Avid® Editing Application ReadMe for Media Composer® v8.5 Revision History Date Description 3/14/2016 Added note concerning Windows 10 and QuickTime. See “Compatibility Chart” on page 25. 2/9/2016 Updated “Compatibility Chart” on page 25 to reflect that QuickTime v7.7.9 is supported for Windows. 2/2/2016 Updated “Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems” on page 13 and “Shared Storage Support” on page 33 and “Compatibility Chart” on page 25. 1/29/2016 Updated “Qualified Workstations and Laptops” on page 14 to include support for Late 2015 iMac Retina 5K system. IMPORTANT: Avid periodically makes software updates available for download on Avid.com at the following location:www.avid.com/us/support/downloads. Please check the above site regularly for information on available downloads for your product. Important Information Avid® recommends that you read all the information in this ReadMe file thoroughly before installing or using any new software release. Important: Search the Avid Knowledge Base for the most up-to-date ReadMe file, which contains the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published. This document describes compatibility issues with previous releases, software installation instructions, hardware and software requirements, and summary information on system and memory requirements. This document also lists hardware and software limitations. Symbols and Conventions Contents If You Need Help. 3 Notes on Windows. 9 Notes on Software Licensing. 12 Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems . .13 Compatibility Chart . 25 Setting up the NVIDIA Card . 31 Shared Storage Support . 33 Feature Performance . 23 Limitations. 33 Symbols and Conventions Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions: Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action n A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations, and strong suggestions. c A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data. w A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when handling electrical equipment. > This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the File menu and then select the Import command. This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform one of the actions listed. 2 If You Need Help Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action (Windows), (Windows This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified only), (Macintosh), or operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X. (Macintosh only) Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface items and keyboard sequences. Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables. Courier Bold font Courier Bold font identifies text that you type. Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag. If You Need Help If you are having trouble using your Avid product: 1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your workflow. 2. Check this ReadMe file for the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published. Also check online for the most up-to-date ReadMe because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To view the online ReadMe, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit the Knowledge Base at http://www.avid.com/readme. 3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues. In addition to the printed documentation supplied with your editing application, the documentation is supplied in PDF format when you install the application. Topics that you print from the Help have limited page 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. Search the Knowledge Base to find answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read or join online message-board discussions. 3 Fixed in Media Composer v8.5 Fixed in Media Composer v8.5 The following have been fixed: ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-1022. You might have received an “Operation not supported” error when consolidating XDCAM media on Fat32 formatted drives on a Mac. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-1002. Format names and settings might have been corrupted in Import and Export dialogs in Chinese locale. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-962. AAF did not export properly if it included multiple P2 clips previously consolidated in Media Composer. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-1017. If you switched your Windows Keyboard settings to Russian, shortcuts such as Ctrl+X, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, did not work in the Title Tool. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-1004. The editing application crashed when transcoding Sony4K media to DNxHD36 with Nitris DX enabled. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-982. The eye dropper did not accurately pick the correct pixel once you zoomed in on the video. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-995. Playback stopped when you marked In/out with i, and o keys on a Hebrew keyboard. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-475. You might have received an assertion error when performing a quick search in bins greater than 2600k. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-978. Some titles created using proxy H.264 were not readable. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-980. In some instances, system memory usage was high and the system would become slow and unresponsive after applying Izotope Ozone effects. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-999. The editing application might have crashed when using Automation Gain with Fast Scrub enabled. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-939. You might have experienced memory leaks when rendering a sequence with lots of Subcap and Burn-in Timecode effects. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-1038. If you right+clicked on the Track Control Panel while in a Japanese OS, the system would crash. 4 Fixed in Media Composer v8.5 ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-1010. In some instances, the editing application did not retain the Interplay Folder settings correctly. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-891. In previous releases, if your system language was set to Arabic, text you entered with the Subcap effect did not display properly. This has been fixed. NOTE: To workaround this issue in the past, some users reversed their own captions. This is no longer necessary. But, if you do have older sequences that contained Arabic Subcaps effects, you will receive the following dialog when you load your sequence in the Timeline. If your sequence contains captions that you reversed to workaround this issue, enable the “Update the old RTL Captions” option. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-1008. (Windows 7) In some instances, you might have experienced video tearing during playback. If this occurs, make sure to select “Enable desktop composition” in the Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings > Advanced tab > Performance Settings window. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-475. You might have received an assertion error when performing a quick search in bins greater than 2600k. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-977. Timewarp speed did not calculate correctly in EDLs created from the Timeline. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-783. In some instances, Frame Counter was one frame off after applying a reverse motion effect speed change to a clip. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-879. If you opened the Title Tool in a certain language and then changed to input text in a different language, the editing application would freeze when saving the title. 5 New in Media Composer v8.5 ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-811. If your project was on Avid ISIS storage, you might not have received a warning message when naming bins using illegal characters. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-803. When the keyframe button in the Timeline was deselected, Timeline settings were ignored. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-863. (News option) The welcome message from iNews when displayed in the NRCS Tools did not show Croatian specific characters. ➤ Bug Number: MCDEV-3905. Third party effects were not recognized when 3rd party transition and segment effect filters were selected in the List Tool. ➤ Bug Number: MCCET-945. You could not successfully drag from one bin to another after performing a Same as Source export. New in Media Composer v8.5 What’s New For information on new features, see the What’s New v8.5. Improvements to Linking Media When you choose File > Input> Link to Media, the Files of Type menu defaults to the Autodetect Plug-in. Avid has made some changes to the way Autodetect works when linking to media. Due to this change, Avid recommends the following: • When you link to a file, choose the applicable plug-in from the menu. • When you link to a volume, choose Autodetect. Note that the following plug-in choices are no longer listed when choosing a plug-in for linking: • AS-11: You should now use Autodetect or the generic MXF plug-in • QuickTime (WAV, AIF, AIFF): You should now use the WaveAiff plug • All (folder) plug-ins: You should now use the Autodetect option List Tool Settings List Tool settings created in 8.4.3, 8.4.4 and 8.4.5 were created with incorrect format output types. This has been corrected in 8.5. You may need to change the format output type in List Tool Settings from 8.4.3, 8.4.4, and 8.4.5 before you use the setting in v8.5.