MSP8 compatible with Windows XP 64 bit?

Tangent · Post by **Tangent** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:40 pm

I know this is probably clearly labelled somewhere, I just can't seem to find it: Is Media Studio Pro 8 compatible with WIndows XP 64 bit edition?

I just finished configuring a high-end PC for a user and their existing media studio software (Avid Liquid Pro) is not XP 64 bit compatible. The user is now talking about downgrading the PC to 32-bit XP but I'd much rather just get them a good 64-bit compatible studio product...

Post by **Ron P.** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:44 pm

I don't believe so. However I don't know of many on the forum that have XP-64. I know I decided against it, even though I could run it on my desktop. At the time there were very few programs that were written to run on it..

neonbob · Post by **neonbob** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:02 am

Although not certified, Avid Liquid itself will run on both XP 64 and Vista 64. There are a few adjustments that you must make and you can find them in a sticky on the Avid Liquid site. Unfortunately the Pro BOB won't work on a 64 bit system (no drivers) but it's not REALLY needed. Liquid also needs a dx9 hardware video card and won't work with the newer dx10 cards (Liquid has the same problem MSP has.... it's being discontinued)

Sony Vegas pro will run on a 64bit system, as well as Ulead movie factory, Ulead video studio and Pinnacle studio

jpal · Post by **jpal** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:14 pm

Yes, I run MSP8 on XP x64, installs and runs without major issues and does not require the frigs that are needed for Vista (described elsewhere on this forum). The only issues I have had are that the process does not die when the app is closed, and I have to kill it from the task manager. There are occasional crashes, but no worse than 32-bit was. VST11.5+ works also, as do Vegas 8 Pro and Premier. Vegas seems particularly smooth on this platform, and uses all 4 cores for lots of the rendering tasks, even though it's not itself a full 64-bit app. I haven't run Avid, but my general experience of app compatibility is very good on x64.

Depending on the amount of memory & cores you have for your client's machine, it's also possible to run virtual machines very nicely on this platform, including XP 32-bit. I do this for some things that are not 64-bit ready, including some legacy USB devices that cannot be run on x64 such as my coolscan IV, and I also sometimes run MSP8 in a VM, because it only really uses a bit over 1 core ever, and I can minimise the VM (it hacks me off that I can't minimise the MSP8 window while rendering for example).

Congratulations on choosing x64 rather than Vista!