> Lou,
> I can't seem to locate where this entry is on the -L, so I'll answer
> you here. In my case, upgrading from Composer v12 (Meridian) to
> Adrenaline/Composer v4, those legacy OMF's with the forward slash or
> colon in the name had to be deleted (or, at least, removed from the
> OMFI MediaFiles folder), which unfortunately means that if that's
> the only version of that media you have (no tape, no QT movies,
> etc), then you're probably hosed on those particular clips.
> However, I seem to think there's a method to play or convert OMF
> media in some program--unfortunately I can't recall what that is,
> you'd have to do some searching around to see if that's real or if
> I'm just out of my mind!
>
> You could try deleting the offending character and see if you can
> rebuild the database, then load the media tool and see if it's
> recognized under that new name. This would, of course, unlink it
> from the clip in your bin. Otherwise, if you have easy access to
> the version of Avid that these OMF's came from, you could load them
> on that and export the clip as a QT movie then import it and re-
> place it in the timeline of your edit.
>
> One other thing I found in Composer 4 is that it can easily lose
> touch with reality on those OMF databases. It's far too frequent
> that I have to delete the databases and rebuild them when OMF clips
> show offline after launching Composer. Anytime you get that
> funkiness, don't rely on Composer to rebuild the databases correctly
> unless you've deleted those "msm" files first.
>
> By the way, I'm not positive, but I don't think asterisks are an
> offending character in Composer v4.
>
> Dave
>
> P.S. If you wouldn't mind emailing me a link to this thread (no idea
> why I can't find it), I'll copy and paste this reply into the thread
> in case someone else can use the info in the future.
>
> From: Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com>
> To: dave_harrison_g87 <davealbumania@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 2:57:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Disk_File_Not_Found
>
> What happens if you find a slash or asterisk in the media file name
> and you take it out. What will happen? Does the file become useless?
>
> Lou
> On May 6, 2010, at 10:38 AM, dave_harrison_g87 wrote:
>
> > Another thing you should look out for is forward slashes or colons
> in the media file name. That created all kinds of havoc for me
> upgrading from Meridian to Adrenaline/Composer 4.
> >
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Lou Wirth <loutv@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> It's been a while since I've seen this one. But I am having to
> bring
> >> in several thousand media omf files from past projects to work on
> >> something. Now I can't open MC 4.05. Without getting this. I
> >> brought the file count down to about 12000 omfs on one raid and
> 10000
> >> on another. But was what the solution for this error??
> >>
> >> Exception: "DISK_FILE_NOT_FOUND'
> >> An error occurred validating the media directory HDONE: OMFI
> Mediafiles.
> >>
> >> thanks
> >> Lou
> >> Lou Wirth Productions
> >> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
> >> Corte Madera, CA 94925
> >> www.louwirth.com
> >> 415-924-9411p
> >>
> >
> >
>
> Lou Wirth Productions
> 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
> Corte Madera, CA 94925
> www.louwirth.com
> 415-924-9411p
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Lou Wirth Productions
500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522
Corte Madera, CA 94925
www.louwirth.com
415-924-9411p
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