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Flix tech specs.

Flix runs smoothly on all major operating systems, integrating with ease into your production pipeline.

Flix Server - Recommended Requirements

Linux

Operating System

  • CentOS 7 64-bit (deprecated in Flix 7.1, with support planned to be removed in Flix 7.2)
  • Rocky 9

RAM

  • At least 16 GB

CPU

  • A 64-bit Intel processor @ 3.2GHz or higher
  • 8 cores, or more

Storage

Note: The volume where the /tmp directory resides should have at least twice as much free space as the largest AAF imported into Flix. We recommend at least 16 GB, which is enough for most studios.

*The MacOS version of the Flix Server software is no longer available.

 

View the full Flix 7.1 Server installation instructions here.

Note: Flix Server is built and tested exclusively on Intel processors. Running the Flix Server on AMD processors may lead to unexpected runtime errors.

Warning: For security reasons, the date and time for the machine on which Flix Server is installed needs to be set correctly. This also applies to virtual machines. For more information, please refer to this Knowledge Base article.

Flix Server - Minimum Requirements

Linux

Operating System

  • CentOS 7 64-bit (deprecated in Flix 7.1, with support planned to be removed in Flix 7.2)
  • Rocky 9

Note: Flix Server is built and tested exclusively on Intel processors. Running the Flix Server on AMD processors may lead to unexpected runtime errors.

RAM

  • 8 GB

 

CPU

  • A 64-bit Intel processor @ 2 GHz, or higher

Storage

Note: The volume where the /tmp directory resides should have at least twice as much free space as the largest AAF imported into Flix. We recommend at least 8 GB, which is the minimum storage requirement.

*The macOS version of the Flix Server software is no longer available.

Flix Client

macOS

Operating system

  • 13.x (Ventura)
  • 14.x (Sonoma)

Article: For more information on Foundry products and supported macOS versions, see this Foundry Knowledge Base article.

RAM

  • 4 GB

CPU

  • ARM-based Apple silicon or Intel processor with 64-bit support
  • 2 GHz or faster processor with SSE 4.2, or later

Windows

Operating system

  • Windows 10 
  • Windows 11

RAM

  • 4 GB

CPU

  • A 64-bit processor @ 2 GHz, or higher

View the full Flix 7.1 Client installation instructions here.

Note: Flix Client is currently not available on Linux. Other operating systems may work with Flix Client, but have not been fully tested.