--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Nigel Gourley" <avid-l@...> wrote:
>
> Ah this sounds like permissions. If everything is there but offline and you
> have done all the database refreshing things.
>
>
>
> The easiest way is to mount the drives back on the machine they came from
> and change the permissions to everyone. If not you need to take ownership of
> the files by being an administrator first and then change permissions to
> everyone.
>
>
>
> As below except you need to be the owner to do this change I think..
>
>
>
> N
>
>
>
> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Jason Newman
> Sent: 15 June 2010 21:27
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Avid-L2] Media Offline Help Needed
>
>
>
>
>
> One other thing that has worked for me (in windows vista 64bit or other win
> OS) is setting the security's.
>
> If the media was transferred over a network and the media was not showing
> up. This could be similar to your situation as they are on an external
> drive.
>
> If in Win you can go to explorer and turn off simple file sharing. (under
> folder options)
>
> Then go to the drive that has the media and right click the highest folder
> in the tree and R click properties. Then go to security Tab, add "everyone"
> and check the boxes to read and write to all. Then click apply, restart avid
> and you should be good...
>
> If you have more than one folder in the drive then apply to each one. Also
> make sure you apply to each subfolder if it asks you.
>
> I am not sure if this will fix your issue but it has helped me when I knew
> the media was there and it would not show up in Avid.
>
> For some reason the Avid and win do not play together unless all the setting
> are right... go figure...
>
> Jason
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
> Behalf Of
> Dylan Reeve
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:48 AM
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Media Offline Help Needed
>
> Building on what the others have said...
>
> With Avid started, open Windows explorer (or Mac finder if you're rolling
> that way) and delete the MSM databases from the Avid MediaFiles/MXF/1 (and
> ..2/...3 etc) on each drive then switch back to Avid. It should immedately
> start rebuilding the media databases.
>
> Hopefully once that's done your media will be back online.
>
> If not then open up the Media Tool, select "All Projects" (just in case the
> clips are associated with a different project name) and the drives you have
> been supplied. The Media Tool should list all the clips you're looking for -
> that's good. If it doesn't they Avid can't "see" the media, and there are
> other things going on (look at file permissions, drive formatting if on a
> Mac - NTFS could be an issue, directory structure).
>
> If you have all the media in Media Tool, but your sequence isn't relinking
> then there is a technique I use that seems to work very well for me...
>
> Create a new bin called "all clips" or something.
> Drag all master clips that Media Tool found into that bin. Close Media Tool.
> Duplicate your master sequence into that bin (Alt-drag is easiest way).
> Select all clips and master sequence in the bin, right click on the sequence
> and choose 'Relink'
> In the Relink options, select the "Relink to selected" option and unselect
> the options for limiting to this project, and matching case in tape names.
>
> This is the most reliable method of relinking I know of, it forces Media
> Composer to look at the clips you have selected.
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Roger Shufflebottom
> <rogshuff@... <mailto:rogshuff%40gmail.com> >wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > And there are two commands in the file menu: Load Media Database and
> > Refresh Media Directories - one of these did it for me recently.
> > +++
> > With best wishes,
> >
> > Roger Shufflebottom
> > roger@... <mailto:roger%40bottom-line.tv>
> <roger%40bottom-line.tv>
> > http://www.bottom-line.tv
> >
> >
> > On 15 Jun 2010, at 07:11, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:
> >
> > Warning: "Scattershot Approach" ahead ;-)
> >
> > - Open the Console (Tools Menu) and type ALLDRIVES, then hit Return
> > (not Enter) to make sure that all drives and partitions are being
> > recognized as media drives.
> >
> > - Rather than just reloading and refreshing the Databases from the
> > FIle menu, go into the Media Files folder(s) and trash the two MSM
> > database files. Then relaunch MC.
> >
> > - See if there's any media in the OMFI Media Files folder. Possibly
> > that's the stuff offline?
> > - If the above is true, then throw both MSM database files away and
> > relaunch MC.
> > - Also make sure that the OMFI MediaFIles folder is properly labeled as
> > OMFI MediaFiles
> >
> > Also make sure that the MXF files are living within the correct path,
> > and that folders are properly labeled:
> > Avid MediaFiles > MXF > 1 > [files go here]
> >
> > - When you Relink, be sure to DE-select the following (I'm referencing
> > v3.5 as I write this BTW, in case there are any difference in your
> > version):
> > Relink only to media from current project
> > Match case when comparing tape names
> >
> > - While I can't imagine that the cause would be user settings or the
> > MCState file, it can't hurt to at least rule those out. Make new user
> > settings and trash the MCState file and then relaunch MC.
> >
> > That's all I have . . . I hope it might help.
> >
> > B
> >
> > Benjamin Hershleder
> > http://ContactBen.com
> > http://Hershleder.com
> >
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> >
> > On Jun 14, 2010, at 10:47 PM, David Dodson wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I got a short film project delivered to me on a couple of Firewire
> > > drives. I hook it all up to my MC4 system here at home but almost
> > > everything is the dreaded 'Media Offline.'
> > >
> > > I've tried relinking and loading the media databases, etc. but no
> > > luck. All the media is present and accounted for in the MXF folders.
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me what their normal trouble-shooting process is on
> > > these kinds of situations? Sadly, I'm a little out of my depth here
> > > after having tried the standard remedies.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks,
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > David Dodson
> > > davidadodson@... <mailto:davidadodson%40sbcglobal.net>
> <davidadodson%40sbcglobal.net>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> >
>
> --
> Dylan Reeve
> http://dylanreeve.com/
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