Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Re: [Avid-L2] Avid Media on external drive not opening in MC

 


On Dec 6, 2011, at 7:40 PM, David wrote:

> we received an external drive from a client and there are multiple
bins & XML files on it, but I do not believe that there is a true Avid
project file on the disk. It almost looks like someone was archiving
bins & their corresponding media to this drive.
> When opening the bins, on MC 5.5 on a MacBook Pro, the bins open,
all the metadata seems to be connecting yet the media is still
appearing as offline. I even tried creating a new project, on the
external drive, and opening the bins that way, but still media is
offline.
> Any thoughts or suggestions ?

I offer:

Bin files and XML files are not media. If the media is not on the
drive and you open one of those bins, you'll see that the media is
offline.

Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
NBC Today Show, New York

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