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Subject: Re: [AE] Problem with AE 5 footage path between Windows and OSX
From: Brian Maffitt <brian@totaltraining.com>
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:34:48 -0400
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A pity there's no way to open the original back on the PC, because once =
you did, you could simply "collect files" to consolidate everything into =
an easily-portable, cross-platform package.

Brian

> Michael, you're going to need somebody more capable than me to answer =
that.  I was just making a guess that you could change the drive name in =
a text editor.  I'm probably over my head just making that speculation.  =
As far as I know, saving the document in TextEdit may convert it to a =
plain text document, where what you need it to do is save it as an aep.  =
But again, I'm clutching at straws here, and throwing ideas out until =
somebody more experienced with this can chime in.
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> On Mar 26, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Michael Murphy wrote:
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>> Thanks Jim,
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>> 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
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>> mm
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>> On Mar 26, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Jim Curtis wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>> On Mar 26, 2012, at 6:02 PM, Michael Murphy wrote:
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>>>> Hello,
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>>>> 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
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>>>> 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?)
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>>>> Open to any ideas!!!
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>>>> Thanks,
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>>>> mm
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