Pro Tools 2020.5

[GroovnD313]

I also noticed immediate cpu spikes in mix sessions after updating to 2020.3 and .5 on OSX 10.14.6 These sessions ran perfectly on 2019.6

[unkJE]

Originally Posted by LDS

The issue is potentially worse for Windows users. Apple ceased support for Quicktime on Windows back in 2016. The Department of Homeland security has since flagged it as a security risk and recommended everyone uninstall it. ....

I installed Apple QuickTime 7.79.80.95 – selecting “Custom Install” and only installed QuickTime Essentials, as described here:
https://www.pro-tools-pc.com/apple-q...security-risk/

Scroll down to:
“Installing the bare minimum Quicktime Components Required for Pro Tools”

(I didn’t install QuickTime Player, as recommended in the above article. I use VLC to play videos).

[LDS]

Originally Posted by unkJE

I installed Apple QuickTime 7.79.80.95 – selecting “Custom Install” and only installed QuickTime Essentials, as described here:
https://www.pro-tools-pc.com/apple-q...security-risk/

Scroll down to:
“Installing the bare minimum Quicktime Components Required for Pro Tools”

(I didn’t install QuickTime Player, as recommended in the above article. I use VLC to play videos).

That is just the "temporary solution" that Avid offered a couple of years ago, along with the considerable caveat of "if you get hacked, don't blame us".

https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/ar...ity-on-Windows

[Geoff Grace]

Originally Posted by musicman691

I started a support case on Friday and got a reply yesterday asking me to do a video. I know we've been all over this nonsense before and that ain't germane here. What is surprising is I got a reply on a weekend even a holiday weekend. So Avid support does work. Sent them screenshots of the issue - wonder how long it will take to escalate up the support ladder.


Anybody else having issues with the MIDI event list?

I'm having the same problem, starting with 2019.10.

I've downgraded to 2019.6 until the issue is fixed. I'd really like to use Folder Tracks, but they're not more important to me than the MIDI Event List.

I've got a copy of Logic Pro X installed. Maybe I should give it another try...

Best,

Geoff

[gives]

Originally Posted by GroovnD313

I also noticed immediate cpu spikes in mix sessions after updating to 2020.3 and .5 on OSX 10.14.6 These sessions ran perfectly on 2019.6

I've been getting CPU spikes on 2019.12 for about a week off an on depending on the workflow and what I am doing. I have to quit and restart. Kind of a pain for sure. Was hoping that was fixed, but I guess not.

G

[huzzam]

Originally Posted by JingleDjango

Apple has been broadcasting loudly for years that they would be pulling 32bit support—to users and especially to developers. This was not sprung on Avid unfairly.

On the other hand, Apple may not have made it so clear that their own longstanding media framework QuickTime would become abandonware with that transition. I think that was a pretty dicey move on Apple's part. Can they really not manage to update QuickTime to 64-bit? I mean, they had plenty of notice of the transition

[LDS]

Originally Posted by huzzam

On the other hand, Apple may not have made it so clear that their own longstanding media framework QuickTime would become abandonware with that transition. I think that was a pretty dicey move on Apple's part. Can they really not manage to update QuickTime to 64-bit? I mean, they had plenty of notice of the transition

Sure, I mean... who saw the end of Quicktime 7 when Apple never officially supported it on PC beyond Windows 7... and replaced it with Quicktime X on Mac back in 2009?

What the heck have we been paying $399 a year for!

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by Geoff Grace

I'm having the same problem, starting with 2019.10.

I've downgraded to 2019.6 until the issue is fixed. I'd really like to use Folder Tracks, but they're not more important to me than the MIDI Event List.

I've got a copy of Logic Pro X installed. Maybe I should give it another try...

Best,

Geoff

Thanks for this - nice to know it's not only me but sucks that someone else is bitten by this bug. I do too much with MIDI and especially the Event List to give up that functionality just for folder tracks.


I have Digital Performer 9.52 installed but it has it's own issues for long-term use. It's MIDI editing capabilities are even worse (if that's possible) than PT's

[huzzam]

Originally Posted by LDS

Sure, I mean... who saw the end of Quicktime 7 when Apple never officially supported it on PC beyond Windows 7... and replaced it with Quicktime X on Mac back in 2009?

What the heck have we been paying $399 a year for!

quicktime player =/= quicktime framework, just sayin'

the video encoding/decoding components are (were) an OS level framework, and there's not really any good reason for Apple to abandon it & excise it from the OS...

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by huzzam

On the other hand, Apple may not have made it so clear that their own longstanding media framework QuickTime would become abandonware with that transition. I think that was a pretty dicey move on Apple's part. Can they really not manage to update QuickTime to 64-bit? I mean, they had plenty of notice of the transition

Ohh, I like this... I like this a lot