Media Composer
As of September 2022, PostLab's Remote Locking for Media Composer is End Of Life and replaced by Mimiq Pro. The following documentation is only available for legacy reasons.
For Avid Media Composer, Bin Locking is the preferred mechanism for collaboration. Once Remote Locking is enabled for your PostLab Team, Avid Media Composer recognizes PostLab Drive as third-party shared storage. Teams of Avid editors can then work together using Shared Bins with Bin Locking in shared Avid Projects.
At Hedge, we like to make things uncomplicated. But, Avid being Avid, you must set up your computer correctly first: Requirements
Getting Started
Connect your Drive(s) or Workspace(s).
Create/Open a shared Avid Project on/from your Drive or Workspace.
Enable Remote Locking for Team Members
Using PostLab's Team Portal
The Team Owner can enable Remote Locking for each Team Member through the Team Portal.
Team PortalOnly the Team Owner (not a Team Member with an Owner
Role) can enable or disable Remote Locking for each Team Member. To verify whether you're the Team Owner
or a Team Member
, go to Settings... > Account > TEAMS
.
Once Remote Locking is enabled for that Team Member, it's automatically activated on all Drives and Workspaces they're allowed to access.
Go to POSTLAB CLOUD > Drive
and click Connect
next to the desired Drive or Workspace.
In Avid Media Composer
Once PostLab Drive is connected, launch Media Composer (not the other way around), then create a shared Project (or upload and open one) from PostLab Drive.
When Media Composer prompts you with the non-Avid storage alert, click Yes
.
Then you can start working.
Shared Bins opened from PostLab Drive will display:
The Team Member's Computer Name currently accessing it.
A lock status indicator.
Confirm Remote Locking is Enabled in Avid Media Composer
If you need to confirm Remote Locking is enabled on your Drive or Workspace, confirm these preferences and settings in Media Composer:
✅ Avid Media Composer > About Avid Media Composer > Hardware > Avid NEXIS Drives
: your Team's Drive or Workspace is listed.
✅ Settings > General > Enable Bin Sharing on 3rd Part storage emulating Avid NEXIS/ISIS
✅ Settings > Project > Media Creation
: your Team's Drive or Workspace appears as a selectable destination.
System Requirements
A qualified combination of:
Media Composer:
2018.12.15
or newer
Either a
Media Composer | Ultimate
orMedia Composer Perpetual
license.Implementation of all Avid Requirements on each computer.
Using Media Composer 2018.12.15
on macOS 10.14.6
2018.12.15
on macOS 10.14.6
Apple discontinued support for macOS Mojave 10.14
in November 2021. The final update for macOS Mojave is Security Update 2021-005 (Mojave), which results in Version 10.14.6 (18G9323)
.
If you must continue working in a macOS 10.14 Mojave and/or Avid Media Composer 2018 environment, consider using Mimiq 18.1, available with the purchase of Mimiq Pro.
Media Composer & MojaveRequirements
Avid has very specific requirements for Media Composer to be used successfully. Implement these Requirements for Media Composer on each Mac.
Avid RequirementsLast updated