This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: Attic Weirdness- Is it a bad Gotcha?

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

[Avid-L2] Re: Attic Weirdness- Is it a bad Gotcha?

Thanks Steve. I think maybe the name might have something to do with it so I have changed the name to _____Current Sequence.

But why only that bin and why does it stop saving all of a sudden? BTW, it's a big ongoing project and I had reached number 999 in the attic numbering and then it stopped but after three weeks of editing with NO saved bins evidently then it reset to 001 and then stayed there. Number 001 was saved when I rebooted the computer.

Also there's no one else on the machine. Two years ago I decided to get out of the TV rat race and into feature docs and have been editing at home here in the mountains ever since, so there are no other editors on the machine.

I don't quite follow what you mean by changing the bin setting in the site settings. Could it be that I have two big projects (and a couple of small ones) using the same bin name?

My client says mercury is in retrograde. Maybe that's it.

T

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Steve Hullfish wrote:
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> Here's a thought:
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> Hopefully I'm completely off-base... I would guess that I am...
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> In your bin settings, you choose the number of bins to save overall, and then the number of versions of a specific bin.
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> (In the book I'm writing now, I have a formula for coming up with the proper number for these choices.)
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> What if the Avid is taking a bin name that could be used across multiple projects and is limiting the actual NAME across multiple projects. For example, you said that the problem bin is "___LATEST CUT.avb" It would be pretty common to have that exact same bin name in dozens of projects. I usually have a bin called "Current Sequence" in every bin. I'd be shocked if this was the problem because it would be a very prevalent problem for a lot of people that have pretty standard workflows.
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> The idea that the name of the bin itself could be hindering the Attic is a very good path to pursue. I remember a bin name was my undoing on another strange problem I was having.
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> The other thing that could be happening here, especially with multiple editors working on the same Avid, is that the settings for how many versions of bins and how many bins are saved are USER SETTINGS. That means that if a new user goes on and has some tiny number of saved bins, every time they log on, they're going to wipe out a large number of bins with their user setting. I always make that setting a SITE setting so that this doesn't happen on my machines. (It's been a while since I've tested this behavior, but I'm pretty sure it still exists.)
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> Steve Hullfish
> contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
> author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
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> On Feb 26, 2013, at 1:23 PM, "Tony Breuer" wrote:
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> > Hi Shirley,
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> > Thanks for the reply. I was beginning to think nobody read my post.
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> > Let me know what you find when you go back to your job.
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> > I'm also working on a second feature doc. I've cut some promotional webisodes for one of the corporate sponsors. I juts finished outputting another webisode and decided to check the Attic folders, and sure enough there is the exact same problem with the bin labeled _____LATEST CUT.avb
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> > (I use the underscores asa way of moving bins to the top of the Project Window).
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> > Only that bin is not backing up to the Attic. All the rest are fine.
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> > This is NOT good.
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> > From now on I'm going to check the attic folder regularly.
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> > Tony
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> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
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> > > I've had some strange Attic failures of late myself, I think on 6.5 (I didn't take a good look at my client's version). I'm off work right now, but maybe when I got back in a week I'll double check as I go to make sure it's updating. Thanks for the heads up.
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