Our tech guys installed 2012 late last year, but suddenly all the 2011 projects are gone. But they still come up on WTC and the ManagedFolder's still fat. Any chance of recovery?
View 9 RepliesAfter archiving out of 2012 SP3 and then un-unarchiving into 2012 SAP2 SP3, could i edit clips (with history)? For example, action-rendered clips, flame fx-rendered clips, etc.
2012 SAP2 SP3
10.6.7
Kona 3G driver 10.3.2
Quadro 4000 driver 256.01.00f03
Cuda driver 4.2.10
Mac Pro (mid 2010)
12 Cores / 24 Gigs
CalDigit HD Pro2 (8TB, 723 MB/sec read)
the best way for backup projects on smoke on mac?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI need to move projects and clips from an old system drive (restored from system crash, unbootable) to a new install on a new disk.
Is there a "best practice" for moving projects?
It looks like this
Disk1 (old)
/usr/discreet/clip/stonefs7/old projects
/usr/discreet/project/old projects
Disk2 (new)
/usr/discreet/clip/stonefs7/
/usr/discreet/project/
Is it possible, on a Finder level, to move project information (like sequences) between machines using Finder? After my current Smoke install has self-destructed without any fix from Autodesk, I need to retreive my work in progress.
I've tried copying the folder from /usr/discreet/project/ into the same location of another system with the same release version but it does not appear in either the launch screen or Media Hub.Can I replace the entire /discreet/ folder with the one from my crashed system to get the project back?
What I don't get is when it says "navigate to the project that contains the clips you want to copy." Does that refer to /usr/discreet/project/<project name>? Because when I navigate to there, I don't see any media to import.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI hit render early in the am to ship out a project for delivery. And in classic Johnny Fegan fashion my mac pro crashes, and won't boot. So my next step is to start the mac in Target Disk mode, via firewire(probably the second worst thing that has happened to me, firewire) and started to backup everything. Due to the fast turn around on the Project, I never had a chance to archive the project.
My current working config(on the mac pro that died) was an internal raid0, and a pci express ssd. The raid is where I keep my local Autodesk Media Storage folder, and the ssd is my system drive(/usr/discreet). I just completed a back up of both folders to my secondary mac pro, with a license of smoke installed, and am trying to open my project on it. I set the backup copy of my old Autodesk Media Storage folder up to be used under the Smoke setup utility, and when I access it in smoke the only option I get is to create a new project.
Is there a way to get this project back online?
I was wondering if it's possible to archive Smoke projects via command line as it would be so much convenient.
If so I could create a shell script with my project and library names and just leave it running overnight project after project. Is this possible? Or command line works only for un archiving?
I'm wanting to work on my laptop at home, and my machine at work. I have an external tunderbold SSD array that I want to use. How would I set smoke to save projects to the external drive? Whats the best work flow for this?
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhat's is the best way to share projects and media between two 2013 Smokes?
View 9 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to mange all of the renders and projects from one place or view?
Is there a good tutroal or write up on managing projects, renders, media, and libraries?
I have been learning smoke on various machines and different versions of the prereleases and service packs. I'm using SP2 now and II see older local projects listed in the media hub but they don't show up in the start-up screen listing of projects. how to regain access to these projects?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI lost my mac os hard drive, but my data or clips are in other place, i have a backup folder of discreet folder from /usr/discreet,
i make a new install of snow leopard and smoke 2012, how to relink this projects without restore/archive method, i not archive any file from library menu, I have the discreet folder and metadata in raid disk.
just installed a shiny new copy of 2013 on my workstation yesterday, and found that it would not let me specify a storage location as is outlined in various tutorials. i have worked out the way around it post installation, but was curious if this was unique to me. I previously had one of the pre-releases running, could this have affected anything? Or is this just one of the things with 2013 that doesn't quite line up with the tutorials that are around at the moment?
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First: I ordered the Smoke 2013 (floating-)licence through a german reseller a week ago and I still got no answer. Is this a normal "new years eve" delay?
Second: The Smoke installation is on a computer that's OS was actually cloned from another computer. The HostName, LocalHostName and ComputerName were changed, but Backburner still insists in using the "original" name given at the OS-Installation. So if the other "clone-computer" is running, Backburner gets in trouble and is stuck on waiting. During the troubleshooting process I turned on websharing to access [URL] ..... This led to the result, that anytime i restart the machine the computername is changed to 0.0.0.0 and the backburner wount work. No way, yet, to bring this back to normal.
Third: Waiting for the smoke-licence I already begun working on the project. Now it seems that I'll have to do a clean install of the system to get it finally running. But I do not want to loose the work so far. Is there a way to bring the actual project back into an new installation of OS/Smoke without having to archive it which does not work at the moment?
Have lost the pulldown frame display? If not. How can I access it?
I have attached an image from v2012
MacBook Pro Retina
2.7GHz Intel Core i7
16GB RAM
I converted a project to PR4 and opened it in PR4.
When trying to open the Connect FX editor, I get the following error on all connect FXs: "The Connect FX has lost its setup and can no longer rendered or edited."
I have a multi layer in my timeline , full graphic motion and long render. The base layer (layer 1) is a SOLID LAYER.
1. i select all that segment (multi layer) that has been rendered (yes, it's rendered). Now i drag it into my desktop (thumbnail view), but what happen is new clip is unrendered. So i have to re-render that clip. Why ?
2. i select all that layer, and collapse it ( contain selected). It collapse into a single clip but also i lost my render in my container. why ?
3. i mark in/out and create subclip. again i got the subclip but it's unrendered.
4. i mark in/out and drag into other timeline (same setting). and the pasted segment has no render file.
I know we are a little behind the times, but when upgrading to Ex1, will all of the existing projects still be usable? Or do we need to "Wipe 'em All"?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm looking to import a model with materials. Is 3DS the only file format that will carry this along? That would suck for me cause my animator does not use Autodesk software. I have an obj with the material jpegs but can't seem to find find the proper wrap mode that makes it all come together. Maybe FBX is a better option.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI can't start smoke neither 2013 nor 2012.
The Console get me this message:
Jun 03 10:16:12 : WARNING: Unable to run with vref
Jun 03 10:16:12 : Effective User ID not 0 (root) !
Jun 03 10:16:12 : Aborting....
Jun 03 10:16:12 : Effective User ID not 0 (root) !
Jun 03 10:16:12 : Aborting....
Jun 03 10:16:12 :
knows the version of the Red Rocket driver/firmware supported in Smoke on Mac 2012?
View 1 Replies View RelatedAny time the gateway scans a directory, which has a clip that has stereo audio, Smoke hangs. Is this a bug? Specifically the file was a Canon 7D file which had audio recorded with it. The crash does not happen when we try a file without audio or a file whose audio has been converted to mono. The file was directly from the camera. Same thing happens when it is a Prores HQ file with Stereo audio.
View 9 Replies View RelatedStatic network, static IP address on fixed machine. Stable install been used every day for over 2 years. Come in this morning and backburner server fails to launch. Network functional as usual, checked all the usual culprits and no joy. Reinstalling SP4 now to see if that repairs links.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have recently upgraded to Smoke 2012 sp2 and have a small issue regarding the reordering of my clips in the source area.
On 2011 when you placed clips in the source area in a specific order and saved it to the library and when you recalled it from the library it would put the clips back in exactly the same place you left them. Now in 2012 when you do that it re-orders them in some sort of chronological order.
Is there a setting that I'm not aware of that will stop doing that as I place them in a specific structure which makes sense to me and is easy to find and understand on large builds, now I'm having to sift through the clips and waste time finding what I did last and checking through versions to find the latest one.
I just installed my Smoke2013 SP2 yesterday, and today I want to restore my project. From Mr. Grant Kay tutorial, I saw there's restore button once he double click the restore folder. But I can't see that Restore button.
I attach the snapshot of mine.
I have a clip that play perfectly fine in my timeline. When I export it, either as a Quicktime or image sequence, the playback stutters every few seconds; basically it double prints a frame every few seconds or something. It's extremely annoying and preventing me from a client delivery in the morning.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to get into a 2012 Action setup via history in 2013?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm attempting to get Smoke 2012 SP1 running on Mac OS X 10.7.2. After installation, I cannot get the application to launch -- instead I get a "DlVideo Error: No video list" error and then exit.
Hardware specs are attached, in short 2 x 6 core Mac Pro, 24GB RAM, Quadro FX 4800 and Kona 3G. This is built on a clean install of 10.7.2 using the Apple video driver for the 4800. The display is an Eizo ColorEdge CG303W, attached to the 4800.
I would like to install the 4.1.28 CUDA drivers to enable the Mercury playback engine (as this machine will probably also run Premiere Pro), however I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible until I can get Smoke running.
A Euphonix MC Transport and MC Color will be added to the station, however they are not currently attached.
My workstation name is bc118-s001. I'm using an external license server (macnv3), which is running properly.
Storage is currently set to the local disk, which I know is sub-optimal. Ultimately the storage volume will be a fiber-attached TerraBlock 24D, however I'm upgrading that device from 4.6.4 to 5 before I put the unit into production, and would rather not store any data on it before the upgrade.
I've attached the application and shell logs for your reference. The following lines are only the errors from the app.log:
bc118-s001:~ itservices$ less ~/Desktop/smoke201211_bc118-s001_app.log | grep -i error
2074786144 project.C:4713 02/04/12:11:36:35.936 PRJMGT : Load Project, failed to switch to group users
2074786144 video.C:1068 02/04/12:11:36:41.379 VIDEO: non-standard monitor refresh rate (0.000000). Audio/Video playback may not be in sync.
2074786144 EuTop.C:65 02/04/12:11:36:41.467 Control Surfaces : Initialisation failed (error 46)
2074786144 error.C:332 02/04/12:11:36:42.950 ERROR: DlVideo Error: No video list
2074786144 error.C:110 02/04/12:11:36:42.950 DlVideo Error: No video list
2074786144 messageAccumulator.C:268 02/04/12:11:36:42.959 Error: DlVideo Error: No video list (Press ESC)
I notice that the monitor refresh rate is not being detected properly, however the OS seems to detect it properly.
These lines are the errors from the shell.log:
bc118-s001:~ itservices$ less ~/Desktop/smoke201211_bc118-s001_shell.log | grep -i error
Feb 04 11:36:42 : ERROR: DlVideo Error: No video list
Feb 04 11:36:42 : DlVideo Error: No video list
Relink Multiple Media Files
Ok, so it seems that Smoke can only relink one file at a time.
This has happened repeatedly for me, importing a slate with soft text from 2012 corrupts my default library. I get-
"The following bins are corrupted: Default Library Choose recover or hit the Enter key to try and recover a backup version of the bins."
Recovering fails and I'm forced to hit cancel which let's me into the project with my media gone.