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Patron video: Avid Media Composers (Patreon)

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2023-06-22 15:53:23
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2026-06
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https://youtu.be/5e-J59gzaQYI recently got a whole pile of Avid equipment from a friend, and while I haven't had a chance to fully explore it yet, I thought you'd all like a sneak peek at what it is and does.

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Patreon: Avid Media Composers

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Comments

Will G.

I wonder if the card with 4 serial ports was used to control one or more video decks of VHS or Beta.

David Hildreth

I love this, because I don't think people understand what Avid was or still is. Your 'i finally got my hands on this and it's not as cool as I thought' idea for a video does sort of fit. But I'd say you're missing that in some ways Avid was no supposed to be cool, it's like a work truck, not a beautiful truck someone in the suburbs buys, but a truck that's used for work everyday and it really does that better than other contemporary options. I hope you can get the Meridien system going (Avid eras are named for their codecs), if I login to my Avid account the oldest version I can download is 5.5, I'm guessing that's how you got that version. Back in the day, it all was hosted on an FTP server, I'll look around to see if I have that info. I bet if you plug your dongle into a modern system and run the Avid Link app it'll tell you what version is authorized on that dongle.

Wonkodon.com Fund

Although I was a radio broadcast engineer in a past life (1980s) I still found this interesting. I watched it all the way through so it had entertainment value for me.

Callan Christensen

I think that series you described would be great: “Don’t meet your heroes”. Document the thing so it’s not lost to time, try to do a demo, and then finish with how disappointed “90s-00s Gravis’” is to actually own it today.

Allison F.

I don't have too much terribly productive to add other than I absolutely love your content and it's been great to see you so less stressed post the whole job thing. As to more Patreon vids like this? I love stuff like this personally. Basically everything you deep dive, explain, or talk about keeps me glued to the screen. Thanks for the work you put into this!

Kurt Robinson

I used to install Avid gear (among other broadcast video gear) around the time of the Adrenaline and for about 5 years after. There was never a card that went into the slot on the DNxcel board, at least not that I could order or ever saw. A lack of HD composite in was one thing that really annoyed a few of my clients, though HD-SDI was pretty widespread. One correction, I am fairly certain the DNxcel board did help with real-time rendering of a subset of HD video effects, though I cannot remember which effects worked. My old mentor from back then might know, he stayed in the industry while I bailed. If I hear back from him I will let you know, been a while since I have pinged him.

Jeffrey R. Broido

I enjoyed the hell out of this video. I thought the camera mount worked well, and the fruit of your research was fascinating, especially considering that I thought of Avid as you did. I also had no problem with the less formal presentation style, more or less live style.

Dan Milner

New patreon sub, per your ending... I like these kind of videos, for me not every video has to be a polished product. It's totally OK to be like "this should be cool but it it is not", it's ultimately the way with a lot of these old computer things