Re: [Avid-L2] Media Offline Help Needed

And there are two commands in the file menu: Load Media Database and
Refresh Media Directories - one of these did it for me recently.
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With best wishes,

Roger Shufflebottom
roger@bottom-line.tv
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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

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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@sbcglobal.net
>
>
>

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