Avid Editing Application
ReadMe for Media Composer® v2023.12.3
Composer v2023.x only supports macOS versions from 10.15.x to 14.1.x. macOSc Media
version 14.2 and later are not currently supported.

Fixed in Media Composer v2023.12.3
The following have been fixed for all applicable models of Media Composer in this update (First,Standard, Ultimate, and Enterprise):n Bug fixes will only apply to those features available for a particular model.

➤Bug Number: MCCET-5555. Since Media Composer v2021.x, the NRSC Tool window could
not be fully collapsed or resized as small as previous versions.

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Bug Number: MCCET-5440. Depending on the order of selections made in Composer settings,
some NDI and SRT devices encountered problems with playback of multiple streams of video at
1/4 resolution in MultiCam mode (4-way or 9-way split).

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Bug Number: MCCET-4815. (MediaCentral | Production Management) Checking out apartially-rendered matte key clip caused the clip to revert to a previously rendered state, evenafter those clips had portions of their renders cleared.

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Bug Number: MCCET-769. In some instances, pressing the J key multiple times to play asequence fast in reverse caused an “APanVolConsumer::GetAudioGain()Invalid
finalDistanceToNext [0]” error.

➤Bug Number: MCCET-5094. Resizing the Audio Mixer Tool window caused the height offaders to change after switching the mixer’s monitoring to “Direct, surround tracks in ProToolsorder”.

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Bug Number: MCCET-5590. Sequences with Titler+ effects in them could cause errors orserious hangs during playback and editing.

Fixed in Media Composer v2023.12.3➤Bug Number: MCCET-5502. (macOS) Japanese text was not properly decoded for Columnar,TabbedLists, and XML output formats in the List Tool on macOS systems set to a Japaneselocale.

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Bug Number: MCCET-5588. Unable to link or import certain ProRes MOV files on systems
without QuickTime installed.

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Bug Number: MCCET-4894. In some instances, audible skipping or glitches were encounteredwhen using audio scrub.

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Bug Number: MCCET-5583. Media Composer did not automatically relink to highest quality
media when it became available until users opened the Dynamic Relink Settings and clickedApply.

➤Bug Number: MCCET-3897. (MediaCentral | Production Management) Using
Consolidate/Transcode to convert clips before setting the Video Relink Method to "HighestQuality" in the Dynamic Relink Settings window caused the Data Track to link to the original
AMA clip of the Avid OP-Atom media files.

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Bug Number: MCCET-5492. In some instances, using "Create Script from Clip" resulted in an"AvNN error 544" error for specific clips.

➤Bug Number: MCCET-5610. (MediaCentral | Production Management) Media created on alocal drive was not displayed in the Media Tool.

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Bug Number: MCCET-5580. In some instances, Media Composer produced an "Exception:
Structured Exception" error and crashed after selecting a clip in the Timeline and moving a fader
in the Audio Mixer.

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Bug Number: MCCET-5609. Media Composer crashed after stopping playback to adjust
ganged sliders in the Audio Mixer.

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Bug Number: MCCET-5577. Audio Ducking did not work after “use marks” was selected.

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Bug Number: MCCET-5553. Encoding profile may not have saved and reverted to a different
codec profile in Media Creation settings after closing a project and restarting the application.

➤Bug Number: MCCET-5611. Resizing the NRCS Tool panel after loading a MediaCentral |Newsroom Management story caused an "Assertion failed" error.

➤Bug Number: MCCET-5504. Japanese text was not properly decoded in the Import progress
window on systems set to a Japanese locale.

2Fixed in Media Composer v2023.12.3➤Bug Number: MCCET-5507. Switching back and forth between newly created bins with linked
media while in Text View mode caused the spacing between rows to change for larger font sizes.

➤Bug Number: MCCET-5530. (MediaCentral | Production Management) In some instances,
updating from MediaCentral | Production Management while the Marker window was open
caused Media Composer to issue an exception.

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Avid Media Composer ReadMe • Created 7/31/24

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