From: "scott.aelist" Received: from mail-vs1-f44.google.com ([209.85.217.44] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7501744 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 22:50:36 +0100 Received: by mail-vs1-f44.google.com with SMTP id v141so9954575vsv.12 for ; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:50:36 -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=3FjjBuTQESNZmejVEPLGpFkGqKO7LGch57KlxtxsuRE=; b=V/U5g3B9mM1Aa1Ib168FTMZxbF1KxyDl8l2mfOLbU+OlKPHKMfWM1k4MipBv4d7+D0 RbNjqss5BCdfCSoxJr3Ay4y6xgJLhjDI/WcMDRA63LZazMocR/NSU17D83pPptCxxFcd JCk8Mwn5XIc4uubXFIUb8KqVZnGxWMw1DDXWIONNgracja6781dk+zJ29TIgTyMH+tub I0X+pchsoqC6+4xwlJlXzL6Nu7T7ObVmCSoH+waA8foANcsVN48dTpwlbRMxqlnbLsny nesrGAyUEWxDwVbAuwJkbMSxzgiFiYaunzrAoBrCwkTGLyxJH4XAdMXkMEDQjZ3GKYZP O9RA== 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=3FjjBuTQESNZmejVEPLGpFkGqKO7LGch57KlxtxsuRE=; b=iTytE8RLABPBJpDAZaf8R71WsbhNf47g1ooipe1arMO7ow0GnlvVlCoA2O1HG8JM5z Hhg93vLhjjzzeV0IkEflAwHEHChwKeilUZ/76Wc80uJUMTqpDWZ/bv3veA2i1tUOMsFQ qigI3OCWnKI25EV8NNWaH/SdkK3JYYcQnZsOeNV0K9L6mfWrIqkuZhtx4rhLruE6zUHE YJpTnDdUBgLbHxUMNzr5NoqpLzJqF3V50jqFQl6ar+0J4lXz8/RoKH8rEH4bT16+DKvy EiNONAIHpJn+u7zouW6mGsETBGHCSLnxl28210I1mgRRXrLF+ypdM8elnhuMdQIhMq1Z MN/Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVCTOPCl8PG8TsHVYbhPOEpd1JEX8d2R2c6XpCgAn4//ewqgCL8 qwWcafPz8JL8CY/Mc21hAFQiuoVmqGxhvarQ8SFyhLgm X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqw/Z/+2OHrWxHle3MvpSRlVLLgm9q8LT2SvC7axPdhURRMe0dZGaF2NrTBhLkp0RjSEhGYluF+ESeJ+xSPN7yk= X-Received: by 2002:a67:1244:: with SMTP id 65mr17410418vss.203.1580766634405; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:50:34 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 13:49:58 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] very long opens with CC2019 Windows missing files To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000b771b9059db2e92b" --000000000000b771b9059db2e92b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > If I open older files with 2015 they open in a snap. This sort of thing just makes me want to cry. On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 7:51 AM Byron Nash wrote: > 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 eve= r > 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 anothe= r >> may result in changes that confuse your computer. If a portable drive i= s >> 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 machi= ne, >> 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 Act= ion >> 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 >>> rename 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 min= utes >>> to open. It would have been better if you could force AE to load a proj= ect >>> without linking anything and then relink manually. It's a serious probl= em. >>> >>> 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 h= as >>>> any missing footage, it takes an eternity to open. Sometimes over an h= our. >>>> These are not projects that should take more than a few seconds to ope= n. It >>>> behaves better when we try it on our one iMac here. Has anyone found t= his >>>> issue as well or found a way to fix it? It's a severe hindrance to say= the >>>> least. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Byron >>>> >>> >>> --000000000000b771b9059db2e92b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0If I open older files with 2015 they open in a snap.=C2=A0

This sort of thing just makes me want to cry.=C2=A0
On Mon, F= eb 3, 2020 at 7:51 AM Byron Nash <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
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=C2=A0of the = folders has shifted. Artists also can't ever seem refrain from importin= g files from all over tarnation as well. The likelihood=C2=A0that every fil= e is still intact since the last time a project was opened is near zero. Th= is wasn't an issue until recently. If I open older files with 2015 they= open in a snap.=C2=A0

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 1:50 PM Glen Tubbesing <AE-List@media-mo= tion.tv> wrote:
One thing to remember is that moving a drive from one computer to anoth= er may result in changes that confuse your computer.=C2=A0 If a portable dr= ive is Drive K in your desktop computer and Drive D in your laptop, you wil= l always have to relink the files when you go from one machine to the next.= =C2=A0 Note what drive letter is assigned to that drive on your main work m= achine, then set it to that same drive letter when you install it in the ot= her.=C2=A0 Right-click on My Computer on your desktop and click on Manage a= nd go to Disk Management, or, if you're using Windows 10, right-click t= he start button and select Disk Management from the secret menu.=C2=A0 Then= , click Action on the pull-down menu, select All Tasks->Change Drive Let= ters and Paths, and set the drive letter to the same as your work computer.=

Thanks,
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Glen



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

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

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



On J= an 31, 2020, at 11:21 AM, scott.aelist <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
I brought a bunch of projects to a live show and h= ad the same problem. Any project that needed to have footage relinked would= take 15 - 30 minutes to open. It would have been 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-motio= n.tv> wrote:
We are having persistent issues opening projects that = have missing footage. It seems to have popped up for us with CC2019 on Wind= ows. If I try to open a project, especially one from an earlier=C2=A0AE ver= sion, and it has any missing footage, it takes an eternity to open. Sometim= es over an hour. These are not projects that should take more than a few se= conds to open. It behaves better when we try it on our one iMac here. Has a= nyone found this issue as well or found=C2=A0a way to=C2=A0fix it? It's= a severe hindrance to say the least.

Thanks
B= yron

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