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6.5 is out there…
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so in software mode things are fast ? hasnt that always been the case ? You said things are snappier with blackmagic i/o.. how is that the same as software mode?
Im not the only one that has a rocky road with Black Magic and Media Composer, its all over the avid forums.
Things felt most solid with 6.0.3 and desktop video 9.5.3
what combo of software are you using to get fast response with black magic hardware , because you might be the only person out there who is seeing good results ?
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Yeah you’re right – I’m going to test this more on Monday at work. Sorry about the misleading comment. We did some upgrades at work during this last week – and the performance is likely a factor in those upgrades rather than my (incorrect) assumption that it was the software.
Software speed wise, no – I never thought 6.0 was very fast in that regard. It was a constant complaint of mine that 5.5 was much snappier. They’ve gotten some of that back – mostly satisfied in that area.
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If you have MC 6 or Symphony 6 the upgrade cost for 6.5 is $499.00. Versions previous to v.6 is $599.00 USD. In Euro dollars that works out to 389.35 (at the moment) if you already have v.6. Miłosz Koziol said they want 500 Euros for the v.6 upgrade where he is.
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The 492 EUR includes VAT, that’s around a 20% difference that is not caused or determined by Avid. In a lot of countries, small business can get that VAT back. So the actual price is close, if you take into account the exchange rate over the past few months.
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Setting the cost issue aside…we use Kona 3 and Kona 3G cards with
MC 6.0.3.1. It it worth installing 6.5? Or wait until 6.5.1? Since we use
Mac computers, it’s a pain to have to uninstall and then re-install.Bill
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The only thing that sort of sucks is I just bought it before August and now have to spend another $500 to upgrade. AVID is expensive. Most companies I’m used to have at least a 6 month period for a free upgrade.
Oh, well.
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AVID… what’s the deal with charging an additional $500 for a .5 upgrade?
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Nothing wrong with spending $500. It’s just that I just bought the software two months ago. So no update protection and another $500. It’s like Microsoft a little bit.
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[Warren Eig] “no update protection and another $500.”
Yeah, I have my suspicions about this. Feels like a bait-and-switch.
All you Final Cut people? Tell us your key numbers and we’ll hook you up with MC or Symphony for just under a thou’. But… then… point upgrades cost, and if you skip one? Then a full upgrade… which would be? Thousands.
They still haven’t fixed enough to prompt me to do a full change over. No VANC-out from third-party (ie. Closed Captions to tape)? Maybe they will say that “nobody does that anymore”, and that would be ‘unfortunate’.
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[Joseph Owens] “All you Final Cut people? Tell us your key numbers and we’ll hook you up with MC or Symphony for just under a thou’. But… then… point upgrades cost, and if you skip one? Then a full upgrade… which would be? Thousands.”
Not really. 6.0 was a major release. 6.5 is a major release. 7 will be a major release. These are all paid upgrades. Anything between a .0 and .5 release is free, and if you don’t upgrade Avid still typically patches previous releases (so even though 6.5 is out they’ll probably still patch some stuff in 6.0.x).
Also, the major point of contention with most Avid editors is that upgrading from 6 – 6.5 is $500, while it’s only $100 more if you’re pre-6.x. So if you’re on Media Composer or Symphony version 4, 4.5, 5, or 5.5 for example, you pay only $100 more than me, and I’m on version 6.
But that’s also kind of par for the course with Avid – upgrades are either priced way too high (compared to their competitors) or are surprisingly low for Avid (I believe there have been $195 upgrades in the past – might have been $295, though).
[Joseph Owens] “They still haven’t fixed enough to prompt me to do a full change over. No VANC-out from third-party (ie. Closed Captions to tape)? Maybe they will say that “nobody does that anymore”, and that would be ‘unfortunate’.”
I guess it’s one way to continue to sell their hardware.
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