Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Re: (Solved... I think) -- Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive



Hello all, 
Thanks to confirmation from Agustín Goya, 
and a contact I have at Avid, 
the following is true as of MC version 2020.4:

PC USERS:
The latest version of Media Composer will store media in C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles by default UNLESS an Avid MediaFiles folder already exists at C:\ Root Level.

In other words: if you are on a brand new system with no previous Avid MediaFiles Folder on the C:\ Drive, then Avid MC will place it at C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles 

**** You _can_ still keep using the Avid MediaFiles folder at the Root Level of the system drive as you have for the last 30 years. This is a change that only came into being as of v2020.4.

MAC USERS:
On Catalina the path you must use if media is stored on the internal system drive is:  /Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer

Cheers all! 
Stay well; stay safe!
Benjamin
---------------
Benjamin Hershleder



On Aug 18, 2020, at 10:03 AM, kenton van natten <kenton.van.natten+AvidL2@gmail.com> wrote:

He was referring to the Avid MediaFiles folder that is part of
the program.  It always lives in Users\Public...  It contains files that
MC uses.  If you mess around in there, you can edit things like the
"Media Offline" graphic.
Are you sure that's what he was referring to? The v2020.4 What's New document states: 


Avid MediaFiles Folder Location

With the release of macOS v10.15.x, you cannot write media to the root of the boot drive. Therefore, the default location for the Avid MediaFiles folder has changed with this release. You can now find the Avid MediaFiles folder in the following locations:

• (Windows) drive:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer

• (macOS) /Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer

If you performed an upgrade and Avid MediaFiles already exists at the root, we will continue to use that location. Also, there is no change for non-system disks. We will continue to use the root for the Avid MediaFiles directory.

When they refer to "you cannot write media to the root of the boot drive", I take that to mean that C:\Avid MediaFiles is no longer an option. So, they fixed it to trick the system into using C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer instead. This is bring parity between Win and Mac systems due to a limitation with Catalina and access to the MacOS boot drive.

-- 
kenton van natten, post-production mercenary

Posted by Video Geek Squad at 10:58 AM 0 comments

Re: (Solved... I think) -- Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive

He was referring to the Avid MediaFiles folder that is part of
the program.  It always lives in Users\Public...  It contains files that
MC uses.  If you mess around in there, you can edit things like the
"Media Offline" graphic.
Are you sure that's what he was referring to? The v2020.4 What's New document states: 


Avid MediaFiles Folder Location

With the release of macOS v10.15.x, you cannot write media to the root of the boot drive. Therefore, the default location for the Avid MediaFiles folder has changed with this release. You can now find the Avid MediaFiles folder in the following locations:

• (Windows) drive:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer

• (macOS) /Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer

If you performed an upgrade and Avid MediaFiles already exists at the root, we will continue to use that location. Also, there is no change for non-system disks. We will continue to use the root for the Avid MediaFiles directory.

When they refer to "you cannot write media to the root of the boot drive", I take that to mean that C:\Avid MediaFiles is no longer an option. So, they fixed it to trick the system into using C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer instead. This is bring parity between Win and Mac systems due to a limitation with Catalina and access to the MacOS boot drive.

-- 
kenton van natten, post-production mercenary
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Monday, August 17, 2020

Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive



Thanks Agustín!!
This really helps the confusion.
I'm not sure this was widely communicated.
When I have time, I'm going to make an info graphic about this.
It's confusing for us old timers!


On Aug 17, 2020, at 3:22 PM, Agustin Goya | Wancamp <agustingoya@gmail.com> wrote:

The latest version of Media Composer will store media in C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles by default UNLESS an Avid MediaFiles folder already exists at C: Root
So ig you are in a brand new system with no previous Avid MediaFiles Folder media that you create at C: Drive will go to C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles if not you can still keep using the Avid MediaFiles folder at root as you used to for the las 25+ years.
IIRC this is true since version 2020.

Regards.

 
Agustín Goya
Editor (EDA)

WANCAMP | POST
tel. +54 11 4857 9083   
Skype. agustingoya


On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 7:40 AM bouke <bouke@editb.nl> wrote:
There is another one containing the 'Media Offline' / 'Wrong Format' etc. bitmaps.

Bouke

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On 17 Aug 2020, at 10:29, Roger via groups.io <rogershuff=yahoo.co.uk@groups.io> wrote:

On my test system (Win 10) it is indeed at the root level of the C drive. simplest thing is to launch MC and create a title (old style) and try to save to C.

With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660


On Sunday, 16 August 2020, 22:25:09 BST, Benjamin Hershleder <ben@contactben.com> wrote:





Please Help confirm: 
Location of Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive


Hi gang!

Mac user here, and I'm getting conflicting information about the proper
location on the INTERNAL HD of a Windows 10 system for the Avid MediaFiles folder.

I would have thought it was at the root level of the c\ drive, but I'm also getting
word that it is supposed to go in this path:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles

So, any experts out there able to chime in with the definitive answer?

I appreciate the help!
We're just about to create a Deep Freeze image that will be deployed to about 50 systems . . .
so I'd hate to screw it up! ;)

Thanks again!

-B


Benjamin Hershleder
ContactBen.com




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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 12:42 PM 0 comments

Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive

Good to know.  Thanks.  Reminds me of a line from Blazing Saddles. --J.B.

Agustin Goya | Wancamp wrote:
> The latest version of Media Composer will store media in
> C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles by
> default UNLESS an Avid MediaFiles folder already exists at C: Root
> So ig you are in a brand new system with no previous Avid MediaFiles
> Folder media that you create at C: Drive will go to
> C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles if not
> you can still keep using the Avid MediaFiles folder at root as you
> used to for the las 25+ years.
> IIRC this is true since version 2020.
>
> Regards.
>
> *Agustín Goya*
> Editor (EDA)
>
> WANCAMP | POST
> tel. +54 11 4857 9083
> Skype. agustingoya
> agustingoya@wancamp.com.ar <mailto:agustingoya@wancamp.com.ar>
> wancamp.com.ar <http://www.wancamp.com.ar/>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 7:40 AM bouke <bouke@editb.nl
> <mailto:bouke@editb.nl>> wrote:
>
> There is another one containing the 'Media Offline' / 'Wrong
> Format' etc. bitmaps.
>
> Bouke
>
> Edit 'B / VideoToolShed.com <http://VideoToolShed.com>
> van Oldenbarneveltstraat 33
> 6512 AS  Nijmegen
> +31 6 21817248
>
>> On 17 Aug 2020, at 10:29, Roger via groups.io <http://groups.io>
>> <rogershuff=yahoo.co.uk@groups.io
>> <mailto:rogershuff=yahoo.co.uk@groups.io>> wrote:
>>
>> On my test system (Win 10) it is indeed at the root level of the
>> C drive. simplest thing is to launch MC and create a title (old
>> style) and try to save to C.
>>
>> With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, 16 August 2020, 22:25:09 BST, Benjamin Hershleder
>> <ben@contactben.com <mailto:ben@contactben.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Please Help confirm:
>> Location of Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive
>>
>>
>> Hi gang!
>>
>> Mac user here, and I'm getting conflicting information about the
>> proper
>> location on the INTERNAL HD of a Windows 10 system for the Avid
>> MediaFiles folder.
>>
>> I would have thought it was at the root level of the c\ drive,
>> but I'm also getting
>> word that it is supposed to go in this path:
>> C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles
>>
>> So, any experts out there able to chime in with
>> the definitive answer?
>>
>> I appreciate the help!
>> We're just about to create a Deep Freeze image that will be
>> deployed to about 50 systems . . .
>> so I'd hate to screw it up! ;)
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> -B
>>
>>
>> Benjamin Hershleder
>> ContactBen.com <http://contactben.com/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <c.jpg>
>
>



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Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive

The latest version of Media Composer will store media in C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles by default UNLESS an Avid MediaFiles folder already exists at C: Root
So ig you are in a brand new system with no previous Avid MediaFiles Folder media that you create at C: Drive will go to C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles if not you can still keep using the Avid MediaFiles folder at root as you used to for the las 25+ years.
IIRC this is true since version 2020.

Regards.

 
Agustín Goya
Editor (EDA)

WANCAMP | POST
tel. +54 11 4857 9083   
Skype. agustingoya


On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 7:40 AM bouke <bouke@editb.nl> wrote:
There is another one containing the 'Media Offline' / 'Wrong Format' etc. bitmaps.

Bouke

Edit 'B / VideoToolShed.com
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On 17 Aug 2020, at 10:29, Roger via groups.io <rogershuff=yahoo.co.uk@groups.io> wrote:

On my test system (Win 10) it is indeed at the root level of the C drive. simplest thing is to launch MC and create a title (old style) and try to save to C.

With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660


On Sunday, 16 August 2020, 22:25:09 BST, Benjamin Hershleder <ben@contactben.com> wrote:





Please Help confirm: 
Location of Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive


Hi gang!

Mac user here, and I'm getting conflicting information about the proper
location on the INTERNAL HD of a Windows 10 system for the Avid MediaFiles folder.

I would have thought it was at the root level of the c\ drive, but I'm also getting
word that it is supposed to go in this path:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles

So, any experts out there able to chime in with the definitive answer?

I appreciate the help!
We're just about to create a Deep Freeze image that will be deployed to about 50 systems . . .
so I'd hate to screw it up! ;)

Thanks again!

-B


Benjamin Hershleder
ContactBen.com




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Posted by Video Geek Squad at 12:22 PM 0 comments

Re: (Solved... I think) -- Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive

Kenton,  He was referring to the Avid MediaFiles folder that is part of
the program.  It always lives in Users\Public...  It contains files that
MC uses.  If you mess around in there, you can edit things like the
"Media Offline" graphic.  --J.B.

kenton van natten wrote:
> I always considered it best practices to never use the
> internal/OS/boot drive for any media storage, so this should be a
> non-issue.
> --
> kenton van natten, post-production mercenary
>



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Re: (Solved... I think) -- Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive

I suspect that Ben is in an educational environment, as I am. Different rules apply and we, too, are about to set up a lab full of Windows boxes. On our Macs, the internal drive is partitioned so I'll see if our IT folk will run with that on the PCs.

With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660


On Monday, 17 August 2020, 14:35:24 BST, kenton van natten <kenton.van.natten+avidl2@gmail.com> wrote:


I always considered it best practices to never use the internal/OS/boot drive for any media storage, so this should be a non-issue.
--
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I always considered it best practices to never use the internal/OS/boot drive for any media storage, so this should be a non-issue.
--
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Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive

There is another one containing the 'Media Offline' / 'Wrong Format' etc. bitmaps.

Bouke

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On 17 Aug 2020, at 10:29, Roger via groups.io <rogershuff=yahoo.co.uk@groups.io> wrote:

On my test system (Win 10) it is indeed at the root level of the C drive. simplest thing is to launch MC and create a title (old style) and try to save to C.

With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660


On Sunday, 16 August 2020, 22:25:09 BST, Benjamin Hershleder <ben@contactben.com> wrote:





Please Help confirm: 
Location of Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive


Hi gang!

Mac user here, and I'm getting conflicting information about the proper
location on the INTERNAL HD of a Windows 10 system for the Avid MediaFiles folder.

I would have thought it was at the root level of the c\ drive, but I'm also getting
word that it is supposed to go in this path:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles

So, any experts out there able to chime in with the definitive answer?

I appreciate the help!
We're just about to create a Deep Freeze image that will be deployed to about 50 systems . . .
so I'd hate to screw it up! ;)

Thanks again!

-B


Benjamin Hershleder
ContactBen.com




<c.jpg>

Posted by Video Geek Squad at 3:40 AM 0 comments

Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive

On my test system (Win 10) it is indeed at the root level of the C drive. simplest thing is to launch MC and create a title (old style) and try to save to C.

With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660


On Sunday, 16 August 2020, 22:25:09 BST, Benjamin Hershleder <ben@contactben.com> wrote:





Please Help confirm: 
Location of Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive


Hi gang!

Mac user here, and I'm getting conflicting information about the proper
location on the INTERNAL HD of a Windows 10 system for the Avid MediaFiles folder.

I would have thought it was at the root level of the c\ drive, but I'm also getting
word that it is supposed to go in this path:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles

So, any experts out there able to chime in with the definitive answer?

I appreciate the help!
We're just about to create a Deep Freeze image that will be deployed to about 50 systems . . .
so I'd hate to screw it up! ;)

Thanks again!

-B


Benjamin Hershleder
ContactBen.com




Posted by Video Geek Squad at 1:29 AM 0 comments

Sunday, August 16, 2020

(Solved... I think) -- Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive



Thanks J.B.

After my initial post I went back to see if I could improve my Google-Fu,

Media Composer v2020.4 Update New Features

  • Avid MediaFiles Folder Location
    • (Windows) drive:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer
    • (macOS) /Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer

    • I think this is now an _additional_ location on the internal _system_ drive for the Avid MediaFiles folder.  I was aware that there had been this change/addition on a Mac in order to contend with Catalina, but I was not aware of the change on the PC side (since I work 99% on Mac). So, I was a bit thrown.

    Thanks for your help!

    Cheers,

    Benjamin




    On Aug 16, 2020, at 8:04 PM, JBeck <jb30343@windstream.net> wrote:

    There are two.  The one where your media goes is always at the root
    level of the drive.  The other is in users\public... It contains files
    the system needs.  --J.B.

    Benjamin Hershleder wrote:



    Please Help confirm:
    Location of Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive


    Hi gang!

    Mac user here, and I'm getting conflicting information about the proper
    location on the INTERNAL HD of a Windows 10 system for the Avid
    MediaFiles folder.

    I would have thought it was at the root level of the c\ drive, but I'm
    also getting
    word that it is supposed to go in this path:
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles

    So, any experts out there able to chime in with the definitive answer?

    I appreciate the help!
    We're just about to create a Deep Freeze image that will be deployed
    to about 50 systems . . .
    so I'd hate to screw it up! ;)

    Thanks again!

    -B


    Benjamin Hershleder
    ContactBen.com <http://ContactBen.com>










    Posted by Video Geek Squad at 5:13 PM 0 comments

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    There are two.  The one where your media goes is always at the root
    level of the drive.  The other is in users\public... It contains files
    the system needs.  --J.B.

    Benjamin Hershleder wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    > Please Help confirm:
    > Location of Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive
    >
    >
    > Hi gang!
    >
    > Mac user here, and I'm getting conflicting information about the proper
    > location on the INTERNAL HD of a Windows 10 system for the Avid
    > MediaFiles folder.
    >
    > I would have thought it was at the root level of the c\ drive, but I'm
    > also getting
    > word that it is supposed to go in this path:
    > C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles
    >
    > So, any experts out there able to chime in with the definitive answer?
    >
    > I appreciate the help!
    > We're just about to create a Deep Freeze image that will be deployed
    > to about 50 systems . . .
    > so I'd hate to screw it up! ;)
    >
    > Thanks again!
    >
    > -B
    >
    >
    > Benjamin Hershleder
    > ContactBen.com <http://ContactBen.com>
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >



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    Please Help confirm: 
    Location of Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive


    Hi gang!

    Mac user here, and I'm getting conflicting information about the proper
    location on the INTERNAL HD of a Windows 10 system for the Avid MediaFiles folder.

    I would have thought it was at the root level of the c\ drive, but I'm also getting
    word that it is supposed to go in this path:
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles

    So, any experts out there able to chime in with the definitive answer?

    I appreciate the help!
    We're just about to create a Deep Freeze image that will be deployed to about 50 systems . . .
    so I'd hate to screw it up! ;)

    Thanks again!

    -B


    Benjamin Hershleder
    ContactBen.com




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