PT Crash

strewnshank · 23rd January 2008

Hey folks,
I'm mixing an album tracked by someone else, with the files transported to me via client's hard drive. I work in PT, as does the tracking engineer. I do this quite often, and I'm having some problems that I've never encountered before.

I started the session fine with no technical glitches, however, a few songs failed to open, and PT would just crash. I was able to create new sessions, import the data from the funky sessions, and carry on. The last batch of files, however, does not want to play nice. PT crashes even when I attempt to access the files to load in the session data. My PT rig is quite stable, as I stoped updating once I got to a point where it didn't crash on me. My other sessions open without issue, so I've deduced that the corruption is happening somewhere in the transfer of the sessions from hard drive to hard drive. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Chris

Zarathustra · 23rd January 2008

Sounds like what happens when you plug an NTFS drive into a Mac. Is the other guy using Pro Tools on a PC? Make sure the PC is writing to a FAT32 drive or burn files to a DVD.

Z

23rd January 2008	#1
strewnshank Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Boston Posts: 1,604 Thread Starter	PT Crash Hey folks, I'm mixing an album tracked by someone else, with the files transported to me via client's hard drive. I work in PT, as does the tracking engineer. I do this quite often, and I'm having some problems that I've never encountered before. I started the session fine with no technical glitches, however, a few songs failed to open, and PT would just crash. I was able to create new sessions, import the data from the funky sessions, and carry on. The last batch of files, however, does not want to play nice. PT crashes even when I attempt to access the files to load in the session data. My PT rig is quite stable, as I stoped updating once I got to a point where it didn't crash on me. My other sessions open without issue, so I've deduced that the corruption is happening somewhere in the transfer of the sessions from hard drive to hard drive. Any suggestions? Thanks! Chris __________________ Chris Thomas Chris@strewnshank.com "facts are stupid things" -Ronald Reagan I want to purchase your Sony MXP3000 series EQ modules. Email me.

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23rd January 2008	#2
Zarathustra 3 + infractions, forum membership suspended. Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 367	Sounds like what happens when you plug an NTFS drive into a Mac. Is the other guy using Pro Tools on a PC? Make sure the PC is writing to a FAT32 drive or burn files to a DVD. Z