I phoned Avid for advice re Media Composer 6:
- Unlike (immediately) previous versions of MC, BCC is no longer included – it can be purchased separately (from Boris).
- Avid Forum discussion on this is at http://community.avid.com/forums/p/102328/590456.aspx
- I see BCC 8 has just been released by Boris, but it seems only to be for After Effects.
- If I upgrade my Dongle to MC version 6 then it will still activate my existing MC5.5 ?
{This is important to me since, as of now (December 2011), unlike MC5.5, MC6’s AMA does not yet recognize XDCAM-EX footage. I understand that it is planned for early 2012.}- {Later on I discovered that Sony in fact have made AMA plugins available for MC 6.0. I installed them (on my Mac) and they worked. The site, indicated by http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=394827, is http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/micro-xdcam/resource.downloads.bbsccms-assets-micro-xdcam-downloads-XDCAMSoftwareDownload.shtml#apps.
- Answer: YES (the upgraded dongle is backwards-compatible)
- Phoned Avid.
- Douglas “Gaijin-Eyes” also confirmed he has been able to do this.