Friday, September 2, 2011

[Avid-L2] Re: Catastrophic & Repeatable Potential Bug

 

Got it....
Have support looking into this asap.... thanks for sending the spec stuff as I know they would have asked even if it doesnt make much difference. I am remote so duplicating isnt as easy so I asked support to do that.
I'll ping you as soon as I hear.
Marianna

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "blafarm" <blafarm@...> wrote:
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> Marianna,
>
> I'm running a fully-qualified HP Z800.
> My OS is Windows 7-64bit Professional.
> My settings were rebuilt from scratch in 5.5.3.
> The project has been dragging on for well over 1 year -- so yes, it vastly predates 5.5.3.
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> This situation survives relaunching the software -- and rebooting the computer. So, this weekend, I will completely uninstall 5.5.3 and reinstall from scratch (as opposed to loading the patch).
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> I would like to know if there have been ANY other reports of this type of behavior -- of if I am the first.
>
> Thanks for your involvement.
>
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Marianna" <marianna.montague@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there...
> >
> > Quick couple of ?'s
> >
> > What platform are you on?
> > What OS?
> > I see this is on 5.5.3 but did any of your settings come over from an earlier version?
> > Was this a project created in an earleir verison and then opened and worked on is say 5.5.3?
> >
> > Need deets
> > marianna
> >
> > Marianna
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "blafarm" <blafarm@> wrote:
> > >
> > > It was time to start deleting unused media for a specific project that has been dragging on -- and seems to be continuing to drag on.
> > >
> > > So I opened my two Dailies Bins and then highlighted my latest sequence in my Sequence Bin -- and used the hamburger to Select Media Relatives.
> > >
> > > After copying the "related" shots to a third bin -- and while everything was still highlighted and I sat there doing nothing -- MC performed an Auto-Save and wiped out the entire contents of both Dailies Bins. There is simply nothing left in those bins.
> > >
> > > Fortunately, I keep a history of Project back-ups -- so I performed the exact same test using one of my archives of those Dailies Bins. Except this time -- I only opened one Dailies Bin. Low and behold -- when I followed the exact same steps -- the exact same thing happened during the next AutoSave.
> > >
> > > So, be forewarned -- this behavior could easily ruin your day.
> > >
> > > What is the solution? Well, as best as I can tell, if you click on any one clip from the source bin that you copied from -- AFTER you have performed the copy (thereby "deselecting" all of the clips in that bin) -- then Auto-Save will not delete the contents of that bin.
> > >
> > > I have trouble imagining this behavior is limited to just my installation -- although it's certainly possible. But, if it's not limited to just me, this is a bug that very quickly needs to be squashed.
> > >
> > > For the record, here are my Auto-Save Settings in 5.5.3
> > >
> > > Auto-Save Interval -- 2 Minutes
> > > Inactivity Period -- 15 Seconds
> > > Force Auto-Save -- 17 Minutes
> > > Maximum bins in a project's attic -- 1000
> > > Max versions of a bin in the attic -- 50
> > >
> >
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