Installation guide

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). If you are an Avid DS Nitris and Avid Symphony Nitris

Dual Boot customer, you cannot upgrade to Symphony v3.0 and higher.

• NewsCutter XP and NewsCutter Adrenaline versions v6.7.x and higher can upgrade to

NewsCutter v7.x and higher (on Windows XP OS).

If you are a new customer (never installed an Avid editor on your system) you can install the

following on an approved WinXP system or an approved Windows

Vista system:

• Media Composer v4.0 and higher

• Symphony Nitris v4.0 and higher

• NewsCutter v8.0 and higher

The following upgrade process to the Windows Vista version of the editing application is not

supported:

For example, if a Media Composer v2.7.x customer uninstalled the editing application,

upgraded the OS from WinXP to Windows Vista, and then tried to install Media Composer

3.x or higher, the installation would fail. The only allowable Windows Vista editing

application installation is on a clean Windows Vista system.

The Macintosh

version of the Media Composer v3.x and higher release can only be

installed on a clean Macintosh with Mac OS

X Leopard.

Notes on Windows Vista OS

Note the following topics if you are running the editing application on the Windows Vista

OS.

Disabling Desktop Compositing

If you are running an editing application on the Windows Vista OS, when the Avid editor is

launched you might see a dialog box asking you to disable desktop compositing. You can

disable it without adversely affecting the Avid editing application.