Re: [Avid-L2] AAFs Stopped Importing

Did you try shorter file names?
Sometimes a double space or extra *.* can upset things.
Just a thought-




On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Martin <martin@martinnelson.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> I'm doing a turnaround with a DaVinci artist and this morning I suddenly
> can't import his aaf files. I've successfully brought in five or six in the
> past few days (minor color tweaks), but as of this morning, they appear
> grayed out in the Import window if I select AAF Documents from the Enable
> pulldown menu. And if I choose Enable Any Documents, I get, "Exception:
> DISK_INVALID_FILENAME_SYNTAX."
>
> When I couldn't successfully import the new aaf, I tried to import the
> ones I've successfully brought in recently: all are grayed out in the
> Import window or give the same Exception when I choose Any Documents. The
> aaf does in fact have a long name —more than 27 characters, which would
> explain INVALID_FILENAME, but the ones that successfully imported in the
> past also had long names. I haven't spoken to the colorist, but I assume
> the name is generated by DaVinci on export. I tried to rename the aaf to
> something shorter, but that had no effect
>
> I've done a full restart without success and now will dump databases and
> MC State. But I have a feeling this won't change anything. I"ve made no
> changes to my system (to my knowledge) between this working and not. I
> would appreciate any suggestions on this.
>
> Martin
>
>
>



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