Re: [Avid-L2] Solved: Audio Import Error

On a similar note, I found that Avid's AMA is fussy about file names. I recently had two QuicktTimes created in Final Cut Pro 7. The names I'd used were OK in FCP and in Mac OS but I got an unhelpful error message and a failure to link via AMA in MC 5.5. Changing one character (I've forgotten which) in the file names resolved this.

On 18 Aug 2011, at 06:55, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:

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>
> Hey gang,
>
> I solved this problem, but wanted to share, just in case someone else hits this issue.
>
> I'm Mac 10.6.4, and MC 5.5.
>
> I was trying to import some music I used on an Avid job 10 years ago.
> -- the tracks were burned to 12 CDs for archiving -- and I swore I'd used some of the tracks at least once in the last 10 years on another Avid job.
>
> First, I copied the tracks to my external hard drive and was attempting to import from there.
>
> When I tried importing (either drag & drop or through the import dialog box) I got the error message:
> "! Exception: Cannot open file."
>
> The tracks played in QT and Sorenson Squeeze.
> I made sure that all permissions were granted to the files.
> I tried adding the extensions ".aif" and .aiff" (Other .aiff files import fine, with or without the extension)
>
> Some more experimenting revealed that if I renamed the files to a short name, they would import.
> So, I thought it was a character number issue. Nope. It was that there were forward slashes in the file names.
>
> I used a free program called Renamer4mac (http://wfco.de/macosx/Renamer4Mac) to relatively quickly remove the forward slashes (which it saw as colons) and replace them with underscores on the many songs contained on the 12 CDs.
>
> One disk's tracks have been successfully imported now . . . the rest are for tomorrow!
>
> Cheers,
>
> B
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With best wishes,
Roger Shufflebottom
rogershuff@yahoo.co.uk
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