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Subject: Re: [AE] Ae CC (12.0) won't import footage
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:09:51 -0500
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I know this looks like I'm having a conversation with myself, but this =
AJA Adobe plug for CC situation has gotten worse than ever.

After restoring the plug-in, and achieving satisfaction for a few hours =
yesterday, my ENTIRE COMPUTER became very sluggish and unresponsive.  I =
could move the mouse, but I couldn't do anything in Ae CC.  Switching to =
other apps was slow, and they were very sluggish.  I thought I had an OS =
problem.

I forced my computer to reboot with the power switch, and the computer =
then functioned OK. =20

I deleted the AJA Adobe plug-in before launching Ae CC, and was able to =
finish my work.

That plug in for Ae is bad news.  It does continue to work OK in Pr, =
though.

I'm still not sure if Ae or the AJA plug-in is the problem, but the fact =
it works great in Pr tends to steer me in the direction of Ae.

Would be interested to hear experiences from other AJA or even BMD users =
with Ae CC and external i/o cards or devices.


On Jun 27, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Jim Curtis wrote:

> FYI, I may have jumped the gun giving the all clear on this issue.
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> I just exported a countdown leader from Pr CC in ProRes, and tried to =
import it into Ae CC, and I got the same error message.  I proceeded =
directly to delete the AJA folder in the Ae CC Plug-ins folder, and I =
was able to import the movie after a relaunch.
>=20
> So, next=85 I quit Ae, and unzipped the AJA folder that contained the =
AJA Adobe driver that I had zipped right after a clean install.
>=20
> I was then able to reopen the project and use the external monitoring =
feature.
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> This leads me to conclude that the AJA Adobe plug in gets corrupted =
fairly easily.  What I'm not certain about, though, is whether the AJA =
driver is defective, or whether it's Ae that's corrupting it.  So, I'm =
not sure where to file the bug report.
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> -=20
> On a related note:
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> Pr prefs get corrupted so easily (several times per day, some times) =
that I have a similar refresh strategy that puts me back in business =
after a quit, refresh prefs and relaunch routine. =20
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> In case anybody is interested, my method is to launch Pr with a clean =
set of prefs, adjust them how I want them, and then before starting any =
work on projects, zip the prefs, and create an alias to the enclosing =
folder on my desktop.  That way, I can quit Pr, open the prefs folder, =
trash the prefs, unzip the "clean modified" prefs, and relaunch Pr.  I =
do lose the Recent Items, but that's a small price to pay.
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> With Digital Rebellion's Preference Manager, I was able to refresh =
prefs about as easily with CS6 and previous, but it's not yet been =
updated for CC.
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> On Jun 23, 2013, at 7:20 PM, Todd Kopriva wrote:
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>> Good to know.
>>=20
>> Please, everyone, spread the word that folks with AJA components need =
to get the updated versions.
>>=20
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On =
Behalf Of
>>> Jim Curtis
>>> Sent: Sunday, 23 June 2013 16:27
>>> To: After Effects Mail List
>>> Subject: Re: [AE] Ae CC (12.0) won't import footage
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>>> Following up on this:
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>>> I noticed the AJA 10.4.5 Control Panel was now available for =
download.  I
>>> installed it and reinstalled the AJA Adobe plugin 10.4.5 again, and =
now I can
>>> import ProRes movies without the error, and I got my external =
monitoring
>>> back.
>>>=20
>>> Yay!
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