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Target HDD not listed in Transcode window
Hello:
I have been using Avid for the past 6 months to transcode and timeline projects. Recently, I have had an issue trying to Transcode on 3 computers.
The issue is, when I go to create my folders and bins and AMA link to XMF files, the external HDD I am trying to transcode the AMA linked files to will not list the external HDD.
On one computer, the drive never lists and I have never been able to transcode with it. While the other 2 computers have a similar issue with a couple differences. The first bin I transcode to will list the HDD and I successfully transcode my first bin. As soon as I do the next bin, it no longer lists the HDD and I have to do all of the following: Close Avid, turn off HDD bay, restart computer.
I am slowly getting work done by importing every single video file into 1 bin and transcode every file, then organize them after transcoding.
Here is some info about the computers:
Os: OSX 10.11.3
Avid: 8.6.3, one computer has version 8.6.1
The MXF video files, avid project, transcoded footage are all on the same drive.This process has been working fine just until recently.
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4 Replies
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You’ve tried multiple computers…have you tried a different drive? Sounds like a permission issue, or simply a drive on its last leg.
Plug in a new drive and try again…or try a test to your desktop.
Glenn
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Thanks for the reply!
Finally, I slowly got all bins transcoded.
As you suggested, I have other drives now transcoding properly. It seems like it is an issue with those 2 drives. Which seems weird to me because typically, a drive on it’s last legs will have trouble connecting to the computer.
Those 2 drives connect to the computer flawlessly, and open the avid project files flawlessly. Any reason why transcoding would be an isolated issue?
I have my project files backed up in case of failure, and will instruct the other editors to do the same.
Meanwhile, the computer that NEVER lists the external HDD as a target to transcode to, any ideas with that? The computer is only a few months old, as is the Avid install, the issue was there from the beginning. So I doubt an avid reinstall would do anything.
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so you can read from those drives, you just cant write to them…still sounds like a permissions problem.
How are the drives formatted?
If you look at the sharing for the drive, do you have full permission?Glenn
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Good thought
I took a look at the 2 issue drives and under ;permissions’ there are 3 users listed. 1.) The user profile of the computer. 2.) Staff and 3.) Everyone. 1 and 2 are both ‘Read & Write’ while 3 is ‘Read Only’
I will note that I looked at 3 other drives that are perfectly fine and they have the exact same permission settings. All HDDs are under a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format.
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