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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 22:20:28 -0400
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I'll let my wife know, she'll be happy to hear it! :D

B

> Hello listers,
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> Thanks for everyone who chimed in to help. Managed through peripheral =
removal and/or repeated incantations to get the PC booted long enough to =
get the project consolidated and opened on my old but stable mac.
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> Brian, I still hear the Total Training singers sometimes when I am =
working on an effect with particular pizazz.
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> Dappa doo woooowww!!!
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> mm
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> On Mar 26, 2012, at 5:07 PM, Michael Murphy wrote:
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>> Thanks for all you help guys.
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>> Yes, it's crazy that my PC has nosedived, otherwise I would do just =
that. I'm in panic mode as I'm to deliver this project this evening (I =
still have work to do) so of course I'm not thinking straight. I've just =
never had this particular problem. Quite worried that if I don't get =
this PC working (quite possible) that I will never be able to get this =
file in shape again.
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>> mm
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>> On Mar 26, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Brian Maffitt wrote:
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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.
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>>> Brian
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>>>> 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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