About the App
Avid Codec Converter: Convert Any Video to Avid DNxHD Codec Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is a professional Avid video converter. It is especially designed to convert all kinds of movies including AVI, MTS, MKV, FLV, MOV, WMV, MXF, XAVC, VOB, MP4, TiVo and more to Avid Media Composer compatible format with least quality loss.
- App name: Avid DNxHR codec
- App description: avidcodecsle (App: AvidCodecsLE.pkg)
- App website: http://www.avid.com/US/industries/workflow/DNxHD-Codec

- Jun 23, 2017 Install Avid DNxHR codec on Mac OSX. June 23, 2017 Amber. App name: Avid DNxHR codec; App description: avidcodecsle (App: AvidCodecsLE.pkg).
- Contrary to previous information about 3rd party video codec support changing with the release of macOS Catalina, and the end of 3rd party codec support natively in the macOS, according to an Avid Press Release announced at IBC 2019 last weekend, Avid appear to be suggesting that there will be macOS support for Avid DNxHR and DNxHD codecs.
- By running it, there's no need to set the codec by yourself: the Mac program has a optimized preset for Avid. If you're a Windows users, you can turn to the Windows version, which can help you transcode H.265/HEVC files to edit in Avid smoothly. Now follow the step-by-step guide to work with H.265/HEVC files in Avid smoothly.
- A standalone QuickTime codec for both Windows XP and Mac OS X is available to create and play QuickTime files containing DNxHD material. Since September 2007, the open source FFmpeg project is providing 8-bit VC-3/DNxHD encoding and decoding features thanks to BBC Research who sponsored the project and Baptiste Coudurier who implemented it.
Install the App
- Press
Command+Spaceand type Terminal and press enter/return key. - Run in Terminal app:
ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)' < /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask 2> /dev/null
and press enter/return key.
If the screen prompts you to enter a password, please enter your Mac's user password to continue. When you type the password, it won't be displayed on screen, but the system would accept it. So just type your password and press ENTER/RETURN key. Then wait for the command to finish. - Run:
brew cask install avidcodecsle
Done! You can now use Avid DNxHR codec.
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For XAVC / XDCAM materials
- Import, export, play and edit XAVC HD and XDCAM (MXF) clips recorded on SxS memory cards, Professional Discs, XDCAM Station or stored on hard disks from within supported Avid NLE products
- XDCAM Proxy editing

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For XDCAM EX materials:

- Import, play and edit XDCAM EX clips recorded on SxS memory cards or stored on hard disks from within supported Avid NLE products
In addition to the basic functions, following features are supported:
- Support AMA Link to XAVC 4K and HD
- Show metadata in the bin column
- Gamma Curve Metadata columns for Linked XAVC files
- Planning Metadata information columns for linked media created using the Planning Metadata.
- LUT information columns for Linked XDCAM EX files created on PMW-F3.
- XDCAM Station Streamchase support
- This plug-in supports Link to AMA File into Avid’s NLE product of MPEG2 HD clips that are currently growing on the XDCAM Station internal hard drive. These clips can be refreshed.
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- ClipList support
- ClipList created on the XDCAM media can be imported into Avid’s products as a sequence.
- Stereoscopic 3D support
- Stereoscopic 3D clips imported into the bin will display information into many of the S3D columns. The Left and Right 3D clips can be combined into one Stereoscopic clip.
- Voice-over support
- Clips created using the Voice-over feature from the PDW-HR1 can be imported into Avid’s products.
The AMA plug-in supports both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. (same OS versions supported by Avid NLE products)
The correct AMA plug-in must be matched to the version of Avid editor you are using.
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