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Media 100 software

2.6.2
2.6.1
And most likely all the way back to the initial release.

Macintosh Operating System

Version 2.6.2 was tested with System 7.5.3 Rev. 2 This, along with the short list of Macintosh computers, is the totality of information available from the current Media 100 company website about the NuBus system.

Mac OS 9.1, no problems encountered so far. Version 2.6.1 is able to export Quicktime files larger than 2 gigabytes to an HFS+ formatted volume when running in OS 9.1. I've still not tested to see if it can capture in larger than 2 gigabyte "chunks" with OS 9.1.

I'm having a bit of an odd glitch with OS 9.1. I have to start with extentions disabled then use Extentions Manager to move an extention, any one works, out of the Extentions folder then reboot again with extentions disabled then use Extentions Manager to move the extention back. Then it will reboot normally instead of hanging at the Mac OS splash screen. I have no idea why it's doing this. One day it was working fine and I'd restarted several times without problems. The next day it started this and not one thing had been changed in the software. I'll probably have to wipe the System and reinstall to make it stop this. Once I get it booted it works perfectly!

Mac OS 9.2.x, not tested because even though with the latest release of OS9helper it is possible to install it on NuBus PowerMacs, it is highly experimental. OS9helper copies resources from the existing 9.1 install on your Mac and inserts them into the 9.2.x System file. Apple removed those resources because they did not want people installing anything newer than 9.1 onto the NuBus PowerMacs.

Third party software, plugins etc.

This is the section I really want to see fill up!

Plugins included with 2.6.1 are from Adobe Premiere, either tagged version 4.0.1 or n/a. I tried plugins from Premiere 5.1 LE and 5.0 Pro and they were totally ignored, didn't show up in the transitions list.

Elastic Reality's Transjammer is supposed to work, I don't have all of it, just the TJServer file, Transjammer plugin and one effect file. Media 100 sees the Transjammer plugin but the plugin ignores the effect file. This is version 2.0. Elastic Reality was bought out by Avid at some point but there's nothing about Transjammer on their site.

Gradient Explorer v1.1 by Cinetic, Germany. Part of the Gradient Experience. This works perfectly. All you need is this plugin dropped in the Wipes folder and you can make 8 bit greyscale PICT files to use for any sort of custom wipe you can think of.

Even cooler is Pixelan's Video SpiceRack PRO and OrganicFX (Mac) files work with it. Poke around the website to find some free sample "spices" in NTSC and PAL sizes. They're just 8bit greyscale PICTs. If you don't figure you're creative enough to make your own, spend money on Pixelan's collection. ;) I've been trying to find out if anyone still claims copyright on this plugin. If not, I'll post it here for download.

"Yes, our Video SpiceRack PRO and OrganicFX (Mac) packages work great with Cinetic's old Gradient Explorer on Nubus M100's. We have that plug-in here on one of our machines. We used to sell a ton of such spice CDs to M100 users back in our early days.  : )  Our spice collections are still just as compatible, and are *upwardly* compatible in ALL later M100 Mac models (and AE, etc.) too -- although in more recent M100 models the best way to apply them is via the built-in WipeDesigner-FastFX transition built into those later models (a hardware-accelerated or RT transition, depending on the M100 model).

For more info about our spice CDs (which are not called "SpiceFX" -- that's a different product of ours that is for Microsoft Movie Maker 2),  please visit this page (maybe you have already):

http://www.pixelan.com/spices/intro-mac.htm

Feel free to post a link to that page from your site, if you want to. I think Cinetic still exists as a company in Germany but they do not try to make or sell visual effects plug-ins anymore.

Thanks for writing and checking.

Sincerely,

Michael Feerer
Pixelan Software"