RAIDs, I get around 100MB/s+. If transfering to a portable USB drive, the rate drops below 10. I've been buying raw WD Caviar Black