This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Editing HDV MXF media and sequence from Avid 3.5

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Re: [Avid-L2] Editing HDV MXF media and sequence from Avid 3.5

If I recall correctly, you may run into another wrinkle…

It was around version 3.5 of Media Composer that AVID made a basic change in the way they wrote MXF media.

I think there was a patch you needed to run in order to make V3.5 versions of Media Composer recognize the MXF media of newer systems. I don't know if this would have affected HDV versions of the Codec

Anyone else remember what I am talking about? I worked on a job about 5 years ago where I ran into this. I can't find a copy of the patch.

Dave Hogan

Burbank, CA

On Jun 17, 2019, at 9:33 AM, crispinholland@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I have Media Composer 2018.2.0 with a now unsupported permanent licence on a 2008 Mac Pro 3,1.

I have been asked by a client if I can colour correct an HDV MXF sequence from an Avid 3.5 and then return it as a colour corrected Avid sequence & untouched original media back to the client. I'm assuming that I won't be able to either open the old project with my 2018.2.0 - or certainly not give it back such that he can open the modified project on his MC 3.5. Am I correct?

I also have an older dormant hard disk in my Mac Pro (with an older OS) which has a Media Composer 5.5.5 installer on it (which is the original Avid I bought which was upgraded over the years until I stopped paying at 2018.2.0).

1. If I install 5.5.5 on the other hard disk, can I 'un-licence' my 2018.2.0 and licence & run 5.5.5? If so, how?
2. I stupidly chucked the 5.5.5 installation disks in a clear-out a while back - do I need the old activation key for 5.5.5? If so, where can I find this?

Thanks very much!