Christsake Avid, 8.5 is absolutely terrible, do you guys even test this before making it public?
Running about 4/5 crashes a day. Same problem as the guy above. Looks like the problem has to do with the com.digidesign.AMPIPluginDSM plugin. Keep getting EXC_BAD_ACCESS crashes.

Keeps happening the same way. Just having a sequence in source monitor, set in, set out, V to insert select and BAM, Crashes. Every single time it's just crashing doing this simple process. working with DnxHD36 and AJA IO XT box.

Got a bunch of these today again:

Process:               AvidMediaComposer [1617]

Path:                  /Applications/Avid Media Composer/AvidMediaComposer.app/Contents/MacOS/AvidMediaComposer
Identifier:            com.avid.mediacomposer
Version:               8.5.1.41155 (8.5.1)
Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process:        ??? [1]
Responsible:           AvidMediaComposer [1617]
User ID:               501
 
Date/Time:             2016-03-23 14:00:58.537 -0700
OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.4 (15E65)
Report Version:        11
Anonymous UUID:        8C8EE6A4-8A04-FBF1-55AB-CD7FA3D2446B
 
 
Time Awake Since Boot: 14000 seconds
 
System Integrity Protection: enabled
 
Crashed Thread:        0  Main Thread  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
 
Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       EXC_I386_GPFLT
Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
 
Global Trace Buffer (reverse chronological seconds):
13999.675409 libextension.dylib        	0x00007fff8fa8d533 tearing down extension request for pid 1697
 
Thread 0 Crashed:: Main Thread  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

@erwin: that may be true, but here's the thing:

Erwin:

OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.4 (15E65)

This is unsupported. If there's anyway to roll back to 10.11.3, that would help your case.

Also, can you trim back the crash log? Just need everything up to:

Thread 0 Crashed:: Main Thread  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thanks!

Isaquit0:

@erwin: that may be true, but here's the thing:

Erwin:

OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.4 (15E65)

This is unsupported. If there's anyway to roll back to 10.11.3, that would help your case.

Also, can you trim back the crash log? Just need everything up to:

Thread 0 Crashed:: Main Thread  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thanks!

Thanks for your reply Isaquit0, I've trimmed back the crash log.

Unfortunately this iMac system is brand new, so I don't have any backups I could use to roll back.
Any idea when 10.11.4 will be supported? 

Erwin:

Any idea when 10.11.4 will be supported?

http://community.avid.com/forums/p/138371/785306.aspx#785306

Folks

for those using a approved combo I have created a case, attached all the crash logs and engineering is looking at it.  

Case # 02926959

Thanks Kevin Klimek for getting this over to Keith..... helps as it is happening in 8.5.1 as well as beta.

Marianna

Mine is crashing all the time, after every step. I have Yosemite, 8.5.1, Macmini with 16GB and Graphics 4000. I can barely manage to save every step until t crashes again. Happened to me with 8.4. as well. 

Apparently Avid 8.5. is now also working on El Capitan, I don't dare upgrading yet.

Is there any solution???

I would be glad if it was only crashing 4 times a day, I can only say. What can I do to solve that problem? Can anyone from AVID help with that?

Thanks, Anita

anita96:

Apparently Avid 8.5. is now also working on El Capitan, I don't dare upgrading yet.

Don't upgrade to El Capitan.

If you're at 10.10.5, downgrade to 8.4.4:

http://community.avid.com/forums/p/138100/792798.aspx#792798

Still crashing? Post your crash log:

http://community.avid.com/forums/p/138100/783793.aspx#783793

Thank you very much. Actually, I realised that I am on 10.9.5. That's Mavericks. Shall I stay on that?

I have been told that it works better with Avid, even better that Yosemite. I will now defo downgrade to 8.4.4 and see how it works. 

Many thanks, 

Anita

@anita96:

anita96:

Actually, I realised that I am on 10.9.5. That's Mavericks. Shall I stay on that?

Try that for now. That said:

anita96:

I will now defo downgrade to 8.4.4 and see how it works. 

If your goal is:

1. Max stability in the newest version of MC - 8.3.1

2. Stability in an even newer version of MC - 8.4.4 (Note: this was a huge bugfix, and might be as stable as 8.3.1, but I can't say. I have 8.4.4 on two machines here, just haven't spent enough time with it personally to pronounce it "stable".)

3. Max stability in older version - 7.0.6

If you find you need to upgrade to Yosemite:

1. MC 8.3.1 + OS X 10.10.2

2. MC 8.4.4 + OS X 10.10.5

Thanks, I will keep this in mind. wIll stay with Mavericks as much long as I can now. i spent many hours editing yesterday with not a single crash. So, I think it has worked! mAny many thanks,

Anita

Hey Anita,

That's awesome!

So what version of Media Composer did you go with?

8.4.4. as you suggested. And it works. At least there are no crashes. 

Many thanks, Anita