Location at Launch:  This update to 2018.12 is available from MyAvid Master Accounts, Application Manager, and the Avid Download Center (login and password required).  

 Media Composer Notes:  Listed below are a few hot items that you need to be aware of.  Please check the ReadMe for additional notes relating to Media Composer 2018.12.1.

 -  Dongle Info (Mac Only): The Dongle Sentinel driver installer is no longer automatically installed when you install the editing application. The driver is now located in the Avid_Utilities folder (/Applications/Utilities/Avid_Utilities/Sentinel_Driver). If you have a dongle, manually install the driver from this location.

 -  Avid Artist DNxIO and Avid Artist DNxIQ: If you are using Avid Artist DNxIO, Avid Artist DNxIQ, or a BlackMagic Designs video device, please update to Desktop Video software version 10.10.1 or higher. The minimum Desktop Video version that will work with Media Composer v18.5.1 is 10.9.11. Older versions will be rejected, and you will not be able to use your hardware until you update.

-  OS Support: (Windows) Windows v7 64-bit SP1(Professional) , Windows v8.1 (Professional and Enterprise), and Windows v10 64-bit (Professional, Creators, and Enterprise).  (macOS:) Macintosh v10.12.6, 10.13.6, 10.14.2
Note: macOS 10.12.x is now the minimum operating system supported for Mac on this release.

 Changed in Media Composer 2018.12.1:  The following changes have been made for this release.

 -  Change to Adding Effects to IN/OUT Points - With this release, if you add IN and OUT points, and then drag any effect to the Timeline between the IN and OUT points, the effect is  added between the IN and OUT points.

 -  Changes to Avid Titler: The following changes have been made to the titler. For details on each change, please refer to the attached ReadMe.

             > Selecting Gradients in the Avid Titler Tool 

            > Avid Titler and In/Out Points 

            > Avid Titler+ Text Box Changes 

            > Animation Clarification 

            > Rotation Clarification 

 What’s Fixed:  The following issues have been resolved in this release.

 -  Bug Number: MCCET-2809. You might have received a “DATAMOD_CONSISTENCY_CHECK” error when importing a .scc file.

-  Bug Number: MCCET-2739. In some instances, the Blur effect was not properly applied to an image.

-  Bug Number: MCCET-2790. The import Media Creation settings were not applied to the first import after launching the editing application.

-  Bug Number: MCCET-2797. If you were working on a two-monitor system, newly created bins are automatically displayed on the right monitor when previously they were displayed on the left monitor.

-  Bug Number: MCCET-2791. Mask Margins were not showing up on exported graphic files.

-  Bug Number: MCCET-2760. After performing a video mixdown the metadata on the Avid MediaFiles MXF files might be incorrect.

-  Bug Number: MCCET-2595. When working on a system with a HiDPI monitor, you might have seen slow response when lassoing clips in the Timeline. 

-  Bug Number: MCCET-2787. On some Mac systems, the editing application would not launch if some fonts were disabled. 

-  Bug Number: MCCET-2732. When you consolidated AVC Long GOP G25 subclips, new master clips were created that were too long. 

-  Bug Number: MCCET-2794. You might have received an “Audio consumer duration differs from video edit” error when playing back a sequence containing a dissolve.

Limitations:  The following limitations have been identified.

 -  Bug Number: MCDEV-10296. Currently, when working in a shared bins environment, clicking a blue bin lock does not allow you to have write ownership.  Workaround: Close and reopen the bin to have write ownership.
-  Bug Number: MCDEV-10219. Titles created with Avid Titler+ do not render in the background.
-  Bug Number: MCDEV-8641. (AMD Graphics). Systems with AMD graphics cards might display tearing when performing Full Screen playback.
-  Bug Number: MCDEV-9837. (Interplay) If you receive the error “DeleteLocalBinMedia FormatDescriptor is not known” you can only delete the media using Interplay Access.
-  Bug Number: MCDEV-9460. Windows 7 systems with Nvidia Maxwell or Nvidia Pascal cards might experience playback issues that could result in “Play Consumer timeout” errors.  Workaround: Select “Disable GPU Effects” in the Render Settings dialog box.
-  Bug Number: MCDEV-9142. You might experience hangs or crashes when performing a video mixdown with a 16K project on systems with less than 64GB RAM.
-  Bug Number: MCDEV-9269. (Media Composer | Cloud) After performing a remote download operation on a sequence containing AVC-I 100 remote media, the downloaded media appears as XAVC-I 100. Workaround: Download the entire master clips.
-  Bug Number: (Mac). You may occasionally see the menu bar flash followed by a brief beach ball. To fix this, deactivate “Displays have separate spaces” under System Preferences > Mission Control settings.
-  Bug Number: MCDEV-9011. Intermittently, when working with the XDCAM Nablet Plug-in, you might see “Failed to get the sample position from the AMA Plug-in” errors if you have waveforms enabled in the Timeline.
-  Bug Number: COGS-2560. While working in the Script Window, text operations (cut/copy/paste/delete/editing) can only be done in edit mode. See “Editing a Script” in the Help.
-  Bug Number: MCDEV-5650. When working with Panasonic LongG media, you might receive an “SFPlayConsumer Timeout” error if audio waveforms are enabled.  Workaround: Turn off audio waveforms.
-  Bug Number: MCDEV-5385. MultiCam editing with Panasonic LongG media is not supported
with this release.
-  Bug Number: MCDEV-5384. Currently, when working with LongG media, you might see dropped frames when editing 4 streams. This might occur when playing from a single stream to multiple streams (and from multiple streams back to a single stream). The dropped frames usually display around the edit point (transition to a different stream).

ReadMe:  The ReadMe document for this release of Media Composer 2018.12.1 will be uploaded to the Knowledge Base Media Composer 2018 Documentation Page at launch.

 How to obtain Media Composer 2018.12.1 Updates:

The latest update to Media Composer 2018.12.1 is available now.

 Customers who have already installed the 2018.12.1 version of Media Composer will be notified of the availability of the upgrade to 2018.12.1 via the Application Manager.  The Apps tab also provides a link to download and install the update when desired. 

1. Customers on current Update & Support plans can download the Media Composer 2018.12.1 update either from their Avid Master Account or the Avid Download Center (login and password required.) 

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Any reason why its not been called 2019.1 ??

Are we going back to the old style version number again

Because its a bug fix version of 2018.12... not no new features.

2019.1 is coming....

Marianna

Hello!

Can someone open a bug case with the multigoup function ? when you press the multigroup it opens group clips.

.....Pace License Services, still on delayed start.  It's only been a year or so.

When setting the background colour on a bin, on immediate close and re-opening, it does not save the background colour and has defaulted to normal colour.  The only way to get it to remember is to select a clip, mark an in point and then save the bin manually.

Shaden....

You on Win 10?

Marianna

These PCs are on Windows 7 X64.  It is a bit like opening a project and then immediatley closing a project and MC does not save because it thinks nothing has been changed so nothing requires saving.

..also happens on Win 10.

Shaden.... I created a case and have support looking at this

Case # 03646149

Marianna

While you are raising cases Marianna, I have had a problem with the last 5 versions of MC where if I export a non-embedded AAF with media to a network share, it will export the media but fail 99% of the time when exporting the AAF timeline composition.  I then go back and export a LINK TO ONLY AAF and that exports fine.  This is even with the simplest of timelines with NO AMA and doing a 25 frame handle consolidation.  Error reads, Exception: unable to retrieve volume info.  Happens on W7 or W10.  Repeatable over many different towers and versions.

On it Shaden......

Case # 03647273

Marianna

When I switched over to media composer 2018.12 I found imported PNG with alpha are now soft compared to both the same PNG without alpha and also how they use to be in previous versions.

Wondered if anyone else had experienced anything similar ?

LOL: " You might experience hangs or crashes when performing a video mixdown with a 16K project on systems with less than 64GB RAM. "

16K. With less than 64GB ? Really ? 

One question: in a production environment, where we have no connection to the internet, the only way to update from avid 2018.12 to 2018.12.1 is by downloading the full installer (2018.12.1), uninstalling 2018.12 and then re-installing 2018.12.01, right? Because I cannot find something like a patch installer for the 2018.12.1.

Or can I just install the 2018.12.01 package over the already installed 2018.12?

Thank you very much,

best regards,

Felix