• Avid Media Composer

  Xpress Pro Can’t Export Anything – Deperate and Depressed…

  Posted by Steve on November 4, 2005 at 9:58 pm

  Okay – it’s a long one. But I thought the details might save time. Here goes:

  Inherited project from another editor. 14:1, 24P, 16×9. Consolidated media to my G5 and brought project file over. Crashed like hell till I followed the Optimization suggestions. Crashes diminished but flashes occuring in both source and record monitors. These seem embedded into actual frames (not random) – meaning if you match frame a flashed frame on the record side you’ll get it on the source side). Dumped data bases along with MC settings. Helped for a while. Then I accidently allowed Mac Software upgrade to go to QT 7.0.3. Didn’t seem to effect things any worse than they were. Or did it?

  Client asked for a DVD. Couldn’t export.. Period. No Ref movies, or any flavor of QT. Gets hung 1/3 of way. Finally crashed out so badly it destroyed the directories on the G5 HD beyond Disk Warriors (or any other utilities) abilities. Had to reformat drive and reinstall. Everything. No fun. Many hours lost. Brought Lacie and Project to another system. System would not allow sequence to play. Error read: “DECOMP () MOB DESC:MOB IS NULL”

  You could see the sequence – but not play it. Tried exporting on this system and it hung – 1/3 of the way through.

  Last night, back on my system, reinstalled all software – stayed with QT 7.0.2 (per Avid). I recopied OMFI folder (drag and drop overwrite this time from other editors drive). Flashes are back. STILL can’t export anything.

  Is there something I’m missing? If there’s corrupt media is there a fast way to determine where? Does getting hung consistently 1/3 of the way into an export indicate corrupt media file? Or is this just 4.8.1.? Do I recapture all media?

  Thanks in advance.

  Steve

  William Busby replied 20 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  William Busby

  November 5, 2005 at 8:57 am

  “If there’s corrupt media is there a fast way to determine where?”

  check all of your OMFI directories for any files that may have a + sign at the beginning of the file name.

  If so, you can try what I’ve had success with in the past:

  copy those files to a temp drive if possible & delete them from the original drive.
  on the temp drive you copied to, remove the + sign from files & save.
  move those files back to the original drive & chances are you should be good to go.

  good luck,
  Bill

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