Avid has released the latest version of Media Composer | Software v8.2, now available for the Mac.

How to Get It:

- Customers running v8.0 can download through the Avid Application Manager or from the Avid Download Center (login required).

- New customers or customers wanting to upgrading from v7 and earlier should go to the Avid Store.

- Media Composer | Software is also available as a 30-day trial.

NOTE: If you're having trouble with Application Manager updating to v2.1, try downloading the full installer via the Avid Download Center.



Mac OS X:

This version is qualified for Mac OS X 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion), 10.9.4 and 10.9.5 (Mavericks), and 10.10 (Yosemite). NOTE: Avid has observed reduced performance with operations like render, transcode, and playback on higher core count systems on Yosemite. The dual 6 core Mac Pro tower (Westmere) and the 2013 Mac Pro with 12 cores are the most susceptible to this issue, particularly with higher bandwidth media.





ReadMe:

The new and updated ReadMe is attached to this thread.



What's New:

- Background Rendering

- Favorite Bins

- Enhanced Select Project Window

- Quick Filter Field in project Window

- Search for Markers

- DMF support for DPX files





Installation:

When installing via the Application Manager, you do not have to uninstall the previous version, but there is no harm in doing so.

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If you have any issues with the download or installation, please post them here. If you have bug-related posts or other questions, please start a new thread.