From: "Byron Nash" Received: from mail-qk1-f171.google.com ([209.85.222.171] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7501373 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:50:28 +0100 Received: by mail-qk1-f171.google.com with SMTP id h4so3766585qkm.0 for ; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 07:50:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=TyofxLXF9WGKURWitIwy562lZ7t+9dx4N9calxF0/2g=; b=etq9wPG0wMDPK8TUS3rD3iR/M7+ZvFzfJLaX8JAWNvz60DNqE4qwMrR7RfHj8cO35B cP5VXM4wM5SVdsTJU93IkfkppHNzs9DxFyGdW643eRn1ISi9sQVG2lKHzRc8j+Dvntpc jxAO47qcDkFvlYdQF0c71faOjJB8OaBgADOXg8XfrpagCwZG9DbjxNO5vX4fWN7hL9Jc 5N30sF1Rhg6gIUSBHvtKleMBBnzeRVIEb/To+T6CSnGI3FPff2SB3rIL6GZEYP5v2p4z fiUvFq8KqSJdE+sLk+jf7oQNPCCgR472Tujk7/z/Me7l0Q8ZmlnZ1C+BvzlzbAHTNYAN VMNw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=TyofxLXF9WGKURWitIwy562lZ7t+9dx4N9calxF0/2g=; b=Mltc8Qi1JARAUJ4G9tRfrAqExBTyI+J/CwujFXNTs3bQR1Z3QZzjsycHwgOV8ThyEj MTajXE7Ke8buHvzeupAjnNnXsab6eOeYxr+e8AIRxtiA2Uhnjywdf2Y0IkqOaJFX5IvQ BnKDsYeO30rQAei3CYVa992n6MFTRS56yco6xARL58viWZ6g5nEDGDXB7OAz5nLQYt6+ oDIMxZA06ZRu0QLv7HmiOwZ0XynHJzzVo+tr4adLxyJo4ZeGLIi7FFRQKSQvozmOX+jZ yqLn2EqeUUrP1rsOjZXDqcsit16xhY3AhD1PNqcsvk1aIxaMeaAErJPK5MuNhz0Lwkyg piiA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWonPa1HDPviGLAOeGCR0WH3GAgzha5AuXUjsq0JVJU7dQwboEH iGm0pu+kxK7U2FbnzSWXLx6Wm2SVeoT222OGT06qyTKA X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqz/P/fq0SvivZuwIhNnrdRr7Uu8PuiymGwNFV45MmaNA5mFD5OJrckQMbAzJomWpXls0geZQrOfYvhamGAJfjU= X-Received: by 2002:ae9:efcc:: with SMTP id d195mr24005075qkg.416.1580745026368; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 07:50:26 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 10:50:15 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] very long opens with CC2019 Windows missing files To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000c6f8b5059dade17b" --000000000000c6f8b5059dade17b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Our problems mostly arise from having to open years old files. Also, we keep everything on a server. Over the years that server may have changed names or the structure of the folders has shifted. Artists also can't ever seem refrain from importing files from all over tarnation as well. The likelihood that every file is still intact since the last time a project was opened is near zero. This wasn't an issue until recently. If I open older files with 2015 they open in a snap. On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 1:50 PM Glen Tubbesing wrote: > One thing to remember is that moving a drive from one computer to another > may result in changes that confuse your computer. If a portable drive is > Drive K in your desktop computer and Drive D in your laptop, you will > always have to relink the files when you go from one machine to the next. > Note what drive letter is assigned to that drive on your main work machin= e, > then set it to that same drive letter when you install it in the other. > Right-click on My Computer on your desktop and click on Manage and go to > Disk Management, or, if you're using Windows 10, right-click the start > button and select Disk Management from the secret menu. Then, click Acti= on > on the pull-down menu, select All Tasks->Change Drive Letters and Paths, > and set the drive letter to the same as your work computer. > > Thanks, > Glen > > > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 9:29 AM jpcurtis wrote: > >> Just a thought: You could try to move all your linked footage, or renam= e >> the containing folder/directory, and have the project open with missing >> media, and then relink it after the project is open. >> >> Then, I=E2=80=99d suggest immediately Saving As..., in case the project = is >> corrupted. >> >> You could also try importing the slow Project into a new Project. >> >> >> >> On Jan 31, 2020, at 11:21 AM, scott.aelist >> wrote: >> >> I brought a bunch of projects to a live show and had the same problem. >> Any project that needed to have footage relinked would take 15 - 30 minu= tes >> to open. It would have been better if you could force AE to load a proje= ct >> without linking anything and then relink manually. It's a serious proble= m. >> >> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 7:38 AM Byron Nash wrote= : >> >>> We are having persistent issues opening projects that have missing >>> footage. It seems to have popped up for us with CC2019 on Windows. If I= try >>> to open a project, especially one from an earlier AE version, and it ha= s >>> any missing footage, it takes an eternity to open. Sometimes over an ho= ur. >>> These are not projects that should take more than a few seconds to open= . It >>> behaves better when we try it on our one iMac here. Has anyone found th= is >>> issue as well or found a way to fix it? It's a severe hindrance to say = the >>> least. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Byron >>> >> >> --000000000000c6f8b5059dade17b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Our problems mostly arise from having to open years old fi= les. Also, we keep everything on a server. Over the years that server may h= ave changed names or the structure=C2=A0of the folders has shifted. Artists= also can't ever seem refrain from importing files from all over tarnat= ion as well. The likelihood=C2=A0that every file is still intact since the = last time a project was opened is near zero. This wasn't an issue until= recently. If I open older files with 2015 they open in a snap.=C2=A0
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On Fri= , Jan 31, 2020 at 1:50 PM Glen Tubbesing <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
One thing to remember is that moving a dri= ve from one computer to another may result in changes that confuse your com= puter.=C2=A0 If a portable drive is Drive K in your desktop computer and Dr= ive D in your laptop, you will always have to relink the files when you go = from one machine to the next.=C2=A0 Note what drive letter is assigned to t= hat drive on your main work machine, then set it to that same drive letter = when you install it in the other.=C2=A0 Right-click on My Computer on your = desktop and click on Manage and go to Disk Management, or, if you're us= ing Windows 10, right-click the start button and select Disk Management fro= m the secret menu.=C2=A0 Then, click Action on the pull-down menu, select A= ll Tasks->Change Drive Letters and Paths, and set the drive letter to th= e same as your work computer.

Thanks,
Glen



On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 9:29 AM jpcurtis <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
Just a thought: =C2=A0You could try to move all your linked footage, or r= ename the containing folder/directory, and have the project open with missi= ng media, and then relink it after the project is open.

= Then, I=E2=80=99d suggest immediately Saving As..., in case the project is = corrupted.

You could also try importing the slow P= roject into a new Project.




I brought a bunch of = projects to a live show and had the same problem. Any project that needed t= o have footage relinked would take 15 - 30 minutes to open. It would have b= een better if you could force AE to load a project without linking anything= and then relink manually. It's a serious problem.

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020= , 7:38 AM Byron Nash <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
We are having persisten= t issues opening projects that have missing footage. It seems to have poppe= d up for us with CC2019 on Windows. If I try to open a project, especially = one from an earlier=C2=A0AE version, and it has any missing footage, it tak= es an eternity to open. Sometimes over an hour. These are not projects that= should take more than a few seconds to open. It behaves better when we try= it on our one iMac here. Has anyone found this issue as well or found=C2= =A0a way to=C2=A0fix it? It's a severe hindrance to say the least.
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Thanks
Byron

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