Viz NLE Plug-in 1.5.0 for Avid and 1.0.1 for Mac Released

March 24, 2009

The latest Viz NLE Plug-in for Windows is a minor update, and is now an AVX2 plug-in for Avid NLE systems that support AVX2 effects. Most recent systems (2006 and later) support AVX2.

The latest Viz NLE Plug-in for Mac is a bug-fix version.

Like the Mac-based plug-in, the Windows-based plug-in now comes with its own configuration interface. In addition it also has a new performance analyzer interface for tuning the NLE system.

General System Requirements:

  • Viz Engine version 3.2 (awaiting release)
  • Viz Engine version 2.8 pl5 hf3 and Viz Multiplexer version 1.4
    • Extra Viz Plug-ins 1.8.3. Older versions are supported.
  • Viz Media Sequencer Engine 1.18 and 1.19
  • Viz Content Pilot's Newsroom Component version 5.2.1
  • Viz Trio version 2.8.1 (included)

System Requirements for Windows:

  • Microsoft Windows XP on Intel Hardware (32 bit)
  • Microsoft .NET version 3.5
  • Avid Media Composer and Avid Newscutter

System Requirements for Mac:

  • Apple OSX 10.4 and 10.5 on Intel Hardware
  • Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 (part of Final Cut Studio 2)

Important notes:

  • Uninstall/Remove all previous versions before installating version 1.5.0 for Avid.
  • Effects created using previous versions of the plug-in can be converted to the latest version

For full details, installation notes and known issues list, read the 1.5.0 release notes or the 1.0.1 release notes .

See the VizNLE_Win1.5_Mac1.0.1_AdministratorsGuide.pdf for usage and installation information.

Download version from the ftp:

  • Avid installer: /VizNLE/Latest Individual Installers/Avid/
  • Mac installer: /VizNLE/Latest Individual Installers/Mac/
Download is restricted to customers with a valid support contract. If you do not have the login details, please contact your regional support team.