• Avid Media Composer

  avid mc

  Posted by Debbie Ricks on October 28, 2008 at 4:27 am

  i am thinking about buying avid media composer. but i want to make sure i dont buy the wrong software. i plan to edit news. these are the specs to my computer: hp pavilion dv6700 amd 64×2 dual core processor tk57 1.90 ghz 1983 mb 32 bit.

  also does MC support mov files?

  Shane Ross replied 17 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Michael Hancock

  October 28, 2008 at 2:00 pm

  Media Composer is incredibly picky about the hardware you run it on. Check the system requirements here:

  Media Composer System Requirements

  Any deviation from them and you might have a system that won’t run. The most problems are caused by running an unapproved OS (Windows XP 32bit, Vista Business 32 and 64 bit are the only two approved OS’s on a PC), an unapproved Graphics Card (nVidia Quadro cards are they only approved cards), and unapproved processors (AMD = BAD for Avid…go Intel).

  I’m not saying Media Composer won’t run on your system, but there’s no guarantee. Can you get a dealer to install it on you system to try it, or do you have a friend who has it so you can give it a test run?

  Michael.
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  Shane Ross

  October 29, 2008 at 6:52 am

  And as for “does it support .mov?” Well, not really. It will convert movs into MXF upon import.

  Shane

  

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