This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: Clarification: Media Composer SW/Dongle licensing and backwards compatibility

Monday, July 1, 2013

[Avid-L2] Re: Clarification: Media Composer SW/Dongle licensing and backwards compatibility

"- Media Composer 7.0 + Symphony Option authorized dongles will enable a
customer to authorize and run multiple versions back of Symphony
I hope this clears up any confusion."

So an upgraded symphony dongle to mc 7 with symphony option will work like it always has with legacy software. I'm assuming that's what is meant by multiple versions back.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "mariannamontague" <marianna_montague@...> wrote:
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> Hey everyone
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> Rob D provided a good explanation of the compatibility after I bugged him this weekend.
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> Below is some information to try to clear up some of the confusion.
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> Bin Compatibility: Media Composer 7.0 and NewsCutter 11.0 with earlier versions of Media Composer and NewsCutter:
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> - Media Composer 7.0 and NewsCutter 11.0 bins are compatible in earlier versions of Media Composer and NewsCutter. The latest maintenance releases (5.5.3.7/9.5.3.7, 6.0.4/10.0.4 and 6.5.3/10.5.3) contain fixes in order for these bins to open without inconsistent behavior.
> - There are a lot of new features in Media Composer 7.0 and NewsCutter 11.0 that will not function in earlier versions of the software, so in certain cases these newer features will not be present in the sequence when opened.
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> Media Composer 7.0 and NewsCutter 11.0 Software License Logic Enhancements:
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> - Media Composer 7.0 and NewsCutter 11.0 software licensing (Activation IDs) enables customers to run one whole version back of the software. This means if a customer purchases a Media Composer 7.0 or a NewsCutter 11.0 license they can authorize and run Media Composer 6.0.4/6.5.3 and NewsCutter 10.0.4/10.5.3 products
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> - Media Composer 7.0 + Symphony Option software licensing (Activation IDs) will enable a customer to authorize and run Symphony 6.0.4/6.5.3
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> Media Composer 7.0 and NewsCutter 11.0 Dongle Licenses:
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> - Media Composer 7.0 and NewsCutter 11.0 dongle logic has not changed in this release. Dongles will enables customers to authorize and run multiple versions back of the software.
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> - Media Composer 7.0 + Symphony Option authorized dongles will enable a customer to authorize and run multiple versions back of Symphony
> I hope this clears up any confusion.
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> Hope this helps.
> Marianna for " Rob "
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