Ha! Nobody overstays their welcome. I’m an insufferable know-it-all for Media Composer, so hit me with as many Q’s as you like.

For multi-cam, I’m talking this kind of workflow:

Side note — I know folks who grabbed a 32 and are totally happy. If you’re not, sell it after the edit is done. There’s a huge market…

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I’m running 32. It is “tolerably” fine. You’ll need to go into your Media Composer Settings and adjust the Video Cache settings. Always follow the “max minus ten” philosophy. So if you have 32GB of RAM, set it to 22 GB. If you have 64, set it to 54.

With 32, the biggest issues you’ll see won’t be in the Avid itself, but rather with having many…

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Gotcha. Hmmm… I’m not seeing them that expensive. I did a general search online and am finding them between $850 and $1,000 everywhere.

If you’re looking for their competitors, Google “2560 x 1600 at 60Hz resolution” and see which ones come up.

When hunting for competitor displays it is AAAALLLL about the refresh rate and the maximum resolution.…

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Hi Trevor. Yes the Max with 64 is gonna be perfectly fine. Anything above that, I’d reserve for heavier multi-cam workflows and for peeps who need to also have full After Effects projects rendering in the background while you’re using MC.

Don’t tell anyone, but there’s a monitor secret right now… All of the editors I know are hitting eBay for the…

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Hi Trevor. I run a very similar setup – 3 monitors, in the same config you mentioned… actually 4, because 1-scripts, 2-bins, 3-timeline, 4-client output from an AJA T-Tap. But I often disable that so I can turn monitor 3 into fullscreen.

I’m running a few systems. One’s a 2014 trashcan. One’s a 2019 Intel macbook pro. One’s an M1 macmini. I’ve…

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Hello. I think the core of the issue is the Dolby AC-3 formatting that is being created. Can you eliminate that in the app you are using to create the media?

Hi Guy.

Googling “prores hq bit rate” shows 220. Googling “avc intra 100 bit rate” shows 100.

Opinion: Whenever I’m making broadcast programs, I always disregard the camera’s shooting bitrate and transcode to DNxHD 220x. (I use Avid’s DNx rather than ProRes simply because PBS works with Avid’s DNx codecs.)

The offline/online process died many years…

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Hi Guy. It’s an easy process. First, check your compatibility. Use my little cheat website here:

http://www.alwaysediting.com/avid-mc-versions.html

If it looks like you are running the correct OS for it, then proceed:

1) Download the 2018 version at home. Note that it is always advised to use the “ceiling release” of any series. So for 2018 that…

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Hi Kevin. Yes indeed, and this should be a quick, easy fix.

1) Launch Media Composer in any way you can.
2) Once launched, click on File / Settings.
3) When the Settings window opens, click on the User tab at the top.
4) Very close to the top left corner, do you see the field called “User Profile”? Click on it.
5) In the pull-down that comes up, scroll…

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Nope, not broken. Still working fine.

Note that these specific settings have the ability to be overridden by an I/O box and its settings, if attached.

Side note – I’ve also seen this three display setup where the left display showing bins etc is mounted vertically. More for scripted and documentary users with ScriptSync and such.

Hello! Yes the three-display config is wonderful for Media Composer editing, and growing fast in popularity. Left display is bins and project stuff. Right display is timeline only. A third display is mounted above the right display and shows Composer window, color tools, etc. Very cool.

I have seen this done in the way you described. The only major…

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Scott!! Long time. Hope you’re well.

Hi everyone!

Long time no see. Wow, it’s been over 10 years since I’ve been here. Sorry about that… I was editing…

Many of you know Avid’s Marianna Montague. She just hired me last month to take over all of the Avid Communities, the forums, the Moderator program, and all community-based support for Media Composer, ProTools, and Sibelius. She’s…

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Hi Kevin.

Yes you can do that workflow either way.

Avid Media Composer really works best with transcoded material. Know that AMA was a workflow originally created so that DITs and Assistants could quickly look at their clips and decide which ones to import or transcode. While it “can” be used to edit with, doing so is not very…

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Hi Guy. Pat is correct that 11.6.0 is causing quite a bit of issues. Not sure if that’s the exact cause of the issue you’re having, but I’m glad you’ve found a workaround.

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Hi Trevor.

Don’t upgrade yet. The most current version of the macOS is BigSur 11.6.0 and the highest version o Avid MC currently runs only on macOS 11.5.2 which you cannot get right now. I’ve been seeing lots of issues with BigSur 11.6.

That being said… Your MC7 app will not work at all on Catalina or Big Sur. You would need to either buy… Read more