Somebody Has To Ask…

[Vic Vic]

Media 100 v2.1.4 Release Notes
https://cdn.borisfx.com/borisfx/download_files/Media_100_Suite_2_1_4Release_Notes.pdf

[Floh Peters]

The current V2.1.4 release is just a Mavericks-Enabled version. There will be another update with some bugfixes.

[Mark Mooney]

Glad we are able to use Mavericks!
Thank you Boris!!!
Floh .. Have you had any insight on the new Mac Pro and M100 ? Still really hopeful!!

Long live Media 100 ,

Mark

[Floh Peters]

[Mark Mooney] “Floh .. Have you had any insight on the new Mac Pro and M100 ? Still really hopeful!!”

I will try to get my hands on one of those as soon as possible. Let´s see what happens then.

Floh

[Nick Sherard]

Hi Floh,

I hope you still are in contact…..I have a media 100 edit suite and have for past 20 years and just found out that Boris will be no longer supporting it and is obsolete….is this true?

I have always seen your professional tutorials and you seem to be the expert on this suite that I respect….I have invested a lot of money in this suite for years but after I tried to find a way of exporting audio files via OMF for a sound editor on a job….I couldn’t do it and subsequently contacted Boris and the tech guy told me the news….can you shed any light on this and what the future might hold……I also wish there were more tutorials on the complex exporting process that I have always found with digital edit suites….why so many variables, codecs, parameters……when I export video for clienst I simply do n ot know what truely works…..exporting video to tape was simple and quality and the client knew what they were getting….these days I get so many poor results from exporting the footage…I wish I could go on a course and understand the best ways to do the work I have always done…..I feel I am at a loss in the UK as I don’t know anyone who uses it….I chose the system 20 years ago and found it to be the most user friendly system…any help my friend?, Best Nick from New Forest Pictures

[Robert Stone]

Aloha Nick,

For your audio friends, try exporting an XML file. I used to use the OMF option a couple times, but that became (obsolete, outdated, replaced by) the XML export. Seemed to work okay going to Adobe Audition.

Like you, I invested in Media 100 20 years ago and still use it every day – and plan to do so until something better comes along (yeah, right!)

Please feel free to post your questions regarding exporting right here. Plenty of good options and still folks here willing to help!

Peace and Blessings,

Robert C. Stone
https://HippieFilm.com
https://MauiTVSpots.com

[Nick Sherard]

Hi Robert and thanks for your reply.

Its good to know there are friends out there .

I tried the XML route but the sound guy is not working in my office and as I understand it the XML file is just a ‘map’…the editor would require the media too to work from……is this true or am i missing something?

I am none the wiser with other editing systems….I strangely scared to try the others because I swear by m100 and don’t like the appearance of FCP for instance, however, I am self taught and still believe I know only a fraction of what it can do…I wish there were classes for certain aspects I struggle on over here in the UK….

It’s like the Betamax and VHS system…VHS won here in the end even though Betamax was far superior. the M100 needs a marketing overhaul and I believe there is room for greater competition…It needs an investor to acquire the software and shake up the other companies with its position. It was there at the begining…I hope someone is listening…

I did a recent job shot on Z1 at 1080i and the edit went fine but when I exported the files I found on some exports I get fine horizontal lines during clip…I try different settings…to be honest guess work…but can’t get rid of them….why is this so complicated….I preferred tape……it came into edit suite and then went out to tape no fuss….no options on what could be the best way, the right codec and settings…..any joy on the best workflow for importing, right/best codecs and settings one should use?

Thanks again,

best,

nick

[Andrew Mehta]

Just to add my two cents,
I’m based in the UK,
and a Media 100 fan, =).

I did a DVD project using Media 100 7.5 2004-2007.
I haven’t done much video since,
but did end up with Media 100 Suite 1.1.3 running on OS Leopard 10.5.8 which I did a few short Youtube videos for.

I may not know everything about exports, and haven’t worked with HDV so much, (which I assume you filmed in on this project?), but if you just wanted to chat to another UK user any time, I’d be up for it, =).

Hope everything went okay in the end – sounds like it was an interlacing issue. I’d guess the black lines were either the wrong field order, or perhaps the correct order, but playing back on a progressive screen – like a computer monitor. That said, my thinking is rooted in the days of SD, and I know many computer monitors these days support HDMI signals in a range of resolutions that might include the interlaced 1080i. I’m also ignorant of HD standards, so maybe field order and the like are standardised these days, and you can’t get the order wrong…? I’m sure the answers are but a google search away…. suffice to say, I hope this project went well for you in the end, =).