If you’re part of our Beta Program or received a notification about the latest software update for Media Composer, you may have noticed that the version number has changed. Starting in January 2018, Media Composer is moving from the existing versioning sequence (Media Composer 8.10, the most recent December release) to a new date-based versioning convention.

Version numbers will now reflect the year and month of the release. The first release—2018.1— corresponds to January of 2018. The February release will be 2018.2, March will be 2018.3, and so on. If the software requires more than one release in a month (an urgent patch is needed, for example), the subsequent release will be identified by a third number (ex. 2018.1.1).

With Media Composer updates coming out each month, software version numbers change rapidly, making it difficult to determine which is the latest release. Date-based versioning allows you to immediately know if you are on the latest software release or not.