This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Help for audio files quarantined with CM_INVALID

Monday, January 28, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Help for audio files quarantined with CM_INVALID_TRIM error

OK - thanks Terry. Batch re-importing might be an option; many of the
problem files were imported originally.

Although I must admit I'm tempted to just keep working with the old
database file, since it does seem to index the vast majority of the MXF
files correctly. It does make me a bit nervous not to be able to
rebuild the database, though.

Cheers,
--Michael

On 13-01-28 7:57 PM, Terence Curren wrote:
>
> Not looking good. I hope someone has a better tip for you, but my
> experience is that something is corrupted in those clips as far as
> Avid is concerned.
>
> Can you batch reimport them?
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com ,
> "Michael" wrote:
> >
> > Yes, I did try that -- Avid justs quarantines the file again.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --Michael
> >
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com ,
> "Terence Curren" wrote:
> > >
> > > Have you tried just dragging a few in at a time and letting the
> database rebuild? If it works, rinse and repeat.
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com ,
> "Michael" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have a MediaFiles folder with about 1953 audio files in MXF
> media format, 85GB worth of material.
> > > >
> > > > When I trash the database files in that folder so Avid can
> rebuild them, it quarantines about 1344 files with the error
> CM_INVALID_TRIM.
> > > >
> > > > If I move sample files from the quarantine folder back to the
> original folder or to a different MediaFiles folder on a different
> drive, it still wants to quarantine them.
> > > >
> > > > If I choose to "Ignore All" errors while rebuilding the
> database, the rebuild will proceed, creating a new database file. I
> can drag the new .mdb database file into an empty bin, and it
> populates with 265 clips.
> > > > Doing the same thing with the old database, which I've saved
> from the Trash populates the bin with 1001 clips. Clearly the rebuilt
> database is not indexing all the media in the folder when errors are
> ignored.
> > > >
> > > > I don't believe the quarantined audio MXF files are corrupt -- I
> can play these MXF files with MXF4MacPlayer.app, and open them with
> CalibratedMXFQstat.app. I can also move them back to their original
> folder, restore the original database from the Trash, pull the old
> database into a bin, and play back sample files that get quarantined
> if the database is rebuilt.
> > > >
> > > > There's no obvious pattern to which files are quarantined, in
> terms of creation date, file size or filename. CalibratedMXFQstat.app
> doesn't show any unexpected differences between sample files that are
> quarantined, and others that are not.
> > > >
> > > > I've seen a couple reports of similar troubles on the web, but
> no solutions for rebuilding the database without quarantining the audio.
> > > >
> > > > Tried fresh user settings, but no help.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> > > > --Michael Brockington
> > > >
> > > > -------------------
> > > >
> > > > Avid Symphony 6.0.3 software-only / OSX 10.7.4 / Mac tower 2.24
> GHZ Quad-core Intel Xeon / 24 GB RAM
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>

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