From: "Chris Zwar" Received: from mail-pg1-f182.google.com ([209.85.215.182] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 7501762 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:31:04 +0100 Received: by mail-pg1-f182.google.com with SMTP id w21so2920450pgl.9 for ; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:31:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=chriszwar-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:mime-version:subject:date:references:to:in-reply-to:message-id; bh=X5HynpW1lg8B3VdiKRbcHdBd/FB7SMvMpjcS6V+SFuc=; b=NLY5xLUvsdfzrkddhTApLYi2O5znr8U4y8Zhk20PaX6rrF6Mk//phQIdc/iME7g7j3 asuF4eDr2znxtq6mc98LuKCcKLd4HJgfTR5frZBGh+Drz0weJMgQ7l0Gq6TlwUjpuhqk sJ/QOLWzL6HhdINsaeWl6Kcm56uQn8MCGvWEvA1MXHCg//fn6BuAHGdvt39iqdD2FSFX 305sUER+WseF1ZRWOzP+Hn5nxtmKv6LoFb7AaRURNSwQqBIWsIi/ebSjjtqnAuVfQGPp Pz4QSNCkdMG8WguNoS4y5b99GTUIKNz4zeYxeTbkUSHTeZ5jDNj0RNo6uAQvX6prUEtf EJww== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:mime-version:subject:date:references:to :in-reply-to:message-id; bh=X5HynpW1lg8B3VdiKRbcHdBd/FB7SMvMpjcS6V+SFuc=; b=Nedtxik2E73L4VSUAsoMWL6DfqjxbtJl0NgyQQmmsgihADZMqhDfEOJsNoywZRXKYb Q1HMRp0ueBZSQGJfXe90WrbhDbur6mQWzUkq2Q43pkRn0kvj0uPkvmNfaaLgHd1m5Xk8 HyTsct0e/I3kZe+Sr4Uc57SQAzl5eDvEtiE9yD196aDvnldq4A9sI+wc2hvNcxq3EskQ IkVTIbjR2DAnX6O+KGF3zisurDvo0LEa0bOdeARUbWcvlBWZ/3GcRhQ0zXcW7z85ERMc ML2eMK1T2n3JHrxOrwaDhysgrW+AKYPhhsMvH8iMPIW9TuG0TQMjov4i/3xCNfcwCcoI pPPA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAX3VE1EbDcfvE1+JO7jt2WP/VOhSKzO3IpeCa2jO9FvfmBQadhF R8lZEhZOQiqDTVg7/OsFHibu57hVZdE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxOQAJtuP6/rjWNFAyL2LHV89fIBcpQr7ViowkZFoKRUS6BrPj8iqu0ZEmvRElZDv6Eo2tMHw== X-Received: by 2002:a63:541e:: with SMTP id i30mr26742437pgb.183.1580772662069; Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:31:02 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.0.2] ([101.164.69.146]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h11sm20572474pgv.38.2020.02.03.15.31.00 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:31:01 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_DF11D095-9284-4CEE-8476-B927E2F3FA13" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.5 \(3445.9.1\)) Subject: Re: [AE] very long opens with CC2019 Windows missing files Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 10:30:57 +1100 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) --Apple-Mail=_DF11D095-9284-4CEE-8476-B927E2F3FA13 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Check the prefs - import tab - to see if you have it set to report = missing frames and verify frames. They might be your culprits. Having said that, I=E2=80=99m having issues where I work with projects = taking 20+ minutes to open on network render nodes. I thought it might a = specific permissions problem with the way they=E2=80=99re set up, but = maybe there are bigger problems with opening projects on different = machines to where it was saved... > On 4 Feb 2020, at 2:50 am, Byron Nash wrote: >=20 > 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.=20 >=20 > 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 machine, 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 Action 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. >=20 > Thanks, > Glen >=20 >=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > Then, I=E2=80=99d suggest immediately Saving As..., in case the = project is corrupted. >=20 > You could also try importing the slow Project into a new Project. >=20 >=20 >=20 >> On Jan 31, 2020, at 11:21 AM, scott.aelist > wrote: >>=20 >> 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 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. >>=20 >> 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 = has any missing footage, it takes 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 a way to fix it? It's a severe = hindrance to say the least. >>=20 >> Thanks >> Byron >=20 --Apple-Mail=_DF11D095-9284-4CEE-8476-B927E2F3FA13 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Check= the prefs - import tab - to see if you have it set to report missing = frames and verify frames. They might be your culprits.

Having said that, I=E2=80=99m having = issues where I work with projects taking 20+ minutes to open on network = render nodes. I thought it might a specific permissions problem with the = way they=E2=80=99re set up, but maybe there are bigger problems with = opening projects on different machines to where it was = saved...


On 4 Feb = 2020, at 2:50 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 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 <AE-List@media-motion.tv> 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 = machine, 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 Action 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 <AE-List@media-motion.tv> 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 <AE-List@media-motion.tv> 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 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-motion.tv> 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 has = any missing footage, it takes 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 a way to fix it? It's a = severe hindrance to say the least.

Thanks
Byron


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