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Old 01-20-2010, 04:40 AM
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Hi all,

Im working on two sessions now where ProTools seems to damage recorded (not imported) audio-files after session closing,

which means: if I work in the session everything works fine, but after closing and reopening, some files are corrupt. ProTools cannot find these files anymore - but they are still in my audio files folder, but their icon has changed and they can't even be opened with quicktime or any other audio application (not even VLC or similar)

This happens randomly, any ideas?

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Old 01-20-2010, 05:13 AM
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Default Re: corrupt audio files PT 8.0.3

Something similar happened to me monday. Turned out the disc was saying sayonara.
It was writing files that was the trouble for the disc, and after I swapped disc everything seems fine again.

PT recorded just fine, but playback of the recording made PT beachball.
I got no errormessages when reopening the session, but playback still didn´t work.

Not even Finder could read/copy the files that were corrupt.

It´s not exactly the same symptoms, but I would try switching the HDD.
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Old 01-20-2010, 07:25 AM
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Default Re: corrupt audio files PT 8.0.3

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Hi all,

Im working on two sessions now where ProTools seems to damage recorded (not imported) audio-files after session closing,

which means: if I work in the session everything works fine, but after closing and reopening, some files are corrupt. ProTools cannot find these files anymore - but they are still in my audio files folder, but their icon has changed and they can't even be opened with quicktime or any other audio application (not even VLC or similar)

This happens randomly, any ideas?

Mac Pro 2x2.3 Quad-Core, 6GB Ram, OS X 10.6.2
ProTools 8.0.3, 1x HD Core PCI + 96 I/O

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Hi,

I would start with trashing the prefs and database files. i think in SL the database file is only on the system drive in the applications/digidesign folder! maybe someone can confirm this?

This app will help you trash the prefs.... http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread.php?t=190122


lode has a good point, it could be a drive? can you try starting a new session on another drive and see how that goes.
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Old 01-21-2010, 12:36 AM
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Default Re: corrupt audio files PT 8.0.3

thanks for your replies,

tried all this already when it happened the first time, harddisk seems to be o.k. - trashed prefs, database etc...

but it happened again, and I don't really want to reinstall...

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Old 01-21-2010, 11:27 AM
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thanks for your replies,

tried all this already when it happened the first time, harddisk seems to be o.k. - trashed prefs, database etc...

but it happened again, and I don't really want to reinstall...

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What icon are the files changing to?

As indicated above - this is highly likely due to a drive going bad. I would back up everything on that drive and erase it, then test again - but don't put any critical data on the drive, as it could fail at any time.
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Old 01-22-2010, 12:36 AM
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They change from new (snow leopard) black .aif/.wav icon to the "old" blue/white (itunes) .wav/aif logo...
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I've heard something like this - is it possible these are being imported into iTunes for some reason? Or converted BY iTunes?
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Just got this too this morning. What's the deal here?? It was fine last night - drum tracking session. Recorded fine, played fine. Made a backup to a separate drive, that copy ALSO has the old blue logo and cannot be read by Pro Tools or the OS.

Something is going on here....
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Just got this too this morning. What's the deal here?? It was fine last night - drum tracking session. Recorded fine, played fine. Made a backup to a separate drive, that copy ALSO has the old blue logo and cannot be read by Pro Tools or the OS.

Something is going on here....
Yeah, most likely there is - but WHAT is occurring is difficult to say for sure without more info.

Did you try a different drive, with the 'problem' drive removed? Did you try backing up and erasing the drive?
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Old 03-15-2010, 09:43 PM
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Default Re: corrupt audio files PT 8.0.3

I just had this exact experience last week... could it be related to the new version 8.0.3 on snow leopard? I just recently updated...

It's always just one or two files, seems totally random. You can actually go into the audio files folder before closing the session to see if any of the icons have changed (indicating that they're corrupted).

I've started consolidating tracks on a new playlist for safety, but this is going to get old quick.

I suppose it could be the drive, but I kind of doubt it, especially when a bunch of people are experiencing the same thing.
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