Avid Media Composer And Film Composer Release 11.0

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a Media Composer® and Film Composer® Release 11.0 Release Notes for the Macintosh® Operating System Important Information Avid recommends that you read all the information in these release notes thoroughly before installing or using any new software release. This document describes compatibility issues with previous releases, hardware and software requirements, software installation instructions, and summary information on system and memory requirements. This document also lists known problems and limitations. The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in this documentation. c This release supports Avid Unity™ MediaNet Release 2.2.1 and later. If you are an Avid Unity MediaNet customer running a release earlier than Release 2.2.1, you cannot install this software until you upgrade to Avid Unity MediaNet Release 2.2.1 or later. c This release supports Mac® OS 9.2.2. Verify the version of the Macintosh® operating system before installing Media Composer® or Film Composer®. For more information, see “Using the Macintosh Operating System” on page 25. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A 2 Release 11.0 Release Notes Contents Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 New Features in This Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installation Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Accessing the Knowledge Center for Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Hardware and Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Qualified Platforms for Release 11.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Built-in RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Changing the Memory Allocated to the Application . . . . . . . . 20 Troubleshooting Memory Allocation Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Required Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Using Avid System Test Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Using the Macintosh Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Verifying the Macintosh Operating System Version. . . . . . . . . 25 Obtaining the Macintosh Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Guidelines for Installing the Macintosh Operating System . . 26 Guidelines for Using Mac OS 9.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Choosing the Avid Drive and Restarting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Installing Software Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Installing USB-to-MIDI Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Installing or Upgrading the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Checking Virtual Memory and Cache Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Disabling Hard Disk Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Preliminary Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Removing Previous Versions of the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Custom Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Installing Additional Avid Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Updating Your Avid Display Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Running the Updater for the SCSI Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 3 Updating the Video I/O Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Updating Your Application Key (Dongle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Test Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Software Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Special Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Bin and Project Name Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Creating DVDs and Exporting MPEG Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 AVIDdrive Utility 2 Release 2.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 cleaner EZ and cleaner 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Warning Regarding Your Application Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 About the Two-Button Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 USB Mouse Not Responding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Optimize for Batch Speed Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 AVX Plug-ins and Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Recording with a TAO Media Systems Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Fibre Channel Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Digitizing Video On-the-Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Setting the Media Destination for AAF and OMF Export. . . . . 62 Documentation Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Using Advanced Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Set Pulldown Phase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Changes for the Setup Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Setting Bin and Project Name Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 EDL Matchback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Importing Photoshop Files with Many Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Hardware and Software Limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Limitation When Using Consumer Decks or Decks Without Time-Base Correctors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Multiformat Titles Must Be Real-Time DSK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Known Problems and Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Technical Support Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A 4 Release 11.0 Release Notes Symbols and Conventions These release notes use the following special symbols and conventions: In this document, Avid® drive refers to the Macintosh system’s internal hard drive. Apple Computer, Inc. names the internal hard drive Macintosh HD. Depending on your system’s setup, the internal hard drive might have a different name. n A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations, and strong suggestions. c A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to your computer or cause you to lose data. t One arrow indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform one of the actions listed. Courier Bold font identifies text that you type. Symbols and Conventions Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 5 New Features in This Release Table 1 through Table 5 list the new or revised features for Avid Media Composer and Film Composer Release 11.0 and the corresponding chapters in the manuals. The following manuals are abbreviated in the tables: • Avid Media Composer and Film Composer Editing Guide • Avid Media Composer and Film Composer Input and Output Guide • Avid Media Composer and Film Composer Effects Guide To quickly locate the new features in the Help, click New Features in the Contents pane. n The following tables list the features and hardware of all models. Your system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the tables. Table 1 User Interface Features Feature Description For More Information Bin window The Bin window has changed for this release. Now you use tabs to access different bin views. See the “Organizing with Bins” chapter in the editing guide. Bin and Project name length The default length for bin and project names is 27 characters. You can change the limit to 31 characters. See “Setting Bin and Project Name Length” on page 64 of these release notes. Using the Attic folder Backup bin files are now stored in a new location See “Accessing Bin Files within the Attic folder. from the Attic Folder” on page 66 of these release notes. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ANew Features in This Release 6 Release 11.0 Release Notes Table 1 User Interface Features (Continued) Feature Description SuperBin The SuperBin lets you open multiple bins in a SuperBins are described single bin window and switch between the open only in the Help. bins, with only one bin displayed at a time. Project window The Project window has changed for this release. See the “Working with Now you use tabs to access different portions of the Project Window” the Project window. chapter in the editing guide. Changing font and point size for various windows You can change the default font and point size of See the “Working with text in the Project window. the Project Window” chapter in the editing guide. Switching between editing modes Several changes make it easier to switch to the following editing modes: • Quick Trim Mode • Big Effect Mode For More Information See the “Working with Trim Mode” and “Customizing Effects” chapters in the effects guide. Big Effect mode Big Effect mode is no longer the default for working in Effect mode. See the “Customizing Effects” chapter in the effects guide. Toolsets You can use predesigned work environments suited to your most common editing tasks. Toolsets are described only in the Help. New Features in This Release Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 7 Table 2 Editing Features Feature Description Relinking offline items The Relink dialog box now provides an option See the “Managing Media Files” that allow you to relink nonmaster clips to chapter in the editing guide. offline items. Resyncing subframe audio In a 24p or 25p project (35mm, 4-perf or 35mm, See the “Syncing Methods” 3-perf only), you can adjust the sync between chapter in the editing guide. the audio and video portions of subclips at the subframe (perforation) level. Dupe Detection color Orange bars now mark the first set of duplicate See the “Using the Timeline” frames in the Timeline. chapter in the editing guide. Audio Punch-In Several enhancements have been added to the See the “Working with Audio” Audio Punch-In tool for this release. chapter in the editing guide. VTR Emulation There are new options for VTR emulation. Table 3 For More Information See the “Generating Output” chapter in the input and output guide. Effects Features Feature Description For More Information IllusionFX Pack plug-ins The IllusionFX™ Pack adds new effects to your Media Composer or Film Composer system. See the IllusionFX Pack Plug-Ins manual on the Online Publications CD-ROM or in the IllusionFX folder in the Goodies folder on the Avid Media Composer or Film Composer installation CD-ROM. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ANew Features in This Release 8 Release 11.0 Release Notes Table 3 Effects Features (Continued) Feature Description For More Information Advanced keyframes The keyframe model has been improved for several effects. See the “Customizing Effects” chapter in the effects guide. Also see “Using Advanced Keyframes” on page 63 of these release notes. Changing the order of nested effects You can change the order of nested effects by manipulating the Nesting Priority icons in the Effect Editor. See the “Creating Layered and Nested Effects” chapter in the effects guide. Matchframing motion effects You can use the Match Frame feature to locate the source clip of a motion effect. See the “Creating and Customizing Motion Effects” chapter in the effects guide. Head Fade and Tail Fade buttons The Head Fade and Tail Fade buttons allow you See the “Basics of Effect to add a fade (dissolve) for audio and video Editing” chapter in the tracks. effects guide. Render for Media Station When using the Media Station XL system for off-loading the rendering process, you can use the Render to Media Station XL command. See the “Playing and Rendering Effects” chapter in the effects guide. Timewarp effect See the “Creating and Customizing Motion Effects” chapter in the effects guide. New Features in This Release The Timewarp effect enables you to create traditional Variable Speed and Freeze Frame effects. It also gives you additional control over these and other motion effects. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 9 Table 4 Feature Input and Output Features Description For More Information Deck Settings dialog box The Deck Settings dialog box now includes a Notes field. See the “Preparing to Digitize” chapter in the input and output guide. Selecting the Preroll method New options allow you to digitize more See the “Preparing to efficiently when a source tape contains timecode Digitize” chapter in the breaks. input and output guide. Setting and modifying the pulldown phase You can set the pulldown phase of 24-fps sources See the “Logging” in 24p NTSC projects. chapter in the input and output guide. Pausing a deck while logging You can pause a deck to enter the name and comment for a clip. See the “Logging” chapter in the input and output guide. Importing layered Photoshop files You can import both single-layer and multilayered graphics created in Adobe® Photoshop®. See the “Importing Files” chapter in the input and output guide. Exporting OMFI and AAF files You can now consolidate or copy media and create an OMF® or AAF file in one step. See the “Exporting and Exchanging Material” chapter in the input and output guide. Telecine Record Emulation You can digitize directly from film during the film-to-tape transfer process by using Telecine Slave mode with VTR record emulation. See the “Digitizing” chapter in the input and output guide. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ANew Features in This Release 10 Release 11.0 Release Notes Table 5 Other Avid Product Features Feature Description For More Information EDL Matchback You can now use EDL Manager to create a 24-fps See “EDL Matchback” edit decision list (EDL) from a 30i matchback on page 68 of these sequence. release notes. NetReview NetReview™ provides an easy method for obtaining reviews and approvals for your material during the production process. Avid Unity MediaManager The OMM Settings dialog box has been removed See the Avid Unity and replaced with the MM User Settings and MediaManager Setup and MM Host Settings dialog boxes. User’s Guide. Support for Avid Unity LANshare LANshare allows you to share media with other See the “Preparing to clients connected to a high-performance server Digitize” chapter in the through an Ethernet network. input and output guide. See the “Exporting and Exchanging Material” chapter in the input and output guide. Installation Check List This check list covers the major steps required to install the Media Composer or Film Composer application. 1. Read these release notes completely. 2. Check the configuration of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices; see the Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Macintosh Operating System, which shipped with your Avid system. 3. Turn on the system components as described in the Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Macintosh Operating System. 4. Ensure the USB hub is turned on, if available. 5. Update the Avid application key, if necessary; see “Updating Your Application Key (Dongle)” on page 49. Installation Check List Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 11 6. Verify the version of the Macintosh operating system; see “Verifying the Macintosh Operating System Version” on page 25. 7. Check with your Avid Reseller to see if the Avid software is preinstalled. 8. For deck control and other peripheral devices, install any software drivers for the USB devices connected to the Avid system; see “Installing Software Drivers” on page 31. 9. Check the size of virtual memory and cache; see “Checking Virtual Memory and Cache Size” on page 37. 10. Disable hard disk Sleep mode; see “Disabling Hard Disk Sleep Mode” on page 37. 11. Remove any previous release of Media Composer or Film Composer; see “Removing Previous Versions of the Application” on page 38. 12. Install Media Composer or Film Composer; see “Installation Procedure” on page 40. 13. Update the code on the SCSI board; see “Running the Updater for the SCSI Board” on page 46. 14. If you are upgrading an existing system to the new release, update the video I/O firmware; see “Updating the Video I/O Firmware” on page 48. 15. If you are upgrading from a release earlier than Media Composer or Film Composer Release 10.0, the audio calibration level of your hardware might not match the default value in Media Composer or Film Composer Release 11.0. For information on changing the Avid application’s default audio hardware calibration for analog 0 Volume Unit (VU), see the Help for your Avid application. For more information about the application key, see “Updating Your Application Key (Dongle)” on page 49 and “Warning Regarding Your Application Key” on page 56. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AInstallation Check List 12 Release 11.0 Release Notes Accessing the Knowledge Center for Information The Avid Customer Support Knowledge Center provides additional information that is frequently updated. n Some locations on the Knowledge Center require you to log in as a registered user, but you can access most of the information on the Knowledge Center without registering and logging in. To access the Knowledge Center: 1. Go to www.avid.com. 2. Click Support, and then click Online Support. 3. Under the Avid Knowledge Center heading, click Documentation. The Knowledge Center opens to the Documentation tab. 4. Choose your product from the Current Product list at the top of the Web page. You can access the following information from the Knowledge Center: • Latest Supported Decks List For a list of supported decks, search for “Supported Decks” in the Avid Customer Support Knowledge Center. • Latest Drive Striping Configurations When drive configurations are tested and when drives and software are released, the most up-to-date drive striping configurations are available in the Documentation tab of the Avid Customer Support Knowledge Center. Accessing the Knowledge Center for Information Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 13 • Downloading Avid Codecs for QuickTime® The Avid Codecs for your Avid system are included on the installation CD-ROM as part of the standard installation. If you need a codec for a different platform (Windows® or Macintosh), you can download it from the Downloads tab of the Avid Customer Support Knowledge Center. For more information, see the input and output guide for your Avid system or the Help. • White Papers To access white papers, click the Documentation tab for your Avid product and click White Papers. Hardware and Software Requirements The following sections provide information about hardware and software requirements for your Avid system. Qualified Platforms for Release 11.0 Table 6 lists the supported Apple® platforms along with the versions of Meridien™ hardware that each system supports. c Other versions have not been tested and might cause problems. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AHardware and Software Requirements 14 Release 11.0 Release Notes Table 6 Qualified Platforms for Release 11.0 Power Macintosh Apple Name Meridien Support G4 867 and 933 MHz Single Processor optional Bit3 Extender Chassis QuickSilver Meridien III board seta G4 P21 533 MHz optional Bit3 Extender Chassis Digital Audio Meridien II board setb Meridien III board set G4 Sawtooth 400, 450, 500 MHz with Extender Chassis AGP Meridien II board set Meridien III board set a. The Meridien III board set consists of the Meridien II digital media board and the Meridien III 3D effects interface daughter board. b. The Meridien II board set consists of the Meridien II digital media board and the Meridien II 3D effects interface daughter board. Platforms and Board Sets Not Supported for Release 11.0 Release 11.0 does not support the following systems and board sets: • G4 350 MHz (Yikes) • Meridien I board set Board Upgrade Information The Meridien II board set does not support Multicam. Multicam requires the Meridien III 3D effects interface daughter board. When upgrading to Release 11.0 software from a release earlier than Release 10.0, you must upgrade Media Composer 9000 XL and any other configuration requiring Multicam to Meridien III. Hardware and Software Requirements Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 15 Minimum Board Revision Levels Table 7 lists the minimum revision levels of PCI boards required to run your Media Composer or Film Composer system. To determine board revision levels, use Avid System Test Pro. For more information, see “Using Avid System Test Pro” on page 24. The following abbreviations appear in the table: • S = supported • NS = not supported • NA = not applicable Table 7 PCI Board Minimum Revision Levels and Supported Platforms PCI Board Min. Rev. Meridien G4 AGP G4 Digital Board (400, 450, and Audio Set Level 500 MHz) (533 MHz) G4 QuickSilver (867, 933 MHz) Meridien video I/O boarda D — S S S Meridien serial digital video I/O B boarda — S S S Meridien two-channel audio interface boarda F — S S S Meridien eight-channel audio interface boarda C — S S S Meridien Genie 3D effects board A II, III S S S Meridien II 3D effects interface daughter board II S S NS III S S S A Meridien III 3D effects interface A daughter board Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AHardware and Software Requirements 16 Release 11.0 Release Notes Table 7 PCI Board Minimum Revision Levels and Supported Platforms (Continued) Meridien G4 AGP G4 Digital Board (400, 450, and Audio Set Level 500 MHz) (533 MHz) G4 QuickSilver (867, 933 MHz) Meridien II 3D connector board A II S S S Meridien II digital media board B II, III S S S Meridien II display controller board (single) A II S NS NS Meridien III display controller board (single) A III S S S Dual-channel SCSI LVD board B NA S S S Keyspan SX Pro four-port serial — PCI board NA S NS NS Optical Fibre Channel controller C (ATTO 3300, aka ATTO 2GB) NA S S S Fibre Channel FCE3210C D controller board (standalone) A4 NA S S S Fibre Channel FCE3210N D controller board (standalone) A4 NA S S S Fibre Channel controller board (standalone) A2 NA S NS NS PCI Board Min. Rev. E a. Located in the Meridien I/O box. Works with all Meridien board sets. Hardware and Software Requirements Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 17 Built-in RAM Built-in RAM refers to the physical random-access memory installed in your Macintosh system. Media Composer and Film Composer Release 11.0 systems require 384 MB of built-in RAM. New systems ship with 512 MB of built-in RAM. Memory requirements vary, depending on your workflow and what applications you are running. Table 8 shows the minimum preferred memory for Media Composer and Film Composer, along with other applications. Use this information as a guideline when determining your memory requirements. When adding memory to your system, make sure the memory meets Apple’s specifications. For a detailed description of the RAM requirements for a particular Macintosh computer, see Apple’s specification database Web page: www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html n Apple 4.1.7 and 4.1.8 firmware updates verify whether the installed memory is compatible with Apple’s specifications. The memory test disables memory DIMMs that don’t comply with the specifications and DIMMs that cannot be determined to be compatible. As a result, some third-party memory that was recognized by previous versions of firmware might not be recognized after applying Apple 4.1.7 and 4.1.8 firmware updates. Memory kits are available from Avid for updating your existing RAM configurations. For details, contact your Avid sales representative. For information about supported RAM configurations, see “Supported RAM Configurations” on page 19. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AHardware and Software Requirements 18 Release 11.0 Release Notes Table 8 Minimum Preferred RAM Requirements Installed Application Preferred Size Mac OS 9.2.2a 66 MB Media Composer or Film Composer 176 MB Internet Explorer (Help System) 8 MB Digidesign® Audio Engine (DAE ™) (for AudioSuite™ plug-ins)b 30 MB AVX™ plug-ins 20 MB EDL Manager 15 MB FilmScribe™ 43 MB cleaner™ EZ 5.0.3 31 MB cleaner 5.1 43 MB a. Operating system memory allocation varies, depending on the applications you are running. b. Your system is installed with DAE. If you do not plan to use AudioSuite plug-ins, you can disable DAE and use its memory allotment for another application. Hardware and Software Requirements Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 19 Supported RAM Configurations Avid recommends installing the same size and speed RAM from the same manufacturer in paired slots in all Power Macintosh® CPUs. For a detailed description of the RAM requirements for a particular Macintosh computer, see Apple’s specification database Web page: www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html Table 9 lists the supported RAM configurations. Table 9 Supported Macintosh G4 RAM Configurations Power Macintosh G4 (QuickSilver) Power Macintosh G4 (Digital Audio) Power Macintosh G4 (AGP) Type PC133 SDRAM DIMM PC133 SDRAM DIMM PC100 SDRAM DIMM Banks 3 4 4 Standard 512 MB 512 MB 384 MB Largest DIMM Sizea 256 MB 256 MB 256 MB EDO No No No Parity Nonparity Nonparity NA a. The platform may support larger DIMM sizes, but this is the largest size supported by your Avid software. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AHardware and Software Requirements 20 Release 11.0 Release Notes Changing the Memory Allocated to the Application When you install Media Composer or Film Composer, the “Minimum” default memory setting for the application is 77,827 KB. The “Preferred” default memory setting for the application is 177,827 KB. You might need to increase the preferred size if you are working on large projects. If you increase the amount of memory allocated to the application, leave enough memory to run the Macintosh operating system and other applications, such as Help (through Internet Explorer) and EDL Manager. The operating system’s need for memory is dynamic; therefore, the operating system might require more memory when running certain processes. To change the amount of memory allocated to the application: 1. Click the application icon to highlight it. 2. Choose Get Info from the File menu. The Media Composer Info or Film Composer Info window opens. 3. Choose Memory from the Show pop-up menu. The memory requirements appear. 4. Click the number in the Preferred Size text box. 5. Type the amount of memory you want to allocate to the Avid application. n Do not set the preferred size to less than the minimum size. 6. Click the close box in the upper-left corner to close the Media Composer Info or Film Composer Info window. Hardware and Software Requirements Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 21 Troubleshooting Memory Allocation Problems If you have problems starting or running the Avid application after adjusting the memory allocation, click the desktop and choose About This Computer from the Apple menu. About This Computer shows the total built-in memory installed in your system, how much memory the operating system currently is occupying, and the largest unused block. Depending upon the amount of free memory you have allocated to the Avid application, one of the following problems might occur when you start the application: • A screen message warns you to close other applications to make more memory available. For more information on allocating memory to the application, see your Macintosh documentation. • The application might not start, and you might see an error message stating that the system was unable to load one of the required libraries. The error message indicates that not enough free memory is available to run the Avid application or that the required libraries are not installed in the system. For more information on allocating memory to the application, see your Macintosh documentation. The required libraries are installed when you install the Avid software; see “Installing or Upgrading the Software” on page 37. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AHardware and Software Requirements 22 Release 11.0 Release Notes Required Extensions The extensions in this section must be installed on your Macintosh system for the Media Composer or Film Composer application to start. The following files are installed automatically in the Extensions folder during the Full Install procedure. For revision numbers, see “Software Utilities” on page 50. • Pinnacle libraries (You need the Pinnacle libraries even if you do not have the 3D Effects option.) - PGENIE.NDR - SVI.CF • PIM3.slib • TrilliumUtilities • Avid Codec • AvidQTUpdate • AvidDriverInit • DigiSystem_INIT • ExpressRAID • E3ITF • USB Sentinel™ • Digidesign_DSP_Manager • AVID_EDC2 • AVID_EDC4 • Avid Uncompressed G4 • Avid Compressed G4 Hardware and Software Requirements Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 23 If an extension is missing and you attempt to start the Avid application, an error message appears, stating that the required item is missing. DigiSystem_INIT The Avid system uses an extension called DigiSystem_INIT to process audio files. The installation software automatically installs the file in the Extensions folder inside the System folder. The installation software also installs a backup copy in the Backup System Files folder in the Utilities folder. The Avid system requires a specific version of DigiSystem_INIT. The Avid system checks whether the correct version is present at startup. If the correct version is not present, the system displays a dialog box requesting that you locate and install the correct version. The version for this release is 5.0.3.x13. To check the version: 1. Select the file. 2. Choose Get Info from the File menu. To install the correct version of the DigiSystem_INIT file: 1. Locate the System folder on your Avid drive. 2. Open the System folder. 3. Open the Extensions folder. 4. Locate the DigiSystem_INIT file. 5. Check the version: a. Select the file. b. Choose Get Info from the File menu. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AHardware and Software Requirements 24 Release 11.0 Release Notes The correct version for this release is 5.0.3.x13: t If you do not have the correct version, delete or move the file to another folder. t If there are multiple versions of the file, delete or move the extra versions. 6. Locate the Utilities folder on your Avid drive. n On Mac OS 9.2.2, the Utilities folder is in the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder. 7. Open the Utilities folder, and open the Backup System Files folder. 8. Copy the DigiSystem_INIT file from the Backup System Files folder to your Extensions folder. 9. Restart the computer. The system will use the new version of the DigiSystem_INIT file. Using Avid System Test Pro Avid System Test Pro, located in the Utilities folder, allows you to view a profile of the Avid system configuration and to test system boards. Avid System Test Pro displays information about the operating system, mounted volumes, system extensions, control panels, and peripheral boards. For information on using this test, see the Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Macintosh Operating System or the Avid System Test Pro Help. You can see a visual representation of drive space in the Hardware tool (choose Hardware from the Tools menu). Use Avid System Test Pro to view all other system information. n The Avid System Utility is no longer part of the utilities applications. Board functions that it performed are now performed by Avid System Test Pro. Hardware and Software Requirements Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 25 Using the Macintosh Operating System Release 11.0 of Media Composer and Release 11.0 of Film Composer require Mac OS 9.2.2. This section explains how to verify, obtain, and install the Macintosh operating system. It also provides information on how the Avid application interacts with the Macintosh operating system. Verifying the Macintosh Operating System Version To find out if you have the correct version of the Macintosh operating system: t Choose About This Computer from the Apple menu. Mac OS 9.2.2 should appear in the Version field. Obtaining the Macintosh Operating System If you purchased a new Media Composer Release 11.0 or Film Composer Release 11.0 system, you also received a separate Macintosh CD-ROM that contains the Macintosh operating system. If necessary, use the CD-ROM to load the Mac OS. If you are upgrading to Release 11.0 of Media Composer or Film Composer, purchase a Mac OS 9.2.2 CD-ROM from an Apple dealer or download an upgrader from the Apple Web site. c If you update the Mac OS, reinstall Release 11.0 of Media Composer or Film Composer after you finish the Mac OS update. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AUsing the Macintosh Operating System 26 Release 11.0 Release Notes Guidelines for Installing the Macintosh Operating System Use the following guidelines for installing a new Macintosh operating system: • c n c n n Check the internal hard drive and repair any problems by using DiskWarrior® Version 2.0 or Apple Disk First Aid™. To use DiskWarrior Version 2.0 on your internal hard drive, first start your system from the Macintosh CD-ROM. DiskWarrior will not check the internal hard drive if you are booting from it. Failure to repair any problems found on the internal hard drive could result in a corrupt installation. • Start the Macintosh system from the Macintosh CD-ROM and perform a clean system software installation by following the instructions provided in the user guide supplied with the Macintosh system. • Make sure the Destination Disk is the internal hard drive (usually named Avid). The internal hard drive might be named Macintosh HD. Before you update your Macintosh operating system software, disconnect any external drives. Also, if you are on an Avid Unity system, disconnect the computer from the Avid Unity system. This is to prevent the installation software from attempting to update drives that are on the network. The Avid system does not support Norton Utilities®. After you update your Macintosh OS software, update the firmware on the Meridien display controller board. See “Updating Your Avid Display Controller” on page 45. Using the Macintosh Operating System Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 27 Guidelines for Using Mac OS 9.x Several Mac OS 9.x features might interfere with your use of the Avid system. Avid recommends that you disable or customize the Mac OS 9.x features described in the following sections. c Make sure your drive has sufficient space. Otherwise, the Macintosh system might crash if you export files. Index Volumes The Index Volumes feature lets you search for files on your hard drive by content. To do this, Sherlock2 indexes the contents of your drive. The indexing feature can interfere with Media Composer or Film Composer operations such as digitizing. Avid recommends you either disable indexing or schedule it for times when the Media Composer or Film Composer system will not be in use. To adjust the indexing schedule: 1. Choose Sherlock2 from the Apple menu. 2. Choose Index Volumes from the Find menu. The Index Volumes dialog box appears. 3. Do one of the following: t Deselect the Use Schedule check box to disable indexing. t Click Schedule and set a time for indexing when the Media Composer or Film Composer system will not be in use. 4. Click the close box to close the Index Volumes dialog box. Software Update Mac OS 9.x introduced a feature that enables you to update portions of your Macintosh operating system automatically over the Internet. Avid recommends disabling this feature because it might install software that has not yet been tested with your Avid software. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AUsing the Macintosh Operating System 28 Release 11.0 Release Notes To disable the Update Software Automatically feature: 1. Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu, and then click Software Update. 2. Deselect the Update Software Automatically check box. 3. Click the close box to close the Software Update dialog box. Customized Function Keys Mac OS 9.x introduced a feature that lets you customize the keyboard function keys. However, if this feature is enabled, the function keys will not work properly in Media Composer or Film Composer if you have assigned Avid application commands to them. If you use the function keys to control Avid features, you should disable this feature. To disable function keys: 1. Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu, and then click Keyboard. 2. Click the Function Keys button. 3. Deselect the “Use F1 through F15 as function keys” check box. 4. Click OK. StuffIt Expander Version Check The StuffIt Expander™ automatic version check software can cause problems when your system is connected to a network. Avid recommends that you turn off the version checking software. To turn off the StuffIt Expander version checking software: 1. Navigate to the following folder: Avid:Applications (Mac OS9):Utilities:Internet Utilities: Aladdin Folder:StuffIt Expander 2. Double click the StuffIt Expander icon. Using the Macintosh Operating System Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 29 3. Choose Preferences from the File menu. 4. Select Version Check. 5. Deselect Allow Version Checking. 6. Click OK. Multiple-Users Feature If your Macintosh system is set up for multiple users, each user has an individual Startup Items folder. If you install the Avid application through the owner account, only the owner’s Startup folder will contain AvidStartup. If a user logs in through a different account, the AvidStartup application will not be started. To solve this problem, copy the AvidStartup application (or make an alias) to the user’s Startup Items folder. For example, if your user account is Smith: 1. Log in as owner. 2. Open the Users folder on your startup drive. 3. Open the Smith folder. 4. Copy the AvidStartup application (or an alias) from the Startup Items folder in the System folder to the Startup Items folder in the Smith folder. 5. Log out and log in again as Smith. The AvidStartup application starts. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AUsing the Macintosh Operating System 30 Release 11.0 Release Notes Keyspan SX Conflict If you are upgrading a system that contains a Keyspan SX Pro four-port serial board, you might receive the following error message when starting the Avid application: “SX Pro printer port is in use by another application and cannot be used by deck control” The error is caused by a conflict between the Keyspan SX Pro four-port serial board and the default setting in the Keyspan SX control panel. To resolve the conflict: 1. Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu, and then click Keyspan SX Pro Manager. 2. Click OK if you receive error messages. 3. Deselect the Emulate Printer Port check box for Port 1 (default setting). 4. Reboot your system. Choosing the Avid Drive and Restarting If you changed your startup disk to install the operating system, restart the Macintosh from the internal hard drive, using the following steps: 1. Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu, and then click Startup Disk. 2. Select the internal hard drive (usually the Avid drive). n The internal hard drive might be named Macintosh HD. 3. Click Restart. The system starts up from the Avid drive. Using the Macintosh Operating System Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 31 Installing Software Drivers The software drivers for the serial board and USB devices ship separately from the Avid CD-ROM installer. If they are needed, you must install the serial board driver and USB device drivers before you install the Media Composer or Film Composer application. n n Starting with the G4 (Digital Audio) system, Macintosh systems have a USB-to-Serial adapter rather than a serial board. For instructions on installing the USB serial adapter, see the Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Macintosh Operating System. Avid recommends that you do not install the Macally mouse software drivers. Install the software drivers for the serial board and USB devices in the following order: 1. Serial board (Drivers are preinstalled by Avid or the Avid Reseller; reinstall only if you are rebuilding a system.) 2. USB-to-MIDI connector (if needed) The MIDISPORT™ 2x2 connector is necessary if you will be using one of the following devices to control audio gain automation on your Avid system: - JL Cooper FaderMaster Pro™ MIDI automation controller - JL Cooper MCS-3000X MIDI automation controller - Yamaha® 01V digital mixing console If you plan to use any of these devices, you must install and configure the Open Music System (OMS®) Version 2.3.8 software. For installation instructions, see “Installing USB-to-MIDI Software” on page 32. n The Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Macintosh Operating System indicates that you should connect the USB devices before installing the device drivers. When you turn on the Avid system, you might Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AInstalling Software Drivers 32 Release 11.0 Release Notes receive a message stating that the software is not loaded for a specific USB device. To eliminate these messages, install the required USB software drivers and restart the Avid system. n For additional information on USB connections, see “Digitizing Video On-the-Fly” on page 60. Installing USB-to-MIDI Software The Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Macintosh Operating System describes how to connect a fader controller to your Avid system. This section describes how to complete the connection by installing USB-to-MIDI software and configuring the software to recognize your fader controller. n The term fader controller applies to the following controllers: • JL Cooper FaderMaster Pro MIDI automation controller • JL Cooper MCS-3000X MIDI automation controller • Yamaha 01V digital mixing console Avid supports the MIDIMAN MIDISPORT 2x2 USB-to-MIDI converter. The Goodies folder on the Avid Media Composer and Film Composer application CD-ROM includes installers for several files related to OMS. The following table shows the installed files and their locations. Installing Software Drivers File Location OMS (Open Music Software) Avid:Opcode:OMS Applications MIDISPORT OMS Driver Avid:System Folder:OMS Folder MIDISPORT extensions Avid:System Folder:Extensions Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes c 33 To reduce traffic on the USB, connect the USB-to-MIDI converter only if you need to use the JL Cooper FaderMaster Pro, JL Cooper MCS-3000X, or Yamaha 01V fader box. Installing the OMS Software To install the OMS software: 1. Connect all MIDI hardware devices as described in the Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Macintosh Operating System. 2. Open the Goodies folder on the Avid Media Composer and Film Composer application CD-ROM. 3. Open the MidiFaderSupport folder. 4. Double-click Install OMS 2.3.8 2, and follow the on-screen instructions to install OMS. n If the installer displays a dialog box that asks whether you have any Opcode Studio MIDI interfaces, click No. 5. Shut down and restart the system. 6. Open the Goodies folder on the Avid Media Composer and Film Composer application CD-ROM. 7. Open the MidiFaderSupport folder. 8. Double-click the MIDISPORT v1.1.2 Installer icon, and follow the on-screen instructions to install the MIDISPORT driver and extensions. 9. Shut down and restart the system. Configuring OMS to Recognize the Fader Controller To configure OMS to recognize the fader controller: 1. Double-click the OMS Setup application icon in the following folder: Avid:Opcode:OMS Applications Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AInstalling Software Drivers 34 Release 11.0 Release Notes The Create a New Studio Setup dialog box appears. n If an existing studio setup opens, choose New Studio Setup from the File menu. 2. Click OK to create a new studio setup for the MIDI device. The OMS Driver Search dialog box appears. 3. Click Search. (Don’t select printer or modem ports.) The OMS Driver Setup dialog box appears. 4. Confirm that MIDISPORT appears in the list of devices. If the MIDISPORT device does not appear in the list, check the cable connections for the USB-to-MIDI converter as described in the Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Macintosh Operating System. 5. Click OK to close the dialog box. The OMS MIDI Device Setup dialog box appears. 6. Click OK to accept the new studio setup. 7. Save the studio setup with an appropriate file name in the OMS Applications folder. Your newly named studio setup dialog box appears after you save the setup. 8. Select the MIDISPORT device in your studio setup (click the circle that looks like a MIDI connector). 9. Choose New Device from the Studio menu. 10. Choose the appropriate manufacturer (either Cooper or Yamaha) from the Manuf pop-up menu. 11. Choose either FaderMaster (for Cooper) or 01V (for Yamaha) from the Model pop-up menu. n Installing Software Drivers Use FaderMaster for either JL Cooper fader controller. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 35 The system automatically selects the other settings in the dialog box. 12. Click OK to save your setup and close the dialog box. The Studio Setup window appears with a graphic of your current setup. The following illustration shows the setup for a FaderMaster Pro. 13. Check the MIDI connectors on the MIDISPORT 2x2 USB-to-MIDI converter. The connectors must match the number in the box next to the fader controller graphic (1 for A, 2 for B). 14. If the number does not match your MIDI connection, do one of the following: t Click the box and change the number to match the connections. t Change the MIDI connectors to match the number in the box. 15. To confirm that this studio setup is current, click the File menu. The menu item Save and Make Current should appear dimmed. If it does not appear dimmed, select it and save the studio setup with an appropriate file name in the OMS Applications folder. 16. Move the sliders on the fader controller and confirm that the MIDI IN LED indicator on the USB-to-MIDI converter turns on and off appropriately. The USB LED indicator pulses — this is expected behavior. 17. Choose Preferences from the Edit menu, and confirm that the following three options are deselected: - When AppleTalk is on, ask about turning it off Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AInstalling Software Drivers 36 Release 11.0 Release Notes - Turn AppleTalk back on when last OMS application quits - Use Apple SerialDMA driver when available 18. Click OK. 19. Choose Save from the File menu. 20. Choose Quit from the File menu. Now you are ready to use the fader controller with the Avid application software. For information on using Audio Gain Automation, see the editing guide or Help for your Avid system. Switching Between A and B MIDI Connections on the USB-to-MIDI Converter Use the following procedure if you need to switch between the A and B connections on the MIDISPORT 2x2 USB-to-MIDI converter. To switch between the A and B MIDI connections: 1. On the Avid drive, open the Opcode folder and then open the OMS Applications folder. 2. Double-click the studio setup file that you created when you configured OMS to recognize the fader. The OMS Setup application starts and opens the corresponding studio setup. The MIDISPORT setup should appear in the Studio Setup window. 3. Check the number in the box next to the fader graphic. It will be either 1 for A or 2 for B. 4. Check the MIDI connections on the MIDISPORT 2x2 USB-to-MIDI converter. Change the MIDI connections if necessary. 5. Click the box to change the number (1 for A, 2 for B). The number in the box must match the MIDI connections. 6. Choose Save and Make Current from the File menu, and quit the OMS Setup application. Installing Software Drivers Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 37 Installing or Upgrading the Software This section describes the various procedures involved in installing or upgrading your Avid software. Checking Virtual Memory and Cache Size Before you install the Avid application, check virtual memory and cache size. You must turn off virtual memory and set the cache size to run the Avid application. To turn off virtual memory and to set the cache size: 1. Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu, and then click Memory. 2. Set the Cache Size to 128K. 3. Select Off for virtual memory. 4. Close the window. 5. Restart your Macintosh. Disabling Hard Disk Sleep Mode Before you install the Avid application, disable hard disk Sleep mode. The Macintosh operating system has an Energy Saver control panel that can put your system, display, or hard drives into Sleep mode when you don’t use them for a designated period of time. If the internal hard drive goes into Sleep mode while your Avid system is running, the system might hang or crash. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AInstalling or Upgrading the Software 38 Release 11.0 Release Notes To disable the hard disk Sleep mode on your Avid system: 1. Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu, and then click Energy Saver. 2. Set the option “Put the system to sleep when it’s inactive for” to Never. Preliminary Information Verify that the version of the Macintosh operating system is a supported version; see “Verifying the Macintosh Operating System Version” on page 25. New systems ship with the current version of the Macintosh operating system installed, but you should still verify that you have the current version. n If you have problems installing the software when using these instructions, try turning off any virus-checking extensions or other system-monitoring software running on your Avid system. Use the Extensions Manager to turn off these applications, and then repeat the installation process. After installing the software, use the Extensions Manager to turn on any virus-checking extension or other system-monitoring software that runs on your Avid system, and restart the system. Removing Previous Versions of the Application These installation instructions require that you use the Uninstall command in the Installer window to remove any earlier release of Media Composer or Film Composer software. Installing or Upgrading the Software Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 39 Avid recommends that you use the Uninstall program from the installation CD-ROM that you originally used to install the software. For example, if you are currently running Media Composer or Film Composer Release 10.5, you can use the Uninstall feature on the Release 10.5 CD-ROM. n If you uninstall the Avid software using a CD-ROM that contains a different version of the Avid application, there is a possibility that some older files will not be removed and this could affect system stability. To uninstall Media Composer or Film Composer: 1. Restart your Macintosh system. 2. Quit any applications that open automatically at startup. 3. Insert the version of the Avid Media Composer and Film Composer CD-ROM that you want to uninstall. 4. Double-click the Media Composer Installer or the Film Composer Installer icon. A splash screen introduces the Installer. 5. Click Continue. The Media Composer Installer or the Film Composer Installer window opens. 6. Choose Uninstall from the Install pop-up menu. The Install button changes to the Uninstall button. 7. Click Uninstall. A message appears warning you that other applications cannot be running during this operation. 8. Click Continue to automatically quit open applications. The removal process begins. At the end of the process a message box appears informing you the application was uninstalled but that some files or folders could not be deleted. 9. Click OK. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AInstalling or Upgrading the Software 40 Release 11.0 Release Notes 10. Click Quit to quit the installation program. 11. Open the Avid drive and navigate to the Media Composer or the Film Composer folder (usually located at the top level of the Avid drive). 12. Open the Media Composer or the Film Composer folder and delete any remaining application files, except any personally created data files, such as those in the Avid Projects folder or the Avid Users folder. Installation Procedure Before you install Media Composer or Film Composer, make sure the software for the USB devices and serial board is installed. See “Installing Software Drivers” on page 31. To install Media Composer or Film Composer: 1. Restart your Macintosh system. 2. Quit any applications that open automatically at startup. 3. Insert the Avid Media Composer and Film Composer Release 11.0 CD-ROM. 4. Double-click the Media Composer Installer or the Film Composer Installer icon. n If you want to install other applications, open the Other Installers folder and double-click the installer icon for the application you want to install. A splash screen introduces the Installer. 5. Click Continue. The Media Composer Installer or the Film Composer Installer window opens. Installing or Upgrading the Software Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 41 Install pop-up menu Install Location pop-up menu The Install pop-up menu contains the following choices: - FULL Install - Custom Install - Uninstall If you want to perform a custom installation, see “Custom Installations” on page 43. If you want to uninstall the Avid application, see “Removing Previous Versions of the Application” on page 38. 6. Choose FULL Install from the Install pop-up menu. The Installer window shows the components that will be installed. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AInstalling or Upgrading the Software 42 Release 11.0 Release Notes 7. Accept the default installation location from the Install Location pop-up menu, or choose another location. If you want to change the installation location: a. Click the Install Location pop-up menu. b. Choose a different disk drive or “Select Folder.” c. If you choose “Select Folder,” navigate to the folder and click Select. The new installation location appears in the Installer window. 8. Click Install. A dialog box appears for selecting a country. 9. Select the country where you purchased the Avid system, and click OK. The License Agreement dialog box appears. 10. Click Yes after you read the Software License Agreement. You must scroll to the bottom of the Software License Agreement to activate the Yes button. The installation begins. A message appears, asking if you will be installing the Avid Unity TransferManager client. 11. If you will be installing the TransferManager client, click Install. n If you choose to install, you might notice a slight pause when starting your application. This is expected behavior. The installation program runs several installers, including a QuickTime Version 5.0.2 installer. If the QuickTime installer encounters a newer version of QuickTime on the system, it displays the following message: “A newer version of QuickTime is installed. To run this installer, first you must uninstall, then rerun this installer.” Installing or Upgrading the Software Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 43 12. If the system displays the previous message, click Continue. The installer will leave the newer version of QuickTime intact and the Avid installation will continue. When the installation is complete, a message appears, asking if you want to restart the system or to perform additional installations. 13. Click Restart. n If the Avid system contains a DAE folder before you begin the installation, the installer renames the folder to DAE Folder_saved. After the installation is complete, you can move the plug-ins from the DAE Folder_saved to the new DAE folder. Make sure the version of the plug-in meets the requirements for Media Composer or Film Composer. Custom Installations You can perform a custom installation to install particular files from the installation CD-ROM. Use the Custom Install option primarily to replace lost or corrupted files. c If you install “Utilities Folder” or “System Folder Only,” some parts of the application might not work properly because they need libraries that are included as part of the complete installation. To perform a custom installation: 1. Open the Media Composer Installer or the Film Composer Installer window by following the steps in “Installation Procedure” on page 40. 2. Choose Custom Install from the Install pop-up menu. The window displays items that can be installed individually. 3. Select the items that you want to install. For information about each option, click the I button in the Media Composer or Film Composer Installer window. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AInstalling or Upgrading the Software 44 Release 11.0 Release Notes 4. Accept the default installation location from the Install Location pop-up menu, or choose another location. If you want to change the installation location: a. Click the Install Location pop-up menu. b. Choose a different disk or “Select Folder.” c. If you choose “Select Folder,” navigate to the folder and click Select. The new installation location appears in the Installer window. 5. Click Install. A dialog box appears for selecting a country. 6. Select the country where you purchased the Avid system and click OK. The License Agreement dialog box appears. 7. Click Yes after you read the Software License Agreement. You must scroll to the bottom of the Software License Agreement to activate the Yes button. A message appears, warning you that other applications cannot be running during the installation. 8. Click Continue to automatically quit open applications. When the installation is complete, a message appears, asking you if you want to restart the system or to perform additional installations. 9. Click Restart. Installing or Upgrading the Software Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 45 Installing Additional Avid Applications You can install additional Avid applications that are located in the Other Installers folder on the Avid Media Composer and Film Composer application CD-ROM. The applications available are: • Avid Log Exchange • FilmScribe • MediaLog™ • EDL Manager To install any of these applications: 1. Restart your Macintosh system. 2. Quit any applications that open automatically at startup. 3. Insert the Avid Media Composer and Film Composer Release 11.0 application CD-ROM. 4. Double-click the Other Installers folder. 5. Double-click the application’s Installer icon. A splash screen introduces the Installer. 6. Continue the installation procedure as described in “Installation Procedure” on page 40. Updating Your Avid Display Controller If you are updating your Macintosh system to Mac OS 9.2.2, you need to run ASTFlasher Pro to update the firmware on the Meridien display controller board. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AInstalling or Upgrading the Software 46 Release 11.0 Release Notes To run ASTFlasher Pro: 1. Navigate to the AvidSystemTest folder in the Utilities folder on your Avid drive as follows: Avid:Applications (Mac OS 9):Utilities:AvidSystemTest 2. Double-click ASTFlasher Pro to run the updater. n ASTFlasher Pro will update any Avid display controller. Earlier versions of this updater only updated the Meridien I display controller board. Running the Updater for the SCSI Board After you load the Avid application software, you must update the firmware in the SCSI board. The Avid installers load the new firmware on the system but cannot run the software to load the firmware into the board. n The software to load the firmware is specific to the type of SCSI board; the following procedure shows how to determine the type of SCSI board in the system. To run the updater for the SCSI board: 1. Open the Utilities folder on the system drive (usually named Avid). n On Mac OS 9.2.2, the Utilities folder is in the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder. 2. Open the StorEx folder. 3. Determine the type of SCSI board you have in the system by running the StorEx program to scan the SCSI bus: a. Double-click the StorEx icon. b. Click OK in the first two dialog boxes. The Main window opens, and the program scans the SCSI bus. Installing or Upgrading the Software Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 47 4. Determine if you have a UL2D SCSI board or a UL3D SCSI board by looking at the data returned by the scan. Close box Board type UL2D or UL3D 5. Quit the StorEx application. 6. Navigate up one level to the Utilities folder, and double-click the updater that matches the SCSI board in your system: - ExpressPCI_UL2D_Updater - ExpressPCI_UL3D_Updater The ExpressPCI_ULxD_Updater.out window opens for the selected updater, and the system displays an Enter Option prompt. 7. Type 2 and press Return. The system updates the firmware. The updating might take a minute. 8. When the update is complete, press Command+Q. 9. Restart the system so that the code becomes functional. c When you restart the system, AvidStartup runs and might cause the system to automatically restart a second time. This is expected behavior, and the system will run properly after the second restart. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AInstalling or Upgrading the Software 48 Release 11.0 Release Notes Updating the Video I/O Firmware The information in this section applies only to customers upgrading their existing systems to this new software release. After you install the new Avid software as described in these release notes, you need to run the VideoIOUtil program to update the Video I/O firmware. n n Even if you don’t have an SDI board, you should still update the rest of the Video I/O firmware. The installation of the new SDI revision takes approximately 20 minutes. Make sure you have that amount of time available before you start the installation. To update the Video I/O firmware: 1. Install the new Avid software as described in “Installing or Upgrading the Software” on page 37. 2. Quit the Avid software application if it is running. 3. Connect a cable between the input of the SDI board and the output of the SDI board. 4. On the Avid drive, open the Utilities folder, open the AvidSystemTest folder, and double-click VideoIOUtil. The Avid Video I/O Utility window opens. Installing or Upgrading the Software Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 49 5. Click the Video I/O Hardware Updater button. The Video I/O Hardware Update window opens. The Available Download Rev text boxes display the versions of the firmware that were installed with the new Avid software. The following revisions should be displayed: - uCode = be - FPGA = H2 (F8 for Falcon 1 boards) - SDI-ISP = 23 6. If the firmware needs updating, select all the available Update Indicator check boxes under the columns labeled uCode, FPGA, and SDI-ISP. 7. Click Update. The system updates the code. If you update the SDI-ISP code, the updating takes approximately 20 minutes. 8. In the Avid Video I/O Utility window, click Quit. 9. Turn the Meridien I/O box off, then on, to enable the new code. For more information, see the Avid Video I/O Utility Help. c Do not interrupt the update process. If the process is interrupted, your system might not operate properly. Updating Your Application Key (Dongle) c Protect your application key from loss or theft; your Avid software does not function without it, and acquiring a new key from Avid involves a fee. A dongle updater is a software program created to update a specific Avid system. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AInstalling or Upgrading the Software 50 Release 11.0 Release Notes If you purchased this version as an upgrade, you have received a unique dongle updater floppy disk that reflects a specific System ID. You will need to use this floppy disk to update the dongle before installing the new software. The floppy disk includes instructions for running the dongle updater. For more information about the application key, see “Warning Regarding Your Application Key” on page 56. Test Patterns Test patterns are no longer located in the Goodies folder. They are now located in the SupportingFiles folder and should be imported with ITU-R 601 video levels. Software Utilities Table 10 lists software utilities, current revision levels, and the folders where the utilities are located. n On Mac OS 9.2.2, the Utilities folder is in the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder. Table 10 Software Utilities Revisions Software Version Installed Folder Location ASTFlasher Pro 3.1.1 Utilities:AvidSystemTest AVIDdrive™ Utility 2 2.7 Utilities AvidStartup 4.1 Utilities:Backup System Files System Folder:Startup Items Software Utilities Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 51 Table 10 Software Utilities Revisions (Continued) Software Version Installed Folder Location Avid System Test Pro 5.0 Utilities:AvidSystemTest Avid Codec (extension) 9.3 Utilities:Backup System Files System Folder:Extensions Avid Compressed G4 9.4.2 (G4) Utilities:Backup System Files System Folder:Extensions Avid Uncompressed G4 9.4 (G4) Utilities:Backup System Files System Folder:Extensions AvidDriverInit 1.0.2 Utilities:Backup System Files System Folder:Extensions Avid Fibre Driver 3.0.2 System Folder:Extensions CommCloser — Utilities DAE 5.0.3x13 Utilities:Backup System Files:DAE Folder System Folder:DAE Folder DigiSystem_INIT 5.0.3x13 Utilities:Backup System Files Digidesign_DSP_Manager 1.1.2x13 System Folder:Extensions Display Name Registry 1.0b1 Utilities DiskWarrior 2.0 Utilitiesa Dongle Dumper 6.0.7 Utilities ExpressPCI_UL2D_Updater 1.6.6 Utilities ExpressPCI_UL3D_Updater 1.6.6 Utilities Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ASoftware Utilities 52 Release 11.0 Release Notes Table 10 Software Utilities Revisions (Continued) Software Version Installed Folder Location Avid System Test Pro 5.0 Utilities:AvidSystemTest Avid Codec (extension) 9.3 Utilities:Backup System Files System Folder:Extensions Avid Compressed G4 9.4.2 (G4) Utilities:Backup System Files System Folder:Extensions Avid Uncompressed G4 9.4 (G4) Utilities:Backup System Files System Folder:Extensions AvidDriverInit 1.0.2 Utilities:Backup System Files System Folder:Extensions Avid Fibre Driver 3.0.2 System Folder:Extensions CommCloser — Utilities DAE 5.0.3x13 Utilities:Backup System Files:DAE Folder System Folder:DAE Folder DigiSystem_INIT 5.0.3x13 Utilities:Backup System Files Digidesign_DSP_Manager 1.1.2x13 System Folder:Extensions Display Name Registry 1.0b1 Utilities DiskWarrior 2.0 Utilitiesa Dongle Dumper 6.0.7 Utilities ExpressPCI_UL2D_Updater 1.6.6 Utilities ExpressPCI_UL3D_Updater 1.6.6 Utilities Software Utilities Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 53 Table 10 Software Utilities Revisions (Continued) Software Version Installed Folder Location ~ExpressRAID 2.7f2 Utilities:Backup System Files System Folder:Extensions MacsBug 6.6.3 System Folder StorEx 1.5 Utilities:StorEx SVI.CF 3.2.1.8 Utilities:Backup System Files System Folder:Extensions VideoIOUtil 5.0 Utilities:AvidSystemTest a. This is a third-party product. The folder location depends on the user’s installation process. Special Notes This section contains important information about system-level changes that affect the way your Avid software and hardware operate. Bin and Project Name Limits The limit for bin and project names is either 27 characters or 31 characters, depending on whether you plan to use your files in a workgroup environment. The limit does not include the period and 3-character extension that the system automatically adds to a file name (for example, the application automatically adds the characters .avb to the end of a bin name). For more information, see “Setting Bin and Project Name Length” on page 64. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ASpecial Notes 54 Release 11.0 Release Notes Creating DVDs and Exporting MPEG Files This section discusses some limitations involved with using the Create DVD command and exporting MPEG files. Using the Create DVD command If you have a G4 system with an internal DVD burner (known as a SuperDrive™), do not use the Create DVD command on the File menu because Media Composer and Film Composer do not support writing directly to the SuperDrive. Instead, export the sequence as a QuickTime Reference movie and use the iDVD application supplied by Apple Computer to burn the files to the SuperDrive. Refer to the iDVD documentation for additional information. Exporting MPEG Files An MPEG export might fail if the sequence exceeds the following length: • For MPEG-1 the limit is roughly 7.5 minutes. • For MPEG-2 the limit is roughly 30 minutes. The length might vary, and you might experience more severe limitations. If you experience this problem, you can export the sequence as a QuickTime Reference movie as described in the next section. c If an MPEG export fails, restart your system. Otherwise, the amount of memory available to the Avid application might be reduced. Using Third-party applications to create an MPEG file If you have problems using the Create DVD command or exporting MPEG files from your Avid system, you can export the file as a QuickTime Reference movie and use a third party application to create the MPEG file. However, if you are going to create MPEG files that are Special Notes Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 55 larger than 2 GB you must make sure that the target drive will support files that large. Apple supports HFS and HFS Plus formatted drives (also known as volumes). HFS Plus drives will support files larger than 2 GB but HFS drives will not. Currently, all Avid media drives are formatted as HFS and are subject to the 2 GB file size limit. Newer Macintosh systems ship with HFS Plus drives as the internal drive. So, you could use the internal drive as a target drive for the third party application as long as there is enough available disk space on the drive. You can use the Apple “Get Info” command to determine whether a drive is formatted as HFS Plus. Select the drive in the Finder, and then choose Get Info from the File menu. The Format heading in the General section lists the drive format as follows: • HFS Plus drives = Mac OS Extended • HFS drives = Mac OS standard If the drive is HSF Plus formatted, you can use a third party application to create files larger than 2 GB on the drive. AVIDdrive Utility 2 Release 2.7 This release supports AVIDdrive Utility (ADU 2) Release 2.7. The following information applies to the new version: • ADU 2 Release 2.7 uses ~ExpressRAID Release 2.7. This fixes a problem with the first volume not automounting. • The application no longer partitions or stripes local Fibre Channel drives using the ADU2 extension. It now uses the ~ExpressRAID extension. • ADU 2 Release 2.7 supports the 2-Gb ATTO Fibre Channel card for local Fibre Channel storage. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ASpecial Notes 56 Release 11.0 Release Notes n If you have local Fiber Channel storage that was partitioned or striped with ADU 2 Release 2.6 or earlier, you must keep the ADU2 extension in your extensions folder. cleaner EZ and cleaner 5 Your Avid system ships with cleaner EZ for processing and compressing exported media. This release supports the following versions of products: • cleaner EZ 5.0.3 • cleaner 5.1 The cleaner EZ software ships on its own CD-ROM. Warning Regarding Your Application Key The application key, commonly referred to as a dongle, allows your Avid application to operate. Protect your application key from loss or theft; your Avid system cannot function without it, and acquiring a new key from Avid involves a fee. For information about installing the application key, see the Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Macintosh Operating System. About the Two-Button Mouse Your Avid system ships with a two-button USB mouse. This release does not support the right mouse button. n Special Notes Avid recommends that you do not install the Macally mouse software drivers. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 57 USB Mouse Not Responding If your Avid system is not used for a period of time (approximately 1 hour), the mouse might not respond when you move it. If this happens, disconnect the mouse cable from the keyboard and then reconnect it. n You can perform this procedure with the Avid application open and the Macintosh system turned on. Optimize for Batch Speed Option When you select the “Optimize for batch speed” option in the Batch tab of the Digitize Settings dialog box, the system speeds up batch digitizing by allowing the deck to continue to roll forward between adjoining clips. For more information, see the input and output guide for your Avid system or the Help. For this release, this option digitizes without preroll only if the tracks to be digitized for each clip are the same. For example, if one clip has a video track only, and the other has a video track and two audio tracks, and the system is set up to digitize both audio and video tracks, the system must preroll between them. However, if the system is set up to digitize only video (that is, only the track selector for video is on, the selectors for audio are off, and the “digitize tracks selected” setting is on), the system can digitize without prerolling for the second clip. Using Help The Help system for this release requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or later. Avid recommends using Internet Explorer 5.0. c Internet Explorer 5.1 causes problems with the Table of Contents in the Help. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ASpecial Notes 58 Release 11.0 Release Notes The Help system automatically starts through Internet Explorer. If Internet Explorer is not on your system, a message warns you that using a different browser might cause system problems. n If there is not enough free memory on your Macintosh system, the search function of Help might not work. See “Built-in RAM” on page 17 and “Changing the Memory Allocated to the Application” on page 20. For information on using Help, click the Using Help button in the Help browser window. AVX Plug-ins and Memory Multiple AVX plug-ins that you have applied to a sequence are now kept resident in memory at the same time. When you close a bin containing the sequence, the plug-ins are also closed, freeing the memory. If you find your Avid system running out of memory and you are using many plug-ins: 1. Choose Console from the Tools menu. 2. Type the command closeallavxplugins in the Console window. 3. Press Return. This command closes all currently opened plug-ins. They will automatically open again when needed. Recording with a TAO Media Systems Device Avid Media Composer and Film Composer allow you to load a new machine template and use the LPort422 to control devices that use the Control-L protocol, including many DV and Hi8™ camcorders and VCRs. The machine template for use with the LPort442 has not been fully tested at this time and is not supported by Avid. Special Notes Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 59 For more information on the LPort422, see the following web site: www.spcomms.com To acquire the latest machine template for use with the device, contact Avid Customer Support. Fibre Channel Configurations If your Avid system is configured with a Fibre Channel board and the Avid Fibre Channel driver is enabled, make sure: • Drives are connected to the Fibre Channel board and they are turned on. • The connection is on for Avid Unity MediaNet configurations. The Fibre Channel driver searches for drives. If none are connected to the Fibre Channel board or if the Avid Unity MediaNet connection is off, the performance of Media Composer or Film Composer is affected. Disable the Fibre Channel driver if no drives are connected to the Fibre Channel board or if the Avid Unity MediaNet connection is off: 1. Quit Media Composer or Film Composer. 2. Choose Control Panels from the Apple menu, and then click Extensions Manager. The Extensions Manager window opens. 3. Click Duplicate Set to duplicate the current set of extensions. 4. Type a name in the “Name duplicate set” text box. 5. Deselect Avid Fibre Channel Driver on the duplicated set of extensions. 6. Restart the Macintosh system. n For information on striping Fibre Channel drives, see “Accessing the Knowledge Center for Information” on page 12. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ASpecial Notes 60 Release 11.0 Release Notes Digitizing Video On-the-Fly Avid has discovered a problem with digitizing on-the-fly when you use the Macintosh five-slot, extender-less configuration. Avid is working on a permanent solution with Apple Computer, Inc. n The problem does not exist if you configure your system to utilize deck control. If you follow the standard procedures for connecting your USB-to-serial adapter and for configuring decks, you will not experience the problem. If you do not plan to utilize deck control, and you need to digitize on-the-fly, you must do the following (this will not affect any other attributes of the application operation): • Connect the USB-to-serial adapter. • Configure a video deck. Connecting the USB-to-Serial Adapter The USB-to-serial adapter (see Figure 1) connects to a USB port on the USB hub. The USB-to-serial adapter and the USB hub are included in the accessory kit sold by Avid (part number 0010-03765-01). n Special Notes Avid can change manufacturers of USB-to-serial adapters or USB hubs without notice. • The USB-to-serial adapter is the Keyspan USB Twin Serial Adapter (Keyspan part number USA-28X). • The USB hub is the Belkin® USB 7-Port Hub for Mac (Belkin part number F5U010-Mac). Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 61 USB ports 1 to 7 Rear of USB hub DC 7.5V Root 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 USB connector USB-to-serial adapter Figure 1 USB-to-Serial Adapter and USB Hub To connect the USB-to-serial adapter to the USB hub: 1. Plug the USB connector portion of the cable from the USB-to-serial adapter into a USB port at the rear of the USB hub. 2. Load the USB-to-serial adapter software, using the instructions located on the USB-to-serial adapter CD-ROM. n You do not need to connect a deck to the USB-to-serial adapter. Configuring a Deck To configure a deck to the USB-to-serial adapter: 1. In the Project window, click the Settings tab. The Settings scroll list appears. 2. Double-click Deck Configuration. The Deck Configuration dialog box appears. 3. Click the Add Channel button to add a new channel box and to open a Channel dialog box. 4. Choose Direct from the Channel Type pop-up menu. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ASpecial Notes 62 Release 11.0 Release Notes 5. Choose the Printer Port USB from the Port pop-up menu. 6. Click OK to close the Channel dialog box. A dialog box appears, asking if you want to automatically configure the channel now. 7. Click No. 8. Click Apply in the Deck Configuration dialog box. You can now digitize on-the-fly. Setting the Media Destination for AAF and OMF Export For AAF and OMF Export, the Set button (for media destination) appears only if you open an Export setting from the Settings scroll list. If you want to use the “Copy Media and Link to Copied Media” option for AAF or OMF Export, you must set the media destination folder through an Export setting. You cannot set the destination folder if you select a file and choose Export. To create an Export setting: 1. In the Settings scroll list, click the default Export setting. 2. Choose Duplicate from the File menu. 3. Name the new setting by typing a name in the name column. 4. Make the setting active by clicking in the space to the left of the setting so that a check mark appears. 5. Double-click the new setting. 6. Choose OMF 1.0, OMF 2.0, or AAF from the Export As pop-up menu. 7. On the Video Details tab, the Audio Details tab, or both, select the Export Method “Copy Media and Link to Copied Media.” 8. Click the Set button, and choose a destination folder. Special Notes Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 63 9. Click OK. 10. Highlight the Settings window, and choose Save All from the File menu. The next time you select a file and choose Export, the destination folder will be displayed. Documentation Changes This section contains additional information that was not available when the manuals went to print. Using Advanced Keyframes The effects guide describes how to use the new Advanced Keyframe model. An additional document, Supplemental Information for Standard Keyframes and Advanced Keyframes, discusses some differences between standard keyframes and advanced keyframes and provides suggestions about when you might want to use one or the other. The document is available on the Avid Knowledge Center in the Software Guides section of the Documentation page for your product. For information on accessing the Knowledge Center, see “Accessing the Knowledge Center for Information” on page 12. Set Pulldown Phase The Set Pulldown Phase feature (described in the input and output guide and in the Help) does not work if you digitize from a mark IN. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ADocumentation Changes 64 Release 11.0 Release Notes Changes for the Setup Guide The Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Macintosh Operating System requires the following changes: • The procedure for connecting a MIDIMAN device in the “Connecting JL Cooper Fader Controllers” section says to use the B MIDI connections on the MIDIMAN device. The system expects the A connections to be used by default so the setup guide should instruct you to use the A connections. The procedure in “Installing the OMS Software” on page 33 of these release notes allows you to use either A or B connections. • The “Initializing JL Cooper Fader Controllers” section is not necessary for a device with USB connections. Setting Bin and Project Name Length You can use your Avid editing system in a shared storage network as part of an Avid Unity workgroup, an Avid Unity workgroup with PortServer Pro, or an Avid Unity LANshare workgroup. Due to file name restrictions when working in a workgroup, bin and project names cannot exceed 27 characters (not including the period and file name extension that the system automatically adds to the file name). However, if you are using your Avid application as a standalone editor (and don’t plan to move your bins or projects to an Avid Unity workgroup), you have the option of extending bin and project names to 31 characters. General Settings You set the length of bin and project file names in the General Settings dialog box. To open the General Settings dialog box: t Documentation Changes Click the Settings tab in the Project window, and then double-click General. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 65 Table 11 describes the file name options in the General Settings dialog box. Table 11 General Settings Dialog Box: File Name Options Option Description Use Windows® compatible file names Prevents you from using the characters /\:*?”<>| in bin, project, or user names. These characters are not allowed in Windows file names. This option is selected by default. You should leave it selected if you plan to share projects or bins within a workgroup. n Allow filenames to exceed 27 characters If you deselect this option, a warning tells you that problems can occur when sharing projects and bins. Lets you override the file name limit of 27 characters when creating, opening, and saving bins. The maximum file name length allowed is 31 characters. This option is deselected by default. You should leave it deselected if you plan to share projects or bins within a workgroup. n If you select this option, a warning tells you that problems can occur when sharing projects and bins. If you change the default bin name length from 31 to 27 characters, you can still save any open bin with the longer file name; however, you will encounter problems if you attempt to share the file with another system in a shared storage network. Creating a New Project Since the default project name length is 27 characters, the Avid application does not allow you to create new projects with file names that exceed the default size until after you change the default setting in the General Settings dialog box. You can open an existing project with a project name length greater than 27 characters; however, when you Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ADocumentation Changes 66 Release 11.0 Release Notes try to create a new project with a file name greater than the default length, the application prompts you with an audible error message. To create a new project with a file name length greater than 27 characters: 1. Start the Avid application. 2. Create a project with a file name of 27 characters or fewer. For information on creating projects, see “Creating a New Project” in the Help. 3. Open the project. 4. Click the Settings tab in the Project window, and then double-click General. 5. Select “Allow filenames to exceed 27 characters.” 6. Close the project to return to the Select User and Project dialog box. For information on closing projects, see “Closing a Project” in the Help. 7. Create a new project with a maximum name length of 31 characters. An error message informs you that the project name exceeds 27 characters and might result in interoperability or sharing problems. 8. Click Continue to open the new project. Accessing Bin Files from the Attic Folder Because of the file name restrictions when using your Avid application in a workgroup configuration, backup bin files are now stored in a new location within the Attic folder. The Attic folder, located at the top level of the Avid Project drive, contains backup files of each bin in a project. The Attic folder contains a folder for each project. When a bin is saved, a copy of the bin file is stored in the following location on the Avid Project drive: \Attic\project name\Bins\project bin\bin.version (bin.version is the bin file followed by the backup version number). Documentation Changes Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 67 To access a file in the Attic folder: 1. From the desktop, double-click the Attic folder at the top level of the Avid Project drive. The Attic folder opens and displays project folders that contain the backup files. 2. Double-click the project folder, the Bins folder, and then the project bin subfolder that contains the files you want to retrieve. Once you locate the bin stored in the Attic folder, you can retrieve the backup file by following the procedure in “Retrieving Bin Files from the Attic Folder” in the Help. If you deselect the “Allow filenames to exceed 27 characters” option in the General Settings dialog box, you cannot retrieve a backup file with a file name larger than the 27-character limit. You must rename the file before retrieving it. Bin Settings The Bin Settings dialog box controls the Avid system’s automatic save features, including the number of backups saved in the Attic folder. Setting both the maximum number of files stored in the Attic folder and the maximum number of versions of a bin to zero deletes existing files in the project folder in the Attic and prevents any backup bins from being saved. Table 12 describes the backup options in the Bin Settings dialog box that specify how many files you can save in the Attic folder. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ADocumentation Changes 68 Release 11.0 Release Notes Table 12 Bin Settings Dialog Box: Attic Options Option Description Maximum files in a project’s attic Specifies the total number of files for each project stored in the Attic folder. When a bin is saved, the Avid system copies the previous version of the bin to a project bin subfolder within the Attic folder. The default is 30 files. Keep more files if there are many editors working on the system. This ensures that all the bins are backed up. When there are multiple editors working on one system, store Bin settings as Site or Project settings. This will ensure that another user does not override your settings and delete your backups. the default value of this option deletes any files from the c Lowering Attic that exceed the new file limit. Setting both the “Maximum files in a project’s attic” option and the “Max versions of a file in the attic” option to zero deletes all files in the Attic project folder and prevents the Avid system from saving backup copies of bin files. Max versions of a file Specifies the total number of single-bin copies for each project stored within the in the attic Attic folder. This setting prevents filling the Attic with too many copies of one bin, at the risk of losing the others. The default is five copies. the default value of this option deletes any files from the c Lowering Attic that exceed the new file limit. Setting this option to zero prevents the Avid system from saving backup copies of bin files. EDL Matchback You can use EDL Manager to create a 24-fps edit decision list (EDL) from a 30i matchback sequence.You can then import that EDL through EDL Manager to a 24p project for online finishing. Documentation Changes Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 69 Preparing a 30i Matchback Sequence for Transfer to EDL Manager To prepare a 30i matchback sequence for transfer to EDL Manager: 1. Make sure you have logged the sources that make up the sequence. For more information about using Avid Log Exchange (ALE) to log sources, see the input and output guide or the Help for your Avid system. 2. Start your Avid application and open the 30i project. 3. Open your sequence in the Record monitor. 4. Highlight the Start column, and then press Ctrl+D to duplicate it. The Select dialog box appears. 5. Select TC24 to create a 24p version of each value in the Start column, and then click OK. n If values already appear in the TC 24 column, a message box appears. Click OK, and then click OK again. A column labeled TC 24 appears in the bin. Creating an EDL from a 30i Sequence To import a 30i sequence into EDL Manager: 1. Start EDL Manager. For more information about using EDL Manager, see the Avid EDL Manager User’s Guide. 2. In your Avid application, load the sequence into the Record monitor. 3. In EDL Manager, click the Right Arrow button between the Editing System button and the Update button in the EDL Manager window. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ADocumentation Changes 70 Release 11.0 Release Notes The EDL for that sequence appears. Right Arrow button Update button Source pop-up menu Output pop-up menu 4. Choose 24 from the Source pop-up menu and the Output pop-up menu. For information about creating other types of EDLs, see “EDL Formats” on page 72. 5. Click the Update button. A 24p EDL is created. 6. Choose Save As from the File menu, name the file, and then click Save. Creating a 24p Sequence from an EDL To create a 24p sequence from an EDL that is open in EDL Manager: 1. Start your Avid application, and do one of the following: t Click New Project, choose 24p NTSC from the Format menu in the New Project dialog box, click OK, and then click OK again. t Select a preexisting 24p NTSC project from the Avid Projects list, and then click OK. 2. Open the bin into which you want to import the 24p EDL. 3. Start EDL Manager, and then choose Open from the File menu. A message box appears, stating that the currently displayed EDL will be cleared. 4. Click OK. Documentation Changes Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 71 The Select File to Open dialog box appears. 5. Navigate to the 24p EDL you created, and then click Open. A message box appears, asking for the frame rate. 6. Click 24. 7. Click the Left Arrow button to bring the EDL into your Avid application. Left Arrow button A message box appears, asking for the project type. 8. Click NTSC. The Select dialog box appears. 9. Select the target bin for the 24p EDL, and then click OK. A sequence and a clip appear in the target bin in your Avid application. 10. Relink the original sources with the 24p sequence. See “Relinking Clips to the 24p Sequence” on page 71. Relinking Clips to the 24p Sequence To relink associated clips with the 24p sequence: 1. In your Avid application, do one of the following: t Drag the ALE file for the source clips of your sequence into the bin. t Choose Import from the File menu, navigate to the ALE file for your sequence, and click Import. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ADocumentation Changes 72 Release 11.0 Release Notes 2. Redigitize the material. 3. Highlight the individual offline clips created from the ALE file and the sequence. 4. Choose Relink by Source and Timecode. 5. Select both “All non-master clips to selected online items” and “Allow relinking to offline items,” and then click OK. For more information about relinking, see the editing guide or the Help for your Avid system. 6. Delete the large clip created by EDL Manager. You can now use the 24p sequence in Media Composer or Film Composer. EDL Formats Table 13 lists the EDL formats you can create from various kinds of projects. Table 13 EDL Output Formats Project Type EDL Format 24p NTSC 24, 25PD, 25, 30D, 30NDa 30i NTSC 30 30i NTSC with Matchback 24, 30 24p PAL 24, 25PD, 25, 30D, 30NDa 25p PAL 24, 25PD, 25, 30D, 30NDa 25i PAL 25 a. PD = pulldown, D = drop frame, ND = non-drop frame Documentation Changes Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 73 Table 14 lists various EDL formats and the kinds of projects you can create from them. Table 14 Project Types EDL Format Project Type 24 24p NTSC, 24p PAL 25PDa, 25 25i 30D, 30NDa 30i a. PD = pulldown, D = drop frame, ND = non-drop frame Importing Photoshop Files with Many Layers You might get an out of memory error when attempting to import a large Photoshop file with many layers. This can happen when you import the file as a Sequence of Layers. Increasing the memory allocated to the Avid application may fix this problem. If not, you can use the following workaround. The workaround involves duplicating the file and creating two or more files containing fewer layers per file. 1. Back up the original file before you begin. 2. Duplicate the layered psd file. 3. Open the original psd file in Photoshop 6.0 or later. 4. Delete the first half of all the layers. 5. Save the revised file with only the last half of the layers. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. ADocumentation Changes 74 Release 11.0 Release Notes 6. Open the duplicate psd file in Photoshop 6.0 or higher. 7. Delete the last half of all the layers. 8. Save the revised file with only the first half of the layers. 9. Import the two revised psd files separately as a sequence of layers. Because the revised files contain half the layers of the original file, they should import correctly. If you experience the same problem with the new files, you can try splitting them into smaller files. Also, if you don't need to access the individual layers, you can flatten the image in Photoshop and import the file that way. Hardware and Software Limitations This section describes hardware and software limitations for your Avid system. Limitation When Using Consumer Decks or Decks Without Time-Base Correctors This section describes some difficulties you might encounter when working with consumer video decks and tapes (such as VHS) or decks that do not provide time-base correction or stabilized timing on their outputs. Workarounds are described when available. Digitizing from Unstable Time-Base Sources The Meridien subsystem used in Media Composer or Film Composer is optimized for use with modern, broadcast-quality VTRs that contain time-base correctors (TBCs). When presented with a stable input, the Meridien subsystem will digitize that video by using a high-quality, very-low-jitter clock reference. However, some sources do not include Hardware and Software Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 75 an internal TBC (including various S-Video decks or composite VHS, ¾-inch, or Hi8 decks). In some cases, due either to the deck performance or the deck performance in conjunction with a particular videotape, the Meridien subsystem will not lock to non-TBC sources. As a result, the image might be unstable or might have reduced or missing color, or syncing might not be possible at all. If you select the Consumer Source button in the Video Input tool, a wider bandwidth, more closely tracking time-base will improve the range of syncing capability. In this mode, the video input levels will be set by automatic gain control. Not all of the Video Input tool’s adjustment sliders will operate, and the video might be slightly softened, but the syncing in most cases will be more reliable and more stable. The overall image quality will not be as high as with normal operation. n The availability of the Consumer Source button depends on the model of your Avid system. If you continue to experience difficulty with a source that does not include an internal TBC, Avid recommends the video signal be processed through an external TBC for maximum image quality. For more information on time-base correctors, contact your Avid Reseller. Green Line in VHS Video Some VHS tape decks do not output the full 240 lines of video normally included in the VHS format. As a result, after you digitize from a device such as a VCR, a green line might appear at the bottom of the monitors in the Avid application. This line is at the bottom of the visible area of the picture, and is not seen in a standard consumer monitor in most cases. If you use the video in a circumstance in which the line is visible, you can remove it by cropping the bottom edge of the picture. n For more information on cropping, see the effects guide or Help for your Avid system. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AHardware and Software Limitations 76 Release 11.0 Release Notes Multiformat Titles Must Be Real-Time DSK If your Avid system includes support for 24p projects, you can save titles in multiple formats (NTSC 4:3, PAL 4:3, NTSC 16:9, or PAL 16:9, depending on your source media). When you create a digital cut, you can choose the appropriate format. This feature works only for real-time DSK titles. It does not work for rendered titles. Rendered titles will play in the original rendered format. If you need to render effects that play at the same time as the title, render all effects except the title. Alternatively, create a video mixdown of all tracks except the title. For more information, see “Working with Titles on Systems with 24p Support” in the effects guide or Help for your Avid system. Hardware and Software Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 77 Known Problems and Limitations 24p and 25p Projects ➤ QuickTime export from a 24p PAL video (Method 1) project exports audio at a nonstandard sample rate. When you digitize material in a 24p PAL video (Method 1) project, audio is normally slowed (for example, audio is slowed to 42.336 kHz if the sample rate set in the Audio Project Settings dialog box is 44.1 kHz). If you perform a QuickTime export from such a project using the project rate as the audio sample rate, audio is exported at the slower, nonstandard sample rate. It is not converted back to the standard sample rate. ➤ When you change the pullin of a sequence in a PAL 24p or 25p project, the pullin letter does not appear in the Pullin Bin column. The sequence is correctly updated with the new pullin. ➤ Existing projects opened in Media Composer or Film Composer have default audio file formats of OMF (AIFF-C). This occurs even if the existing projects had a different audio project file format setting. New projects created in Media Composer or Film Composer also default to OMF (AIFF-C). The audio file format setting location has changed from the General setting to the Audio Project setting in this release. Audio Workaround: Double-click Audio Project in the Settings scroll list in the Project window, choose a format from the Audio File format in pop-up menu, and then click OK. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AKnown Problems and Limitations 78 Release 11.0 Release Notes ➤ For a sequence containing rendered audio effects, if you consolidate the sequence by using the “Do Audio Sample Rate Conversion” option in the Consolidate dialog box and then export the sequence to OMFI Version 1 or OMFI Version 2, an error message informs you that the composition contains mixed audio sample rates. This message is incorrect; all the material in the sequence is at the same audio sample rate. If you have problems exporting this sequence, rerender it and then export it again. ➤ Audio might export at a rate different from the rate reported in the Audio Project Settings dialog box. If you export audio while a digital input sync mode (AES/EBU or S/PDIF) is set in the Audio Project Settings dialog box, the resulting export file might be created at a sample rate other than the one currently displayed in the Audio Project Settings dialog box. The following scenario demonstrates how this problem can occur. In the Audio Project Settings dialog box, with an AES/EBU or S/PDIF audio source connected to your system: 1. Choose Video Sync from the Sync Mode pop-up menu. 2. Choose an audio sample rate that is different from the digital rate for the source. For example, choose a sample rate of 44.1 kHz when the digital rate for the source is 48 kHz. 3. Choose the appropriate digital option (AES/EBU or S/PDIF) from the Sync Mode pop-up menu. The sample rate is forced to the digital rate of the source (for example, it reverts from 44.1 kHz to 48 kHz). This is normal behavior for the Audio Project Settings dialog box. 4. Export audio with an export setting that uses the project rate as the export sample rate. Known Problems and Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 79 For example, choose Project Rate as the sample rate in the Audio Format tab for an AVI export. The audio exports at the sample rate you chose before forcing to the digital rate (that is, the sample rate you chose in step 2). n ➤ If you switch back to Video Sync in the Sync Mode pop-up menu of the Audio Project Settings dialog box, the sample rate displayed stays at the forced digital selection but the export still uses the sample rate you chose before forcing the digital rate. If you plan to use Pro Tools® on the same system as Media Composer or Film Composer, note that Pro Tools uses different versions of the following files: • DigiSystem_INIT — Stored in the Extensions folder • Default AudioSuite plug-ins — Stored in the DAE folder in the System folder If you plan to use Pro Tools on your Media Composer or Film Composer system, you will need to keep separate copies of these files and copy them to the correct location before you start the application. For the default AudioSuite plug-ins, you should keep separate copies of the entire DAE folder (located in the System folder). After you replace the files, you must restart the system for DigiSystem_INIT to take effect. Compatibility with Other Products and Releases ➤ You might have problems running Apple System Profiler before running Media Composer or Film Composer. Workaround: Start Apple System Profiler after loading Media Composer or Film Composer. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AKnown Problems and Limitations 80 Release 11.0 Release Notes ➤ If you eject a local drive from a system that has Avid Unity MediaNet volumes mounted, when you select Mount All from the File menu, the following error message appears: “Mac Error -65 (r/w requested for an off-line drive).” Consolidating ➤ Consolidating a sequence with a group could result in the sequence referencing two different groups. When you consolidate a sequence that contains a group clip that has the default clip selected for all tracks and you deselect the option “consolidate all clips in a group edit,” the Avid system creates a master clip (.new) and a group clip (.new). The sequence references the .new group clip for the default clip and the original group clip for any other clips in the group. ➤ Consolidate ignores the “Lock Bin Selection” setting for a consolidated clip. If you select the “Delete original media files when done” option in the Consolidate dialog box, the system ignores the “Lock Bin Selection” setting for a consolidated clip and deletes the media. Deck Control ➤ Autoconfigure chooses the JVC® BR-D85U deck instead of the JVC BR-D750U deck. If you autoconfigure decks when the JVC BR-D750U Digital S deck is connected, the system incorrectly chooses the JVC BR-D85U deck. If you double-click the deck in the Deck Configuration dialog box, the system displays a message warning that the deck configuration does not match the deck attached to the system. You can close the message box and then select the JVC BR-D750U deck in the Deck Settings Known Problems and Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 81 dialog box. The system then functions correctly with the deck. However, the message warning that the deck configuration does not match the attached deck will reappear whenever you create a new project. Digitizing ➤ Batch digitizing in a 24p NTSC project continues beyond the logged OUT point, and the system incorrectly adopts the pulldown setting from the batch digitized clip for subsequent digitized clips. If you log a clip in a 24p NTSC project and then batch digitize the clip, the system keeps recording beyond the logged OUT point. The length of time the system continues recording after the OUT point is proportional to the length of the logged clip. The longer the clip, the longer the system continues to record after the OUT point. Once you have batch digitized a clip, the system uses the pulldown setting from that clip for subsequent digitized clips. This might result in a digitized clip that has incorrect pulldown. For example, if you batch digitize a clip with C as the pulldown setting (C as the value in the Pullin bin column), a subsequent clip that you digitize will be created as if you had set the IN point on a C frame, regardless of where you actually set the IN point. These problems exist only when you are batch digitizing video. Audio-only batch digitizing does not show the same errors. Workaround: You can force the system to revert to the pulldown setting that you will need for subsequent digitizing by batch digitizing a short dummy clip with the appropriate pulldown setting. ➤ When you digitize using external timecode (also known as linear timecode, or LTC), the digitized media might be one frame off. This can happen when you use External Timecode mode while digitizing in Media Composer or Film Composer. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AKnown Problems and Limitations 82 Release 11.0 Release Notes Workaround: If the digitized media is consistently one or two frames off, you can select the Latency for External Timecode Mode option in the Digitize Settings dialog box to compensate for the latency. This option ensures that digitizing starts on the correct frame. Note that the option is deselected by default. ➤ Due to a limitation with the Macintosh system, when “Optimize for batch speed” is selected in the Digitize Settings dialog box, the maximum number of clips that you can continuously digitize before a preroll occurs is 10. ➤ You cannot preserve vertical blanking information for S-Video passthrough and capture. Workaround: If you need to preserve vertical blanking information when you digitize, use SDI, composite, or component. For more information, see “Preserving Information in the Vertical Blanking Interval” in the Help. Editing ➤ Restoring from videotape stalls when you do not need to mount additional tapes. You want to restore a sequence from videotape, and all archived clips are on the same tape, but each archived sequence has a different archived tape name. If you click the Mounted button after being prompted for the tape, the application does nothing. Workaround: Eject the tape and insert it again. ➤ Once the length of a sequence passes 24:00:00, the timecode values representing the duration of the sequence start to decrement until the value reaches 00:00:00. After the 25th hour, the duration starts to increment again. This problem rarely occurs because the sequence has to be longer than 24 hours before the problem starts to happen. Known Problems and Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes ➤ 83 The Client monitor goes black when you alter settings with the Digitize tool open. Open the Digitize tool. Enter Log or Digitize mode. With a tape playing or stopped, open a settings dialog box (such as Digitize Settings). Click OK, and the Client monitor goes black. Workaround: If you are in Log mode, switch to Digitize mode, and then switch back. If you are in Digitize mode, switch to Log mode, and then switch back. ➤ You might receive an assertion failed message when you choose Refresh Media Directories from the File menu. Workaround: You can click Continue in the message box to return to the Avid application. ➤ If you select the Scroll While Playing option in the Timeline Settings dialog box when working in 24p and 25p PAL projects, your system might display distorted video in the Record monitor. Workaround: Deselect the Scroll While Playing option in the Timeline Settings dialog box. The Timeline Settings dialog box can be accessed by clicking Timeline in the Settings scroll list of the Project window. ➤ If you set the desktop to display custom patterns, the bins might become transparent and reveal the patterns on the desktop. Workaround: Turn off custom desktop patterns or force a redraw of bins as needed. ➤ Partially covering the Source monitor with a group clip causes the Source monitor and the Client monitor to display a single frame instead of the grouped frames. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AKnown Problems and Limitations 84 Release 11.0 Release Notes Remove the window that is covering the Source monitor and click the Source monitor. Both the Source monitor and the Client monitor display the grouped frames. ➤ The display of accent characters (set from the Apple Key Caps window) in the bin is different from the display in the Timeline. ➤ There might be a hue shift in certain colors when Avid graphics are being drawn on video. Since the graphics are not displayed during play, it will not affect the output of your digital cut and will be noticeable only when parked on a frame. Examples of Avid graphics include mark IN, mark OUT, and sawtooth marks denoting the beginning or end of a clip. EDL Manager ➤ The source and output menus might not appear in a 24p or 25p project if there is no video on track V1. The source and output menus allow you to deliver various output formats by adjusting the timecode in an EDL. Workaround: If the menus do not appear, make sure there is video on track V1. ➤ If you have a B-reel dissolve in a sequence, EDL Manager might delete a space from the timecode line when it creates an EDL. This offsets the dissolve entry by a space in the EDL and can make the EDL unreadable by a Grass Valley™ editor. This happens only when the sequence contains a B-reel dissolve and the tape name is four characters or less. ➤ When you change options in EDL Manager, save as a template, and reopen the template, the options might appear to be selected incorrectly. The options are, in fact, set to your selection, but the user interface does not reflect them accurately. Known Problems and Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 85 Workaround: Close the Options window and reopen it. Effects ➤ The Pan and Scan effect shows as a blank icon in the Timeline when you bring it into Media Station XL. If a sequence has Pan and Scan effects, you should render the effect in the Avid editing application before bringing the sequence to Media Station XL. ➤ Limitation: You might see aliasing artifacts on Picture-in-Picture effects whose parameters are unchanged for the duration of the clip. Your system automatically antialiases Picture-in-Picture effect images whose parameters change over the duration of the clip, but does not automatically antialias static Picture-in-Picture effect images (those whose parameters do not change for the duration of the clip). This behavior is designed to avoid the softening effect that can be caused by antialiasing a static image. However, some images might show aliasing artifacts and therefore require antialiasing to be enabled. Workaround: If your system has the 3D effects option, you can turn on antialiasing for a Picture-in-Picture effect that shows aliasing artifacts by setting either of the Defocus parameters (Horizontal or Vertical) to any non-zero value. ➤ When you are working with two-field media and first activate the Scratch Removal effect, it might use field processing even though the Frame Processing button is selected. If the effect is using field processing, the Frame slider is calibrated from -10 to +10 and increments in fields as you drag it. Workaround: Click the Frame Processing button once to deselect it, then click the Frame Processing button a second time to reselect it. The Frame slider is now calibrated in frames (from -5 to +5) and increments by frames as you drag Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AKnown Problems and Limitations 86 Release 11.0 Release Notes ➤ You can't play a partially rendered effect if the precompute is split across different drives. This problem can happen if you attempt to render an effect to a drive that is low on disk space. The system displays a message stating that you might not have enough disk space to store the rendered effect. The message asks whether you would like to keep or discard the partial render. In this case, you should click Discard. Workaround: Delete the rendered effect, and render it to a drive that has more available space. ➤ Limitation: Problem with unrendered 3D effects with drop shadows. At the start of an unrendered 3D effect with a drop shadow, there is a one-field delay before the shadow appears. This is a hardware design limitation and cannot be fixed for real-time play of an unrendered effect. Workaround: Render the effect. ➤ If you select “Filter Based on Resolution” in the Media Creation dialog box and select a drive on which to store audio, you cannot select the audio drive in the Render dialog box as a location for saving precomputes. Workaround: Deselect “Filter Based on Resolution.” ➤ Pixel artifacts might appear in dissolves and rolling titles during PAL to NTSC multiformat output on systems using the Meridien III digital media board set with the Genie 3D effects board. If you output an NTSC version of a PAL sequence that contains dissolves or rolling titles, and if your Client monitor is in underscan mode, you might notice bad pixels flicker across the bottom left corner of the image during the effects. The problem occurs only in multiformat output going from PAL to NTSC, and only on systems that use the Meridien III digital media board set (Meridien II digital media board with Meridien III daughter card) and the Genie 3D effects board. Known Problems and Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 87 Workaround: Render the effect before you output the multiformat version of the sequence. ➤ The ExpertRender at Position command does not always recognize a partially completed render. If you attempt to use the ExpertRender at Position command on a partially rendered effect, you might receive the message, No Effects to Render. Workaround: Use the following procedure: 1. Click the Timeline Fast Menu button, choose Render Ranges, and choose Partial Only or All. 2. Move the position indicator on top of the red line that indicates the unrendered part of the effect. Now, when you choose ExpertRender at Position, the ExpertRender™ dialog box displays one effect to render. ➤ The graphic that connects two lines in the Profile window for a 3D effect does not appear for the active keyframe. The area where two lines intersect for the active keyframe is black. Workaround: The lines appear in the Profile window once you activate the Foreground Opacity or Acceleration parameters and move the slider for a given keyframe. You can click and drag between the intersecting lines to change a value. ➤ Adding a Defocus effect to a title results in blocky artifacts. This problem occurs under the following circumstances: 1. Open a title in the Effect Editor and promote it to 3D. 2. In the Defocus pane, choose Key Only or FG & Key, and adjust the sliders to blur the key. The title blurs, but the graphic channel beneath comes through as a blocky outline. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AKnown Problems and Limitations 88 Release 11.0 Release Notes Workaround: Replace the graphic channel with a solid-color graphics image. ➤ When you play a sequence with several rolling titles close together, you might see an error message. Workaround: Render the rolling titles, or try moving the titles further away from each other. FilmScribe ➤ Problems occur with QuickTime movies linking to cut lists when sequences have similar names. This usually happens if the names contain extra periods (for example, PALtele.01 and PALtele.02). Workaround: Remove any extra periods in the names (for example, change the names to PALtele01 and PALtele02). ➤ The Remove Settings command will not remove settings called “Untitled.” This problem exists in the Cut List tool and the Change List tool. The Untitled name does not appear in the Remove Settings dialog box. Workaround: When you create settings, give them a name so you can modify or delete them later. Input and Output ➤ QuickTime Reference movies created from sequences that include filler do not play correctly in the QuickTime Player. The player might continue to play black frames after the end of the filler material or might play all gray or all white frames. Playback problems can occur whether or not the Flatten Video Tracks and Fill Spaces with Known Problems and Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 89 Black options are selected. The Info window in the QuickTime Player displays what appear to be incorrect frame rates. Workaround: Perform a video mixdown on the sequence before you create the QuickTime Reference movie or use actual black video instead of filler to create the black segments in your sequence. ➤ If you experience problems using the Create DVD command or exporting MPEG files, see “Creating DVDs and Exporting MPEG Files” on page 54 of these release notes. ➤ You cannot use the Create DVD command or export an MPEG file from a 24p project. Workaround: Export the sequence as a QuickTime reference movie, and use a third party application to create the MPEG file. For more information, see “Creating DVDs and Exporting MPEG Files” on page 54. ➤ If you are in VTR Emulation mode and the Avid system receives a Go To command from the edit controller, the Digitize tool will not initialize passthrough monitoring. Workaround: Click the Timeline or Source/Record monitor, and then click the Digitize tool again. Passthrough monitoring will work. ➤ If you import an OMFI file with embedded media containing a real-time moving matte (RTMM) and convert the resolution on import, the import might fail. This occurs in 24p, NTSC projects. Workaround: Remove the RTMM from the sequence before exporting the OMF with embedded media file. Reimport or re-create the RTMM on the destination Avid system. ➤ OMF cross-platform export of crawling titles causes a blue background to appear. If you export an unrendered crawling title Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AKnown Problems and Limitations 90 Release 11.0 Release Notes from an Avid for Macintosh system to an Avid for Windows system (or vice versa), the color of the title text is changed and the title background is blue. Workaround: Render the title before export, or re-create title media after import. ➤ When you perform a batch import with QuickTime files, the Current Settings button in the Batch Import dialog box shows the OMFI tab instead of the Image tab. Workaround: Use the Import Settings (in the Settings scroll list) to set up the batch import. Then perform the batch import as usual. ➤ You cannot change the frame size or other settings when using an Avid codec to export a QuickTime movie. Avid codecs are designed to provide a fast export or import at the native frame size. (If necessary, you can change the resolution, but the export will take longer.) If you change the frame size or other setting and then use an Avid codec to export a QuickTime movie, you cannot do a fast export or import and the codec might issue the following error message” “Unable to export bin.” Workaround: Use a different codec. Alternatively, export the file by selecting the Same as Source option and change the setting in another application, such as cleaner 5. ➤ The first file of an imported PICT sequence might be corrupt when you import the sequence to Media Composer on a Macintosh system. This problem occurs when you import the sequence to Media Composer on a Macintosh system. Workaround: If you experience this problem, import the sequence starting with the second file of the sequence. Known Problems and Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes ➤ 91 When you import material, your file might be larger than the 2-GB limit for file size. Workaround: If the imported file is a sequence of files (such as a TARGA® sequence), you can break the files into groups and import the groups. Once the groups are imported, you can make the imported clips a sequence or subsequence, which you can then edit into other sequences. ➤ Limitation: You cannot create a DVD from a sequence with no audio tracks. If you select a sequence with no audio tracks and choose Create DVD from the File menu, a message box appears telling you that your sequence needs at least one audio track. You cannot create a DVD from a sequence with no audio tracks. Workaround: Add an audio track to your sequence. The track does not need to contain any information but must be present for you to create a DVD. ➤ The cleaner EZ software installer installs a DV codec that causes video tearing during export and import. The cleaner EZ software included with your Avid application installs a DV codec named RadDVCodec. If you export a file as a DV Stream and then reimport the file into the Avid system, the video will display tearing. Workaround: Remove the RadDVCodec file. Removing this file does not have any adverse effects on the cleaner EZ application. Both cleaner EZ and the Avid application will use the QuickTime DV codec. To remove the RadDVCodec file: 1. Navigate to Macintosh HD:System Folder:Extensions. 2. Delete the file RadDVCodec. 3. Restart the system. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AKnown Problems and Limitations 92 Release 11.0 Release Notes ➤ cleaner 5 displays error messages when using the Send To Cleaner command with items already in the Batch window. If cleaner 5 already has a clip in its Batch window, and you use the Send To Cleaner command from the Avid application to add another clip, cleaner displays the following error messages: • “Unable to open file; image format not recognized.” • “Unable to make an alias to movie.” Workaround: Click OK to these error messages. The clip is added to the batch and can be processed successfully. ➤ The sequence loses audio sync when creating DVD files with an AudioSuite effect and sample rate conversion. If you want to create DVD files from a sequence that includes a rendered AudioSuite effect, and the audio sample rate of a sequence is different from the Audio Project setting, the automatic sample rate conversion does not work correctly. The processed file has a doubled audio track, one of which is delayed and creates an echo. Workaround: Do the sample rate conversion before you create the DVD files. ➤ Moving the target folder used when creating DVD volumes prevents further DVD export. Under certain circumstances, moving the folder that is the target for a DVD export prevents any further export from taking place. This happens when you create a new folder as the target for your DVD export by browsing to a new location during the Create DVD process and then use the Macintosh Finder™ to move that folder to another location. The system displays an error message when you attempt to save to the folder again. You cannot save to that folder or to any other folder. Known Problems and Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 93 Workaround: Create the target folder for your DVD exports outside of the Media Composer or Film Composer application before you begin the Create DVD process, and do not move the folder to another location until you have finished all DVD exports for the current Media Composer or Film Composer session. ➤ Clip names longer than 32 characters are truncated when imported in a log file. If you export a log file with clip names longer than 32 characters, and then reimport the log file, the system changes the clip names. Each reimported clip name consists of the first 32 characters of the original clip name followed by the tape name. ➤ Insufficient memory errors might occur if you attempt to play media after importing a QuickTime movie with a resolution different from the native file. Workaround: Exit and restart the application. ➤ Some unsupported file types might stall the system during import. If you try to import an unsupported file type, such as an .aud file (MPEG-2 audio file), QuickTime might take several minutes to analyze the file type. During this period, the system appears to be frozen. After several minutes a message appears, saying the file is not a supported format. ➤ Batch importing a duplicate of a master clip causes the original master clip to be offline. Workaround: Unlink the duplicate before batch importing it. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AKnown Problems and Limitations 94 Release 11.0 Release Notes ➤ When you export a file larger than 2 GB, a system error occurs. Workaround: Ensure that the file you are exporting does not exceed the 2-GB limit. If the error occurs during a video mixdown, try to mix down in smaller segments. MediaLog ➤ When you select a project file with a name containing characters incompatible with Windows file name requirements, a DISK_INVALID_NAME exception occurs. You must force quit MediaLog (press Option + Command + Escape), and then restart the application in order to select a different project. Windows compatible file names cannot include any of the following nine characters: /\:*?”<>| Multicamera ➤ If you apply a Timewarp effect on a multicam sequence, all source clips display the effect. ➤ Entering Multicamera edit mode can take a long time when the sequence contains many edits. The amount of time it takes to enter Multicamera edit mode is directly proportional to the number of edits you have in the sequence being edited. For example, a sequence with 3000 edits takes approximately 15 seconds. ➤ Playing a sequence that includes real-time motion effects in MultiCamera mode results in an error. Known Problems and Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 95 Play ➤ The JL Cooper MCS3 controller does not work when the shuttle speed is set to 1x. Video plays for a second or two and then freezes. Audio stops after several seconds. All other speeds work when shuttling forward and backward. ➤ VTR Play Emulation Problem: If you cue to the next or previous frame using the Go To command on the edit controller, a search error appears on the edit controller. ➤ Playback from a bin is not smooth when the bin is displayed in the Bin monitor. If a bin is displayed in the Bin monitor, and you set a bin to Frame view or Script view and play a clip, the clip does not play smoothly. ➤ If you receive the following message when starting the Avid system, the Avid application will not start: “Exception occurred while initializing Media Stream Manager, exception: MSM no directory specified.” System Workaround: You need to delete two files as follows. 1. Locate the Avid application folder and open it. 2. Double-click the SupportingFiles folder 3. Double-click the Avid_MediaFiles folder. 4. Select the msmFMID.pmr and the msmMMOB.mdb files, and then press the Delete key. 5. Restart the Avid application. Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. AKnown Problems and Limitations 96 Release 11.0 Release Notes Workgroups ➤ A Macintosh client on an Avid Unity MediaNet system might not recognize an ALE file that was created on a Windows NT® or Windows 2000 client. For example, if you export a group of clips in a bin as an ALE file from a Windows NT client onto an Avid Unity MediaNet workspace and then try to import the same file into a Macintosh client, the system might display the following error message: “the file format of 'filename.ale' is not supported for import.” Workaround: This happens because the Avid Unity file system does not save the resource fork information associated with the file. To fix the problem with the file: 1. Copy the file from the Windows NT client to a network drive not connected to Avid Unity. 2. Copy the file to the Macintosh client, and perform the import as usual. ➤ QuickTime reference movies with added filler might not be shared correctly on an Avid Unity MediaNet system. This can happen if you use the Add Filler or Load Filler commands to add filler to a sequence and then export the sequence as a QuickTime reference movie. The QuickTime reference movie points to the filler data on the local drive, which prevents the movie from being encoded with Avid ProEncode™. Workaround: On Windows 2000 systems, enable sharing for the folder that contains the filler. Workaround: On Macintosh and Windows NT systems, create a filler file (using Adobe Photoshop or another application), copy it to an Avid Unity workspace, import it as a clip, and use it for filler. In this case, you cannot use the Add Filler or Load Filler feature. ➤ A system that is not a workgroup client might see media on a workspace drive that was not created by that system. Known Problems and Limitations Part 0130-05073-01 Rev. A Release 11.0 Release Notes 97 If you mount a workspace drive on a system that is not a workgroup client, you can then create media on the system and store it on the workspace drive. In this circumstance, the Media tool might display media on the workspace drive that was created by the workgroup clients as well as media created by the current system. For more information on limitations when mixing workgroup and non-workgroup systems and storage, see the Avid Unity MediaManager Release Notes. ➤ Projects might not close correctly if a bin has been opened over the network and a network error occurs. If you open a bin on another system and modify its contents, and then a network error occurs where you can no longer access that bin file on the networked system, the application might not exit because it cannot save the bin. You might have to force quit to exit the program. 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