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Old 08-14-2019, 10:58 AM
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Pretty much the same as you...didn't happen while the project is open, only when it is launched.

Both times it happened to me the sessions were quite large.

I also noticed (as one other poster described) that it definitely has to do with when the session file size reaches 3.2 MB...as soon as that size is reached the session file backups then drop to somewhere in the 2.x range and are all corrupt in the same exact way.

Mac OS, 10.12.6. I was running PT 2018.x when it happened...just updated to 2019.6.

I have a support ticket in with Avid and will let you know what they say.
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Old 08-14-2019, 12:39 PM
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Both times it happened to me the sessions were quite large.

I also noticed (as one other poster described) that it definitely has to do with when the session file size reaches 3.2 MB...as soon as that size is reached the session file backups then drop to somewhere in the 2.x range and are all corrupt in the same exact way.
I have about 15 sessions from just last week >4MB. All are fine (and their backup copies are fine too)
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Old 08-14-2019, 12:51 PM
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I have about 15 sessions from just last week >4MB. All are fine (and their backup copies are fine too)
I don't understand the point of this reply. Can you elaborate?

If you mean to say that a session can get over 3.2 MB without error, I don't disagree. I'm simply providing the evidence I have from my corrupt session experience here.
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Old 08-14-2019, 01:31 PM
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I don't understand the point of this reply. Can you elaborate?

If you mean to say that a session can get over 3.2 MB without error, I don't disagree. I'm simply providing the evidence I have from my corrupt session experience here.
You seem to be implying that when it grows over that number corruption happens. (otherwise why even mention it)
I'm providing a data point that says it doesn't.
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Old 08-14-2019, 01:35 PM
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Right, I don't have evidence of a 3.2 MB limit. In my case, the session got to 4MB and then the corrupted backups that followed were at 2.6MB.

Here's the only thing I could otherwise consider as a consistency. Mac OSX 10.12.6 as the OS and PT Ultimate 2018.x as the originating version used to build/prep the session. Like I said in my post, the template I used originated in the UK and the jobs were prepped (one was an OMF the other an AAF) in 2018.4 (originally, I was incorrect in stating 2018.10) I brought one of these jobs home to my rig and opened it with 2019.6, then worked a couple of days, and then for some reason after the last day of working encountered the issue. I rebuilt the corrupted session in a different template, have returned to the same spot to continue work and have not seen the issue yet. But I'm not at all confident it won't happen again.
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Old 08-14-2019, 01:44 PM
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You seem to be implying that when it grows over that number corruption happens. (otherwise why even mention it)
I'm providing a data point that says it doesn't.
I guess my point is we're here to help each other out. I "mention it" in the course of providing the details of how the issue presented itself in my experience.
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Old 08-14-2019, 01:51 PM
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I guess my point is we're here to help each other out. I "mention it" in the course of providing the details of how the issue presented itself in my experience.
I second that, this bug really sucks. 1st time I've encountered something in Pro Tools (other than human error) that deletes hours of work with no clues as to why. It's absolutely crap and I know that it can also happen while the freaking session is open, so that's even worse. I was unsupervised in both cases but If it happens to me in a room full of clients, I will be mighty pissed.

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Old 08-27-2019, 12:12 PM
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I guess my point is we're here to help each other out. I "mention it" in the course of providing the details of how the issue presented itself in my experience.

Hey there,

Have you had any luck with Avid and your support ticket? I've had one with them and slowly but surely provided some .ptx files and a few .dlogs.
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Old 08-27-2019, 12:55 PM
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Hey there,

Have you had any luck with Avid and your support ticket? I've had one with them and slowly but surely provided some .ptx files and a few .dlogs.
No, I haven't because I haven't had the issue occur again, THANKFULLY! They asked for some .dlogs from me when it does happen so I'll be sure to do that...but hoping it never happens again!!!!
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Old 08-30-2019, 10:42 AM
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Good to hear, hasn't happened to me again either. They got back to me with this, FYI: PM me if you want the .zip file.


Good day! Just got an update from our Engineering.

We don't yet know exactly why this can happen, but the theory is that at some point something causes the clip list of the open session to become corrupted and from that point on all session file backups are also affected by the same problem (but without any indication of a problem until the session is closed and reopened, at which point it's realized that the clip list has become truncated and assertion errors/invalid fade errors are posted).

So, for customers who have experienced this, we are asking them to enable some extra tracing to try and "catch" the problem if it should happen again. To add the tracing, you need to ask the customer to unzip the attached file and drop the included config.digitrace and DigiOptionsFile.txt files into their /Applications folder (or wherever the Pro Tools application runs from). Then, launch Pro Tools and work as normal.

If the problem occurs, as soon as the clip list becomes mangled (i.e. the start of the problem which the user would not normally see) an error message will immediately be posted that states "After <name-of-command> Pro Tools cannot resolve the session's clip list...".

If this message is seen, it's ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE that the following is then done immediately:

(1) Note down the date/time.

(2) Without doing anything in Pro Tools, immediately gather the last modified Pro Tools logfile from /Users/<username>/Library/Logs/Avid (and the previous one or two for good measure).

(3) Perform a Save As of the session, and send this .ptx (along with the last few session file backups) and the logs collected in step (2) to us for analysis.

(4) If the problem is identified quickly enough, the previous session file backup (i.e. before the "event" occurred) should open correctly and work can be resumed from that.


Note: tracing will only work with PT 2018.10 and higher"
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