[quote user="Robert Martindale"] ROLLING AVID BACK TO 2020.12, USING V 11.4 OF DECKLINK DID GET THE MONITOR BACK [/quote] Is there a particular reason you need to use an old version? The problem is that the latest versions have changed the naming cconvention of the driver folders, used by Avid. Upto 12.4, this is not the case, but if you roll

[quote user="Oh, the horror etc."]Finally, I am an independent. I don't work in a large facility with multiple systems. Who does these days. I know from my experience you have use all the available NLEs and be flexible.[/quote] I can only speak for the UK, but most every gainfully employed freelance or staff editor does here. That may

[quote user="AndrewAction"]I moved the file as Mercer suggested but nothing changed UNTIL I restarted MC. Then everything returned to working normally.[/quote] Just to clarify, Andrew. My intial advice was wrong. BMD stated that 12.4.2 has corrected the error of 12.4.1 for both Avid and Premiere. This is not the case as I discovered, at least

Yes Jeroen. Once IBM dominated the personal computer market - they no longer do; Once over 50% of all cars on the world's roads were Ford - they no longer are; Before Arri, Red and Sony Venice, just about every major feature film was shot in Panavision, they no longer are. No dominant player in a market can assume things will go on forever, as they

Thanks Mtahir, useful to know but I think I will stick with 12.4 for now, since there is nothing that later versions add to my BMD device.

[quote user="Jeroen van Eekeres"]While the above might be true, the impunity is not what I perceive. The broadcast market is just as affected and unhappy with these developments. You could, as they use many more products than Media Composer, even argue they are affected more due to all the compatibility/integration issues.[/quote] It's

[quote user="mtahir"]I'm using 12.4.2. I create a soft link called 'Desktop Video' which links to 'Blackmagic Desktop Video' folder that gets around the problem.[/quote] What is the 'soft link' trick you used, Mtahir?

There is no doubt that the move to subscription brought stability and profitability to Avid in the short term. But if that model is not accompanied by sustained reliable development and customer satisfaction (I give you Titler + and Symphony) with useful new features, it may not prove good for them in the long term. If you do study the financials of

[quote user="mtahir"]But as Mercer has pointed out, it's the renaming of a folder by Blackmagic in the latest versions of their Desktop Video app that causes the issue.[/quote] 12.4.2. has not solved the issue, since it still creates a Blackmagic Desktop Video folder, contrary to what BMD say. Reverting to 12.4, resolves the issue. Deinstall

[quote user="mtahir"] The other thing that I discovered with MC is that if I set the quality menu to 10-bit on a PAL/25P project, when you play, and the output gets squashed, there is a green band at the top of the video. It's not there in the other quality modes. If Resolve (v18) can do it with the same hardware, then this points to an