Avid Editing Application

Avid Editing Application

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Fixed in v4.0.5.16 and v8.0.5.16

The following were fixed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.16, Avid NewsCutter v8.0.5.16
and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.16:

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00158183. If you had the v4.0.5.15 or v8.0.5.15 patch installed on

your system, you might have seen a “Fatal_Error raised Quiescing in the exception handler”
error in the Console window when trying to play back a sequence with multiple tracks of
video.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00159813. Inactive and named Site Settings were duplicating if you

switched users, projects, or closed and reopened a project.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00156489. Advanced keyframes within effects templates changed

after checking in and checking out of Interplay.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00156707. When Fast Scrub was enabled, the Field 2 indicator did

not always display in the monitor when stepping through by field.

Fixed in v4.0.5.15 and v8.0.5.15

The following were fixed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.15, Avid NewsCutter v8.0.5.15
and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.15:

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00155928. (NewsCutter) The system might have crashed when

importing user settings.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00155813. After successfully transcoding a sequence through Media

Services, once you attempted to send to playback, the editing application would force
another auto-transcode even when all media is online in the target resolution.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00155181. When playing XDCAM LongGOP clips in the Timeline,

you might have seen dropped frames. This occurred on ethernet attached MediaNetwork
clients.

➤ Bug Number: UDEVC00147996. A “FatalExcpt Exception:

DIDReader::XraiseUnexpectedStreamStatus async timeout” error might have occurred after
approximately 36 minutes of playback. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00124296. Capturing 720p/23.98 Varicam material without pull

down applied resulted in ”BuildComposition Max default audio sample duration exceeded”
errors. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00146008. Jf you reopened a Marquee title containing soft drop

shadows, the shadows were shifted.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00150236. You might have received Assertion and Bus errors when

deleting keyframes in the Keyframe graph.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00152094. (Interplay) If you were working with Dynamic Relink,

the editing application might have been relinking to an incorrect media file.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00115645. Print Frame produced a distorted image with blue tint.

This has been fixed.

Fixed in v4.0.5.14 and v8.0.5.14

The following were fixed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.14, Avid NewsCutter v8.0.5.14
and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.14:

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00149788. You might not have been able to drag and drop sequences

from Access to an editing application bin. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC0015018. (Macintosh) You might have received a bus error when

trimming. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00146904. Titles that were created in Media Composer v5.0,

Symphony v 5.0 or NewsCutter v9.0 were not editable in Media Composer v4.0.x,
Symphony v 4.0.x or NewsCutter v8.0.x when checked out of Interplay. This has been fixed.

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Fixed in v4.0.5.13 and v8.0.5.13

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00148659. The Num Lock key was randomly ignored when typing in

offset values and timecodes in the Source and Record Monitors. When this happened, the
Home or End keys, or left and right arrows were used by default, causing confusion. This
has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00149024. Audio track labels were lost when you performed a

checkin/checkout of Interplay. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00149040. The Capture Tool ignored Media Creation settings after

relaunching the editing application. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: . Made the following Media Creation changes:

• Removed “Effect source drive” as an option for Render In-Out and Expert Render
• Render dialogs default to the drive specified in the Media Creation/Render Tab
• Fixed the “Effect source drive” selection so that it now uses the source drive

➤ Bug Number: . Previously, the drive menu in the Audio Punch-in Tool would appear blank

if you unmounted the last drive in the list. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00131437. The Clear Menu did not work correctly when you mapped

it to your keyboard. It clears all info except the last clip that was loaded in the Source
monitor. This has been fixed.

Fixed in v4.0.5.13 and v8.0.5.13

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.13, Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.13 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.13.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00146952. Consolidating to a workspace took longer than usual. This

has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00148551. During a Send to Playback, effects were rendered to the

Mixdown drive, not the Render drive setting in the Media Creation Settings. This has been
fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00146581. When motion effects or timewarp effects were applied to a

segment of video in the Timeline, the segment‘s name, the effect icons and the edits were
unreadable. This has been fixed.

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➤ Bug Number: UDevC00147877. The editing application did not always relink to the

highest resolution when performing a Send to Playback. If you want to verify what the
Transcode on Send to Playback feature will use as its source resolution, select the “Use
Closest Compression” option in the Dynamic Relink settings.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00144490. (Macintosh) The editing application might hang if you

move between the editing application and another application. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00147134. Occasionally, you might have received errors when using

Alt-X to perform a cut from the Timeline while in Segment mode. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00147869. While scrubbing with Caps Lock on and LTC enabled, the

editing application would freeze. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00148077. You might have received an error when trying to check in

a sequence that contains a head or tail fade effect into Interplay. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00147993. (Vista) You might have received errors when exporting

AAF media to an ISIS workspace. This has been fixed.

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Fixed in v4.0.5.12 and v8.0.5.12

Fixed in v4.0.5.12 and v8.0.5.12

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.12, Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.12 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.12.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00140475. If you had an MP2 audio clip in the Timeline and added

an AudioSuite Plugin to the clip, when you rendered the clip, the audio would speed up. This
has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00145570. You might have experienced dropped frames when laying

a sequence to tape. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00146806. Locators were being duplicated in Interplay at times

when dynamic relink was enabled, for example after a Send to Playback or after dragging a
clip from Access to a bin. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00147077. You might have received an “error building play pipes”

error when importing XDCAM MXF. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00146911. Importing or exporting AAF might have resulted in

sequences losing pan data. This has been fixed.

Fixed in v4.0.5.11 and v8.0.5.11

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.11, Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.11 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.11.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00144893. The editing application would freeze for a considerable

amount of time after an incoming transfer completed in a standalone transfer environment.
This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00143934. Checking in a sequence to Interplay for Pro Tools that

contained audio of mixed bit depths resulted in all audio (even audio at the current project
rate) being converted. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00146303. On Windows systems, creating video media through

different operations such as mixdown, render or capture might have resulted in an
"UNK_STRM_STATUS" error. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00145873. You might have received an “Assertion Failed” error when

opening a newly created project. This has been fixed.

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➤ Bug Number: UDevC00140516. (Macintosh) If you dragged and dropped a project from

the local editing application’s hard drive to a Unity workspace, the files would copy, but
when you tried to access the project externally from the Project Selection window, you
would see the project name preceded by a “._” and you would receive an error when trying
to open the project. This has been fixed.

Fixed in v4.0.5.10 and v8.0.5.10

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.10, Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.10 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.10.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00145291. (Interplay) If you checked in a sequence containing Matte

Keys, and then checked the sequence out, the Matte Key might disappear. This has been
fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00145569. 'Previously you might have received intermittent “Bus

error in Main Thread” messages while doing a series of start and stop of video playback on
the sequence monitor. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00139515. You might have received an “Exception Disk_IO” error

when consolidating AMA bins from an IEEE 1394 (Firewire) drive. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00145108. (Macintosh) You might have received an assertion failure

when exporting AAF Audio Only and selecting either Copy all Media or Consolidate Media.
This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00144831. The editing application now limits the number of media

files that can reside in a folder. Once it reaches 5000 files, a new folder is created.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00144664. ff you added color corrections to a sequence, rendered the

sequence and then in the Color Correction tool flattened and chose to make a new sequence,
some effects in the new sequence were unrendered. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00145425. You might have received an “Incompatible clip. Data

tracks are not supported in this editor” error when trying to check out certain clips from
Interplay. This has been fixed.

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Fixed in v4.0.5.9 and v8.0.5.9

Fixed in v4.0.5.9 and v8.0.5.9

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.9, Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.9 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.9.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00144500. Making a subclip occasionally removed the locators from

the master clip when the master clip was checked into Interplay. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00143345. (Interplay) When running the editing application in

Disconnected Mode, you could not delete from a bin. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00144660. A “ToggleTrackRenderingOrder” console command has

been added to the application.

ToggleTrackRenderingOrder
• From Bottom to Top: better performance but lower quality with compressed formats
• From Top to Bottom: slower performance but better quality with compressed formats

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00144057. You might have received “DecompStream::FillBuffer

FIFO too small for read” errors when trying to link to AMA Canon XF: 720p23.976 media.
This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00140039. Previously, bins containing RTAS MultiChannel

sequences created in Media Composer v5.x, Symphony v5.x, or NewsCutter v9.x could be
loaded in previously released editing applications. This release will forbid the user from
loading sequences from the bin containing RTAS effects or MultiChannel tracks.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00141912. If you were working in a v4.0.x/8.0.x editor and you

checked out a sequence that contained a D-track that was created in Media Composer v5.x,
Symphony v5.x, or NewsCutter v9.x from Interplay and then checked it back into Interplay,
the D-track was stripped away, possibly corrupting subclips and sequences that still have
references to the missing D-track. You now receive a dialog box indicating you cannot
checkin/checkout a sequence containing a D-track in a pre v5.0/v9.0 editor.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00125107. Performing an audio match frame on a group clip, might

have resulted in “Bus Error in Thread Main Thread” errors, or “out of subclip boundary”
errors. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00139512. (Japanese OS) Timeline operation would appear sluggish.

The limit for Undo was 100. Now with the Japanese OS, the Undo limit is set to 32.

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➤ Bug Number: UDevC00144124. After launching the application, playing back sequences

might have resulted in stuttering. The output on the client monitor showed a split image.
This occurred on Mojo DX and Nitris DX systems. This has been fixed. This requires a DX
Driver update. Run the patch installer from the same folder that has the DX driver
installer. After the install, launch the application and follow the onscreen prompts to
update the DX hardware with the latest firmware patch.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00144234. The Force Unique Clip name option (found in the Capture

Settings: General Tab) was not functioning properly when capturing to an Interplay folder.
This has been fixed.

Fixed in v4.0.5.8 and v8.0.5.8

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.8, Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.8 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.8.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00138226. Bins containing RGB clips created in Media Composer

v5.x, Symphony v5.x, or NewsCutter v9.x could not open in previously released editing
applications. This release allows you to open bins containing RGB clips. (Note: The RGB
media in the bin will show up as the wrong format.)

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00143683. (XDCAM) Importing files from the Sony PDW-HD1500

(with film option) might have failed. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00143112. You might have received Access violation errors when

performing an audio punch-in. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00140089. Opening bins containing sequences containing mixed

frame sizes and aspect ratios created in Media Composer v5.x, Symphony v5.x, or
NewsCutter v9.x could not open in previously released editing applications. This release
allows you to open bins containing sequences containing mixed frame sizes and aspect
ratios.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00140916. Saving a bin while in Frame View refreshed slowly. This

has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00143816. When layering keyable effects in the Timeline, some of

the graphics did not key through. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00138631. You might have received an “Your OUT point has passed”

message while in capture mode if after capturing you immediately clicked the Mark OUT
button. This has been fixed.

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Fixed in v4.0.5.7 and v8.0.5.7

Fixed in v4.0.5.7 and v8.0.5.7

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.7 Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.7 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.7.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00139396 . (AMA) When linking or consolidating XDCAM IMX 30

media, you might have heard audio distortion (motorboating). This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00142825. The Interplay Folder Selection dialog box was preventing

Send To Playback. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00123978. The import of .m2t files was 2 frames out of sync. This

has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00142668. Some sequences that contained clips with a timecode that

wrapped after midnight, might have received an error when trying to decompose. This has
been fixed.

Fixed in v4.0.5.6 and v8.0.5.6

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.6 Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.6 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.6.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00139617. Occasionally, only 40 seconds of audio was available after

importing a Windows Media audio file. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00142052. "(Macintosh) Even when sufficient space existed, you

might have received an “Insufficient Space” error when trying to perform an import. This
has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137010. Perfoming JKL might have resulted in an audio loop or an

“Fatal exception” error. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00121798. Selecting Ctrl+Z (Undo) or Undo from the Edit menu was

not always available. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00141378. When performing a Send To Sorenson Squeeze operation,

you might have received a Segment Fault error. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00139118. Mojo SDI video output might have been late by 62 micro

seconds compared to blackburst. This has been fixed.

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➤ Bug Number: UDevC00141903. Matte keys appeared transparent once you checked them

out of Interplay. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134341. Performing a Send to Playback did not perform an audio

mixdown with the correct mixdown settings from the Media Creation window. This has been
fixed.

Fixed in v4.0.5.5 and v8.0.5.5

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.5 Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.5 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.5.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00141631. After upgrading to version 4.0.5, the Symphony Nitris

Classic would occasionally blue screen. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00112557. Selecting clip duration in the sequence Fast menu did not

display the Feet + Frames option. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00133208. Previously rendering effects through the Clip menu

rendered starting from the bottom track up to the top track. Rendering using the Render
button rendered top track to bottom. Now both modes render from the top track to the
bottom which produces superior image quality and prevents inconsistent render results.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00138456. Black artifacts might have appeared in white portions of

NTSC 1:1 MXF media after it was reformatted in 16:9 and viewed at 10-bit quality viewing.

Fixed in v4.0.5.4 and v8.0.5.4

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.4 Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.4 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.4.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00140906. (Macintosh) You might have received Mac Bus errors

when trying to launch the editing application. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00140732. (NewsCutter) Occasionally, the editing application would

freeze after performing a Send To Playback operation, forcing you to restart the application.
This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00122256. (Macintosh) Once you saved a title, you could no longer

access the Undo list. This has been fixed.

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Fixed in v4.0.5.3 and v8.0.5.3

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00139941. If you had performed an add edit and your incoming clip

had a dissolve and the audio track was set to MID pan, if you checked the sequence into
Interplay and then checked it back out, the incoming clip’s MID pan would be lost. This has
been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00140278. Dissolves on either side of Title Deko effects did not

render all the time. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137814. (NewsCutter) When clicking through stories in the

rundown in the NRCS Tool, you might have experienced Out of Memory conditions. This
has been fixed.

Fixed in v4.0.5.3 and v8.0.5.3

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.3 Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.3 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.3.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00139244. Generating LTC output might have resulted in timecod

drift. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137748. If there were no drive settings selected in the Media

Creations settings, the editing application was not selecting the most available drive by
default. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137866. In the Windows Media Export dialog, switching between

the audio and video tabs resulted in the audio settings not sticking, followed by an assertion
failed error when trying to save. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134519. (Interplay) Captured files were not always apperaing in

the Interplay Window folder. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00138257. On a Vista 64 system, you might have received “Unable to

allocate memory for operation” errors when working in the Timeline. A problem was
diagnosed while allocating memory space specifically for the Avid Pan & Zoom effect. This
has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137749. If the Interplay folder verification dialog box opened

during an Edit While Capture, the capture was aborted. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00138351. The Verify Checkin Folder was enabled, even if the

setting displayed it as disabled. This has been fixed.

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➤ Bug Number: UDevC00135344. You might have received “Access violation” error

messages when performing an Audio Punch-in. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00138591. When working with a Deko Title effect, you might have

received “Failed to Get Method on Freed Object” and “Runtime” errors. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00133407. Rerendering a Pan & Zoom effect resulted in a blurred

image. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137617. (Macintosh) Scrubbing through the Timeline and/or the

Source monitor might have resulted in “Segmentation fault” errors or intermittent beach ball
errors. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00138629. When trying to checkin a sequence or bin with an illegal

character in its name to Avid Interplay resulted in a “saving composition” error. This has
been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00138058. Auxillary timecode changes were not updated in shared

bins on Avid Unity MediaNetwork.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00139501. Performing a fast import of QuickTime DVCPRO HD 100

resulted in white video. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00139242. The following change has been added to for Verifying the

Interplay Checkin Folder:

Verifying the Interplay Checkin Folder

To ensure that the objects that you check in are checked in to the correct Interplay folder,
you can choose to display a message box that asks you to verify the directory path for the
current project.

You can choose to show this message box after logging into Interplay. You can also choose
to show this message the first time you check in from a project. You control the display of
this message box in the Interplay Folder Settings dialog box. For complete information
about this dialog box, see “Configuring Interplay Settings on the Editing Workstation” in the
Avid editing application Help.

To set when the verification message box is displayed:

1. Start the Avid editing application.
2. Click the Settings tab in the Project window.
3. Double-click Interplay Folder.

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Fixed in v4.0.5.2 and v8.0.5.2

The Interplay Folder Settings dialog box is displayed.
4. Select options to verify the directory path.

- On login: If this setting is selected, a message box asks you to confirm the directory
path after you log in to Interplay. Select “for new projects only” if you want this
message box displayed only after you create a new project.
When the message is displayed after login, click OK to accept the directory path, or
click Change Setting to open the Interplay Folder Settings dialog box.

- On first checkin: If this setting is selected, a message box asks you to confirm the
directory path the first time you check in from a project.
When the message is displayed after the first checkin, click OK to accept the
directory path and complete the checkin, click Change Setting to open the Interplay
Folder Settings dialog box, or click Cancel to cancel the checkin. The message box
is displayed once each time you work in a project.

5. Click OK.

Fixed in v4.0.5.2 and v8.0.5.2

The following were fixed or changed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.2 Avid NewsCutter
v8.0.5.2 and Avid Symphony v4.0.5.2.

Addition to NRCS Tool iNEWS Settings (NewsCutter)

There is an additional option in the NRCS Tool iNEWS Settings dialog. The “Add
Associated Sequence Link in Story” option allows you to enable/disable the insertion of
unique identifiers (Mob IDs) associated with the sequence. This option is disabled by
default.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00138007. With the previous patch, unrendered effects might not

have been included in video mixdowns. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00132580. Matte keys did not invert when promoted to 3D. This has

been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137126. Avid XDCAM HD422 output contained the wrong

metadata. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134951. You might receive an error when exporting audio only

sequences to OMF2. This occurred after upgrading from a v3.x or 7.x editing application.
This has been fixed.

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➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137828. You might have received an XML error when trying to

check in Broadcast WAVE files to Interplay. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00135488. (Nitris DX) If you switched from an HD project type to an

SD project type and then back to HD, audio on SDI embedded HD output would stop
working or go silent. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00127373. You might have received an Audio Communications error

if you were scrubbing in the Timeline with Caps Lock on and Audio Tool channels set to I.
This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137811. When working with LongGOP edit while capture clips,

you might have received a “Serious error has occurred” message. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137599. When working with LongGOP media, you might have

seen a Media Offline slate when playing back on air from AirSpeed Multi Stream. This has
been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00135736. The HP z800 did not shut down if a Nitris DX was

attached. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137289. The Passthrough Mix Tool Ch 1 button would repaint

somewhere else in the editing application. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00136977. You might have received a “bus error in main thread”

error when editing a motion effect that was created with default interpolation settings. This
has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00137443. Performing a Remote Play of 720p/60 sequences resulted

in the timecode doubling on the edit controller. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134117. In the previous patch, this TMClient.ini bug fix was listed

as fixed for Vista systems. It was not fixed on Vista systems. This patch now saves the
TMClient.ini settings file to the correct folder.:
Vista: \ProgramData\Avid\EditingApplicationName folder.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00135718. Previously, Interplay folder site settings might not have

been sticking. The Interplay Folder settings dialog box has been updated to include an
option that allows you to verify the path to the Interplay Checkin Folder.

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Fixed in v4.0.5.1 and v8.0.5.1

To ensure that the objects that you check in are checked in to the correct Interplay folder, the
first time you check in from a bin, a message box asks you to verify the folder into which the
objects will be checked in. The path displayed is based on the path that is set in the Interplay
Folder Settings. This message box does not appear if you already opened the Interplay
Folder Settings for this project during the editing session.

To check the objects into the specified folder:

t Click OK.

To change the default path, or turn off the display of this message box:

1. Click Change Setting. The Interplay Folder Settings dialog box opens.
2. (Option) To change the default path (Interplay Root Folder), click Set.
3. (Option) To prevent the message box from displaying, clear the check box for “Verify

directory path on first checkin.”
4. Click OK.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00136121. You could not disable XDCAM resolutions by adding

them to the diableres.txt file. This has been fixed.

Fixed in v4.0.5.1 and v8.0.5.1

The following were fixed in Avid Media Composer v4.0.5.1 Avid NewsCutter v8.0.5.1 and
Avid Symphony v4.0.5.1.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00122431. If you modified a tape name, performing a consolidate

reverted the tape name back to the original name. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00133235. A New Project always defaults to the NTSC 30i project

type. This has been fixed. A New Project defaults to the most recently created project type.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00131076. Exporting a clip in the editor might have prevented you

from checking out from the Interplay Window. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134727. Checking out a consolidated sequence from Avid

Interplay might have resulted in an audio sync offset. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134754. Importing P2 clips in a bin where the same clips already

existed, resulted in the clip duration doubling. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00135042. Exporting mixed frame rate audio in Media Composer

v4.0 resulted in ProTools ignoring the media. This has been fixed.

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➤ Bug Number: UDevC00123541. Previously, resolutions were missing from the Media

Creation Capture tab when you first created a project. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00133849. If you duplicated a sequence after checking it out of

Interplay, the foreground in a nested PIP was replaced by the background on V1. This has
been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00133609. Audio Scrub performance had deteriorated. This occurred

with software only or with an Adrenaline attached. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134976. Importing Cantar audio wav files into a 720p50 project

displayed incorrect timecode. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134882. A Macintosh editing application in an Avid Unity

environment was sluggish. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00131775. Media Composer could not import locators that were set

in Interplay Assist and exported by Interplay Access. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00135317. You might have received Decomp Stream Errors on

playback of certain sequences with the NewsCutter editing application. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00136415. Previously, you could not import an XDCAM clip longer

than 2 hours. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00135168. The Video ID/Tape ID was not added to the Interplay

database during a send to playback operation from an editing system. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134721. Check-ins of sequences from Macintosh editing systems

were slower than check-ins from Windows editing systems. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134426. This release includes the correct scripts for disconnecting

a Macintosh editing client from the network and reconnecting. See the Interplay ReadMe for
details. You no longer need to get the scripts from the Knowledge Base.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00135480. You could not paste text from an editor bin to the

Interplay window name field or another text field. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00132426. Nested effects were not rendering. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134117. If you saved changes to the TMClient.ini settings in the

Transfer Settings, the file was not saved to the correct folder. This has been fixed. It is now
saved to the:

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Fixed in v4.0.5.1 and v8.0.5.1

XP: \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avid\EditingApplicationName
folder.
Vista: \ProgramData\Avid\EditingApplicationName folder.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00134382. Consolidating XDCAM clips that were longer than 1 hour

resulted in “Access violations.” This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00135545. You might have received “Allocation Memory Low”

errors when importing XDCAM 50mbit files from a Sony PDW-U1 deck. This has been
fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00136385. The system might have crashed if you utilized audio

scrubbing (with Caps Lock enabled) while the Gang button was selected in the source/record
window. This occurred when attached to Nitris DX hardware. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00135824. Previously, if a file with Japanese characters in its name

was imported to the editing application in an Interplay environment, the media file would
not link properly to the metadata in the bin. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00135861. When applying an AVX1 effect to a clip, there might have

been a discrepancy between the rendered image and the overlay. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00136442. You might have experienced problems with Expert

Decompose. You might have received a “Tracks have incompatible rates” error when
performing an Expert Decompose on clips with different edit rates. This has been fixed.

➤ Bug Number: UDevC00136693. Clip restrictions could migrate onto clips that were not

restricted and off clips that were supposed to be restricted. This has been fixed.

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