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

John, your AVID website search skills are far better than mine…I looked around for a bit and couldn't find the info.

Heads up, the link John included has a description of the problem as well as PDF links and Patch links to the code you need to run to update CODECs on various pre v4.0 Media Composer systems, mac and pc, or previous verions of Avid editors as far back as Avid Media Composer v2.2.x, Avid Symphony1.0.x, and Avid NewsCutter 6.2.x.

The other thing I wanted to recommend to the OP is that while the FX of newer systems will be incompatible (especially Color Correction) that if you do a video mix down when done coloring, the media can be sent back to the v3.5 system. The project won't be compatible, but I think the bins will open on the older system, with unrecognized FX.

As a backup, I would export an AAF of the sequence with the new video mix down as a top layer

Dave Hogan,

Burbank, cA

On Jun 19, 2019, at 1:59 PM, bigfish@pacbell.net [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Yes there was a change to make Avid mxf "compliant" with some aspect of the standard. The patch involved showing package contents on the Avid Application file IIRC. There was a tutorial step guide available to work through it. I think it wasn't a video tutorial so I actually was able to learn how to do it.

IIRC without the patch things would playback with a green or half green screen:

http://avid.force..com/pkb/articles/en_US/Compatibility/en290337

---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <mactvman@...> wrote :

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@... [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!