How to obtain your Avid Media Composer v3, Avid Symphony Nitris v3 & Avid NewsCutter v7 software

Do I want v3.0 or v3.0.1?

Avid Media Composer v3.0.1 is an updated version of v3.0 that runs on OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) for Media Composer Adrenaline™ and Media Composer with Mojo® (classic) or Mojo SDI customers. Avid Media Composer Adrenaline, Avid Mojo and Avid Mojo SDI are not qualified with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) due to an issue between the Apple firewire driver in Apple OS X 10.5 and the Avid Adrenaline and Mojo drivers. This issue is not present with Apple OS X 10.4 Tiger and therefore Avid has released v3.0.1 for OS X 10.4 so that Avid Adrenaline and Avid Mojo customers can upgrade to v3.

This release is ONLY for Media Composer Adrenaline/Mojo/Mojo SDI customers on the Mac. All other customers and customers using the new systems should use v3.0. The following table summarizes compatibility and will assist you in understanding if this release applies to you.

Editor

Mac OS X 10.4.11

Mac OS X 10.5.3

Windows XP
Windows Vista

Media Composer Software

V3.0.1

V3.0

V3.0

Media Composer Software
with Mojo or Mojo SDI

V3.0.1

Not supported

V3.0

Media Composer Adrenaline

V3.0.1

 Not supported

V3.0

Media Composer Mojo DX

Not supported

V3.0

V3.0

Media Composer Nitris DX

Not supported

V3.0

V3.0

Symphony Nitris DX

Not supported

V3.0

V3.0

 

How to obtain the software:

Please choose from one of the options below based on your situation:

  1. You have a valid Avid Assurance support contract. v3.0/v3.0.1/v7.0 software is available to Avid Assurance customers at no additional charge. Software upgrades are a feature of Avid Assurance contracts. The software can be obtained by logging into the Electronic Download Center.
  2. You do not have an Avid Assurance support contract. You can either purchase an Avid Assurance contract or you can purchase the v3.0 upgrade from Avids online webstore (Avid Media Composer Software upgrades only), from your local reseller (all products) or from Avid directly.
  3. You already purchased v3.0 software and you are a Mac Adrenaline/Mojo customer looking for the v3.0.1 update: goto the v3.0.1 update download

Important Notes:

  1. Avid NewsCutter customers, and customers using Avid Media Composer or Avid Symphony systems in larger enterprise environments shoud contact their Avid sales representative to discuss upgrade options. For larger interconnected installations, Avid needs to ensure that upgrading a single seat will not impact the total workflow.
  2. 3rd Party Information: Avid Assurance customer downloads as well as the avid.com webstore downloadable upgrades do not include third party software, these options only include the Avid editing software upgrade. Third party software can be obtained by purchasing the full packaged upgrade available either on the avid.com webstore or through your Avid reseller.
  3. Operating System Information and System Requirements. Please check full system requirements before upgrading which can be found on the system requirements tab of the product in question at http://www.avid.com
  4. Avid Symphony Nitris has skipped a version number from 1.8 to 3.0 in order to align the version numbers with Avid Media Composer. Avid Symphony Nitris v3.0 requires Avid Nitris firmware updates that are not yet qualified to run with Avid DS v8.4, so customers running dual boot DS-Symphony systems should not update to v3.0 at this time. Avid will notify customers when this qualification is complete.