This IS the Avid L2: RE: [Avid-L2] AMA Managed media [Was: bin won't open]

Sunday, March 30, 2014

RE: [Avid-L2] AMA Managed media [Was: bin won't open]

These databases get massive really quickly too - and they're on your system drive. Seems like a poor choice for them to live there. I've turned off AMA management as it has no real benefits for me - or anyone for that matter who has a decent media management policy in place. I also found problems in a multi-user environment on mac with permissions were resolved by turning it off. There's a thread on the forums about it:

http://community.avid.com/forums/p/125524/719332.aspx

Andi

To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
From: pale.edit@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 01:04:24 -0400
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] AMA Managed media [Was: bin won't open]

On Mac, you'll find them in Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer/AMA Management.

There will be a folder for every AMA disk you have ever mounted in MC7.x with a .pmr file, an .mdb file and an .aaf file in it.

Add that to your troubleshooting list for AMA media problems, if you haven't already.

On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Pete Opotowsky <popix@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

Hmm…
Seems like there should be…

Pete O

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From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Pale
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 5:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] AMA Managed media [Was: bin won't open]

No, there is not. If you look where they are stored, there is basically a folder for every AMA volume you have every mounted since you first launched MC 7.

On Mac, it's in User/Shared (I don't remember more than that...not in front of a system now.)

On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Pete Opotowsky <popix@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

Is there a setting somewhere to tell MC7 where to save the AMA media db files?

Pete O

POP Pictures
Orlando

From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Pale
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:32 PM
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] bin won't open

Lou,
I don't recall if you are working in MC 7 or not.

MC 7 introduced managed AMA media. This is similar to the way media databases are created with traditional avid media. One notable difference is the databases are on the system volume and not the media drive. These databases can get corrupted just like regular media databases can.

You can turn off AMA managed media in the console.

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/how_to/How-to-disable-AMA-Managed-Media-to-increase-performance?popup=true&NewLang=en&DocType=1080

On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tina Hedegaard <hedegaardforum@me.com> wrote:

Have you tried renaming the bin at finder level (or what it is called on a PC).

I have also had this issue, in one case it was also a corrupt piece of media.
But I could open the bin when I had offlined my media, and then it was a matter of divide and conquer.

/Tina

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