Trouble reading “some” P2 files…..

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Do you still have the original files on P2 or backed up to another drive? What method did you use to import them into Avid?

[Kelsey Smith]

Yes I do still have the original P2 files backed up on a drive. I even trashed the ones that were offline and transfered them again, still offline. Very strange……. When I transfered the files, I just copied the files into the MXF-1 folder of the Avid media files. All the other clips are fine. The work around I found was to open them up in FCP, export to a QT file, then import them into a bin, worked, but not the best solution! Have you experienced this before?

Cheers,
Kelsey

[Accountneedsrealnameupdate]

Yes, it’s happened to me a couple of times. I’m still not sure what caused it, but as I recall, the fix that worked for me was to not only delete the clips from a bin, but to delete the source material in the MXF\1 directory as well. Just deleting the clip and selecting delete source material from Avid did not do it. You need to right click on the clip and select reveal file to find all of the source files, then close Avid and use the OS to delete the files from MXF\1. Re-launch Avid and use media tool to try to bring the files in again. I had been using windows to copy the mxf files into the \1 directory, exactly the way the Avid online tutorial tells you to, but I think it’s better to use consolidate to do it. Use the media tool as usual, but once the clips are up in media tool, select them and consolidate them BEFORE moving them to a bin. Consolidate to the drive you would have otherwise copied them too, then drag them into a bin. I’ve just started using this method, (thanks to the advice of someone here), and so far it seems to be quicker, easier and more reliable.

Best of luck and I hope this helps.