Re: (Solved... I think) -- Re: [Avid-L2] Please Help confirm: Avid MediaFiles folder on Windows 10 Internal Drive

Hello all, 

Thanks to confirmation from Agustín Goya, 

and a contact I have at Avid, 

the following is true as of MC version 2020.4:

PC USERS:

The latest version of Media Composer will store media in C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles by default UNLESS an Avid MediaFiles folder already exists at C:\ Root Level.

In other words: if you are on a brand new system with no previous Avid MediaFiles Folder on the C:\ Drive, then Avid MC will place it at C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer\Avid MediaFiles 

**** You _can_ still keep using the Avid MediaFiles folder at the Root Level of the system drive as you have for the last 30 years. This is a change that only came into being as of v2020.4.

MAC USERS:

On Catalina the path you must use if media is stored on the internal system drive is:  /Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer

Cheers all! 

Stay well; stay safe!

Benjamin

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Benjamin Hershleder

ContactBen.com

On Aug 18, 2020, at 10:03 AM, kenton van natten <kenton.van.natten+AvidL2@gmail.com> wrote:

He was referring to the Avid MediaFiles folder that is part of
the program.  It always lives in Users\Public...  It contains files that
MC uses.  If you mess around in there, you can edit things like the
"Media Offline" graphic.

Are you sure that's what he was referring to? The v2020.4 What's New document states: 


Avid MediaFiles Folder Location

With the release of macOS v10.15.x, you cannot write media to the root of the boot drive. Therefore, the default location for the Avid MediaFiles folder has changed with this release. You can now find the Avid MediaFiles folder in the following locations:

• (Windows) drive:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer

• (macOS) /Users/Shared/AvidMediaComposer

If you performed an upgrade and Avid MediaFiles already exists at the root, we will continue to use that location. Also, there is no change for non-system disks. We will continue to use the root for the Avid MediaFiles directory.

When they refer to "you cannot write media to the root of the boot drive", I take that to mean that C:\Avid MediaFiles is no longer an option. So, they fixed it to trick the system into using C:\Users\Public\Documents\Avid Media Composer instead. This is bring parity between Win and Mac systems due to a limitation with Catalina and access to the MacOS boot drive.

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kenton van natten, post-production mercenary