This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: Media Composer hangs when starting

Friday, June 15, 2012

[Avid-L2] Re: Media Composer hangs when starting

Thanks everyone for the helpful responses!

I renamed the Avid Mediafiles folder and this worked. Thanks Robert.

Saved my bacon. Can't express my relief and gratitude.

Keith

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Dom Q. Silverio" <domqsilverio@...> wrote:
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> Also, try changing the permission of the system drive to give yourself
> R/W. BUT NOT "apply to enclosed items".
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> Dom Q. Silverio
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> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Robert Ferguson <robertf@...>wrote:
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> > Howdy-
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> > Seems to happen often to my clients.
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> > Try renaming the Avid Mediafiles folder so that MC can't see it. Then see
> > if MC will start up.
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> > If yes, import a graphic or something small to cause MC to create new
> > folders. You could just create them yourself, but I always let MC do it.
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> > Move your media files, but none of the databases or folders to the new
> > folder. (The 1 folder inside the Avid Mediafiles folder.) See if it works.
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> > If yes, you had a corrupted folder which I've seen a lot of in MC 6.
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> > If no, you probably have corrupted media. In this which case you need to
> > move it into the media folder a few files at a time and let the databases
> > rebuild until you find the bad file or files. Look for any files that are
> > 0K in size. Sure sign of being a bad file.
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> > Robert
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> > On Jun 15, 2012, at 10:04 AM, keithlock@... wrote:
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> > > I'm using MC 6.01 and Mac 10.7.4 Lion. Media Composer hangs when doing
> > the initial scanning of the Avid Media files on start up.
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> > > I've tried erasing msmFMID and msmMMOB files and have reinstalled Avid
> > Media Composer, but the problem is still there.
> > >
> > > At the time it happened I was opening transcoded Epic files which I
> > created from an EDL in Redcini X.
> > >
> > > Has this ever happened to anybody else? Any suggestions would be much
> > appreciated.
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> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Keith
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