Hi, thanks FSD, I know those documents. Unfortunately they don't answer the question. @ Pel2na: do you realize that the same question applies to MC4? There's no list of Avid supported Graphic Cards for mac with hardware acceleration. I am amazed nobody can give me an answer, this is a pretty straight forward question. Perhaps GPU acceleration

Hi, Thank you for that information. Could somebody please confirm if this card supports hardware acceleration on Media Composer 5 (Software)? And if this card is officially supported by Avid? Best regards, JDF

Hello, Could somebody please clarify, what are the graphic cards that support GPU acceleration on a Mac Pro "Nehalem" for Avid MC 5 Software? The NVIDIA GT 120 is the only card used on the approved configurations of Mac Pro "Nehalem" for Media Composer. But from this post by Marianna, I gather that those configurations do not support

Hi, I couldn't find many references about the use of this card on Macs with MC... System Requirements states NVIDIA GeForce family for MC 4/5. Does this mean that this card is also supported? The reason I ask is because this is the only card besides the Quadro FX 4800 (which isn't supported by Avid on Mac - please correct me if I'm wrong

[quote user="TCurren"]Good point. I had one of the engineers at Avid actually show me how to use it. Made little sense before that.[/quote] And it still makes little sense to me. Thanks for the answer, glad to know you know how to do it and that you have friends in high places. I'll add this to The Great Avid Forums' Troubleshooting

It comes with the full MC pack, for PC and for Mac too, AFAIK. IMHO it shoult come as standard setting in Effec Editor. Cheers, JDf

Hi, if you have AvidFX, apply an "AvidFX Filter" to your upper track and, over in AvidFX interface, on the Control pane, under Composite tab, choose from "Apply Mode" the one you want. It would be great if Avid would natively implement this function in the "Superimpose" effect ("Blend" category), as well as to

Thanks. I think my problem is somewhere else... Now I'm on a Mac system, but it's the same as the PC. Most of my HVR templates are marked PAL in the end (as you can see in the screenshot) namely the HVR-Z1, which would be the "nearest" to HVR-Z5... Project format is 1080i/50, Raster Type HDV. Regards, JDf

Hi, I can't find any HDV deck template allowing me to capture HDV footage from a Sony HVR-Z5 camera connected via Firewire to a PC Avid MC 3.0.5. Remote control works, but no video input. Would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance, JDf

You can find Sebsky Tools here: http://www.peterhaasfilms.com/peterhaasFILMS/News/3CB319EB-E474-4F14-A788-03FC6B05800C.html Good luck! Best, JDf