Re: [Avid-L2] AAFs Stopped Importing

If it's not the length of the filenames, could it be some kind of illegal
character, either in the filename, or anywhere else in the filepath? (i.e.
one or more of the folders/sub-folders containing the files.)
Look for (and remove) any symbols or punctuation that you can find - stray
spaces at the end of file or folder names are particularly easy to miss.

D.

On 28 May 2013 15:21, Martin <martin@martinnelson.com> wrote:

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>
>
> 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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