Movie lost,cache and preview files

I am in a bad situation. I created some movies of personal memories with premierePro and the medium they were on died. All i have left is the cache/preview (is there a difference between them?)files. Is there any way that i can use them to retrieve the videos..or is there even a player for them???

If you can spin up your dead HDD, maybe a recovery program, like Stellar-Phoenix, can recover your data. I've used it a few times, and it has been a real life-saver (or file-saver, as the case may be).
Good luck,
Hunt

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SSD for Media Cache and Preview files ...bad idea?

Hi guys!
Today I killed my 3rd SSD.I used both of them for store Media cache and preview files with Premiere Pro and After Effects CS5.5.
1st was OCZ Vertex 3 240GB than I replaced to a new one.After few weeks later the 2nd OCZ Vertex 3 dead.
And now Corsair Force 3 is gone.I dont worry because all of them still in warranty period, and I havebackup from my projects.
Just asking maybe these SSD-s is not stable for this thing? I mean often write and read datas?
Maybe better to replace to a simple HDD (maybe 10000rpm)?
Or just I was that lucky guy who catch 3 defected ssd-s in the last six months..:-(

No, I don't think that you killed them; the OCZ Vertex 3 series, and many other SSDs using the same Sandforce controller, are having way too many issues where Adobe is not being used at all.
Do check your firmware on these drives too; there have been lots of updates trying to make these seemingly seriously flawed drives work more reliably.
Regards,
Jim

How to - move ACR cache and LR cache and catalog

Hi all,
in the try of speeding things up a bit with my LR (v. 2.4 64 bit on Vista 64 SP2, E8650 proc and 8 GB RAM) I got an 2nd hand WD Raptor 150 GB 10K rpm, and I'd like to move there the ACR cache (around 60GB now) and the LR previews and catalogs (around 20 GB) . Which is the right and safer procedure to do that!? :-)
Another question: my setting about File Handling are the following:
1680 pixels as standards preview file size
Preview quality Medium
Never discard 1:1 preview size
and in the grid mode (library) when I page down or up ... I always have the 3 white dots (of waiting) the pictures taken 3-4 secs go from fuzzy to sharp. How can I improve that time?
Thanks to all who will answer :-)
Have a nice day,
gianluca

There is nothing you can do to change the time that thumbnails to refresh. The fuzziness is normal while the three dots are visible and indicates that Lr is scanning the files within the Grid for external metadata or develop changes.
To move the catalog and preview folder you simply drag (copy) it to the new drive, open the relocated folder and double click on the .lrcat (catalog) file. The double click operation will open Lightroom with the relocated catalog active.
You can drag the ACR cache file to the new drive. However, to ensure Lightroom/Camera Raw use the correct ACR cache you will need to open Preferences>File Handling and point to the location that you want the cache files to be saved.
Be aware that moving above folder is going to take a fair amount of time, albeit significantly less than rebuilding the cache and previews from scratch.

Whre does oracle cache and temp files are located?

Hi
thank you for reading my post
Please do not shoot me if i have misconception.
I come from netbeans world and for netbeans there was some folder that we could delete to make netbeans cache fresh (so more speed).
for Jdeveloper i can not find such folder and its some times that Jdev works really slow.
once i delete the system directory and all my settings gone with that (specially server that i registered / database connection /libaries)
what should i delete to
-keep all registered server / librarye/database connections
-make Oracle Jdeveloper to work like a new installation.
thanks

If you wish to exclude anything from the backup simply drag the item into the Exclude list. For example, you can save considerable space by excluding the /System/ folder. Cache files would be found in the /Library/ and /Home/Library/ folders. Each folder contains a folder named Caches. There is no specific folder in which temporary items as stored that is visible to the user because the operating system will usually delete temporary files on its own. This may not be the case for a specific program, however. Browsers may maintain their own reserved cache and temporary files, and manage them on their own.
I do not think, however, that TM backs up caches or temporary files. I find no such items in my TM backup - only the folders. I do not back up my /System/ folder.

Which caches and temporary files can I remove

Using Drive Genius 3 I have identified lots of cache and temporary files they say I can delete. Is there any concern with removing them?

No, go right ahead.

Time machine backups cache and temp files?

Just bought a new external usb disk and used it as the time machine backup volume. All time machine configurations are remained as default, so it would backup all my current HD. While watching it estimating the time that the first backup would take, a question jump out in my mind:
Will time machine backup all files "honestly"? Will it make a copy of every file including the Internet cache and temp files when I'm browsing websites? I'm used to watch youtube a lot, and the temp flv file would be large (though I don't know where it is stored on Leopard). If these files would be backup-ed as well, I think it would be a great waste of disk space.
Can anyone confirm that those caches and temp files would be copied or not? If it would, how to prevent this? Thank you.

If you wish to exclude anything from the backup simply drag the item into the Exclude list. For example, you can save considerable space by excluding the /System/ folder. Cache files would be found in the /Library/ and /Home/Library/ folders. Each folder contains a folder named Caches. There is no specific folder in which temporary items as stored that is visible to the user because the operating system will usually delete temporary files on its own. This may not be the case for a specific program, however. Browsers may maintain their own reserved cache and temporary files, and manage them on their own.
I do not think, however, that TM backs up caches or temporary files. I find no such items in my TM backup - only the folders. I do not back up my /System/ folder.

Ok my firefox restarts all the time. I play games on facebook and my cursor restarts alot. I have cleared cache and temp files. when I click on something I get the little blue wait circle all the time. I uninstalled and reinstalled firefox, didn't help.

I move my cursor and it stops and the little circle appears. It takes a few seconds for the cursor to come back. Sometimes as I'm playing the page refreshes. I have windows 7. How do I get back my earlier version of firefox? All my plug ins are up to date.

Never mind, it somehow fixed itself. At least the itunes store did, but my ipod nano is still not able to sync.

Importing to I-Movie - lost sound AND video

Hi.
I have a feeling this has already been answered but here goes:
I recorded some video on my Sony still camera in MPEG format (.mpg files). They worked fine in I-photo. When I imported them into Imovie though, I not only lost sound but it would seem vision. They are now .mov files but don't play?
The scroller moves, but the picture doesn't change, it just zooms in on the first frame (like a slide show) and there's no sound.
I am not very techie, and new to Macs. Can anyone please tell me how to solve this, and have I lost the content on the files I transferred into IMovie?
I transferred them into Imovie so I could compress them for web use on my blog.
I have already downloaded Streamclip in case I need that, though I don't know if I have to open/mount/unzip it or anything like that.
Many thanks in advance for any assistance.

Hi, sorry for the delay in coming back to you.
Right, since we spoke I met a guy who said:
Streamclip WILL be enough for me and it will work. He said my camera will be using MPEG-1 and so I will be fine. If I had an MPEG-2 (professional?) camera it would be more complex and I would need to buy that Apple component.
So I downloaded it. The next step will be learning how to use it! That's going to be a whole different ballgame. If you have any links to an easy step-by-step guide, that would be awesome? RE the external drive, I'm downloading my MPEG's via USB cable onto the hard drive before I do anything at all.
Thanks for your post

Can I move PARTIAL library and music files to a 2nd authorized computer?

On my main desktop computer I have a vast library of music in iTunes. I've created a separate "smart" playlist that includes only my 4- and 5-star rated songs. I want to move these and ONLY these to my laptop, and not the entire library. Is there a way to do this?

Sure. What kind of a setup do you have? Are both PCs on the same network with file sharing turned on? Or do you have an external hard drive or thumb drive everything will fit on?
All you need to do is open that playlist, go to the itunes menu > edit > select all.
Click your mouse on the highlighted bundle and drag it over to whatever folder you want to drop it in - either the network share of a laptop folder, or the storage device. Then add them to itunes once they are on the laptop's hard drive.
You could also use Home Sharing, if the laptop and desktop are set up on your home network.

How to create QuickTime movie from JPEG and Audio file

My Sony Cybershot allows me to record audio files for each picture. When I'm reviewing the images, I can listen to the audio. However, these files are stored separately as a JPEG and a WAV file (having identical filenames, diff extensions.
Is there an easy way to merge these two files into a QT Movie?
Can this be automated?
Does anyone know of an app or script that can do this?
Many thanks,
Shayne

None specific for your task that I know of.
You'll first want to convert the silly .wav audio file (match the capture settings) to a more modern format which will also reduce its file size by a factor of ten.
http://www.apple.com/applescript/quicktime/
For some AppleScripts. Many no longer work with Tiger and QuickTime 7, however.
It may take some time but if you have hundreds to make it (Automator) can help speed up your workflow.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/

I-tunes -lost music and video files

can you download your purchases from i-tunes again...

Just use your back up. This is why it is fundamental to maintain a back up.
Have you failed to maintain a back up?
You can transfer itunes purchases from your ipod - File>Transfer Purchases
From the itunes store terms of service:
" PRODUCTS CAN ONLY BE DOWNLOADED ONCE; AFTER BEING DOWNLOADED, THEY CANNOT BE REPLACED IF LOST FOR ANY REASON. YOU SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BACKING UP YOUR OWN SYSTEM"

TS1424 i ve lost graphics and preview plays from itunes store

can anyone help please

Apple never said that you have to buy it. It's not for everyone. It's for an average user who has 25,000 songs or lesss. For that much music you need an iPod Classic.

Can .lrcat and .lrdata files be on different drives?

I use a MacPro. My boot drive is a 3 TB internal hard drive. My .lrdata file (LR 5) is over 275 GB because I have 1:1 previews for all of my photos. I have recently purchased a 240GB SSD which I want to use as my boot drive to increase processing times. Can I have the .lrcat file on my SSD (for speed) and the corresponding .lrdata file on another drive?
Thanks!!

0. Move "{path-to-catalog-folder}/{catalog-name} Previews.lrdata" folder to preferred location.
1. Open Terminal (it's in Utilties folder of Applications).
2. Type
ln -s "{path-to-where-you-moved-lr-previews}" "{path-to-catalog-folder}/{catalog-name} Previews.lrdata"
then press 'Enter' (the return key).
note: {path-to...} should be replaced by the correct path on your system.
Let me/us know if you get stuck.
hint: example of path-to-catalog-folder:
/Users/Me/MyLrCatalogs/MyMainCatalog
tonysiciliano1 wrote:
While I've got your learned attention, I have more questions. My current state of affairs is that I have my .lrcat file copied on both my 240 GB SSD drive and my 3TB internal additional drive. The location of my "Cache for Previews" file is on the 3 TB drive for both .lrcat files. However, the size of the .lrdata file is 271 GB. My questions are these: 1.Does Lightroom create the "Cache for Previews" file from the .lrdata file? 2, If so, is the maximum amount of info LR can use to create the Cache for Previews file 200 GB?, and 3. Will your suggestions be a work around for this 200 GB limit?
1. "Cache for Previews" is a folder named "{Catalog} Previews.lrdata".
2. There is no size limitation that I am aware of, other than disk space.
3. Assuming there is no limitation other than disk space, then yes.
Rob

"Light Room 5.4 Encountered An Error When Reading Its Cache and Needs To Quit" It's happening every time I try to open LR... I'd be grateful for any help.

Hi! Every time, no matter if I've restarted or powered down, even if it's the only program running, it's the same error. I've checked for any updates for my laptop, made sure it's been defragged weekly, checked system performance... all to no avail. Today is the first issue I've had with LR5.4, and I've been trying to correct it since this morning. I'd be grateful for any and all help. Thank you!

Did you mean, "Lightroom encountered and error when reading from its preview cache and needs to quit?"
https://forums.adobe.com/message/6333848
I've been using LR since 1.0 and never encountered this issue until today. The above procedure for creating a new Preview Cache folder and preview files should fix the issue.

Preview files turn red

Hi all,
since yesterday after re-opening my Premiere Pro CC ( 2014.0.1) project some of my preview files in the project window turned red. I figured it must have been an render error with the preview files. So I deleted the cached rendered preview files. After the system rendered them again, they still turned red. So I deleted the presets( Shift + Command ) to see if that helps, but the files stayed red.
I work over a Thunderbolt hard drive that is connected, but it never had any problems like that before. It started pretty much erratic. Now it seems I can't get rid of it.
When I do the render in-out on the timeline, the red parts stay ( or flicker occasional into the video ) and the color bars stay the way they are ( don't turn into green ).
I worked fine with the project and the material for over a week now. Only yesterday it started to act up. The project itself and the render cache of the preview files are on a internal SSD drive. The video material is in MXF files shot by a PMW300.
Here is a screenshot of how it looks like.
MBP late 2011 i7 2.2 Ghz, Quad core, 16 gig ram.

Re: rendering issue: I'd blame the plug-ins before I blamed the software. It's up to the third-party manufacturer to make sure their software or hardware works with the platform it's running on, not the other way around.
Re: missing preview files: I'd guess that something changed enough "under the hood' with the upgrade that the previously-created preview files were no longer viable on the upgraded software. What it was, I couldn't say--but prudence suggests not upgrading in the midst of a project, especially one that's time-sensitive.
The only way I can imagine that you'd be able to recover the existing preview files is to uninstall Premiere and then apply the update that was "last good" (I'm guessing this means 4.0.1). Then, try opening a back-up of your project file (hopefully you have one), or if all else fails, an auto-saved version. Beyond that, your only hope is that the render goes smoothly with the last update; though as Jim suggested, there's no reason to render if you're planning to export to a file. Just set up the export, and cross your fingers.

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