No response when packaging content

Hi Guy,
I have followed quick guide to setup completely. However when I prepare to package content in Flash Access Manager, I press "Package Media" button and don't get any outputs and logs like AdobeFlashAccess.log, it doesn't show any warning dialog window on the panel either. I should be configuring properly following the guide, I am not sure it's correct since I installed servers on VPN.
Can someone please point me which step I was missing?
Thanks for your reply in advance !
Lewis.

Hi Lewis,
The Flash Access Quickstart Guide (http://www.adobe.com/support/flashaccess/pdfs/FAXS_2_0_Quickstart.pdf) describes setting up the Flash Access UI Manager on Step #5.
Some specific questions:
- On Step 5.6, did you see the fields auto-populate? (This confirms your packager .war file was properly deployed)
- Where are you looking for your AdobeFlashAccess.log? (The location of this file is indicated in your log4j.xml file)
- When you specify content you want packaged, the content must be on the same machine that is running your packager .war file. If you have a remote client running the Flash Access Manager which is connecting to the packager server, the content still has to reside on the packaging server (and not your remote client). For instance, if your remote client with the Flash Access Manager specifies the content "c:\temp\foo.flv", the packaging server will attempt to look at its own "c:\temp\foo.flv", and not remotely query the remote client machine's hard drive.
cheers,
/Eric.

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Please provide your precious feedback/suggestions.
Thanks in advance…..
Edited by: EJP on 15/03/2011 16:52: added code tags. Please use them. Code is unreadable otherwise.

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There is no good back up to the Cloud. There are a couple of reasons for this. One is that the datasets are so large and the cloud services shapre their download speeds. This means restoring can take days to complete. Then, and this is the big problem, the iPhoto Library needs to sit on a disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Bluntly, no servers online are formatted appropriately, and if the Library is written to - by an incremental back up, for instance - there is a very high likelihood that the library will be corrupted.
Your Question 1:
The Library you're describing there sounds like one that has been updated a few times. Not everything you list there is a folder. Some will be aliases.
The Data folders hold thumbnails.
The Masters and Originals folders hold the files as imported from the camera
The Previews hold the versions of the edited photos that are accessed via the Sharing mechanism.
I think if you look losely that you'll notice that one of the Data folders and one of either the Masters or the Originals folders is actually an alias.
Everything else is a database or cache file of some form. All are required for iPhoto to work.
As an FYI:
For help accessing your photos in iPhoto see this user tip:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491

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I have moved some of my previous iphoto libraries to an external hard drive. It fell and was not usable and did nor want to open any of my fikes. It was rceovered and I've received it back. The package contents are now seperate from the iphoto icon's on the hard drive. If I want to open it, it asks me to upgrade to the new maverick's version iphoto library. I click upgrade but then it saus that my iphoto library needs recovery and that it will quit and relaunch by itself. If I press quit the whole process starts anew. What should I do to be able to view my iphoto library? Please please help!

Dear Larry. Unfortunately I have just copied all my old libraries to this external hard drive and was about to back it up when it fell. This was still the previous Iphoto app before I updated my mac to mavericks. I now run OS X 10.9.2. The folder in which I received back this hard drive shows: folder "2012 iphoto". In this folder all the package contents lies together with the older iphoto app. In other words, if I right click on the iphoto icon, there is no option to "show package content:, because I assume it is not in it and is seperated. I hope I explained this correctly?
If I now double click on the iphoto icon, iphoto starts up and it shows me the following message: "Your photo library will not be readable by previous versions of iPhoto after the upgrade. The upgrade process for very large libraries may take an hour or more to complete.". I then click upgrade, and the following message appears: " An inconsistency in your database has been detected. The application will now quit, relaunch, and restore your database to a consistent state. This may take some time." It only shows a tab with "quit". If I pres quit, iphoto closes and reopens with the first message showing again. This continues untill I choose the option to not upgrade...
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I created an iMovie project and finalized it, but when I tried to look for it, it was gone in the iMovie project library. I can find it on"finder", and open package contents etc, but it won't play in iMovie. How do I recover it? Its really important!

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http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov882dee351
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I have searched previous discussions whereupon I have tried using the re-build option in iPhoto Library Manager (it re-builds with the photos missing) and all the re-build options available when launching iPhoto with the Option+Command keys pressed (with seemingly very little activity).
Has anyone had this problem? Have I missed a relevant discussion? Does anyone know how I can re-instate my missing photos and events in iPhoto?
Thank you in anticipation.
Martin

When you repaired the libary did you check the option ot recover orphane3d photos in the iPhoto Library folder along with rebuilding the database file and repairing file permissions and?
If that doesn't help the try the following:
Starting over from scratch with new library
Start over with a new library and import the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:
1. Open the library package like this.
2. Launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
3. Drag the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the open iPhoto Library package into the open iPhoto window.
This will create a new library with the same Events (but not necessarily the same Event names) as the original library but will not keep the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.
Note: your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
OT

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I keep hitting what looks like a bug in Flash Builder 4.5, and I'm wondering if anyone else has seen it or can help me find a workaround.
The problem occurs when I choose Export Release Build... and try to build an APK for Android. In the second screen of the wizard, under the Package Contents tab, there's a file list and you're supposed to select the files you want in the package. Simple enough. The problem is that this file list does not consistently reflect updates to the project file structure. So I usually see an outdated file list, which might or might not have all the files I actually need to put into the package.
There doesn't seem to be a way to force the wizard to rescan the project and rebuild this list. I've tried restarting Flash Builder, deleting bin-release-temp, cleaning all projects, and a few other things besides. So far nothing works. (The Flash view always picks up my changes within a few seconds.)
It seems like my only option is to use the command-line compiler. Not the end of the world, but I'd rather that the wizard just do what it's supposed to do.
Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for the suggestion. I checked, but that doesn't seem to be the problem in my case. I've attached a screen shot showing the problem – the list of source files in the Flash view doesn't match the list of source files in the Export Release Build wizard. The red boxes highlight one of the areas where they differ.
The file I want to include is StagesLoader/assets/game/assets.swf. (The directory StagesLoader/assets is included into the project as a separate source path.) As you can see, the "rooms" folder in that directory is available in the export wizard, but "assets.swf" is not.

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I have a weird scenario where one of my events is not showing up in a library. I have a simple library with the following events:
Interviews
B Roll
Edits
When I open final cut, I only see the B-Roll and Interviews event. The Edits one is missing. When I right click on the library in my finder and select show package contents, I can see all 3 events. No clue why one isn't showing up.
I tried renaming it. I tried setting up a new library and copying over. Neither worked.
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What happens when you open package contents and click on "edits"? Does it havea filder that says "original media" and when you click on that one can you see video clips?

Regernerating lost references with iDVD - Package Content

Hello all!
The situation:
I have some old iDVD projects which I would like to overwork a little bit. Meanwhile I am on iDVD'08 and some of the referenced images have sligtly moved from there original location. When iDVD starts up with such an obsolete project I have the occasion to search for the lost images in a convenient way.
How it was:
With former iDVD versions, I could specify a path from where iDVD starts to search. The search was rather fast and efficient, as I colud specify a path inside the "iPhoto Library"
How it is now/my question:
with iPhoto '08 its library turned into a package. I am not able to open the package (View packages content) using the small file browsing dialog box provided by iDVD in the mentioned serach dialog. Therefor all I can specify now, is the entire "iPhoto Library" as a starting point for the lost images. The search takes now forever as I have several thousands pics in my Library.
Has anybody an idea how I can speed this up? Is there e.g. a way to permamently open the package and move back to the regular file structure for iPhoto?
Or can I extend the functionality of the limited file browsing box and have it able to dive into a package?
Thx for any hints on that!

I just got a old iDVD project messed up by this poor implementation.
I guess nobody forced you to upgrade
Old applications/projects/etc don't remain compatable with new operating systems/applications/etc forever. I'm not an iPhoto user (for many reasons), but the non-destructive manner in which it saves modified versions with the same name has always bothered me. Couple this with the tendency of some digital cameras to reset the numbering system every time a card is erased or the batteries are changed and you get the kind of multiple file name confusion you are experiencing.
Does anybody has an idea?
Unfortunately, the best advice I can give you is to start over with a completely new project in iDVD '08.

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