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ROOT6 AT BVE NORTH

Posted on November 14, 2011 by DaveW

Stand 400 Innovative and integrated file-based workflows demonstrated and new technology project showcased BVE North, Manchester, November 16…root6 will demonstrate file-based workflows for broadcast and postproduction featuring the integration of a number of just-released technologies. For broadcasters, root6 will show … Continue reading →

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Avid Media Composer v6 impressions and resources

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Joel

Avid announced Media Composer version 6 last week, a major software release for the company. Coming a little over 6 months after the release of Media Composer 5.5 it has a host of new features. The major ones are listed … Continue reading →

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Nano Flash Workflow Guide

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Joel

Nano Flash is now a very popular tapeless recording addition for any camera with an HD-SDI out. The reason for it becoming so popular is that it can record a number of different formats which broadcasters approve of (basically anything that … Continue reading →

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Avid releases Media Composer & Symphony 5.5.2 with support for Windows 7 SP1

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Joel

Avid released Media Composer 5.5.2 yesterday and there are a number of new additions/fixes/supported configurations worth taking note of. Briefly they are Phrase Find now bundled into the main Media Composer installer Phrase Find demo included in Media Composer demo … Continue reading →

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Save the Children chooses root6 to upgrade its video production facilities

Posted on March 7, 2011 by DaveW

Save the Children has just upgraded its internal video production facility and implemented a file-based workflow supplied and supported by UK reseller root6. Adam Robertson, Save the Children’s Video Production Manager said: “We are delighted with root6’s upgrade. The XenData … Continue reading →

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Setting a 12-core “Westmere” Mac to 32bit Mode

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Mat

When Mac OS Snow Leopard is installed onto a 12-core Mac, it defaults to 64bit mode.
Unfortunately, all Avid applications that run on Mac require it to be running in 32bit mode. They may install but that doesn’t mean to say they’ll behave.
For example, Media Composer will pretend everything is hunky-dory, but will stubbornly refuse to see any Avid hardware, including the Nitris DX and the dongle. Continue reading →

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Identifying the System ID, Dongle Serial Number and Dongle Type on Avid Editing Products

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Neal

A useful guide from Avid showing how to find the Avid System ID Continue reading →

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