Monday, November 23, 2009

Media composer on snow Leopard

For those of you that has been trying to get media composer to run on snow leopard, you should get the new update to version 4.0.4 that should solve your problem.

You can get it here: Download MC 4.0.4

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Sony XNCAM

In the early 2010 Sony will come out with this new handy camera called NXCAM, it can record AVCHD up to 24MBPS (50i or 25P), in 1980x1080P and 720/50P and MPEG2 SD

It will also be possible to record to a Memory stick pro Dou, or an optional 128GB Flash Memory (Hybrid recording) annd with this one on the camera you can record upto 11 hours in 24 MBPS.

It will come with the new 29,5 mm wide angel "G lens", and it will have 3 x 1/3-inch CMOS sensor

It also have:
GPS Metadata
HD-SDI out
HDMI out
Uses InfoLITHIUM L series batteri - the same as HVR-Z5E, HVR-Z1E, HVR-V1E and DSR-PD170P

It seems that this camera will be competing with the Panasonic HMC-150 camera.

You can read more about this cool camera here: Sony NXCAM

Per

Friday, November 6, 2009

Media Composer version 4.0.3

Avid has released an update to the media composer, now we are on vesion 4.0.3.
You can get your update her: Download MC4.0.3

Here is a list of the bug fixes from the Read Me
Fixed in v4.0.3
The following have been fixed:
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00128226. The v190.38 NVIDIA driver has been qualified. This fixes
the “Unable to install fonts” error that occurred on WinXP SP3 systems.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC0090818. You might have received an “Exception: FILE_Other” error
when exporting AAF to a network shared drive. This has been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00128607. Playing back the Timeline when in MultiCamera mode
with the DV device attach resulted in an “Exception: ADM_DIO” error. This has been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00129441. Using Audio Punch-in to create filler at the beginning of
the timeline would sometimes fail with an error. This has been fixed. This has been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00130505. Performing a DV capture with the Panasonic AJ-SD755
deck might have resulted in “ADVAudioDev: TransferSample” errors. This has been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00131178, UDevC00131974. XDCAM batch imports occasionally
failed to accept the correct disk. This has been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00130028. Some AAF sequences did not successfully import into the
editing application. This has been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00130757. The Timeline would freeze for approximately 5 to 10
seconds when performing an audio scrub. This has been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00130658. After canceling a sequence export and returning to the
Timeline or Source/Record monitors, you might have received a “Core_unable_to_do” error.
This has been fixed.
Fixed in v4.0.2
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➤ Bug Number: UDevC00129841. When performing a checkin from the editing application
to Interplay, reference assets were not always checked in. This has been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00105760. Media appeared as offline when sending to playback.
This occurred when a P2 clip was placed in the Timeline after an in-progress clip. This has
been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00128958. When working in Segment mode, when moving a
long GOP format clip to a new location, there was a delay in updating the sequence. This has
been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00129064. Media received during a transfer while the Audio Punch
In tool was recording to the Timeline, appeared offline in the Transfer Bin. This has been
fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00129581. Channel rotations might have occurred when performing
HD SDI audio capture on the Symphony Nitris. This has been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00129784. If you made a change to a User setting and then closed the
project, the User setting change would not stick. This has been fixed.
➤ Bug Number: UDevC00129809. The clip gain in the Audio Mixer tool displayed incorrect
gain values when Command 8 was attached. This has been fixed.: