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Avid Media Composer

Mimiq is a 3rd party application that’s required to unlock the collaboration features in Avid Media Composer with creative.space shared storage.

Mimiq

Avid Media Composer is a video editing application that offers collaboration features to enhance teamwork and productivity. However, Avid has imposed certain restrictions on these features by limiting them to their own proprietary storage architecture. In other words, if you want to collaborate using Media Composer, they want you to use Avid storage products.

To overcome this limitation and allow Media Composer users to work with media and projects stored on creative.space, a third-party application called Mimiq comes to the rescue. Mimiq acts as a bridge, emulating the technology used by Avid's storage solutions. By installing Mimiq, users with Media Composer Ultimate can break free from the confines of Avid's storage architecture and collaborate seamlessly.

Requirements

Before you begin, ensure that you have the following:

Getting Started

Follow these steps to connect Avid Media Composer with creative.space via Mimiq:

  1. Follow the instructions for onboarding with the creative.space desktop app and possibly ZeroTier for remote access) and then mount the spaces you want to access in Media Composer.

  2. Download and install Media Composer.

  3. Download and install Mimiq.

    macOS - https://hedge.video/download/mimiq/macos

    Windows - https://hedge.video/download/mimiq/windows

  4. Open Mimiq to verify that your mounts are listed a workspaces with green dots next to them.

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  5. Download, install, and open Avid Media Composer.

  6. Create a Shared Project (or upload and open one) on the desired volume.

  7. When Media Composer prompts you with the non-Avid storage alert, click Yes.

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  8. Start utilizing the collaboration features within Avid Media Composer while accessing creative.space storage.

But how does Mimiq actually work?

Well, it allows Media Composer users to access files stored on network-attached storage devices, regardless of whether they are using Avid's storage or not. This means that users can work together on video projects stored in creative.space spaces, without any compatibility issues.

With access to the bin locking feature in Media Composer Ultimate, collaborators can confidently make changes without worrying about overwriting each other's work. The first person to open a bin gets exclusive write access, leaving it read-only for everyone else. This means that multiple users can simultaneously work on the same project, knowing that their edits and modifications are safeguarded.

Media Composer

<aside> 🛑 Firstly, Avid Media Composer typically requires the assistance of a trained expert or systems integration partner. While DigitalGlue is a systems integrator, we are not an Avid Certified partner, and Media Composer-related support is not included for creative.space customers. It is your responsibility to make your Avid environment work.

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Requirements

For an overview of the initial requirements, refer to the following official recommendations (even though they may be old, they are still applicable):

Mac OSX Optimizations from Dave Thompson - Avid Community

Avid has very specific requirements for successful use of Media Composer. These requirements are set by Avid, not by DigitalGlue. Simply installing Media Composer without following these requirements may result in unnecessary issues.

To optimize your remote workflow, we have compiled a list of proven optimizations. The following list, which was written by the Hedge team, is essential and must be followed when implementing Avid Media Composer with creative.space.

1. Use a qualified combination of macOS and Media Composer

2. Update macOS and Media Composer to the latest possible qualified combination

3. Connect to the network over Ethernet (Hard-wired, Cabled)

4. Store your Drive Cache on a super-fast local disk

5. Eliminate All Performance Inhibitors on Your Mac or Local Area Network

6. Remove OpenIO_VirtIO.acf from Avid Media Composer.app‌

7. Disable Fast Scrub

8. Adjust Settings > User > Audio

9. Increase the Amount of Video Memory Used

Confirm Bin Locking is Activated in Avid Media Composer

If you need to confirm Bin Locking is activated on your desired volumes, check these preferences and settings in Media Composer:

  1. Double-check that volumes are listed as Avid NEXIS Drives

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  2. Make sure Bin Sharing on 3rd Party storage emulating Avid NEXIS/ISIS is enables.

    Go to Settings > General > Enable Bin Sharing on 3rd Part storage emulating Avid NEXIS/ISIS

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  3. Update your Media Creation project settings.

    Go to Settings > Project > Media Creation

    Change Video Drive: to your mounted creative.space SMB volume

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Bin Locking

When a bin is opened in a shared project, the first user will get write access, indicated by the green open lock icon. The user’s name and workstation will be listed next to the bin to indicate that they are the one who has locked it.

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If another user opens the bin, they will be able to access its contents but in read-only mode, indicated by a red lock icon. They can click on this lock icon to request write access from the user who currently has it.

Accessing Media from Shared Spaces