Return-Path: Received: from [216.70.64.41] (HELO n11.mail01.mtsvc.net) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4667498 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:23:38 +0200 Received: from cpe-76-169-93-245.socal.res.rr.com ([76.169.93.245]:46269 helo=[10.0.1.3]) by n11.mail01.mtsvc.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1SCJGQ-00024h-Nb for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:23:51 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [AE] Problem with AE 5 footage path between Windows and OSX From: Michael Murphy In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:23:49 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Authenticated-User: 955966 murphy@meomi.com Thanks Jim, I did a search and replace in Textedit, replacing "J:" with = "FIREWIRE02:" (the name of the drive), but when I open the file in AE, I = get an error that the file is corrupt. Is there any specific way i need = to save the AE file from Textedit mm On Mar 26, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: > Oh, and you CAN open an aep in TextWrangler, or TextEdit, but that's = about all I can add. I understand a lot of the words, but I wouldn't = know what to do with them. I guess search for "J:" and try replacing = with the name of the drive that contains your project. Be sure to "Save = As" in case this blows up your neighborhood. >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Mar 26, 2012, at 6:02 PM, Michael Murphy wrote: >=20 >> Hello, >>=20 >> I've been using AE on both Windows and Macs for years, using MacDrive = with little problems. Today I tried to open an AE file that I created on = a Windows 7 machine on my Lion machine, and all the footage is missing, = as AE has saved the file path of the footage with a PC drive letter of = J: instead of the name of the drive and OSX is ignoring this. I have = NEVER had this problem before in over 7 years of using this workflow. I = would find and replace the footage, but there are hundreds of files in = various directories, so that is really impossible. To make matters = worse, my Windows machine has just died so I can't open the and change = it there >>=20 >> I'm pretty certain that there is no way to find and replace the file = path in AE. Is it possible to edit the AE file in any way to fix this = problem (I don't think AE files are text editable?) >>=20 >> Open to any ideas!!! >>=20 >> Thanks, >>=20 >> mm >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to