This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: Feature film edit stuck in "mounting volumn" loop

I'm from New Orleans originally, so if a sacrificial chicken is called for I am open to it. Maybe the thought of it did the trick. The film project loaded... well, after closing the bins and rebuilding the msm database. Love the tip to start the project holding the opt key down to close bins. I will definitely use that down the road!

I'll probably put a chicken on the BBQ tonight, and build a shrine to Avid L-2.

THANK YOU ALL for your prompt help!!

Roberto
FYI, our working trailer: http://vimeo.com/40844162

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "johnrobmoore" <bigfish@...> wrote:
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> What no sacrificial chicken. Heck even KFC will do in a pinch. I like the pop corn chicken it's sooooo natural. I'd say do the same renaming of the AvidMediafiles folder on the SSD drive with the renders. I usually just stuff the folders into a new folder to take them off the root of the drive. Maybe take them both out off Avid's sight and restart. Also when you start the project hold down opt/alt so Avid will open with all the bins closed. Then try opening one bin at a time. If it still won't launch try the new project and open the bins from it as someone has already suggested. Do you have some other projects that do open?
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Benjamin Hershleder <Ben@> wrote:
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> > I can only suggest the usual suspects:
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> > 1- New User settings
> > 2- Quit Avid, then trash media databases (the 2 msm files inside each Avid MediaFiles folder). Relaunch Avid and those will rebuild.
> > 3- Check permissions on the drives (cmd-i). I've had weirdness where permissions (on a mac) would change on their own for a drive and cause problems.
> > 4- If on a mac, also use Disk Utility to rebuild the permissions, then do a full restart of the system.
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> > Those are some of the usual things to try . . . anyone have any others that I'm forgetting at the moment?
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> > HTH,
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> > On May 7, 2013, at 6:05 PM, roberto.miller@ wrote:
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> > > Thanks for responding, Terence. I searched the project folder and didn't find "Avid Mediafiles" there. However, I did find an "Avid Mediafiles" on my main media drive and also one on my Avid Media Drive.
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> > > A few weeks ago I bought an SSD drive and thought it might help performance to have all Avid media renders go to it, and it's been working fine till now.
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> > > To test, I just renamed the "Avid Mediafiles" on my main media drive, and relaunched. Some clips and renders were off-line, but the "mounting volume loop" problem was still present.
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> > > Thanks for the suggestion, though. Happy to try further ones!
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> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@> wrote:
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> > > > You probably have a folder labelled "Avid Mediafiles" in your project folder. Move it out and the problem will go away.
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> > > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "roberto.miller@" <roberto@> wrote:
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> > > > > Shooting this flare into the air in hopes that one or more seasoned pros have some insight that will help us get back to cutting our film.
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> > > > > Upon loading our project I get:
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> > > > > "This volume has not yet been mounted by the application. You can either mount all volumes or load another project." It would be nice if it said which volume...
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> > > > > Clicking "Mount all Volumes" leads to: "The volume was not found after mounting all volumes"
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> > > > > Clicking OK leads to an infinitely repeating loop. Usually.
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> > > > > I thought it might be due to a couple of minor VFX clips I received and put put into the last edit, but I took them off-line and the problem remains.
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> > > > > Ideas to address this?
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> > > > > System and Project stats:
> > > > > - MC 6.5.2 on Mac PB running 10.8.2, i7 core, Thunderbolt to 6TB media drive and a 255GB SSD drive for media renders
> > > > > - we are 95% AMA linked to Apple ProRes clips (which has been working fairly well for our production clips, despite 45 seconds to close any bin).
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> > > > > Any help GREATLY appreciated!! Same for pointers to an Avid tech, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > Roberto Miller
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