Problems with Memory Location/Marker Import

[thaumaturgist]

Hi All,

I haven't found this specific problem anywhere, so I'd like to share it with you:

I'm working on 5 sessions and now want to put them all together. Importing the playlists and clips isn't the problem, but when checking "import markers/memory locations", the markers are set to the beginning of the destination session, though the clips will appear at the correct Timecode.

So all the Timecode options won't help. Whatever I try, whatever the timecode of the source session is, after importing, the markers will start right at the beginning of the destination session.

I also tried exporting an re-importing via MIDI, same thing.

Am I missing something real obvious here or is this actually some weird problem?

I would appreciate any hint
Thanks!
T

[JWalkerPostAudio]

Pro Tools' marker importing is pretty lackluster. Markers import relative to session start and take in no consideration of timecode whatsoever. If the first marker of your source is 1 minuted into the session then it will import 1 minute into your destination session. But if your source and destination sessions have different session start times then the imported markers will be off.

I suggest calculating the difference between the two start times and cut and past the imported markers to the adjusted start time. It's clumsy but it works.

-Justin

[Matt Stutter]

It used to work as you'd expect in PT 9 - it's broken in PT 10.X

Justin's tip won't help if you've already got markers in your session - good luck there! You could import in reverse, import reel5's markers move them down, import reel4 etc etc.

[Reckless Erik]

I ran into this today. The solution that worked best for me was to make the start time of each session the same and as a result the markers appeared where they were expected after importing. I hope in the next update/version that this is fixed.

[xray]

I can export the markers, but can't import them (PT 10.3 - 10.5) another unfortunate thing is that when you export the markers the time reference is ALWAYS samples - NOT what you choose in the dialog box (unless in fact you CHOOSE samples.) another problem is that I can IMPORT them, nor can I import session settings (i.e. export session settings as text). ProTools/Avid says this a is a know issue. Does anyone know what that means?