I thought older Avid systems always stored the OMF and AIF audio as separate, so it would make sense that the audio isn't in the OMF file. Were there AIF or WAV files in that Avid MediaFiles folder?
Older OMFs could also have the video for a specific file broken into numerous OMFs if the file is so long that it exceeded the 2gig file size limit (or maybe it was 4gigs, can't remember).
These should be visible and openable and useable by a modern Avid system using the Media Tool alone, but it would be much better if you could have the actual bin or bins that were originally associated with that media.
I have an old Meridien Avid system... if worse comes to worst I could convert them here. I haven't had it up and running for probably three or four years, but it's all there... I could probably have it up and running in less than an hour.
Steve Hullfish
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On Oct 17, 2012, at 1:54 AM, Greg Huson <Greg@SecretHQ.com> wrote:
> I've had similar problems opening omf files from
> A much Older project. I think they may of been sd2, but they were labeled omf. Was able to open with qt 7 pro, but reconnecting to picture proved cumbersome at best, and not practical. Everyones favorite L2 member 'video toolshed' even made me a nifty tool, but it wasn't practical for the scale of the project. (or, more accurately, the commitment of the filmmaker.)
>
> On Oct 16, 2012, at 11:14 PM, Jeff Kreines <jeffkreines@mindspring.com> wrote:
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> > I have an old project that was partially edited long ago on a Meridien Symphony system, one that would be a pain to get up and running again.
> >
> > I have copied a lot of what were supposedly OMF audio files from there and am trying to open them in more recent software, including FCPX and Adobe Audition CS6, both of which supposedly read OMF audio files. Downloading the Media Composer 6.5 demo to try, too.
> >
> > But when I try to open them I am told the container contains no audio, despite the fact some of the files are quite large.
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