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Old 03-29-2021, 10:33 AM
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Default PT 2021.3 Hangs on opening old sessions with Multiple Videos

I was initially pleasantly surprised with 2021.3 as all of my video engine problems went away and the only bug I found was the navigating in the importing audio bug mentioned in another thread. However after a colleague told me that 2021 was hanging on opening older sessions for him, I too became dismayed when I encountered the same issue. We are talking hanging for 5-10 minutes or more. I believe the older sessions were from 2019 and created in PT 12.8.3. So far it seems to be happening with sessions with multiple quicktimes in the Video Folder as I've had success in opening smaller sessions with a single quicktime. If anyone else can verify, that would bring a little comfort?

One system is High Sierra Mac 5,1, the other Mojave and 6,1.
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Old 03-29-2021, 10:47 AM
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Default Re: PT 2021.3 Hangs on opening old sessions with Multiple Videos

Open PT with empty session, disable video engine, then re-open the old session and Save Copy In. Enable video engine and open the newly created session. What happens?
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Old 03-29-2021, 11:04 AM
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Default Re: PT 2021.3 Hangs on opening old sessions with Multiple Videos

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Open PT with empty session, disable video engine, then re-open the old session and Save Copy In. Enable video engine and open the newly created session. What happens?
Well I did everything you said with the exception of doing a save copy in, I just Saved and it opened quickly with the video engine disabled the session opened quickly. Enabled the video engine and after waiting for it to enable, it worked fine!

So thank you very much, but that should be fixed!
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Old 03-29-2021, 11:07 AM
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Old 04-13-2021, 12:04 PM
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Default Re: PT 2021.3 Hangs on opening old sessions with Multiple Videos

Something similar happens to me when I'm trying to open a session with multiple video files. The video files link to a certain file path on one system. When trying to open the session on a different system where the file path to the video files is different (in effect, ProTools thinks the videos are missing), I have to wait an excruciatingly long time for the session to open (like 10 mins) as AvidVideoEngine is "Restoring Video Files"



I'm not able to perform the steps exactly as above, as AvidVideoEngine re-initializes when I open my session. I did however manage to disable Video Engine thru the preferences pane in the middle of my session opening and that brought things back to normal session opening times (of seconds)


The computer attempting to open the session with "missing" video files has tried 2021.3 and 2021.3.1. Going back to 2020.12 resolves this issue.



This system is on Mojave on a 14,2 Mac.


I'm not sure of the specs of the first computer where the session mainly lives other than it running High Sierra and PT 2020.11.


Thanks for anyone that may be able to help or offer insight!
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Old 04-17-2021, 01:49 PM
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Default 2021.3.1 issue

I just finished a project, and have updated to 2021.3.1 on my MacBook Pro. I was asked to revise one session for the project and when I tried to open it up, the session would hang on "restoring" a video file. I tried a few times but always encountered the same issue, so I launched 2020.12 which was able to open it without a problem.

I haven't investigated or done troubleshooting beyond that yet, but I'm wondering if anyone else has had similar issues opening up sessions using 2021.3.1?
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Old 04-17-2021, 02:13 PM
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Which video format?
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Old 04-17-2021, 06:41 PM
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Which video format?
AVdn codec 1920x1080. I didn't have the file locally on my rig, so it would have to open up with the file being offline.
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Old 04-17-2021, 09:59 PM
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I did a little more digging around on this issue. It turns out that the session does actually open on 2021.3.1, but it took about 3 minutes to do so. Once it was open, I could save it, close it, and then the newly saved session would re-open normally. With 2020.12 there wasn't a problem with the session.
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Old 04-20-2021, 10:21 AM
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Default Re: 2021.3.1 issue

Just chiming in to say that I'm noticing the same issue here with 2021.3.1 (and as music editor that's collaborating with a team and often going to/from sessions with anywhere from 1 to 15 video tracks, it's super frustrating to sit and wait minutes for sessions to open, when they open immediately in something like 2020.5)
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