Avid® Media Composer v4.0.2 ReadMe Revision History Date Revised Changes Made September 22, 2009 Updated “Supported Hardware” on page 14 and “Shared Storage Support” on page 28 to include support for both Macintosh OS 10.5.7 and 10.5.8. September 18, 2009 Updated “Supported Hardware” on page 14 to add Adrenaline and Mojo SDI support for HP z800 and HP z400 hardware. Added Ancillary Data Note to the “Documentation Changes” on page 68.
Contents Symbols and Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fixed in v4.0.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Before You Install the Editing Application. . . . . .
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layout and formatting features. If you want to print a higher quality version of Help information, Avid recommends that you print all or part of the PDF version of the appropriate Avid manual included in the Online Library for your editing application. To access the Online Library, select Help > Online Library from within your Avid editing application. 4. Visit Avid Online Support at www.avid.com/onlineSupport/. Online support is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Before You Install the Editing Application Before You Install the Editing Application Read through the following procedures prior to installing the editing application. (Windows Only) Missing Video Plug-ins If you are updating from Avid Media Composer 3.x, Symphony 3.x, or NewsCutter 7.x to Avid Media Composer v4.0.x, Symphony v4.0.x or NewsCutter v8.0.x, you must perform the following to fix the AVX Plug-ins path.
Existing Editor Upgrades Use the following information to determine which editing applications can be installed on your system. The following existing editing applications can be upgraded to the following listed versions: • Media Composer versions v2.7.x and higher can upgrade to Media Composer v3.x and higher (on Windows® XP OS). • Symphony™ Nitris® versions v1.7.x and higher can upgrade to Symphony Nitris v3.x and higher (on WinXP OS).
Before You Install the Editing Application You can choose to disable it and continue with your editing session. The dialog will appear once you relaunch the application unless you disable the option. To disable the desktop compositing: 1. Access the Control Panel. 2. Double-click System. 3. Click Change Settings. 4. Click the Advanced tab. 5. Under the Performance area, click Settings. 6. Uncheck “Enable desktop composition.
New Folder Structure Some editing application folders have moved to a new location that is now shared and visible to the user on installation. These folders are created at installation time and are given special permissions to work for all users.
Installing the Software To clean up folders: 1. Before installing Media Composer 4.0, you need to uninstall your old version and any version of FilmScribe, EDL Manager, MediaLog, and Avid Log Exchange. 2. Remove the following Registry keys on your system if they still exist after the uninstallation process. HKLM/Software/Avid Technology/ HKLM/Software/Avid Technology/AVX Plug-ins 3. From the following folders, remove any folders that do not have custom data in them that you want to keep.
(Windows) To uninstall the Avid editing application software do one of the following: t Using the Add/Remove program, remove the editing application. t During the installation process, when prompted, choose to uninstall the editing application. (Windows) To install the Avid editing application software: 1. Quit all active applications. 2. Insert the editing application DVD. 3. Click to Install the Avid Editor Suite or Individual Product and follow the on screen instructions.
Notes on Software Licensing another application might result in the update completion dialog box being hidden. If this happens, you will see the update progress stay at 100% but have no option to proceed. The hidden window which states the update is complete and prompts you to shutdown, cannot be brought to the foreground. Shutdown the system. Do not just Restart. You must choose to fully Shutdown and then power up your system again.
Using the GetLicenseInfo Utility Avid provides a utility program — GetLicenseInfo.exe — that retrieves information specific to your license. This is useful if you no longer have the original license information or if you need to provide this information to Avid Customer Support.
Codec Update n The changes affect only DNxHD 1080i/59.94 and DNxHD 1080i/50 formats. All progressive formats, for example, 720p and 1080p are unaffected. Installing Updated Codec Files Copy the updated codec files from the Avid Media Composer v4.0, Avid Symphony v4.0 or the Avid NewsCutter v8.0 and place them in the appropriate folder of the earlier version (3.x, 7.x and above) editing application. To update to the latest codec files: 1. Make sure the editing application is not running. 2.
Supported Hardware The following tables provide the information on supported PC and Macintosh hardware. Supported PC Workstations with Avid Media Composer The following PC Workstations are supported with Avid Media Composer v4.x. Supported PC Hardware Graphics Card Supported Windows OS HP z800 Dual Quad Core, 2.
Supported Hardware Supported PC Hardware Graphics Card Supported Windows OS Supported with Dell T3400 Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA Quadro FX Windows XP 32 2.33 or 2.66GHz 3700 or NVIDIA Windows Vista 64 Quadro FX 570 Software Only Adrenaline Mojo DX Mojo SDI Mojo HP xw8600 NVIDIA Quadro FX Windows XP 32 3700 Windows Vista 64 Software Only Nitris DX Mojo DX Adrenaline Mojo SDI Mojo HP xw8400 Dual Quad NVIDIA Quadro FX Windows XP 32 Core, 2.33, 2.66, or 1500 or NVIDIA Windows Vista 64 3.
Supported PC Notebooks for Avid Media Composer The following PC Notebooks are supported with Avid Media Composer v4.x. DNxHD capture is not possible on a notebook. Supported PC Notebooks Graphics Cards Supported With HP 8730w Core 2 Duo 2.53, 3.06 GHz NVIDIA FX 2700m and NVIDA FX 3700m Windows XP 32 Software Only Windows Vista 32 Mojo DX (no DNxHD capture) Mojo SDI (requires PCI Express FW800 add in card) HP 8530w Core 2 Duo 2.53, 3.
Supported Hardware Supported PC Notebooks Graphics Cards Supported Windows OS Supported With Dell Precision M65 Intel Core Duo or Core 2 Duo processor 2.16 GHz NVIDIA Quadro FX350M Windows XP 32 Software Only Dell Precision M90 Intel Core Duo processor 2.16 GHz NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M / 1500M Windows XP 32 Software Only Mojo SDI Mojo Supported Macintosh Workstations for Avid Media Composer The following Macintosh Workstations are supported with the Avid Media Composer v4.x.
Supported Macintosh Hardware Graphics Cards Supported Windows OS Supported With Mac Pro Dual NVIDIA GeForce Dual-Core 2.66 GHz or 7300 GT higher Intel processor Leopard v10.5.7 and v10.5.8 Software Only Nitris DX Adrenaline Mojo DX (no DNxHD capture) Mojo SDI Mojo iMac 20” Display 2.66 GHz 4 GB RAM Leopard v10.5.7 and v10.5.8 Software Only GeForce 9400 Supported Macintosh Notebooks for Media Composer The following Macintosh notebooks are supported with the current editing applications.
Required Hotfix Info Supported Macintosh Notebook Graphics Cards Supported Macintosh OS Supported With MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 17” or 15” display Leopard v10.5.7 Software Only and v10.5.8 Mojo DX(no DNxHD capture) Mojo SDI Mojo MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 17” or 15” display Leopard v10.5.7 Software Only and v10.5.
Item Versions Comments Windows Media Version Support Windows Media Player 11 If you do not have Windows Media Player 11, access the download at www.microsoft.com. Windows Media export compatibility is subject to Microsoft Windows Media updates. 20 Avid Interplay Support See the Avid Interplay ReadMe for supported versions. Macintosh editing applications are not supported in an Avid Interplay environment.
Compatibility Chart Item Versions Pro Tools Pro Tools LE v7.3.1 and v7.4.x Comments For information on supported versions of Pro Tools in an Interplay environment, see Pro Tools LE v8.0cs1 and higher. the Avid Interplay ReadMe. Pro Tools HD v8.0cs1and higher. Interoperability is supported with Pro Tools LE v7.3.1 and v7.4.x; Co-install is not supported with these versions. With Pro Tools HD v8.0cs1, Media Composer supports the Video Satellite feature.
Item Versions Comments Boris Continuum Complete v6.0.4 Ships with: Avid Media Composer Avid NewsCutter® Avid Symphony™ Nitris® Avid Symphony Nitris DX Avid DVD by Sonic v6.1 Ships with: Avid Media Composer Avid NewsCutter Avid Symphony Nitris Avid Symphony Nitris DX Sorenson Squeeze v5.1.1 Ships with: Avid Media Composer Avid NewsCutter Avid Symphony Nitris Avid Symphony Nitris DX SmartSound Sonicfire® Pro v5.1.
Co-Install Supported Configurations • To install Pro Tools and an Avid editing application on the same system, install Pro Tools first and then the editing application. • When you uninstall Pro Tools, choose to uninstall just the application and not the audio drivers. On a Macintosh Pro Tools system, this is named the “Safe Uninstall.” • Media Composer and Avid NewsCutter were tested with the Mbox, Mbox 2, and Mbox 2 Mini as valid I/O peripherals.
Pro Tools MC Software (Interface) Only MC with Mojo MC with Mojo SDI MC with Adrenaline MC with Mojo DX MC with Nitris DX Mbox 2 Co-install Micro (USB) Co-install Co-install Not Tested Co-install Not tested Digi 002 (1394)b Co-install Co-install Co-install Co-install Co-install Co-install Digi 003 (1394)a Co-install Co-install Co-install Co-install Co-install Co-install Pro Tools HD, in CPU Co-install Co-install Co-install Co-install Co-install Co-install Pro Tools HD, with
Using External Fader Controllers Pro Tools MC/NC MC/NC with MC/NC with MC/NC with MC/NC with MC/NC with (Interface) Software Only Mojo Mojo SDI Adrenaline Mojo DX Nitris DX Audio Devices: Mbox (USB 1.
Windows systems with Avid Adrenaline, Avid Mojo, and Avid Mojo SDI input/output hardware can use the Digi 002 as an external audio device. This means you can use the Digi 002 to play, record, and output audio. This option is not available for systems with Avid Nitris DX and Avid Mojo DX hardware. The following table compares the external fader controllers and mixers.
Disabling the NVIDIA Driver Helper Service (Windows XP) Prior to setting up the NVIDIA card, check to make sure you have the correct display driver version. If you do not have the correct NVIDIA driver, you can install it from the Utilities folder that installs with your Avid application. • Version 182.65 Which driver is required depends on the version of the NVIDIA card and the type of operating system (Windows XP Windows Vista 32, Windows Vista 64).
To disable the NVIDIA Driver Helper Service: 1. Right-click My Computer. 2. Click Manage. 3. Double-click Services and Applications. 4. Double-click Services. 5. Right-click NVIDIA Display Driver or NVIDIA Driver Helper Service. 6. Click Properties. 7. Select Startup Type > Disable. 8. Click OK. Every time you update or reload the driver, this service is enabled again.
New in Avid Media Composer v4.0 New in Avid Media Composer v4.0 What’s New The following features have been added to this release of the editing application.
Limitations and Known Issues AMA (Avid Media Access) ➤ Bug Number: . AMA and XDCAM Optical Disks: When accessing media through Avid Media Access (AMA), system response time can be affected due to the high latency of the XDCAM optical disk. This can affect media access response time while linking, playing back, and scrubbing.
Limitations and Known Issues columns display. If you then create an XDCAM bin and link with AMA, and then create another customized bin view. All default columns and additional metadata columns display as well. When you switch back to the first P2 customized bin view, the additional metadata columns disappear. Workaround: When using AMA, Avid recommends that you do not create custom bin views. Use the default preset bin views. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00120470.
3. Ensure that the Record/Input descriptions match the Playback/Output settings. For example, if you have a microphone plugged into the rear pink connector, then the Playback/Output option should be set to Rear Pink In. If you have a Line input audio device connected to the front black connector, the Playback/Output option should be set to Front Black In. ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00143962.
Limitations and Known Issues Avid Unity ➤ Bug Number: UDevCC00080420. Avid Unity MediaNetwork and Power User login: If you log into your Windows system as a Power User and use the same login in the Connection Manager to log onto Avid Unity MediaNetwork, you cannot play media. Workaround: In order to use an Avid editing application in Interplay you must log in as a Power User. However, do not use the same login when you use the Connection Manager to log onto Avid Unity MediaNetwork.
Workaround: Make sure the target drive or workspace names have fewer than 28 characters. ➤ Bug Number: UdevC00025851, UdevC00049993. If you capture clips with an Avid editing system on two or more days and use the same project and the same tape name (for example, if you capture on two separate days from a cable feed named “Live”), relinking the clips might cause the old clips to relink to the new clips.
Limitations and Known Issues ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00220761. When you capture from an HDV device through 1394 into an HDV interlaced project, you might see the video break up into squares. The captured media is intact and complete, however. ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00197055. When you capture media that includes invalid frames, you might see an error message that the capture has been aborted and the invalid frames discarded and it asks you if you want to keep the clip.
appears. Select the timecode format (Drop Frame or Non-drop Frame) for logging clips when no tape is in the deck. When a tape is in the deck, the system automatically uses the existing timecode format on the tape. ➤ Bug Number: . (HDV) When switching from one project format to another while connected to an HDV device, you must turn the HDV device off and then turn it back on again. ➤ Bug Number: .
Limitations and Known Issues Compatibility ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00129804. The list of available transcode resolutions in the Transfer Settings list is not accurate. Some of the resolutions listed might be incompatible with the current project’s media resolutions. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00125617. Ancillary Data and Nitris DX: Due to software DNx codec performance requirements, you must have a dual quad core system in order to capture DNxHD 220 or 220x with ancillary data on the Nitris DX platform.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00119004. Previously, the Best Performance Video Quality option (yellow/yellow) was the only option available when working with HD projects in MultiCamera Mode. The yellow/green video quality option is now available in MultiCamera Mode when working with HD projects. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00112765. Currently, it might take longer to load a long-GOP 9-way or Quad Split source view. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00105849.
Limitations and Known Issues Allegro™ FW400 1394a FireWire card installed. You may experience “Huffman Decode” errors during batch capture or capture on-the-fly if you run with an unapproved Firewire card. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00097564. Currently, if you are on a Windows Vista 64 editing application and you try to open a bin that was created on a Windows XP editing application, you might receive an “Unable to open file” message.
Mac Intel® based systems. Customers may need to upgrade their AudioSuite and AVX plug-ins. Please note that Avid has informed Third Party partners of this change. Third Party plug-ins that have not been updated will not be supported in this release. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00079523. If you are a non-administrator and you want to launch AudioSuite Plug-Ins, make sure you have an administrator make you a member of the AvidUsers group which is automatically created during installation.
Limitations and Known Issues ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00097111. (Avid Nitris DX/Avid Mojo DX) Currently the blue bar in the Timeline might not reach the end of the sequence at the end of a digital cut. All frames are actually cut to tape. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00118267. A “Media Offline in Composition” error might occur with a Digital Cut even when all media is online. Select Continue to perform the Digital Cut. ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00222537. (Macintosh) When performing a 720p/59.
➤ Bug Number: UDEV00138162. The Digital Cut tool does not allow certain durations of black to be added to the tail of a sequence. Certain values (including 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, and so on) reset the clock to zero when applied. If the value you entered resets to zero when applied, adjust the value upward or downward until a satisfactory length is determined (at which point the clock does not reset itself and the desired duration is correctly applied). Dynamic Relink ➤ Bug Number: 103557.
Limitations and Known Issues ➤ Bug Number: UdevC00117990. If you try to conform an AFE created from the Avid Media Composer or Avid Symphony editing application to Avid DS, the Color Correction animation effects will not conform. The effects will be replaced with a wipe effect. You should demote the color corrections. Right-click the sequence that contains the Color Correction effects and select Demote Effects. This creates a a duplicate sequence that you can open in Avid DS.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00097157. A clip with an unrendered TimeWarp effect might not import to Pro Tools. Render the effect before exporting. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00090708. When you try to run AudioSuite you might receive the following message, “Your computer is missing a Windows XP update required by ProTools. Please install all available critical updates before installing Pro Tools.” If you do, you must perform a Windows Update, Custom Install to ensure the correct .dll is installed.
Limitations and Known Issues ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00207851. You might not be able to render a FluidBlur, FluidColorMap, or FluidMorph effect in an HD project if there is not enough memory available. Workaround: Try one of the following: t In the Bins tab of the Project window, click the Clear button, and render the Fluid effect (see “Managing Bins and Memory” in the Help). t Close all unused bins, relaunch, and render the Fluid effect.
➤ Bug Number: UDEV00132940 . You might see a “FluidMotion Vector Edit Requires Full Resolution” error if you work in FluidMotion™ Vector Edit mode in anything other than full resolution (green mode in the Timeline). Render FluidMotion effects before you combine them with any other effects, especially any other time-based effects. ➤ Bug Number: .
Limitations and Known Issues Workaround: Import still images into a bin and use them in the edit. With the imported image in the Timeline, apply the Pan & Zoom effect and load the respective file from the Open dialog box. This way you can use “Clip Text” and confirm that the correct images are being loaded. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00088408.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00102078, 101999. Export to HDV Device will fail on a Windows system if your sequence contains native HDV media (HDV media captured from tape). This does not apply to Macintosh systems. Workaround: Transcode to another resolution before performing the export. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00081152. An error might occur when you export to HDV when the first frame of the sequence is a video mixdown clip. Workaround: Place filler or a frame of non-video mixdown media at the head of the sequence.
Limitations and Known Issues Workaround: Add 10 seconds of color bar or black filler at the beginning and at the end of the sequence. ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00140687. When you export a QuickTime Reference movie, do not mix DV and non-DV media. If you mix DV and non-DV media, the resulting movie might contain line shifts. ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00087119. When you export pan automation on an audio clip as AAF, it does not translate in Pro Tools. Pro Tools does not accept varying value pan controls during import.
Workaround: Use only ASCII characters in workspace names. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00051974. If you capture a clip from a workspace with a French name through CaptureManager™, in the Avid editing application the bin heading Drive might be empty where it should list the French name of the workspace. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00051060,UDevC00088815. If you change the font or font size of your input, and see characters rotated 90 degrees, make sure you select the correct font.
Limitations and Known Issues ➤ Bug Number: UdevC00106344. After installing the editing application on the Windows Vista OS, when you choose to reboot the system, the shutdown cycle is longer than usual. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00103563. On Windows platforms, occasionally the PACE installers do not properly update the iLok drivers. PACE iLok drivers are used to copy-protect Digidesign plug-ins. If this happens, the AudioSuite functionality in Media Composer will be disabled.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00091228. Selecting Check In All Open Bins from the Fast menu (hamburger menu) in the bin might not check in the open bins. Workaround: To check in all open bins, select Check In All Open Bins from the File menu. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00090338. After you perform a search for media in the Interplay Window, you cannot refresh the search results displayed in the Research panel by pressing F5. If you want to refresh the results, repeat the search. ➤ Bug Number: UDEVC00052480.
Limitations and Known Issues Workaround: Check the sequence into the Interplay Window before you attempt to transfer it. ➤ Bug Number: UDEV213923 . In workgroup environments prior to Avid Interplay, you could automatically consolidate from NewsCutter during Send to DMS. With the Avid Interplay release, the automated consolidate is not available. Choose to consolidate prior to sending to DMS. ➤ Bug Number: UdevC0055755.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00083319 . In the Select Project dialog box, shared workspaces and projects are available and should not be. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00083320,UDevC00083772. Shared drives and media are available in the Media tool and in the MetaSync™ application and should not be. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00083321. In the Interplay Server Settings dialog box, you can change the Interplay server name and you should not be able to. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00083371 .
Limitations and Known Issues ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00084610. If you select Automatic Login at Project Selection in the Interplay User Settings dialog box, enter Disconnected Client mode, exit the mode and the editing application, reconnect, and then restart the editing application, you need to log into Interplay again and you shouldn’t have to. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00088542. In Forced Disconnect mode, if you make a change to your User settings, the change might appear for all other users, as well.
Workaround: In the Choose Location for Exported Locators dialog box, add the file name extension .txt to the end of the file name before you click Save, or add the extension to the saved file before you import it. Mixed Frame Rate and Field Motion Types ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00126375. If you are sending a mixed resolution sequence to playback, make sure “Same as Source” is unchecked in the Media Creation Settings Render dialog box. The render format must match the primary playback format.
Limitations and Known Issues ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00122550. You cannot apply a Timewarp effect on top of a Motion Adapter effect. If you attempt to do so, an “Effect does not apply” message appears. However, you can promote a Motion Adapter effect to a Timewarp for full access to all Timewarp effect parameters. For more information, see “Viewing and Adjusting Motion Adapter Parameters” in the Help. Panasonic ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00101216.
Workaround: Close and re-open the bin and then execute the command again. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC0056503. When you view a P2 clip that spans across multiple P2 cards in the timeline, you might be surprised as to what you see and don't see due to the history of mounting P2 cards on your current system and the P2 cards that are currently mounted. Be aware that even though media is offline, or you are not able to view the P2 media in the Timeline, the media is not lost.
Limitations and Known Issues ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00163032. Dupe detection is not available for P2 source material. ➤ Bug Number: . The following limitations currently apply when working with AVC-Intra resolutions: • Playback of AVC-Intra is not supported with xw8400. Newer hardware does support playback. • Real-time playback support on Avid Symphony Nitris is not guaranteed. • QuickTime export is not supported. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00128615.
performance, Avid has provided a console command which allows you to pre-render more frames. This will slow down the start of play, but improve the overall playback performance.To increase the number of pre-render frames: Perform the following: 1. Open the Console window by selecting Tools > Console. 2. In the Console command line, type the following command followed by the number of frames you want to pre-render: multicampreload 20 3. Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh). The value is saved.
Limitations and Known Issues desktop has stopped playing. To make sure you view the actual last frame, the application then snaps the client monitor back to the frame on the desktop. This might be more apparent when playing HD media. ➤ Bug Number: . If you do not see video output to your device, make sure that the appropriate device is selected in the Special > Device menu. If FireWire is selected in the Device menu, make sure Output to Device is selected in the Video Display Settings.
Settings ➤ Bug Number: UdevC00989750. If you take your user settings from your Adrenaline, Mojo or Software Only system forward to a system running with a Nitris DX, Fast scrub will be disabled. New user settings with a system running with a Nitris DX will have Fast Scrub enabled by default. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00100486 . Currently, when saving toolsets, the bin position is not saved. ➤ Bug Number: . Do not carry User Profiles from a previous version to this version. Create new user settings.
Limitations and Known Issues ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00080610. Avid suggests that you do not attempt to edit the nested tracks of a re-created rolling or crawling title. If you attempt to select or edit one of these types of nested tracks, an error occurs. This is also the case with a re-created static title on its alpha channel subtrack. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00080134.
➤ Bug Number: UDEV00189160. Unrendered back-to-back titles in a 1080i HDV sequence might not play in real time. The second title does not display. Workaround: Render the titles. ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00162337. Rolling and crawling titles in 24p and 25p projects might display a “Layout Mismatch” error when in Full Quality mode. Workaround: Select another quality mode. The error also goes away if you toggle to the HD project equivalent and load the title. ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00163549.
Limitations and Known Issues ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00138188. Rolling titles created in SD and rendered in HD display 1 line at the top of the matte when they are rendered. Workaround: Recreate the title and matte before you render. ➤ Bug Number: UDEV00135729. If you change the size of text, it might yield different kerning results. If you highlight text and change the text properties, the kerning result might be different than if you had changed the text properties in the Parent text box.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00117308. You might experience dropped frames when playing back XDCAM media with effects. When playing back media, a number of variables affect play performance; such as your CPU power, GPU power, sequence complexity and the raster settings. Depending on the complexity of your sequence, you might need to render some effects if you want to preview them in real time and at full quality, or before you can output a finished sequence. ➤ Bug Number: UDevC00116558.
Extending Your Usable Address Space and Adding RAM for Improved Performance (Windows) allows applications access to a larger virtual address space than was previously available. Avid provides a utility for setting the boot-time mechanism to extend the process address space. For Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista 64-bit operating systems, applications are allocated an address space well beyond the 2-gigabyte limit allocated by the 32-bit operating systems.
Restoring the Original Configuration You can restore the system to the original configuration. To restore the configuration: 1. Run the Install3GB.exe as described in “Using Install3GB.exe to Extend Your Usable Address Space” on page 67. 2. Type 0 (zero) for the memory setting. This removes the “userva” setting in the boot configuration. 3. Reboot the system. Documentation Changes The following change has occurred since the print documentation was completed.
Documentation Changes If you experience these problems, you can switch to the older, “classic” character mappings. To turn classic character mapping on or off: 1. Make sure that the Title Tool is closed. 2. In the Settings tab of the Project window, double-click Interface. The Interface Settings dialog box opens. 3. Click the General tab. 4. Select or deselect “Use Classic Character Mapping.” 5. Open the Title Tool, switch to a different font, and then switch back to the font you need.
Sample Rate Conversion and Audio Import When you import audio to your project, you have the option of converting the sample rate of the source audio files to the project sample rate. You select this option on the Audio tab of the Import settings dialog box (see “Import Settings: Audio Tab” in the Help). The default setting is to convert all files, which means that your Avid editing application converts the sample rate of source files to the project sample rate when it imports the file to your project.
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