"Search in Selected Areas" not working. Also- conforming different Bit Depths?

[kylepyke]

Hey Guys,

I've seen some info on here about the "Search in selected areas" being buggy, but I'm wondering if anyone has found a workaround?

It seems like no matter what directory I choose for PT to search in, it always looks in the same folder.

For example, if I tell PT to search in folder A and expand matches, then switch to searching in folder B, it still expands matches from folder A (which don't exist in folder B).

It also seems to not like that my guide track references a 24 bit file, but the files I'm conforming are 32 bit float. Anyone had any luck conforming files at different bit depths?

From what I understand, the Field Recorder function should only look at timecode (and other match criteria) for conforming, while ignoring things like bit depth. Can anyone confirm?

[Frank Kruse]

There's one main flaw in the "areas to search" routine. You can not stop PT from matching also what's already in your session.

It has been a long time feature request to give us a "only search areas to search" or a "ignore clip list" feature to keep PT from matching again what's already in your session.

This causes a lot of work when expanding AVID AAF to their original BWAVs too.

Might be the reason for what you are seeing.

Frank.

[JohnnyB]

We have abandoned PT11 for field recorder functions for this reason. PT10 works and that's what we use for conforming