Thanks,
David
On Jun 15, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Terence Curren wrote:
> Might be, but permissions issues usually rear their ugly heads with error messages when you land on the clip in a timeline.
>
> --- 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/
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
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>
>
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