Save as AAF - blank file

peltonwheel wrote on 6/30/2010, 9:15 PM
I'm having trouble saving a project as an AAF file for working with a sound team. No matter what I do, when I save an AAF file (compliant or legacy) all I get is a file named XXXXXXX.aaf.export that has a size of zero bytes, and contains no data.

I tried changing all the AAF settings, and no luck there. I can save an EDL fine, and export one via script as well. Just the AAF function doesn't seem to work. I thought it might be because I had some funky business in my project, but even when I tried it with a ridiculously simple cuts only four event AVI/wav project, I get the same problem. Is there some setting I'm missing, or something I'm doing wrong? Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks.

Vegas Pro 9.0e, build 1147. Windows 7 32 bit, current with my updates. Project is using AVI video and 44.1 kHz/16 bit wav for audio.

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Geoff_Wood wrote on 6/30/2010, 10:10 PM
Are you 'Copy media with project". Even without I get it should be more than 0 bytes !

I just save an AAF with/without media and got 4 files total:
1 - file.aaf 8KB (without 'copy media...')
2 - otherfile.aaf 203KB (with 'copy media...;'
3 -The original media file (an MP3 ~4MB)
4 - file.aaa.export.log 0KB

Maybe you have you Win set to hide LOG suffixes and are looking at the log rather than the .aaf ? I always have Win set to show all files and all suffixes.

geoff
Cliff Etzel wrote on 6/30/2010, 10:28 PM
remove all transitions, all effects. 1 track video and an done audio track.

Anything else and the export will fail. Have you tried a test export and see how it works?

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peltonwheel wrote on 7/1/2010, 10:26 AM
Thanks Geoff, Cliff

Cliff - yes, after I started having trouble with my actual project I've just been trying to do this using a test project - two video events, two audio events, cuts only. Same problem.

Geoff - the export log seems to be the only file showing up for me. I monkeyed with the windows settings, searched every which way, and couldn't find any of the other files you mentioned.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks again,

mark
Geoff_Wood wrote on 7/4/2010, 2:06 AM
Just setting all your Temp/Rec/Load/Save/Render file locations to a single known folder off the root of a drive, and look out what for anything else trying to save somewhere else. If that works OK, then it is likely Path or Settings related.


geoff