Installation guide

After Installing the Editing Application
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If you are upgrading from v7.x to v8.x, you must uninstall the Avid Transcode Service and the
Avid Editing application. Beginning with version 8.0 of the editing application, the Transcode
Service is included as part of the editing application and is no longer a separate program. When
you uninstall Media Composer v8.0, a separate uninstall of Transcode service is no longer
necessary.
Download Note
To avoid “File Path too long” or a “File cannot be copied” warning while unzipping the
downloaded installer, try placing the installer .zip on the root level of your C:\ drive and unzip it
from that location.
User Right to Raise Thread Priority
(Windows) Note for Domain Administrators: If your editing systems are part of a domain, you
must give the user the right to “Increase Scheduling Priority.” This must be done within the
Domain Group Policy on the domain controller by giving the right explicitly to the user or giving
the right to a group and adding the user to that group. You will not be able to launch as a regular
user if this is not set properly.
If you are part of a domain, a Domain Administrator should install and perform the first launch
of the editing application.
Install as Administrator
You need to first install the editing application, EDL Manager, FilmScribe and MediaLog, as an
Administrator. If you are in a Shared Storage environment, mount your workspaces as an
Administrator. You may then log off and log back in as a Standard user, if necessary.
After Installing the Editing Application
AMA Plug-Ins
You cannot install the AMA Plug-ins while the editing application background services are
running. Make sure you Stop the services before installing the AMA Plug-Ins. The stop/start
background services icon is on the menu bar (Macintosh) or taskbar (Windows). Once you install
the new AMA plug-in, restart the services. See “Starting and Stopping Avid Background
Services” in the Help.