Avid Editing Application®

ReadMe for Media Composer® v2021.12

Revision History
Date

Description

October 2022

Updated Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

September 2022

Updated Compatibility Chart for NVIDIA Driver Support.

January 2022

Updated Qualified Workstations and Laptops.

IMPORTANT: Avid periodically makes software updates available for download on
Avid.com at the following location:www.avid.com/us/support/downloads. Pleasecheck the above site regularly for information on available downloads for yourproduct.
Important Information

Avid® recommends that you read all the information in this ReadMe file thoroughly before
installing or using any new software release.
Important: Search the Avid Knowledge Base for the most up-to-date ReadMe file, whichcontains the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was
published.
This document describes compatibility issues with previous releases, software installation
instructions, hardware and software requirements, and summary information on system andmemory requirements. This document also lists hardware and software limitations.

Contents
If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Media Composer Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Fixed in Media Composer v2021.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Notes on Software Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Feature Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Compatibility Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting up the NVIDIA Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Shared Storage Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Symbols and Conventions

Symbols and Conventions
Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:Symbol or Convention Meaning or Actionn

A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations, andstrong suggestions.

c

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to yourcomputer or cause you to lose data.

w

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm. Follow theguidelines in this document or on the unit itself when handling electricalequipment.

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A shortcut shows the user keyboard or mouse shortcuts for a procedure orcommand.

>This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the order you
select them. For example, File > Import means to open the File menu and thenselect the Import command.
This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list indicatethat you perform one of the actions listed.

(Windows), (Windows
This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified operating
only), (macOS), or (macOS system, either Windows or macOS.
only)
Bold font

Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface items andkeyboard sequences.

Italic font

Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.

Courier Bold font

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

Ctrl+key or mouse action

Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the mouseaction. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

| (pipe character)

The pipe character is used in some Avid product names, such as MediaCentral |Production Management. In this document, the pipe is used in product names
when they are in headings or at their first use in text.

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If You Need Help

If You Need Help
If you are having trouble using your Avid product:
1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It isespecially important to check each step of your workflow.
2. Check this ReadMe file for the latest information that might have become available after the
documentation was published. Also check online for the most up-to-date ReadMe because
the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To view theonline ReadMe, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit the Knowledge Base at
http://www.avid.com/readme.
3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware formaintenance or hardware-related issues. In addition to the printed documentation suppliedwith your editing application, the documentation is supplied in PDF format when you install
the application. Topics that you print from the Help have limited page layout and formatting
features. If you want to print a higher quality version of Help information, Avid recommends
that you print all or part of the PDF version of the appropriate Avid manual included in theOnline Library for your editing application. To access the Online Library, select Help >Online Library from within your Avid editing application.
4. Visit Avid Online Support at www.avid.com/onlineSupport/. Online support is available 24
hours per day, 7 days per week. Search the Knowledge Base to find answers, to view error
messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read or join online
message-board discussions.

Media Composer Notes
Only) macOS Catalina does not support 32 bit applications. The legacy Title Tool,c (macMarquee Title Tool and QuickTime legacy codecs are no longer installed when you installMedia Composer. If you are installing Media Composer on a system with a pre-CatalinaOS, a separate installer is provided that allows you to choose to install the Title Tool,
Marquee, and QuickTime legacy codecs. Only install legacy codecs if QuickTime is
installed on your system. The installer is Media Composer Legacy Components 2021.12.1
Mac. You can get the installer from MyAvid, Link, or the download center.
If you intend to use full-frame stereoscopic with an Avid Artist DNxIQ, youc MCDEV-11537
may want to remain with Media Composer v2018.12.x until the issues with Stereoscopic
support are resolved in a future version.
You might receive an “Is not optimized for your Mac” message while launchingc (Mac)Media Composer for the first time on a Mac OS 10.14.x system. Press OK to continue.

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If You Need Help•

(MCCET- 2541) When working with Avid Artist DNxIO or Avid Artist DNxIQ, you should
disable the Line In recording input (BlackMagic Audio in the Windows OS).

•

Avid recommends that you do not install Desktop Video software version 10.10.1 on Media
Composer versions prior to v2018.5.1.

•

Avid Artist DNxIO and Avid Artist DNxIQ: If you are using Avid Artist DNxIO, Avid
Artist DNxIQ, or a BlackMagic Designs video device, please update to Desktop Video
software version v11.0 or higher. If you are using Avid Artist DNxIV and Avid Artist DNxIP
please update to AJA software v15.2 or later.

•

Qualified Operating Systems: For information on qualified operating systems, see
Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems.

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Dongle Info (Mac Only): The Dongle Sentinel driver installer is no longer automaticallyinstalled when you install the editing application. The driver is now located in the
Avid_Utilities folder (/Applications/Utilities/Avid_Utilities/Sentinel_Driver). If you have adongle, manually install the driver from this location.

installing the Sentinel Driver, check your System Preferences and select “Securityc Whenand Privacy.” You may need to choose to Allow the driver to be accessed.
•

Media Composer now includes a dnxmov2mxf executable in the \Program Files\Avid\Avid
Media Composer\SupportingFiles\Utilities folder. This executable allows you to manuallyconvert MOV files with DNX essence with separately stored alpha to an MXF OP1a filewith DNX essence and embedded alpha.
The tool is available for Windows, osX and Linux. To run on Windows, Visual C++
Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 or Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017is required.
Run the command from a command prompt on Windows or from terminal on macOS.
DNXMOV2MXF usage is:
dnxmov2mxf path_to_mov [path_to_mxf]

Security Guidelines
As system and network security attacks become increasingly more inventive and persistent, Avid
has adopted a new security strategy to help you, our customer and partner, better protect yourassets and intellectual property. As you might know, Avid has traditionally recommended
Symantec Endpoint Protection as the preferred and qualified solution for much of the Avid
product line. As of Q3, 2020, Avid introduced a more flexible strategy that provides general
guidelines for protecting your Avid systems. This new policy allows you to choose the best
security solution for your organization, while still following Avid best practices. Avid Media
Composer allows you to install an endpoint detection and response solution on yoursystem.While Avid does not support any specific solution, you can find general guidelines andinformation related to CrowdStrike Falcon on the following Avid Knowledge Base page:5

Fixed in Media Composer v2021.12

https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/troubleshooting/en239659

Fixed in Media Composer v2021.12
The following have been fixed:➤

Bug Number: MCCET-4375. The Timewarp graph did not scale when resizing the window.

➤

Bug Number: MCCET-4385. In some instances, with Media Composer v2021.9, XDCAM
media appeared offline.

➤

Bug Number: MCCET-4397. When performing an import, Matte Keys were offline if Dynamic
Relink was enabled.

➤

Bug Number: MCCET-4321. Checking out an ProRes 4444 with alpha from Interplay
displayed as unsupported and would crash when you tried to play the clip.

➤

Bug Number: MCCET-4208. You might have received a “DISK_FILE_NOT_FOUND” error(not Media Offline) in Media Composer when media was deleted from Access.

➤Bug Number: MCCET-4367. Audio levels were inconsistent after performing a render andopening and closing a Bin.

➤

Bug Number: MCCET-4404. In the Dynamic Relink Settings, switching the “If no match isfound” option between “Use Highest Rez” and “'Offline” toggled the media offline and back toonline.

➤Bug Number: MCCET-4369. Audio from imported camera masters went offline after beingbrought in from Interplay.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4380. A sequence containing XDCAM HD 50 clips displayed yellow if
Multirez was activated with Dynamic Relink Target setting set to XDCAM HD 50.

➤

Bug Number: MCCET-3500. In some instances, portions of imported TIFF files might notdisplay properly.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4331. Media Composer crashed to a white screen if you enabled
MultiRez with Dynamic Relink setting set to “Linked Media.”➤

Bug Number: MCCET-4002, MCCET-4408. With Dynamic Relink enabled, performing abatch import of .wav files (AAF from Prunus) did not import properly.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4376. In some instances, the Timeline would move unexpectedly if it
overlapped with another window.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4310. When in MultiCamera mode, you might have received a“MultiframeCombiner.cpp” error if you turned off video monitoring on the source track.

➤

Bug Number: MCCET-3985. Sequences containing Stabilize effects were not correctly zoomed
if exported as DPX..

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Bug Number: MCCET-4199. Font type and size for Bin Containers and Bins did not update inreal-time.

➤

Bug Number: MCCET-4287. Media Composer crashed when creating or opening a project
when using Teradici Agent on macOS.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4190. Play reverse did no work with RED footage when audio waspresent.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4291. In some instances, the representative thumbnail frame in the bin
could get corrupted after editing the sequence.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4262. Long sequences exported as UME ProRes might have beentruncated.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4329. In some instances, a caption file (.scc) had a different duration in
HD vs UHD..

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Bug Number: MCCET-4193. Trimming subclips from MediaCentral | Cloud UX might haveresulted in redraw issues in the Media Composer Timeline..

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Bug Number: MCCET-4362. A restored sequence might have displayed as offline in an
Interplay environment.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4384. You might have received a“CORE_CONSISTENCY_CHECK_FAILURE” error when linking some Tiff images using the
UME plug-in.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4105. Bin tabs did not clearly show which bin was currently open.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4318. Subclips generated from ALE broke the masterclip metadata
links if you type in the Comments column.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4145. After adjusting Color Correction and adding a Paint effect,
Media Composer added multiple Color Correction effects in the Effects Editor.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4153. (macOS) In some instances, Media Composer would crash whenchanging to a Color workspace.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4152. Dragging multiple bins into a folder took longer then normal.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4285. When a Delete Window was positioned over a bin, if you
canceled a deletion, the spinning wait cursor did not stop spinning unless you moved the mouseto another position.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4068. If the brightness in the Interface Settings was set to one of the twobrighter settings, values in the Quick Transition window were cut off.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4275. Opening large sequences containing SubCap effects crashedMedia Composer.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4290. Bin thumbnails did not always reflect the monitored track in asequence.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4269. Some effects would not render if a clip with “Adaptive
Deinterlace Source” enabled had been applied.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4314. You might have seen video glitches if “prefer largest raster, thenprefer highest bandwidth” was enabled in Dynamic Relink.

Limitations
The following are known limitations➤•

Photoshop PSD files are not supported for AMA linking if QuickTime is not installed.

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Some fonts, by their design, are available only in Bold. On the Mac system it can happen
that selecting a font does not produce any visual changes. Try selecting “Bold.”•If you launch a project and receive an “Enable 3rd Party Emulation” warning, even if you
select Enable in the warning dialog, you should also perform the following: Select File >Settings and click the Project tab. Click General Settings and select “Enable Bin Sharing on
3rd party storage emulating Avid NEXIS/ISIS.”

Bug Number: MCDEV-15829. If you perform a clean install of Windows 11, Media Composer
does not see the RED plug-in. This does not occur if you perform an upgrade from Windows 10
to Windows 11.
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Limitations➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-15674. You might not be able to successfully link XAVC-S volumes
using the Nablet plug-in.
Workaround: Instead of linking to a volume, link to clips using the UME plug-in.

➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-15843. (Windows 11) In some instances, you cannot drag and dropfrom the Finder to a bin.
Workaround: Use the Media Composer Source Browser to import or link your media.

➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-15491. Right clicking on an empty cell in the Tool Palette results in acrash.

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Bug Number: MCDEV-14845. Media Composer | Enterprise Admin tool does not restrict NDI
when Media Composer is in software only mode.

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Bug Number: MCCET-3702. Image Quality when adding UHD progressive clips to an HD
interlace sequence:
The process Media Composer uses to mix and match video formats in a sequence is to transformthe source clip's frame rate and frame layout to meet the project specifications; the motion
adapters are added first, then spatial adapters are applied in order to provide expected playback
dimensions.
For example, if you have a UHD 50p clip that you want to add to a 1080i Timeline, the UHD clip
first gets split into 2 separate fields (UHD format), then each field gets independently resized to
1920x540 in HD. The export process puts those resized fields back together into a progressive
HD frame but does not maintain the clarity of the original progressive frame.
Workaround: If you first transcode the UHD progressive clip to HD progressive and then add
the HD clip to the interlace sequence, it forces the resize operation from UHD to HD to be done
before the split gets into interlace mode.

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Bug Number: MCCET-3788. You might receive a “clip name is a clip in a multi-essence filethat cannot be exported using the specified Embedded in AAF setting” when exporting
embedded AAFs with OP1a audio clips.
Workaround: Consolidate the OP1a clips to Avid OP-Atom prior to performing the export.

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Bug Number: APPSVCS-723. The Collab App in MediaCentral CloudUX window does not
currently work with Media Composer.

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Bug Number: MCDEV-13604. You might have issues playing clips containing Media
Composer effects in the Baselight User Interface if the Fast Image Access option is enabled in
the Baselight plug-in➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-12926. (macOS) If you have upgraded to macOS 10.15.4, there is aknown issue with local attached RAID storage. The system will hang when running Media
Composer or copying large files. This does not happen with earlier versions of the OS. You canread details about this issue in this blog. This limitation no longer exists with macOS 10.15.5.

➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-12988. (macOS) The AMA Drastic plug-in is not supported with Media
Composer v2020.4➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-12964. For a faster performance of export audio/video sequences to.mov in 2020.4, please render the sequence prior to export, or disable the GPU fx (in the Render
Settings - Current menu)➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-12735. Maestro graphics do not appear correctly in the Timeline if yoursystem uses the Radeon video card.

➤

Bug Number: DEFI-1808. (Media Composer | Distributed Processing) Two clips or sequences
will always be created when performing a consolidate or transcode with Media Composer |Distributed Processing.

➤Bug Number: MCDEV-11481. Promoting a title from the Title Tool application to Avid Titler+
cannot be performed if it includes a motion adapter.

➤

Bug Number: MCCET-11796. Larger than 10 bit DPX files might fail to link correctly.
Workaround: Go to File > Settings and click the User tab. In the Link Settings, click the Link
Options tab and make sure Alpha Channel is set to Ignore.

➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-11430. Media Tool ignores the “Current project” filtering option andlists media files that are not associated with the current project.

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Bug Number: MCDEV-11197. In some instances, the Interleave option might not appear in the
Export As dialog box. If you are performing an Export using the Avid Media Processor, theInterleave option should appear when you choose Stereo, 5:1, or 7.1 Audio.
Workaround: If it does not appear, briefly toggle back to the Mono setting, then toggle to
Stereo Mix once again. Doing so should reveal the Interleave option.

➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-8641. (AMD Graphics). Systems with AMD graphics cards might
display tearing when performing Full Screen playback.
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Bug Number: MCDEV-9269. (Media Composer | Cloud) After performing a remote download
operation on a sequence containing AVC-I 100 remote media, the downloaded media appears as
XAVC-I 100.
Workaround: Download the entire master clips.

➤

Bug Number: (macOS). You may occasionally see the menu bar flash followed by a brief
beach ball. To fix this, deactivate “Displays have separate spaces” under System Preferences >Mission Control settings.

➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-9011. Intermittently, when working with the XDCAM Nablet Plug-in,
you might see “Failed to get the sample position from the AMA Plug-in” errors if you havewaveforms enabled in the Timeline.

➤

Bug Number: COGS-2560. While working in the Script Window, text operations(cut/copy/paste/delete/editing) can only be done in edit mode. See “Editing a Script” in the Help.

➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-5650. When working with Panasonic LongG media, you might receive
an “SFPlayConsumer Timeout” error if audio waveforms are enabled.
Workaround: Turn off audio waveforms.

➤

Bug Number: MCDEV-5385. MultiCam editing with Panasonic LongG media is not supportedwith this release.

Before Installing the Editing Application
Media Composer | Enterprise and Media Composer | Distributed Processing

If you are working with Media Composer | Enterprise or Media Composer | Distributed
Processing, please refer to the “Installation Prerequisites” section in the Media Composer |Enterprise Administration Guide and Media Composer | Distributed Processing Administration
Guide to make sure you have compatible Avid MediaCentral Cloud UX Platform ISO and Avid
MediaCentral Cloud UX Feature Pack ISO versions.
Avid DX Driver Separate Installer

The Avid DX Driver is not automatically installed when you install the editing application. If
you need to install the Avid DX Driver to work with your Avid IO device, you can install it
separately.

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Before Installing the Editing Application

The installer is located:•(Mac) /Applications/Utilities/Avid Utilities•(Windows) Program Files\Avid\Utilities\DXDrivers

Before Installing the Editing Application in an Avid Interplay Environment

note the following before you install the editing application in an Avid Interplay orc Please
Avid MediaCentral environment.
Carefully read through the “Avid Editor Compatibility with Interplay Releases” guide (found in
the following link) before upgrading. It might be necessary to also upgrade the Interplay
components on the editing client.
http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/compatibility/Avid-Video-Compatibility-Charts
Buffer Error Message

The editing application requires a minimum of 8GB RAM. If you try to install the editing
application on a system with less than 8GB RAM, you will receive a buffer error and installation
will not proceed.
Download Note

To avoid “File Path too long” or a “File cannot be copied” warning while unzipping thedownloaded installer, try placing the installer .zip on the root level of your C:\ drive and unzip itfrom that location.
User Right to Raise Thread Priority(Windows) Note for Domain Administrators: If your editing systems are part of a domain, youmust give the user the right to “Increase Scheduling Priority.” This must be done within the
Domain Group Policy on the domain controller by giving the right explicitly to the user or giving
the right to a group and adding the user to that group. You will not be able to launch as a regularuser if this is not set properly.
If you are part of a domain, a Domain Administrator should install and perform the first launchof the editing application.
Install as Administrator

You need to first install and launch the editing application as an Administrator. If you are in a
Shared Storage environment, mount your workspaces as an Administrator. You may then log off
and log back in as a Standard user, if necessary.

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After Installing the Editing Application

After Installing the Editing Application
AMA Plug-Ins

You cannot install the AMA Plug-ins while the editing application background services are
running. Make sure you Stop the services before installing the AMA Plug-Ins. The stop/startbackground services icon is on the menu bar (Macintosh) or taskbar (Windows). Once you install
the new AMA plug-in, restart the services. See “Starting and Stopping Avid Background
Services” in the Help.

Notes on Software Licensing
If You Upgrade Your Operating System
If you need to upgrade your operating system after you install your Avid editing application, first
deactivate your software. After you upgrade your operating system and, if required, reinstallyour application, you can reactivate your software. For information on activating anddeactivating your software license, see the Installation Guide for Avid Editing Applications.

Minimum RAM Recommendation
For this release Avid recommends 16 GB minimum, 32 GB recommended. Some features might
require more RAM and specific hardware. See “Feature Performance” on page 35 for more info.

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems
Some features are processor-intensive and require specific hardware. See “Feature Performance”
on page 35 for more info.
The following tables provide the information on qualified Windows and Macintosh hardware.
For 3rd-Party Open IO hardware qualification refer to the manufacturer’s documentation. See theOpen IO Frequently Asked Questions document on the Knowledge Base:
http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/faq/en422991

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Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

The following lists the qualified Operating Systems. Depending upon your hardware thequalified Operating Systems are:•

Windows 10 64-bit v2004 or later (Professional and Enterprise)•

Windows 11 64-bit 21H2 or later (Professional and Enterprise)•macOS 10.14.6, 10.15.7, 11.x up to 11.x to 11.6.x, 12.0 to 12.5.1

Composer v2021.11 has been qualified with macOS v12. Avid has not qualified macOSn Mediav12 with the CrowdStrike anti-virus application.
the release of macOS v10.13.x and higher, Apple requires manual approval of loadingn WithKernel Extensions (KEXTs). (For example BlackMagic, and AJA IO devices install Kernel
Extensions.) At installation time, you should get a dialog saying that the KEXT was not loaded.
You must go the “Security & Privacy” system preference and manually approve the KEXT. Keep
the Security & Privacy pane open after you install the I/O device drivers so that you will see thenotice that the driver has been blocked and press the “allow” button within 30 minutes of
installing or the driver will be permanently blocked.

Qualified Workstations and Laptops
The following tables list the qualified workstations and laptops for Media Composer editing
applications.
NOTE: NVIDIA drivers are not included with the Media Composer installer. You must accessthe Nvidia website - Nvidia.com to download the applicable driver.
NOTE: AMD drivers are not included with the Media Composer installer. You must access the
AMD website - AMD.com to download the applicable driver.
Qualified PC Workstations with Avid Media Composer
The following PC Workstations are qualified with Avid Media Composer.

n Avid Artist DNxIV requires a Thunderbolt 2 or 3 card. See details here.
Qualified PC Hardware

Graphics CardHP Z2 G8 2.8 Ghz or higher 6, 8 core i7/i9 Xeon Nvidia T600,
Intel 11th Gen Tower or SFF
T1000, RTX
A2000, A4000
AMD W5500,
W6600

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Supported with

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Hardware

Graphics Card

Supported with

Lenovo P350 2.5 Ghz or higher 6, 8 corei7/i9Xeon Intel 11th Gen Tower or SFF

Nvidia T600, T1000 Avid Artist DNxIO
P2200, RTX A2000, Avid Artist DNxIQ
A4000
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P348 2.5 GHz or higher 6,8 core i7/i9Intel 11 Gen Tower

Nvidia T600, T1000 Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P350 Tiny 2.5 GHz or higher 6 or 8 core Nvidia T600, P1000 Avid Artist DNxIO
i7/i9 Intel 11 Gen
T1000
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP
Dell 3650 2.5 Ghz or higher 6, 8 core i7/i9
XEON Intell 11th Gen Tower

Nvidia T600,
T1000,

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
RTX A2000, A4000
Avid Artist DNxID
AMD W5500,
Avid Artist DNxIP
W6600

Dell 3450 2.5 Ghz or higher 6, 8 core i7/i9/Xeon Nvidia T600, T1000 Avid Artist DNxIO
intel 11th gen SFF
Avid Artist DNxIQ
RTX A2000
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP
HP Z4R 2.8Ghz or higher 6 to 18 core XEON
1U Rack system

Nvidia P1000,
P2200, RTX 4000,
5000, T1000, RTX
A2000, A4000,
A5000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Z2 G5 2.8 Ghz or higher 6, 8, or 10 corei7/i9/Xeon Tower or SFF
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2933 memory

Nvidia P620,
P1000, P2200,
T600, T1000
RTX 4000 A2000
A4000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

AMD W5500

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Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Hardware

Graphics Card

Supported withHP Z2 G5 Mini 2.8 Ghz or higher 6, 8, or 10
core i7/i9/Xeon Intel 10th Gen
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 Memory.

Nvidia P620,
T1000, T2000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3640 2.8 Ghz or higher 6, 8 or 10 corei7/i9/Xeon Intel 10th Gen Tower
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2933 memory

Nvidia P620,
P1000, P2200, RTX
4000, A4000
AMD W5500,

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3440 2.8 Ghz or higher 6, 8 or 10 corei7/i9/Xeon SFF
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2933 memory

Nvidia P620,
P1000, T600,
T1000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3240 Compact 2.8 Ghz or higher 6, 8 or 10 Nvidia P620 P100
core i7/i9/Xeon Intel 10th Gen
RTX 3000 IntelUHD P630
Lenovo P340 2.8 Ghz or higher 6, 8 or 10 corei7/i9/Xeon Tower or SFF
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2933 memory

Nvidia P620 P1000 Avid Artist DNxIO
P2200, RTX 4000, Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
T600, T1000
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P340 Tiny 2.8 Ghz 6 or 8 core i7/i9
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 memory

Nvidia P620,
P1000,
T600, T1000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P620 12-64 core 2.7 Ghz or higher
AMD Threadripper Pro
32 to 256 GB DDR4-3200 Memory

Nvidia RTX 4000, Avid Artist DNxIO
5000, 6000, A4000, Avid Artist DNxIQ
A5000, A6000
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
AMD W5700,
Avid Artist DNxIP
W6800

Boxx ApexxT4 32 core 3.7 Ghz or 64 core 2.9
Ghz AMD Threadripper
32 to 256 GB DDR4-3200 Memory
Thunderbolt 3 option

Nvidia RTX 5000,
A4000, A5000,
A6000

16

AMD W5700,
Pro VII, W6800

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Hardware

Graphics Card

Supported withHP Z8 G4 Dual [8 - 24 core 2.1 Ghz or higher]
scalable

Nvidia P4000,
P5000, P6000,
RTX4000, 5000,
6000, A4000,
A5000, A6000
AMD WX7100,
WX9100, W5700,
W6800

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Z6 G4 Dual [8 -24 core 2.1 Ghz or higher]Intel Scalable Processors
64 to 192 GB DDR4-2666 memory

Nvidia P2000,
P2200, P4000,
P5000, T1000,
a2000, A4000,
A5000, AMD
WX100, W5700,
W6800

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Z4 G4 6 - 10 core or 18 core 2.3 Ghz or
higher processor

Nvidia P1000,
P2000, P2200,
P4000, T1000,

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

64-128 GB DDR4-2666 memory, Tower

32-128 GB DDR4-22xx memory

RTX A2000,4000,
A4000
AMD WX7100,
W5500, w6600
Dell 7920 Dual (8-28 core 2.1 GHz or higher)
Nvidia P2000,
Intel Scalable Processors Rack
P2200, P4000,
64 to 128 GB DDR4-2666 memory
P5000, RTX 4000,
Thunderbolt adapter not supported in Rack 7920 5000, 6000, T1000,
A2000, A4000,
A5000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

AMD WX7100
W5700 W6800
Dell 7820 Dual (8-24 core 2.1 GHz or higher)Intel Scalable Processors
64 to 128 GB DDR4-2666 memory

17

Nvidia P2000,
P4000 P5000
RTX 4000, 5000
AMD WX7100

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Hardware

Graphics Card

Supported with

Dell 5820 6-18 core 2.3 Ghz or higher
Intel Xeon W2-2xx Core i7/i9
32 to 128GB DDR4-2666 memory

NvidiaAvid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

P1000, P2000,
P2200, P4000,
T1000 RTX 4000,
A2000, A4000
AMD WX5100
WX7100 W5500
W6600

Lenovo P920 Dual [8 -28 core 2.1 Ghz or
higher] Intel Scalable Processors
64 to 192 GB DDR4-2666 memory

Nvidia P4000,
P5000, P6000, RTX
4000, 5000, 6000,
A4000, A5000,
A6000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P720 Dual [8 -28 core 2.1 Ghz or
higher] Intel Scalable Processors
64 to 192 GB DDR4-2666 memory

Nvidia P2000,
P2200, P4000
P5000, T1000
RTX 4000, 5000,
A2000, A4000,
A6000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P520/P520C 6, 8, 10 or 18core 2.3 Ghz Nvidia P1000,
or higher] Intel W-Processors
P2000, P2200
32 to 128 GB DDR4-2666 memory
P4000, T1000
RTX 4000, A2000,
A4000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Z2 G4 3.0 Ghz or higher six or 8 corei7/Xeon E3 Tower or SFF
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2666 memory

Nvidia P620, P1000 Avid Artist DNxIO
P2000, P2200
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
AMD WX7100
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Z2 G4 Mini 3.0 Ghz or higher six or eightcore i7/Xeon E3
16 to 32 GB 2666Mhz DDR4 Memory.
Performance model only Thunderbolt option.

Nvidia P600, P1000 Avid Artist DNxIO
AMD WX4140
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P330 3.0 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/Xeon E3 Tower or SFF 16 to 64 GB
DDR4-2666 memory

Nvidia P600, P620
P1000, P2000,
P2200

18

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Hardware

Graphics Card

Supported with

Lenovo P330 Tiny 2.4Ghz 6-8 core i7/i9
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2666 memorys

Nvidia P600, P620, Avid Artist DNxIO
P1000
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3930 3.0 Ghz or higher six core i7/Xeon E3 Nvidia P1000,
Avid Artist DNxIO
1U Rack 16 to 64 GB DDR4-2666 memory
P2000, P2200 AMD Avid Artist DNxIQ
WX7100Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP
Dell 3630 3.0 Ghz or higher six core i7/Xeon E3 Nvidia P1000,
Tower 16 to 64 GB DDR4-2666 memory
P2000 AMD
WX7100Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3430 3.0 Ghz or higher 6-8 core i7/Xeon E3 Nvidia P620, P1000 Avid Artist DNxIOSFF 16 to 64 GB DDR4-2666 memory
Avid Artist DNxIQ
AMD WX4100
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP
HP Z2 Mini 3.0 Ghz or higher quad corei7/Xeon E3 16 to 32 GB 2400Mhz DDR4
Memory, USB-C

Nvidia M620

Software Only

Dell 5720 AIO 3.3 Ghz or higher quad core
AMD WX4150,
i7/Xeon E3 3840x2160 - 16 to 64 GB 2400Mhz WX7100
DDR4 Memory, thunderbolt 3/USB-C

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3620 Tower 3.0 Ghz or higher 4-corei7/Xeon 16/32 GB DDR4- 2133 Memory

Nvidia M2000,
M4000, P600,
P1000

Software Only

Dell 3420 3.0 Ghz or higher quad core i7/Xeon
E3 16/32 GB DDR4-2400 memory SFF

Nvidia K620,
K1200

Software Only

P600, P1000
Lenovo P320 3.0 Ghz or higher quad corei7/Xeon E3 16/32 GB DDR4-2400 memory
Tower or SFF

Nvidia P600,
P1000,
P2000(Tower)

Lenovo P320 Tiny 2.9 GHz quad core i7-7700T Nvidia P600
19Software Only

Software Only

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Hardware

Graphics Card

Supported withHP Z240 3.0 Ghz or higher quad core i7/Xeon
E3 64 GB DDR4-2400 memory Tower or SFF

Nvidia K620,
K1200, K2200
P600, P100, P2000

Software Only

HP Z840 Dual [8 - 16 core 2.1 Ghz or higher]Intel V4 32/64 GB DDR4 2400 memory

Nvidia P4000,
P5000, P6000,
M4000, M5000,
M6000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

AMD W7100,
W8100
HP Z640 Dual 10, 12, 16 core 2.1 Ghz or
Nvidia P4000,
higher] Intel V4 32/64 GB DDR4-2400 memory P5000, P6000
M2000, M4000
M5000, M6000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

AMDW5100,
W7100, W8100
HP Z440 [4 or 8 core 3.0 Ghz or higher] Intel
V4 16/32/64 GB DDR4- 2400 memory

Nvidia PK2200,
P2000, M2000
AMD W5100

Dell 7910 Dual [8 - 16 core 2.1 Ghz or higher]Intel V4 32/64 GB DDR4-2400 memory

Nvidia K4200
K5200, M4000,
M5000, M6000,
P4000, P5000,
P6000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP
Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

AMD W7100,
W8100
Dell R7910 Dual [8 - 16 core 2.1 Ghz or higher] Nvidia K4200
K5200 M4000,
Intel V4 32/64 GB DDR4-2400 memory
M4000, M5000,
M6000
AMD W7100,
W8100

20

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Hardware

Graphics Card

Supported with

Dell 7810 Dual [8-16 core 2.1 Ghz or higher]

Nvidia K2200
K4200 K5200,
M2000, M4000,
M5000, P2000
P4000, P5000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIPIntel V4 32/64 GB DDR4-2400 memory

AMD W5100W,
W7100, W8100
Dell 5810 [6 or 8 core 3.0 Ghz or higher] Intel
V4 16/32/64 GB DDR4- 2400 memory

Nvidia K2200
M2000
AMD W5100

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P910 Dual [8 - 16 core 2.1 Ghz or
Nvidia P4000
higher] Intel V4 32/64 GB DDR4-2400 memory P5000, M4000,
M5000, M6000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P710 Dual [8 - 16 core 2.1 Ghz or
Nvidia P4000
higher] Intel V4 32/64 GB DDR4-2400 memory P5000, M2000,
M4000, M5000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P510 6 or 8 core 3.0 Ghz or higher Intel Nvidia P2000,
V4 16/32/64 GB DDR4- 2400 memory
M2000, K2200

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P410 6 or 8 core 3.0 Ghz or higher Intel Nvidia P2000,
V4 16/32/64 GB DDR4- 2400 memory
P1000
M2000, K1200

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Z1 G3 All-in-one 3 3.4 Ghz or higher quadcore i7/Xeon E3
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2133 memory

Nvidia M1000M,
M2000M

Dell 3620 Xeon E3-1245 V5 3.5 Ghzy

Nvidia K620,
K1200

Software Only

Dell 3420 SFF (Small Form Factor) Quad Xeon Nvidia K620,
E3-1245V5 3.5 Ghz
K1200
Onboard NIC supported for ISIS
16/32 GB DDR4- 2133 Memory

Software Only

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Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Hardware

Graphics Card

Supported with

Lenovo P310 Tower and SFF (Small Form
Factor) Quad Xeon E3- 1245V5 3.5 Ghz
Onboard NIC supported for ISIS
16/32 GB DDR4- 2133 Memory

Nvidia K620,
K1200

Software Only

K2200

Lenovo P900 Dual 8, 10 or 12 core Intel V3 2.3 Nvidia K4200,
Ghz or higher - Onboard NIC supported for ISIS K5200, M4000,
32 or 64 GB DDR4- 2133 memory
M5000, M6000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P700 Dual 8, 10 or 12 core Intel V3
2.3 Ghz or higher - Onboard NIC supported for
ISIS
32 or 64 GB DDR4- 2133 memory

Nvidia, K2200
K4200, K5200,
M4000, M5000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P500 4-core or 8 core Intel V3 3.0 Ghz
or higher
Onboard NIC supported for ISIS
16 or 32 GB DDR4- 2133 memory

Nvidia K2200

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

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Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Notebooks for Avid Media Composer
The following PC Notebooks are qualified with Avid Media Composer. The following applies tothe editing system when running on a laptop:
Qualified PC Notebooks

Graphics Cards Supported WithHP Zbook Studio G8 15” 2.3 GHz or higher 6
or 8 core i7/i9 10th Gen

Nvidia T1200, RTX Avid Artist DNxIO
A2000, A3000,
Avid Artist DNxIQ
A4000, GeForce
Avid Artist DNxIV
RTX 3070
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook Fury G8 15” & 17” 2.3Ghz or higher Nvidia T1000
8 core i7/i9 Xeon 11th Gen
RTX A2000,
A3000, A4000,
A5000
AMD W6600M

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook Power G8 15" 2.3 Ghz or higher 6
or 8 core i7/i9/ Intel 11th Gen
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia T600,
T1200
RTX A2000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook Firefly G8 14” or 15” 1.8Ghz or
higher 4 core i7/ Intel 11th Gen.

Nvidia T500

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P17 17" G2 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8
core i7/i9/Xeon 11th Gen
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia T1200, RTX Avid Artist DNxIO
A2000, A3000,
Avid Artist DNxIQ
A4000, A5000
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P15 15" G2 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8
core i7/i9/Xeon 11th Gen
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia T1200, RTX Avid Artist DNxIO
A2000, A3000,
Avid Artist DNxIQ
A4000, A5000
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P1 G4 15" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 core Nvidia
i7/i9/Xeon 11th Gen
T1000, T2000
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

23

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Notebooks

Graphics Cards Supported With

Lenovo P15v 15" G2 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8
core i7/i9/Xeon 11th gen
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia T600,
Avid Artist DNxIO
T1200, RTX A2000 Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 7760 17” 2.3 GHz or higher 6-8 corei7/i9/Xeon Intel 11th Gen

Nvidia T1200, RTX Avid Artist DNxIO
A3000, A4000,
Avid Artist DNxIQ
A5000
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 7560 15” 2.3 GHz or higher 6-8 corei7/i9/Xeon Intel 11th Gen

Nvidia T1200, RTX Avid Artist DNxIO
A2000, A3000,
Avid Artist DNxIQ
A4000, A5000
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 5760 17” 2.3 GHz or higher 6-8 corei7/i9/Xeon Intel 11th Gen

Nvidia T1200

Dell 5560 15” 2.3 GHz or higher 6-8 corei7/i9/Xeon Intel 11th Gen

Nvidia T1200, RTX Avid Artist DNxIO
A2000
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3561 15” 2.3 GHz or higher 6-8 corei7/i9/Xeon Intel 11th Gen

Nvidia T600,
T1200

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3560 15” 1.8 GHz or higher 4 core i7 Intel Nvidia T500
11th GenIntel Iris Xe

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

RTX A2000,
A3000

24

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Notebooks

Graphics Cards Supported WithHP Zbook Fury G7 15” & 17” 2.4Ghz or higher Nvidia T1000,
6 or 8 core i7/i9 Xeon 10th Gen
T2000
RTX 3000, 4000,
5000
AMD W5500M

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook Power G7 15" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6
or 8 core i7/i9/Xeon 10th Gen
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Nvidia P620,
T1000 T2000

HP Zbook Create G7 15" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or Nvidia GeForce
8 core i7/i9 10th Gen
RTX 2070, RTX
16 to 32 GB DDR4-2933 Memory
2070 Super RTX
2080 Super

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook Studio G7 15" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6
or 8 core i7/i9/Xeon 10th Gen
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia T1000
T2000 RTX 3000,
4000, 5000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook Firefly 14" or 15" 1.6 Ghz or higher Nvidia P520 Intel
4 or 6 core i7 10th Gen
UHD
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2666 Memory

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P17 17" G2 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8
core i7/i9/Xeon 10th gen
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia T1000,
T2000 RTX 3000,
4000, 5000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P15 15" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9/Xeon 10th gen
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia T1000,
T2000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP25

RTX 3000, 4000,
5000

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Notebooks

Graphics Cards Supported With

Lenovo P15v 15" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 core Nvidia P620
i7/i9/Xeon 10th gen
Intel UHD
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P1 G3 15" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 core Nvidia
i7/i9/Xeon 10th gen
T1000, T2000
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 7750 17" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9/Xeon 10th gen
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia T1000,

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 7550 15" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9/Xeon 10th gen
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia T1000,
T2000

Dell 5750 17" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9/Xeon 10th gen
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia T2000,
RTX3000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 5550 15" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9/Xeon 10th gen
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia T1000,
T2000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3551 15" 2.4 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9 10th gen
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2933 Memory

Nvidia P620

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP26

RTX 3000, 4000,
5000

RTX 3000, 4000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Notebooks

Graphics Cards Supported WithHP Zbook 17 G6 2.3 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 core Nvidia RTX 3000,
i7/i9/Xeon
4000, 5000
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2667 Memory

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook 15 G6 2.3 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 core Nvidia T1000
i7/i9/Xeon
T2000 RTX3000
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2667 Memory

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P73 17" 2.6 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9/Xeon
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2667 Memory

Nvidia T2000,

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P1 G2 15" 2.6 Ghz or higher 6 core i7
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2667 Memory

Nvidia T1000,
T2000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P53 15" 2.3 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9/Xeon
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2667 Memory

Nvidia T1000,
T2000,

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 7740 17" 2.6 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9/Xeon
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2667 Memory

Nvidia RTX 3000,
4000, 5000

Dell 7540 15" 2.6 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9/Xeon
16 to 128 GB DDR4-2667 Memory

Nvidia T1000
T2000 RTX3000

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RTX
3000,4000,5000

RTX 3000, 4000

AMD WX7130

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP
Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Notebooks

Graphics Cards Supported With

Dell 5540 15" 2.3 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9/Xeon
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2667 Memory

Nvidia T1000,
T2000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3541 15" 2.3 Ghz or higher 6 or 8 corei7/i9/Xeon
16 to 32 GB DDR4-2667 Memory

Nvidia P620

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook 17" G5 2.6 Ghz or higher six corei7/Xeon E3
16 to 64 GB 2667Mhz DDR4 Memory

Nvidia P3200,
P4200, P5200
AMD WX4170

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook Studio G5 5 2.6 Ghz or higher six
core i7/Xeon E3 Ultrabook
16 to 64GB 2667Mhz DDR4 Memory
Dream Color option
HP Thunderbolt dock G2

Nvidia P1000,
P2000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook 15V G5 2.6 Ghz or higher six corei7/Xeon E3
HP Thunderbolt dock G2

Nvidia P600

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook 15" G5 2.6 Ghz or higher six corei7/Xeon E3
16 to 64 GB 2667Mhz DDR4 Memory
Dreamcolor option

Nvidia P1000,
P2000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

AMD WX4150

Dell 7730 17" 2.6Ghz or higher 6 core i7/Xeon NvidiaP3200
E3
P4200 P5200
16 to 64 GB 2667Mhz DDR4 Memory
AMD WX4170

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Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Notebooks

Graphics Cards Supported With

Dell 7530 15" 2.6Ghz or higher 4 core i7/Xeon NvidiaP1000
E316 to 64 GB 2667Mhz DDR4 Memory
P2000
AMD WX4150

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 5530 15" 2.6Ghz or higher 4 core i7/Xeon NvidiaP1000
E3
P2000
Thin and light
16 to 32 GB 2667Mhz DDR4 Memory
USB 3.0 to Ethernet required for Avid NEXIS
Connectivity

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3530 15" 2.6Ghz or higher 4 core i7/Xeon Nvidia P600

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P72 2.6 Ghz or higher 4core i7/Xeon
E3
16 to 64 GB 2667Mhz DDR4 Memory

Nvidia P3200,
P4200, P5200

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P1 15” 2.6 Ghz or higher 4 corei7/Xeon E3 Thin and Light
16 to 64 GB 2667Mhz DDR4 Memory

Nvidia P1000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P52 2.6 Ghz or higher 4 core i7/Xeon
E3
16 to 64 GB 2667Mhz DDR4 Memory

Nvidia P1000,
P2000

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook 17" G4 2.8 Ghz or higher quad corei7/Xeon E3
HP Thunderbolt dock G2
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2400 Memory

Nvidia
P3000, P4000,
P5000
AMD
WX4170Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

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Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Notebooks

Graphics Cards Supported WithHP Zbook 15" G4 2.8 Ghz or higher quad corei7/Xeon E3
HP Thunderbolt dock G2
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2400 Memory

NvidiaM620, M1200
M2200
AMD WX4150

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook Studio Ultrabook G4 2.8 Ghz or
higher quad core i7/Xeon E3
HP Thunderbolt dock G2
16 to 64 GB DDR4-2400 Memory

Nvidia
M1200

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 7720 17" 2.6 Ghz or higher quad corei7/Xeon E3 1920x1080 or 3840x2160 - 16 to
64 GB DDR4-2400 Memory

Nvidia P3000,
P4000, P5000

Dell 7520 15" 2.6 Ghz or higher quad corei7/Xeon E3 1920x1080 or 3840x2160 - 16 to
64 GB 2400Mhz DDR4 Memory

Nvidia M1200,
M2200

Dell 5520 15" 2.8 Ghz or higher quad corei7/Xeon E3 1920x1080 or 3840x2160 - 16 to
32 GB 2400Mhz DDR4 Memory

Nvidia M1200

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIVAMD Radeon
Avid Artist DNxID
WX4150, WX7100
Avid Artist DNxIP
Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIVAMD Radeon
Avid Artist DNxID
WX4130, WX4150
Avid Artist DNxIP
Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3520 15" 2.8 Ghz or higher quad core
Nvidiai7/Xeon E3 1920x1080 - 16 to 32 GB 2400Mhz
M620
DDR4 Memory

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P71 2.6 Ghz or higher quad corei7/Xeon E3
16 to 64 GB 2400Mhz DDR4 Memory

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Nvidia P3000,
P4000, P5000

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Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Notebooks

Graphics Cards Supported With

Lenovo P51 2.6 Ghz or higher quad corei7/Xeon E3
16 to 64 GB 2400Mhz DDR4 Memory

Nvidia M1200,
M2200

HP Zbook 17" G3 2.7Ghz or higher quad core

Nvidia M3000M,
Avid Artist DNxIO
M4000M, M5000M Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
AMD W7170M
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

i7/Xeon E3

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HP Zbook 15" G3 2.6 Ghz or higher Quad core Nvidia M1000M,
i7/Xeon E3 1920x1080 or 3840x2160- 16 to 64
M2000M, M600M
GB 2133Mhz DDR4 Memory, thunderbolt 3
AMD, W5170M

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 7710 17" 2.7 Ghz quad core i7 or 2.9 Ghz Nvidia M3000M,
Xeon E3 1920x1080 or 3840x2160 - 16/32 GB M4000, M5000
2133Mhz DDR4L Memory
AMD W7170M

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 7510 15" 2.5 Ghz and higher quad core i7 Nvidia M1000M,
1920x1080 or 3200x1800 - 16/32 GB 2133Mhz M2000M
DDR4L Memory
AMD W5170M

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 5510 15" 2.3 Ghz and higher quad core i7 Nvidia M1000M
1920x1080 or 3840x2160 - 8/16 GB 2133Mhz
DDR4L Memory USB-C

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dell 3510 15" 2.3 Ghz and higher quad core i7 AMD W5130M
1920x1080 - 16 GB 2133Mhz DDR4L
MemoryAvid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Lenovo P70 2.6 Ghz or higher quad corei7/Xeon E3
1920x1080 or 3840x2160 - 16 to 64 GB
2133Mhz DDR4, Memory, thunderbolt 3

Nvidia M3000M,
Avid Artist DNxIO
M4000M, M5000M Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID

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Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified PC Notebooks

Graphics Cards Supported With

Lenovo P50 2.6 Ghz or higher quad core
Nvidia M1000M,
i7/Xeon E3 1920x1080 or 3840x2160 - 16 to 64 M2000M
GB 2133Mhz DDR4 Memory, thunderbolt 3

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Qualified Macintosh Workstations for Avid Media Composer
The following Macintosh Workstations are qualified with the Avid Media Composer.

n Avid Artist DNxIV requires a Thunderbolt 2 or 3 card. See details here.
Qualified Macintosh Hardware

Graphics Cards

Supported With

Mac Mini M1 Sept 2020
8 core CPU (4+4)

8-core on M1

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

iMac 24”-M1 4+4) 2020
8 core CPU-(

8-core on M1

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

iMac Retina 5K 27" 3.8 Ghz 8-core Intel i7
3.6 Ghz 10-core Intel i9Aug 2020
16 to 128 GB 2666 Mhz DDR4

AMD Radeon Pro
5500XT, 5700XT

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Mac Pro 2019
3.5 Ghz 8 core, 3.3 Ghz 12 core, 3.2 Ghz 16
core, 2.7 Ghz 24 core, 2.5 Ghz 28 core
48 to 192GB 2933Mhz DDR4 Memory

AMD Radeon Pro
580X, W5700X,
W6800X, W6900X
Pro Vega II

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

AMD Radeon Pro
575x, 580x, Vega 48

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Dual 10Gb Ethernet RJ45
iMac Retina 5K 27” 3.6 GHz 8-core Intel i916 to 64GB 2666MHz DDR4
March 201932

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified Macintosh Hardware

Graphics Cards

Supported WithiMac Retina 4K 21.5” 3.2 GHz 6-core Intel i7 AMD Radeon Pro
16 to 32 GB 2666 MH DDR4560x Vega 20

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIPMarch 2019
Mac mini 3.2 Ghz 6- core Intel i7
16 to 64 GB 2666 Mhz DDR4 Memory

Intel UHD 630

Late 2018

iMac Pro 5K 27" 3.2 Ghz i7 8 core
3.0 Ghz i7 10 core
2.5 Ghz i7 14 core
2.3 Ghz i7 18 core
Late 2017 - 32 to 128GB 2666 Mhz DDR4
NOTE: 10Gb Ethernect requires Avid NEXIS
Pro client v2018.3.
iMac Retina 5K 27" 4.2 Ghz i7 Quad core

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Radeon Pro Vega 56, Avid Artist DNxIO
64
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Radeon Pro 570, 575, Avid Artist DNxIO
580
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIPMid 2017 - 16 to 64 GB 2400 Mhz DDR4

iMac Retina 4K 21.5" 3.6 Ghz i7 Quad core Radeon Pro 555, 560
Mid 2017 - 16 to 32 GB 2400Mhz DDR4

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

iMac Retina 5K 27" 4.0 Ghz i7 Quad core
Late 2015 - 16/32 GB 1867Mhz DDR3

Radeon M390, M395, Avid Artist DNxIO
M395X
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

iMac Retina 4K 21.5" 3.3 Ghz i7 Quad core
Late 2015 - 16/32 GB 1867Mhz DDR3Intel Iris Pro 6200

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Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxIP

Qualified Hardware and Operating Systems

Qualified Macintosh Hardware

Graphics Cards

Supported With

Mac Pro 3.5 Ghz 6-core, 3.0 Ghz 8-core, or
2.7 Ghz 12-core Ivy Bridge CPU
Late 2013

Dual AMD FirePro
D300, D500, D700

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

16, 32 or 64 GB DDR3-1866Mhz
ECCmemory (4 DIMMs required) Sonnet
and Magma Thunderbolt 2 Expansion chassis
supported

Qualified Macintosh Notebooks for Media Composer
The following Macintosh notebooks are qualified with the current editing applications. The
following applies to the editing system when running on a laptop.
•

HD Capture on Macintosh notebooks is not supported•

Playback in full quality 10 bit mode is not supported

Qualified Macintosh Notebook

Graphics Cards

Supported With

MacBook Pro 14/16” M1
Nov-2021
Pro 8 core CPU (6+2)
Pro 10 core CPU (8+2)
Max 10 core (8+2)

14 or 16 core on M1
Pro
24 or 32 core on M1
Max

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

MacBook Air - M1
Sept-2020
8 core CPU (4+4)

8 core on M1

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

MacBook Pro 13" May 2020
2.3 Ghz Intel i7 4-core
10th Gen Intel
16 to 32 GB 3733Mhz LPDDR4X

Intel IRIS plus

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

MacBook Pro 16"2019 2.6 Ghz i7 6-core or
2.3, 2.4 Ghz i9 8-core Thunderbolt 3
16 to 64GB 2666Mhz DDR4 Memory
Nov-2019
Touch Bar not used by Media Composer

AMD Radeon Pro
5300M, 5500M,
5600M

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

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Feature Performance

Qualified Macintosh Notebook

Graphics Cards

Supported With

MacBook Pro 15” 2.6GHz i7 6-core or 2.3, 2.4 Intel UHD630 AMD
Ghz i9 8-core
Radeon Pro 555X,
Mid 2019
560X, Vega 16, 20

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

MacBook Pro 13" 2.8 Ghz 4-core Intel core i7 Intel Iris Plus 655- Mid 201916 GB 2133Mhz LPDDR3

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

MacBook Pro 15" 2.2 Ghz and higher i7/i9 six UHD630 AMD
core Mid 2018 - Touch Bar & Thunderbolt 3 Radeon Pro 555X,
560X
Touch Bar not used by Media Composer

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

MacBook Pro 13" 2.7 Ghz quad core Intel core Intel Iris Plus 655
i7 Mid 2018 - Touch Bar & Thunderbolt 3
16 GB 2133Mhz LPDDR3 Memory

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Touch Bar not used by Media Composer
MacBook Pro 15" 2.8 Ghz and higher i7 quadcore Mid 2017 - Touch Bar & Thunderbolt 3
16 GB 2133Mhz
LPDDR3 Memory

HD630
AMD
RadeonPro 555, 560

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

HD530
AMD
Radeon450, 455, 460

Avid Artist DNxIO
Avid Artist DNxIQ
Avid Artist DNxIV
Avid Artist DNxID
Avid Artist DNxIP

Touch Bar not used by Media Composer
MacBook Pro 15" 2.6 Ghz and higher i7 quadcore Late 2016 - Touch Bar & Thunderbolt 3
16 GB 2133Mhz DDR4 Memory
Touch Bar not used by Media Composer

Feature Performance
A number of features in this editing application are processor-intensive. As a result, you mightexperience problems if you are working on an older system. The following chart shows the
hardware that Avid has successfully qualified when using these features. For a list of thequalified systems, see Qualified Workstations and Laptops.

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Feature Performance

FeatureDescription

Recommended System

16K projects

96GB RAM minimum

48 Core Intel CPU systems with Nvidia
RTX graphics

Editing High Resolution, 64 GB RAM minimum, 96 GB
High Frame Rate XAVC-I recommended
Media (UHD/4k in
59.94p)4 streams of media andcolor adapters

HP Z8, Z6,
Lenovo P920, P720, P620 systems
Dell 7920, Dell 7820•

Dual gold 6254 3.1 Ghz turbo to 4.0
Ghz 18-core (72 with HT)•

Dual Xeon Gold 6154 3.0 Ghz, turbo
up to 3.7 Ghz 18-core (72 cores with
Hyperthreading)•

AMD WX-7100•

Nvidia RTX 5000, RTX 6000, AMD
WX9100Storage: 10Gb Ethernet Avid NEXIS
1080p/50 XAVC Long
Baseband Capture

16 GB RAM minimum

Qualified PC Dual 6 Core or higher
Qualified Mac Pro 6 core or higher, 12core with Hyperthreading

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Feature Performance

FeatureDescription

Recommended System

Editing High Resolution, 32GB Min, 64 GB recommended
High Frame Rate DNxHRMedia (UHD/4k in
59.94p)HP Z8, Z6,
Lenovo P920, P720, P620 systems
HP Z840
HP Z640/Z620
Dell 7920/7910
Dell 7820/7810
Lenovo P910/P900/
Lenovo P710/P700•

NVIDIA RTX 5000, 6000, AMD
WX9100•NVIDIA P5000, M5000 or K5200
and AMD WX-7100
PCIe Gen3 Gfx card (recommended)

Mac Pro•12 core (24 with Hyperthreading)
3 GHz

•

Dual AMD FirePro 500/700 Graphics
card

Storage: 10Gb Ethernet Avid NEXIS
Editing High Resolution 16 GB RAM minimum
Media (Higher than 2K+)

Qualified PC Dual 6 Core or higher

DMF and Background
Transcode, Background
Render32 GB RAM recommended

Qualified PC Dual 6 Core or higher

Media Composer | Cloud

16 GB RAM minimum. 24 GB or i7 Quad core or higher withhigher recommended depending Hyperthreading
upon system model.

Qualified Mac Pro 6 core or higher, 12core with Hyperthreading

Qualified Mac Pro 6 core or higher, 12core with Hyperthreading

J2K Capture

Qualified PC Dual 6 Core or higher
Qualified Mac Pro 6 core or higher, 12core with Hyperthreading37

Feature Performance

FeatureDescription

Recommended System

XDCAM Long GOP
9-way MultiCam withhigh stream countsequences

Avid recommends 16 GB RAM

Qualified PC Dual 6 Core or higher
Qualified Mac Pro 6 core or higher, 12core with Hyperthreading
Storage: 10Gb Ethernet ISIS

Stereoscopic 3D

For optimal performance with
Qualified PC Dual 6 Core or higher
Stereoscopic 3D, use these higher
Qualified Mac Pro 6 core or higher, 12
performance systems. Avid
core with Hyperthreading
recommends a minimum of 16GB
RAM when using Stereoscopic
3D.

XDCAM HD50 Capture
HD RGB 4444
Apple ProRes 4444
DNxHD 4444

Qualified systems
HD RGB capture requires a highend workstation.

Qualified PC Dual 6 Core or higher
Qualified Mac Pro 6 core or higher, 12core with Hyperthreading
Storage: 10Gb Ethernet ISISAMA (QuickTime)

AMA is a processor intensive
operation. Lower end platforms
may not offer optimum
performance. Highly compressed
codecs such as H.264 will exhibit
minimal real-time performance.

Recommendation of qualified systems
depends on your planned use of thisfeature. Heavy usage of highly
compressed codecs requires the high end
systems. (Dual 6 Core or Dual 8 Coresystems)

AMA (RED)AMA is a processor intensive
operation. Older platforms may
not offer optimum performance.
you will get better performancewith higher end workstations.

Qualified Xeon Workstations

AVCI-Intra Capture

NOTE: RED plug-in uses the Graphics
Processor. Better performance with highperformance graphics cards.

AVC-Intra capture with software 24 core and higher Windows systems
codecs is supported.
only.

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Avid Artist I/O Device Compatibility

FeatureDescription

Recommended System

AVCI-Intra

AVC-Intra(AVC-I) is a high
4-Way MultiCam Playback
quality, low bit-rate HD codec andDual Quad Core, Dual 6 Core or Dual 8
is very CPU intensive.
Core Systems
Four Stream Playback:
Dual Quad Core, Dual 6 Core or Dual 8Core Systems
AMA Workflows: Dual Quad, Dual 6 orDual 8 core systems

Avid Artist I/O Device Compatibility
The following table shows the minimum version Media Composer supported with the Avid
Artist I/O devices.
You must download the appropriate Avid Artist software from your Avid Master Account.

DeviceMinimum supported version Media
ComposerAvid Artist | DNxIOMedia Composer v8.4.1 and higher

Avid Artist | DNxIQMedia Composerv8.8.3 and higher

Avid Artist | DNxIVMedia Composer v8.10 and higher

Avid Artist | DNxIPMedia Composer v2018.8

Avid Artist | DNxIDMedia Composer v2018.9

Compatibility Chart
The following table lists the NVIDIA® driver, QuickTime®, Windows Media™, shared storage,Sony® XDCAM™, Panasonic® P2, and Avid Artist Series versions that were qualified with theAvid editing applications. You can also refer to Documentation and version matrix.

39Compatibility Chart

IMPORTANT: For information on third party support (for example, Sorenson, Boris,etc) see the third party’s web site.
Item

Versions

Comments

QuickTime Support

v7.7.9 (Windows)
v10.x, (v7.x legacy) (Macintosh)

Note: QuickTime v10X does not include
QuickTime Pro options.
Note: QuickTime is not supported with
Windows 10.

Avid Interplay
SupportSee Knowledge Base article oncompatibility.

IMPORTANT: The Avid Interplay
components that get installed on theediting application must be updated to
the Avid Interplay version that is released
with the editing application. These
include the Media Indexer, Interplay
Access, Interplay Framework, Interplay
Transfer Client and ProEncode Client.
The Avid Interplay Server components
can remain on the previous releases listed
as supported. For details, see the “Avid
Editing Application Compatibility with
Interplay Releases” doc on the
Knowledge Base.

NVIDIA Driver
Supportv461.72

See “Setting up the NVIDIA Card” onpage 43.
For setting up the driver for stereoscopic,
see the NVIDIA setup info in the
Stereoscopic 3D Workflow Guide.
This version supports NVIDIA vGPU
Software 12.x for Virtual Machines. For
more information visit Nvidia.com.

Shared Storage
SupportAvid NEXIS and Avid ISIS®.

See “Shared Storage Support” onpage 44.

Sony XDCAM driver v2.13 (XDCAM Transfer for
Macintosh)

The VFAM firmware version for
PDW-U1 is 2.600.
The PDW-U2 is 2.810.
Windows FAM v2.3.2 and VFAM
The driver can be downloaded fromv5.0.2Sony's website http://esupport.sony.com/.

Panasonic P2 drive(Macintosh) v3.1.7

There is currently no P2 writeback
support for Macintosh clients.

(Windows) v2.24

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Avid Editing Application Compatibility with Pro Tools

Item

Versions

Comments

Avid Artist Series(Euphonix)

EuControl software v3.4

See the User’s Guide for information on
Artist Series Color setup information.

Avid Editing Application Compatibility with
Pro Tools
General Co-Installation Notes:•

Install Pro Tools first and then Media Composer.

•

You must uninstall all older versions of Media Composer or Pro Tools before installing
newer versions.

•

Co-install does not support both applications launched simultaneously.

•

When you uninstall Pro Tools, choose to uninstall just the application and not the audio
drivers or the editing application no longer sees the devices. On a Macintosh Pro Tools 10
system, this is named the “Safe Uninstall.” On a Macintosh Pro Tools 11 system nouninstallation is required. On a Windows Pro Tools 10 or 11 system, you must select the firstuninstall option - “Pro Tools Only” - which is not selected by default.

•

If you run into any issues, uninstall both applications and reinstall Pro Tools first, and thenreinstall your editing application.

•Media Composer v5.0 and later and Pro Tools v8.0.3 and later do not include support for theOriginal Mbox. If you want to use the Original Mbox, you should use Media Composer v4.x
and Pro Tools v8.0.1 instead.

•If you want to install your Avid editing application on a system with the Pro Tools Avid
Video Engine installed, you must use one of the following configurations:-Media Composer v5.5/NewsCutter v9.5 and later with Pro Tools v9.0 or later.

-

Media Composer v5.0.x/NewsCutter v9.0.x with Pro Tools v8.5 or earlier.

External Controllers
Your Avid editing application supports the following external fader controllers or mixers forautomation gain and pan recording or as control surfaces:•

Digi 002 (Windows only)•

Command|8•

Avid Artist Control
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Avid Artist Mix•

Avid Artist Transport•

Avid Artist Color

External controllers or mixers are optional. They are not required for you to perform automation
gain or pan recording on an Avid editing system.
The following table compares Avid external controllers and mixers.

Command|
8

Avid
ArtistControl

Control surface Yes
for transport
controls andother functions

Yes

Yes

Yes
Yes
(transport
only, no soft
keys)

Provides audio Yes
play, input, andoutput

No

No

No

No

Recordautomation
gain

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RecordYes
automation pan

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Flying fadersYes (8)Yes (4)

Yes (8)

No

Touch-sensitive Yes
faders

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Touch-sensitive No
panners

No

Yes

Yes

No

Solo/mute

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Supports audio Noa
mixing

No

No

No

No

Latch modeYes
(also known as
Snap mode)

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

FeatureDigi 002(MC only)

Yes (8)42

Avid
Artist Mix

Avid Artist
Transport

Avid Artist
ColorSetting up the NVIDIA Card

FeatureNumber ofsteps of fader
accuracy

Digi 002(MC only)Command|
8

Avid
ArtistControl

Avid
Artist Mix

Avid Artist
Transport

1024

1024

1024

1024

Not applicable

Avid Artist
Colora. The Digi 002 can be used as a standalone audio mixer but not at the same time as it is being used as an automation gain or
automation pan controller or control surface.

For more information on using these external fader controllers or mixers, see “Recording
Automation Gain or Automation Pan Information” in the Help.

Setting up the NVIDIA Card
To set up the NVIDIA card, you must make sure you have the correct display driver version(install the display driver if necessary, and set the correct display settings. See the “Compatibility
Chart” on page 39 for information on the supported driver(s).
Prior to setting up the NVIDIA card, check to make sure you have the correct display driver
version. If you do not have the correct NVIDIA driver, you can install it from the Nvidia website- Nvidia.com.
To check the NVIDIA display driver version:

1. Right-click the Desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. You can also open the Windows
Control Panel and double-click the NVIDIA Control Panel icon.
2. Click System Information at the bottom left corner of the NVIDIA Control Panel.
The version number is listed in the Graphics card information section on the ForceWare
version line.
To install the NVIDIA display driver:

1. Download the applicable Nvidia driver from the Nvidia website - Nvidia.com.
2. Double-click the file for the applicable driver.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions, and then restart your system.
To setup multiple displays:

1. Right-click the Desktop, and select Nvidia Control Panel.
2. In the settings window in the left of the window, click Set up multiple displays.
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3. Select or deselect the desired monitors listed.
To set the Driver for Avid Editing Environments

1. Right-click the Desktop, and select Nvidia Control Panel.
2. Select the Desktop menu selection in the Control Panel menu bar.
3. Enable Desktop > Video Editing Mode.
4. Click Manage 3D Settings.
5. Click the Global Setting tab.
6. Under Global presets, select Base Profile.
7. Scroll to locate the Power Management Mode. Select Prefer maximum performance.
8. Click Apply.
Reboot after installing the Nvidia software even if you are not prompted to do so.
Never use the Windows “roll back driver” feature on the Nvidia driver. The driver version mustmatch the rest of the components the Nvidia installer installs.

Shared Storage Support
For information on Shared Storage Support, see the Avid NEXIS and Avid ISIS tables in thefollowing document:
http://resources.avid.com/SupportFiles/Attachments/MediaCentral_Compatibility_Matrix.pdf

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Avid Media Composer ReadMe • Created 10/11/22

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