Avid Media Composer Adrenaline

System Requirements

Avid Media Composer Adrenaline System Requirements

Avid Media Composer is available in different configurations: As software-only, with optional Avid Mojo SDI hardware or as an Avid Media Composer Adrenaline system.
Because the performance and reliability of the Avid Media Composer Adrenaline system depend on the optimal combination of software, I/O hardware, and the computer platform, Avid dedicates a significant amount of engineering resources to test and qualify specific platform configurations.
These Avid-qualified workstations are listed below. We strongly recommend that you use one of these platforms, not only to get the best possible performance out of your system, but also because Avid trains and qualifies its support teams on these systems.
We have also listed a set of minimum specifications. Please note that these are provided for reference only. Avid cannot make any representation regarding either the suitability of non-Avid-qualified platforms to run the Avid Media Composer system or the performance and reliability of such a system. We are also not able to provide support for non-qualified platforms.
If you are looking for optimal system reliability, performance and support, we strongly advise you to purchase an Avid-qualified platform or an Avid turnkey system.

Qualified workstations

Minimum specifications

PC

  • Operating Systems:
    • Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Edition – Service Pack 2
    • Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit Edition - Service Pack 1*
    • Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit Edition - Service Pack 1*
  • System Memory: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 3GB recommended for HD and high-stream count SD projects, 4GB required for HP xw8400 workstations in Avid Unity MediaNetwork 5.0 environments)

Mac

  • Operating System:
    • Mac OS X 10.4.10. ( Media Composer version 2.x only)
    • Mac OSX 10.5.3 Leopard (Media Composer version 3 only)*
  • System Memory: 2GB minimum, 3GB recommended for HD and high-stream count SD projects (more than 3GB will not be recognized by the system)
  • Graphics Card: Full screen play requires use of a graphics card with at least 128MB of memory

QuickTime Support

Avid has tested and approved the use of Apple QuickTime version 7.2.

DV Devices

For a list of qualified DV devices, click here.

 

* Availability planned in version 3 in 2008