Hey All- I captured project media on a g-raid external drive on a G5 Media Composer at work. (I dont remember the MC version or the G5 specs). I brought the drive home to work on the project on my Xpress Pro Version 4.8.4.3 on a G4 933mhz. However, I recieve an error message when trying to open any of the media on the G-raid drive. Can Avid products translate down? Any thoughts/suggestions? Thanks Brian

Hi Brian,

Avid projects can be used on different systems if the media was captured in a resolution that both systems have available.  What resolution did you capture in MC?  What error message do you get when you try to use the media on Xpress Pro?

good luck,
Carl

Hi Carl- I digitized the media @ DV25, which AXP should be able to read. The error message simply said AXP unable to open file. Any thoughts? thanks Brian

Does that happen when you open the file or the project? Safest bet would be to create a new project on the older revision, then open your bins from there.

Opening the media directly won't work.  Opening the .avp project file or a .avb bin from within Xpress Pro should work an then the media will either appear or can be relinked.  There aren't any compatibility issues between versions on Avid projects like there are with FCP so if it opens on one Avid it should open on another, albeit with restrictions based on the features of the particular version(s).  How'd you copy the files?  Which files did you copy?  Where'd you put 'em?  Do these files open OK on the original system?  Was the project closed when you copied it?

Thanks for the responses. I regard to your questions, I digitized all media directly to the partitioned G-raid drive on a Media Composer. When I hooked the G-raid to my G4 at home running AXP, I only see avid files, not clips, and I recieve an error message stating the files cannot be opened. I dont see subclips or sequences either. Any more advice? Thanks Brian

Hi Brian,

Did you also copy the project file from the Media Composer machine to the Xpress Pro machine? 

good luck,
Carl