• Avid Media Composer

  Install ERROR Message!

  Posted by Mark Dalzell on January 6, 2009 at 10:57 pm

  Just finished installing Avid Media Composer 3.0. When I try and open
  it I get the following message: “Initializing ACPL Effects”.

  Stays on that page then closes.

  Any ideas would be helpful.

  Thanks

  Mark Dalzell

  PC Specs (if needed)

  VisionDAW 4U 8-Core Xeon Workstation
  2 Intel QUAD-Core Xeon 5365-3.0GHz, 8MB, 1333MHz Processors
  16GB 667MHz Fully Buffered Server Memory Modules (2x2GB)
  Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition
  WDC 250GB, Ultra ATA100, 7200 rpm, 8MG Buffer Main OS HD
  MOTU 24 I/O (main) / MOTU 2408mk3 (slave)
  2 WDC 750GB, SATA II, 7200 rpm, 16MG Buffer HD (Samples)
  Plexor PX-800A 18X Dbl. Layer DVD+/-RW Optical Drive
  Front Panel USB Acess
  Integrated FireWire (1394a) interface
  Thermaltake Toughpower 850W Power Supply
  Dual ESATA Bracket
  2 WWDC 750GB, SATA II, 7200 RPM, 16MB Buffer HD (Raid 0)
  3xUAD1 Universal Audio Cards
  EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT, 512MB,
  PCI-Express, DUAL-DVI Video Card
  Dual 25.5″ Samsung 2693HM LCD HD Monitors

  Michael Hancock replied 17 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
• 3 Replies

• 

  Michael Hancock

  January 6, 2009 at 11:15 pm

  Windows XP 64-bit is not an approved OS. You need Vista Business 64 bit or 32 bit, or XP 32 bit. XP 64 is a no go.

  Your 9600GT graphics card may also be to blame. Avid prefers Quadro cards, but there are people using the 8800 with success. I believe they soft-mod the card using RivaTuner or something to make it appear as a Quadro.

  Definitely change your OS, though. I’ve never heard of people successfully running Avid on XP64.

  Michael.
• 

  Mark Dalzell

  January 7, 2009 at 12:04 am

  Michael,

  Thanks for taking time to reply and help out. I will get a third
  removable drive and instal Windows Vista x64 on it as suggested.

  I will also swap out my current card for an FX Quadro 1700.

  Should be good to go then don’t you think?

  Best.

  Mark
• 

  Michael Hancock

  January 7, 2009 at 12:31 am

  Unless you have a fx1700, start with just the OS. Your graphics card may work fine so there’s no reason to spend money on a new card.

  However, if you have a 1700 available, switch it out too. Otherwise your system looks nice. The biggest issue with Avid’s are the CPU (Intel only), graphics card (nVidia – Quadro preferred), and OS (XP32, Vista Business 32/64).

  Michael.

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