Saturday, January 30, 2016

Re: [Avid-L2] Media Composer v8.5 (Mac and PC) now available

 

and with 64 tracks, now would be a great time for my long sough after feature request

for Audio Dupe Detect.  Please??

rob


On Jan 30, 2016, at 7:07 PM, Ed Fuller edfuller@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


64 Tracks of Audio!

Hooray!

THANK YOU AVID!

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 10:53 AM, jmaio@mac.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


I use Apogee's Duet for audio I/O. Some time ago, Apogee sent out a notice that the Duet will (may) not work with El Capitan due to a change in the core audio made by Apple. Apogee, of course, suggested that I buy the new version Duet or Quartet which is compatible. 

Any Apogee Duet (old version) users who have made the switch to IOS 10.11.x? Any issues?





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Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Media Composer v8.5 (Mac and PC) now available

 

But we asked for 99!

:)

On 1/31/16 10:07 AM, Ed Fuller edfuller@gmail.com [Avid-L2] wrote:
 
64 Tracks of Audio!

Hooray!

THANK YOU AVID!

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 10:53 AM, jmaio@mac.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


I use Apogee's Duet for audio I/O. Some time ago, Apogee sent out a notice that the Duet will (may) not work with El Capitan due to a change in the core audio made by Apple. Apogee, of course, suggested that I buy the new version Duet or Quartet which is compatible. 

Any Apogee Duet (old version) users who have made the switch to IOS 10.11.x? Any issues?




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Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Media Composer v8.5 (Mac and PC) now available

 

64 Tracks of Audio!

Hooray!

THANK YOU AVID!

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 10:53 AM, jmaio@mac.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


I use Apogee's Duet for audio I/O. Some time ago, Apogee sent out a notice that the Duet will (may) not work with El Capitan due to a change in the core audio made by Apple. Apogee, of course, suggested that I buy the new version Duet or Quartet which is compatible. 

Any Apogee Duet (old version) users who have made the switch to IOS 10.11.x? Any issues?



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[Avid-L2] Re: Media Composer v8.5 (Mac and PC) now available

 

I use Apogee's Duet for audio I/O. Some time ago, Apogee sent out a notice that the Duet will (may) not work with El Capitan due to a change in the core audio made by Apple. Apogee, of course, suggested that I buy the new version Duet or Quartet which is compatible. 


Any Apogee Duet (old version) users who have made the switch to IOS 10.11.x? Any issues?

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Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Media Composer v8.5 (Mac and PC) now available

 

Did a divide and conquer on my plugins and found that MC 8.5 seems to be incompatible with my version of Magic Bullet Looks (it's not the latest one, though).


Without that, it opens normally. So this leaves me with the question of whether I have successfully revived the canary (even though it might be missing a limb) or whether it's a zombie canary now. Only time will tell, I guess.


Bye,
Christian

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Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Media Composer v8.5 (Mac and PC) now available

 

David, if you have nvidia gpu, check that your nvidia driver is up to date.  Some problems with nvidia in Mac early in the beta were solved after updating nvidia driver.

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On Jan 30, 2016, at 11:36, David Dodson davaldod@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

It's working beautifully on my Mac 10.10.5. Except for a bug involving the Source monitor when you go into Trim Mode, that it somehow puts some weird fractured image in the Source window that goes away when you click in it.

Aside from that, on 10.10.5 it's a delight.

So far.



David Dodson



On Jan 30, 2016, at 10:06 AM, public@braintrash.de [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

FYI: Gave it a shot on my Mac (OS X 10.11.3), Media Composer hangs at "Initialize AVX2 Host" – seems like a lot of people are having the same issue.


So be cautious, the canary is dead.

Christian


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Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Media Composer v8.5 (Mac and PC) now available

 

It's working beautifully on my Mac 10.10.5. Except for a bug involving the Source monitor when you go into Trim Mode, that it somehow puts some weird fractured image in the Source window that goes away when you click in it.

Aside from that, on 10.10.5 it's a delight.

So far.



David Dodson



On Jan 30, 2016, at 10:06 AM, public@braintrash.de [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

FYI: Gave it a shot on my Mac (OS X 10.11.3), Media Composer hangs at "Initialize AVX2 Host" – seems like a lot of people are having the same issue.


So be cautious, the canary is dead.

Christian


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[Avid-L2] Re: Media Composer v8.5 (Mac and PC) now available

 

FYI: Gave it a shot on my Mac (OS X 10.11.3), Media Composer hangs at "Initialize AVX2 Host" – seems like a lot of people are having the same issue.


So be cautious, the canary is dead.

Christian

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Friday, January 29, 2016

Re: [Avid-L2] Are you a Mac Pro expert?

 

Thanks everyone for all the ideas.  Out of office for a couple days.  I don't think it's heat- unless a fan quit.

I suspect memory conflict in gpu or ram.   Will do more testing when back at it!  

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On Jan 28, 2016, at 14:14, Terry Barnum terrydop@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

I use SMC Fan Control on my MacPros to set the floor for fan speed. They certainly are vacuum cleaners of dust in the machine room.

<http://www.eidac.de/?p=243>

-Terry

> On Jan 27, 2016, at 3:33 PM, Mark Spano cutandcover@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Could be heat. Check your fans, check your internal temps (if you can monitor that). Any Mac Pro that I've had just drop out has usually been a cooling issue and can be sorted by getting better heat dissipation.
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> A good sign that this is the thing is that if you press the system hard (compressing video, multi-core stuff) for a decent period of time, it will crash the same way. That was the thing that clued me in to what was going on with my systems. Working fine, set something up to crunch, walk away, come back to an on system with black screens and unresponsive.
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> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Greg Huson Greg@SecretHQ.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> So, my MacPro tower is HARD crashing regularly lately. I was pretty certain it was a software issue (conflicting software both using either RAM or GPU) but it seems to be less predictable than that.
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> Anyone else seen this behavior in the past? Bad clock battery? Bad power supply? Any ideas?
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Carlsbad, CA

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[Avid-L2] Media Composer v8.5 (Mac and PC) now available

 

 Media Composer v8.5 (Mac and PC) is Launching Today!

All of us at Avid are please to announce the release of Media Composer v8.5 (Mac and PC) today, January 29, 2016 at 11:00 am EST.  


Location of the Release:   The Media Composer v8.5 release for (Mac and PC) will be available @ approximately 11:00 am EST on the Download Center (login and password required) in the Media Composer Folder within the Products List.


Full Installers:  The Media Composer v8.5 release for Mac and PC are full installers. 


My Avid and AppMan:  Both the Master Account ( My Avid )  and Application Manager will be ready for those to upgrade if they are eligible. 


Licensing and Activation:  Information on Licensing, Dongle updates and Activation is listed below. 

  • The ability to launch Media Composer v8.5 software is dependent on the status of your Avid Upgrade & Support Plan on the date this software version is released (January 29th, 2016).
  • Please read the How to Update Your License page before upgrading to this release as it takes into account new installs, upgrades for both dongle based and SW licensing based systems and Floating licenses.  
  • More detailed information on the upgrade process and what works with what, is also available on the Upgrade and Support Plan FAQ page.
  • The FlexVersioner, as has been stated in the past, is no longer supported for this release.  See the Support Upgrade article for instructions on how to upgrade your dongle based  or SW licensing based System.

Documentation:  There will be new documentation posted today @ approx. 11:00 am to the Knowledge Base for Media Composer v8.5.

  • The final ReadMe, Installation Guide, What's New, and more can be found on the Media Composer Documentation page at Launch today, January 29, 2016 at approx. 11:00 am EST
  • The Application manager version has not change however, the Application Manager Documentation page also has a ReadMe's and User Guide available.                                                                                             
New OS Support:  Depending upon your hardware the qualified Operating Systems are:

  • Windows v7 64-bit SP1(Professional) and Windows v8.1 (Professional and Enterprise), Windows 10.

  • Macintosh v10.9.5, v10.10.1, v10.10.2, v10.10.3, v10.10.4, v10.10.5, 10.11

Upgrading to Mac OS v10.11 (El Capitan):   (Mac) If you upgrade to Mac OS 10.11, you must uninstall Media Composer.  Reinstall Media Composer after you perform the OS upgrade. If you use Avid Artist DNxIO, you must also uninstall the Desktop Video software and reinstall it after the OS upgrade. 

What's New  This release has a number of exciting new features and important bug fixes.  See below for a highlight of what is new in this release.

Listed below are some of the new features in Media Composer v8.5.

  • Menu Simplification: The menus have been reorganized to remove legacy menu items and simplify the user experience.
  • Timeline UI Improvements: A number of updates have been made to the timeline, including enabling Sync Rollers for Sync Locked Tracks, the ability to see full segments as you drag them within the timeline as well as the effect their repositioning will have on the rest of the timeline before you commit the change, and creating a new track by dragging a segment above the timeline.
  • Support for 64 Tracks of Audio: Users can now create and work with 64 individual tracks of audio.
  • Group by Audio Waveforms: Group clips can be made based on audio waveform analysis.
  • HDR Support: Media Composer now includes color spaces for High Dynamic Range (HDR). This provides support for a higher range of video signal, and enables automatic color transformations for source files based on the HDR color space set in the project. 
  • Audio Mixer Updates: You can now resize the Audio Mixer and create custom track groupings.
  • FrameFlex Rotation: Users can rotate the framing box in the FrameFlex source settings using the Z rotation slides, enabling the straightening or reframing of an image at the source level rather than in the timeline.
  • Interactive Video Frame Cache: A new Video Memory tab has been added to the Media Cache settings to allow users to save generated frames of the current playing sequence into a memory storage cache, resulting in faster response times while editing and playing back media. 
  • UI Personalization Tools: Additional UI settings have been added to allow users to change the background color of the Project Window and Timeline, and override Bin and Project fonts and font sizes.
  • Bin Columns Updates: The process for adding Custom Columns as well as Multiple Columns in bins has been simplified, and you can now copy and paste the same text to multiple fields within a column.
  • Identifying Rendered Effects: Users can now choose to differentiate between rendered effect media and Title and Matte key effect media in the Media Tool. This is helpful when identifying media to delete.
  • Ancillary Data SCC Import: Media Composer now supports importing of Scenarist Closed Caption (.scc) files.
  • …and more!

Bug Fixes:  For a complete list of fixed bugs and new features, please refer to the Draft ReadMe and Draft What's New Guide attached to this communication.  Some of the bugs fixes are……

  • In some instances, Frame Counter was one frame off after applying a reverse motion effect speed change to a clip. This has been resolved.
  • If you opened the Title Tool in a certain language and then changed to input text in a different language, the editing application would freeze when saving the title. This has been resolved.
  • When the keyframe button in the Timeline was deselected, Timeline settings were ignored. This has been resolved.
  • You could not successfully drag from one bin to another after performing a Same as Source export. This has been resolved.
  • And more….. 

How will customers obtain Media Composer v8.5:  Listed below are the 4 ways customer can access v8.5.

  1. Customers who have already installed the latest version of Media Composer will be notified of the availability of the upgrade via the Application Manager ( AppMan ). The Apps tab will also provide a link to download and install the update when desired.
  2. New customers who purchase Media Composer will receive this v8.5 update in their Avid Master Account at Orientation

     

    http://www.avid.com/account
  3. Customers on current and valid Upgrade & Support plans can download the Media Composer v8.5 update either from their Master Avid Account or the Avid Download Center (login and password required.)
  4. Customers not on a current  Upgrade & Support contract ( never bought one or it has expired ) must purchase either a new Media Composer Subscription or Perpetual license to receive this update.


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Thursday, January 28, 2016

[Avid-L2] [job] Post Systems Admin, Santa Monica CA

 

Post-Production Systems Admin (Santa Monica) 



We are a commercial post-production company located in Santa Monica. You would be working with a creative group of about 50 individuals and manage day to day systems for one location, but a member of a team that manages multiple locations.

The Post Production Systems Administrator will have the technical knowledge and experience to be 'hands-on' and 'think out of the box' when problem solving. It is key that this person be proactive, responsive, and get things done quickly.

Overview of environment: mac, pc, linux, avid, premiere, visual efx, and online.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Deploy, maintain, and update related systems, which can include; storage, renderfarms, LTO tape library, and servers to mention some, but not all, resources.
•Ensure all Mac, Windows, and Linux workstations, farm, and servers are up to date with OS, patches, and software.
• Installation and troubleshooting of VFX, Online, and Non-Linear applications, which can include: Flame, Adobe, Nuke, Maya, C4D, Vray, Deadline, Resolve, Avid, Final Cut, and Premiere.
• Respond to user requests and issues related to media management, file-based workflow, delivery or system issues.
• Implement processes and resources to enhance Artists / Client / Production workflow.
• Documentation of infrastructure, software, and processes.
• Testing of new technologies for possible future integration.
• Help Desk support of printers, telephones, and security, along with, hvac.


QUALIFICATIONS
•Worked / Working in a like Post-Production environment.
• Solid working knowledge of Mac OS, Linux, and Windows
• Knowledge of AD, SMTP, DHCP, NFS, DNS
• Experience with building and troubleshooting high availability computing systems and renderfarms.
• VFX support experience: Maya, Autodesk, Adobe, DaVinci Resolve, Nuke, and Deadline Queue Manager.
•Working knowledge of Avid and Premiere.
• Ability to effectively communicate with non-technical people face to face or via email.
• Ability to quickly learn and implement new technology.

reply to:  mbddr-5412539164%40job.craigslist.org


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