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‘clean up operation’
I need to reinstall both the Mac and the Avid Xpress pro on my G5, as a clean up operation. But I have to save files from an Avid project first (bins, timelines, photos etc). Please help me understand the following:
1) How do we save the actual files/pictures which are the contents of a bin?
2) How do we (after backing up these files) put the project together again (ie how do we piece together the files in 1) & re-import into the Avid?
3) In addition to bins and files in 1), is there anything else we need to save then re-import & set-up Avid after a clean re-install?
Thank you for your help!
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This is where your personal media management habits will come into play. If you’ve kept all your ‘graphics’ (I include still photos, motion graphics – anything you imported into projects) in one place, just copy to an external media drive/disc. If you’ve been a little careless with your original source files, you will have to hunt for each one. This is only an issue if you need to re-import media. Your Avid has created it’s own media and stored it on your media drives.
As long as your media is on external drives it’s really no problem. If you’ve used your system drive (and most people have saved an effect or two there), look for a folder called ‘OMFI files’. Open the folder and delete the media database files (there will be two – .msm & .mdb) and the ‘creating’ folder. Then copy ALL the media to an external drive – prefereably your media drive ‘OMFI folder’. It’s a good idea at this point to delete your media database files on your media drive as well. (if you have any media whose file name starts with a ‘+’, you can delete that as well – it’s corrupted)
-Go to your Applications folder (assuming you’ve put your software there), find the Avid folder. If you want your personal settings, (the folder is called whatever your settings are called) copy it to a disc. Don’t worry about site settings – I’m assuming you’re going through all this because something is screwy on your system. You also need to copy your project files to a disc. THIS IS KEY!!!!! It should be in a folder called ‘Avid Projects’. Copy the whole folder.
-Rebuild your hard drive.
-Reinstall your Avid software
-Copy your project files back to your hard drive. You should put it back in the same place, for the sake of argument.
-Start your Avid software. You will see, in addition to the start up scripts, a white box saying ‘scanning media drives’. This is Avid finding out where everything is. It may take a long time, depending on how much media you have.
Viola’! Yor are ready to rock and or roll. Keep in mind, your media is key. Deleting the media database files forces the Avid to reasess what it has on the media drives. You may have an effect or two offline, but a quick render should fix that.
Let us know how it went, and don’t hesitate to ask more questions!
Jon
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Thank you. You’re a star!
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