Avid Media Composer | Software is comprised of accessible, superior video and film editing solutions. Developed by creative professionals for creative professionals, this program will simplify your workflow and allow you to express your story the best way possible. In order to meet the needs and demands of fans and customers, Avid now offers the Avid Media Composer floating license.

Top 5 Benefits | Avid Media Composer Floating License

• Maximize your investment – no license is ever inactive
• The ability to “check out” licenses – ideal for projects done off site
• Save time – no hassle with installation or activation
• Save money – benefit from discounted prices
• Peace of mind – all licenses return to the server, protecting you from theft

This service enables media enterprises, post-production houses and/or educational institutions to purchase packs of shared licenses. These licenses use a single system ID and can be deployed across your entire facility. Multiple editors can use Media Composer simultaneously on any number of workstations. The difference between the Floating License and a Network License is that you must check out and return the license at every use. This capability is meant to allow organizations better utilization of its licenses. Since you do not have to allocate a single license to an individual user, the license can always be in use. Once you close your Media Composer application, the license is automatically returned to the group of available licenses on the licensing server.

How Avid Media Composer Floating License Works

Every Media Composer floating license pack purchase comes with easy-to-use Avid Floating License Server software, which allows you to distribute licenses effectively and efficiently across your facility from a single, centralized server. You can install the server software on any standard Windows-based computer, enter your licensing server address into Media Composer during installation and the rest of the process is then taken care of automatically. Avid Floating License Server is Windows based, but once installed you can access the floating license server from any Windows or Mac based client system.

After installation, simply open Media Composer on your network-connected computer and the software automatically connects to your licensing server and issues you an available license. Similar to a library system, floating licenses can also be “checked out” to individual machines, such as a laptop, when you are off site or at home. Administrators grant these privileges to the requestor and issue an expiration date. This feature is great when you need to add a freelancer or a student on a per-project basis, and can have the granted license automatically returned at the end of the project.