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New Functionality: What You're Missing In Meridien

posted by TUnruh on Tue, Nov 18 2008

For folks who are wondering why they should upgrade to new Avid Media Composer versions, Steve Cohen (Splice Here) has summarized the latest features. Here's an overview (versions 3.0.5 and beyond): 16 tracks of playable audio. Realtime audio dissolves... (read more)

Avid HD Workflows at GV Expo

posted by ejose on Tue, Nov 18 2008

Join Avid at the 2008 Government Video Expo in Washington, DC, on December 3rd and 4th. Avid will be showcasing HD workflows with the latest camera technologies, including Sony's XDCAM HD , Panasonic P2 , and HDV. We'll also be demonstrating authoring... (read more)

Most Recent Postings

Re: How to copy footage back to P2 card to play back on HPX500 camera?

Hi, Bob, thanks for the response about the P2 issue. So what did you mean by "spanned clips"? Basically, what happened is I loaded 2 seperate video depositions that were on the same P2 card into Avid. Master clips showed up for both videos, however, both clips only showed up as having a duration of 19:51 (each video is supposed to be much...

Posted to Avid Xpress Studio - PC (Forum) by pauly49 on Sat, Nov 22 2008

Re: How to copy footage back to P2 card to play back on HPX500 camera?

You can capture via firewire in the Avid. Its a matter of copying the exact folders back to a P2 card. Still I think the issue is spanned clips and the very old version of Xpress you're using.

Posted to Avid Xpress Studio - PC (Forum) by BobRusso on Sat, Nov 22 2008

PC or Mac - which is better for a unity?

I oversee a park of 60 mac mostly attached to lanshares or unities of all types. Most of my clients are happy with the performance & responsiveness of the macs in this config, yet most of my clients, myself included, haven't touched a pc in over 15 years. I now have a new type of client that comes from the pc world and they all tell me that...

Posted to Avid Unity / Workgroups / Local Storage (Forum) by christopher@fearlesstv.com on Sat, Nov 22 2008

Re: How do I seperate my video from audio?

Hi, My OP system is Windows Vista 32-bit, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+ 2.60GHz, RAM 767 MB. I believe I have Quicktime 6.1? installed. I would like to add in my own music to my editing. So what I was trying to do was just seperate my mixed video so that I could import my own audio. So i tried to export video only, but then the errcode 8961 popped...

Posted to Avid Free DV (Forum) by ssthilaire on Sat, Nov 22 2008

Recommend a London, UK post facility?

Hi all, Can anyone recommend a post facility in London? I've got a client who will be shooting HDCAM on a Sony HDW-750, and will require a variety of outputs to HDCAM, BetaSP, DVD and WMV files. I'd need a Media Composer Adrenaline (or higher) suite. The facility must be near Soho and be available for an evening edit. Anyone got a place that...

Posted to General Discussion & Off-Topic (Forum) by camoscato on Sat, Nov 22 2008

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