New in Media Composer v2023.12

What’s New forAvid® Media Composer® v2023.12
New in Media Composer v2023.12
The following are new for Media Composer v2023.12:•Batch Subclip Tool Adds Support for Sequences•

Export Transcript to Text File•

Export to M4A Container with AAC File Format•

QuickTime Import for Systems without QuickTime Installed•

SRT Optimizations•

PhraseFind AI and ScriptSync AI Fully Supported•

Avid Huddle Support

Batch Subclip Tool Adds Support for Sequences
In addition to creating subclips from individual clips, the Batch Subclip Tool is now able to createsubclips from a sequence. The user can add handles, as well as creating a new sequence containing
the subclips, with an option to create subclips from only the selected tracks in a sequence.

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Export Transcript to Text File
Users can now save a transcript generated by the PhraseFind AI engine as a text file to utilize outsideof Media Composer. This option is available by right-clicking on a clip in a bin and choosing “ExportTranscript” from the context menu. If saving transcripts for multiple clips, the user can set a location
for the first export and the rest will follow.

Export to M4A Container with AAC File Format
When using “Output > Export to File > Options” to output files, an M4A container is now available.

QuickTime Import for Systems without QuickTime
Installed
Windows and macOS systems without QuickTime installed can now Import and Batch Importformats that previously required QuickTime.

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SRT Optimizations
SRT, which often requires high bandwidth to stream out of Media Composer, has been optimized inthe latest version. Improvements include optimized Low and Medium qualities to use a lowerbandwidth while maintaining great video quality, a High quality setting that continues to use lowlatency compression for better responsiveness when editing while streaming over SRT, and improved
audio and video sync. Additionally, SRT streams are now able to incorporate ancillary timecode as
SEI metadata.

PhraseFind AI and ScriptSync AI Fully Supported
PhraseFind AI and ScriptSync AI are now out of public preview and fully supported for use in Media
Composer | Enterprise and Media Composer | Ultimate.

Avid Huddle Support
Support for the new Avid Huddle is now installed as part of Media Composer | Enterprise or Media
Composer | Ultimate, v2023.12, as well as Avid | Edit on Demand, and appears under the Tools
menu.

After obtaining a separate license for Avid Huddle and enabling it via Avid Link and MyAvid,
secure, SRT live streams of your Media Composer output can be sent directly into Microsoft Teams.
This remote, “over-the-shoulder” view of your work in Media Composer allows members of a
production team to share works-in- progress and provide real-time feedback in a familiar,
collaborative environment. In addition to viewing the high quality, frame accurate video, participantsin a session can make annotations and drawings on the video, add comments at specific timecodes,
and export those as either a TXT file for use as markers in Media Composer or as a PDF that includes
a screengrab of the timecode-based comments and drawings. Security is also a priority, and theseunique, token-encrypted streams cannot be intercepted or recorded, and their data is not stored
anywhere - once a sessions closes, no media persists. For more information on installing and using
Avid Huddle, refer to the Avid Huddle Setup and User Guide.
the editor that initiates the Avid Huddle session is required to have a license and plug-in
n Onlyinstallation for the Avid Huddle service (in addition to installing the SRT plug-in). However, allsession participants must have Microsoft Teams, Work or School edition.

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