Avid Media Composer Software Specs

What’s in the box

Software

• Avid Media Composer
• Avid MediaLog
• Avid Log Exchange
• Avid FilmScribe
• Avid EDL Manager
• Avid MetaSync Manager
• Avid MetaFuze* (Windows only)
• Avid Interplay Transfer (standalone version)

Third-party bundled software

• Avid DVD by Sonic - Industry-leading DVD authoring (Windows only)
• Boris Continuum AVX - Comprehensive library of customizable video filters and transitions
• Sorenson Squeeze - Multimedia export with customizable compression templates
• SmartSound SonicFire Pro - Automated music track creation

Hardware

• USB application key (dongle)
• Keycaps labels

Documentation

• Basics Guide
• Advanced Effects Guide
• Avid Resource Guide

Miscellaneous

• QuickTime 7.3
• Microsoft Windows Media Player 11

Project formats

NTSC

• 23.976p
• 24p
• 30i

PAL

• 24p
• 25i
• 25p

HD - 720

• 720p/23.976
• 720p/25* NEW
• 720p/50
• 720p/59.94

HD - 1080

• 1080p/23.976
• 1080p/24
• 1080p/25
• 1080p/29.97* NEW
• 1080i/59.94
• 1080i/50

Native codec support

DV

• DV25 / DVCAM (25 Mb/s): 4:1:1 NTSC, 4:1:1 PAL, 4:2:0 PAL, 24p
• DV50 (50 Mb/s)

HDV

• HDV (25Mb/s)
• Native project formats: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/23.976 (with support for 24p material*), 720p/25*, 720p/29.97, 720p/50, 720p59.94
• Capture over IEEE-1394, edit, playback, export to file without timecode (export not for 24p material)

Sony XDCAM (SD)

• DV - 25 Mb/s
• IMX30 - 30 Mb/s
• IMX40 - 40 Mb/s
• IMX50 - 50 Mb/s

Sony XDCAM HD

• MPEG - 18 Mb/s VBR
• MPEG - 25 Mb/s VBR
• MPEG - 25 Mb/s CBR
• MPEG - 35 Mb/s VBR*
• MPEG-4 Proxies

Sony XDCAM EX

• MPEG - 25 Mb/s
• MPEG - 35 Mb/s

Panasonic DVCPRO (SD)

• DVCPRO - 25 Mb/s
• DVCPRO50 - 50 Mb/s

Panasonic DVCPRO HD

• DVCPRO HD - 100 Mb/s
• AVC-I (no render)
• Native project formats: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/60, 720p/25, 720p/23.976

Microsoft VC-1

• VC-1 (not supported on Mac PowerPC, edit/playback only on Mac-Intel)

File-based support

Sony XDCAM / XDCAM HD

• Native editing of all listed SD and HD data rates (see above)
• Native editing of proxy media, with Batch Import function for high-resolution media
• Import via File Access Mode (FAM) over IEEE-1394
• Ingest via FTP client over Ethernet
• Write-back of finished program to XDCAM media over IEEE-1394

Sony XDCAM EX

• Native editing for all listed data rates (see above)
• Import of MXF files, as exported by Sony Clip Browser application (Windows only)

Panasonic P2

• Native DVCPRO HD editing of all listed HD formats (see above)
• Direct edit of P2 media from cards or disk drive
• Support for P2 Store
• Write-back of finished program to P2 media via IEEE-1394

Avid DNxHD

• DNxHD 145 (no capture)
• DNxHD 220 (no capture)
• DNxHD 220x (no capture)
• DNxHD36 (no capture)

Compressed SD resolutions

• AVR (playback only)
• 4:1s, 2:1s, 3:1, 2:1 (no capture)
• 15:1s, 20:1, 10:1
• 35:1p, 28:1p, 14:1p, 3:1p, 2:1p
• 4:1m, 10:1m, 3:1m(p), 8:1m(p)

Uncompressed SD and HD

SD

• 1:1 interlaced 8-bit
• 1:1 interlaced 10-bit
• 1:1 progressive 8-bit

HD

• 1:1 8-bit (no capture)
• 1:1 10-bit (no capture)

Connectivity

Host-based

• IEEE-1394 (audio/video I/O, machine control)
• RS-422 (serial machine control)
• Soundcard audio input
• Soundcard audio output
• Graphics card output (full-screen video playback)

Avid Mojo-SDI (optional)

• IEEE-1394 (audio/video I/O. machine control
• SD SDI I/O
• SD YCbCr component I/O
• S-Video I/O
• Composite video I/O
• Reference Sync input
• 4 channels AES/EBU digital audio I/O
• 4 channels SDI embedded digital audio I/O
• 2 channels optical S/PDIF digital audio I/O
• 4 channels RCA analog audio I/O
• Headphone stereo out