HELP.....Error message

kwiz · Post by **kwiz** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:25 pm

Has anyone ever seen this error message: ID = -199?
Is there a work around?

I've been trying to open older projects in DP5.11 and every last one of them
are corrupted somehow. I've run Disk Warrior which hasn't helped and two projects opened up when I had a working DP project open and went to the file menu and selected open. (the old OS9 trick)
These projects were done in DP4.6x and won't open in that version as well.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

dweiss · Post by **dweiss** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:12 pm

Remove the all the audio files from their folder and see if the project opens. If it does then one or more of them are corrupted. Usually it's just the file header. Replace the files in halves to weed out the offender(s) then see this post for info on how to repair them:

http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtop ... hlight=199

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:45 pm

kwiz, others have suggested dragging the actual project file into the Chunks window.

I know that when DP 5.0 first appeared, it was also suggested to rebuild the Audio Bundles-- deleting the current one and making a new one-- then reassigning the routing.

Haven't heard of anyone doing that for 5.11-- seems the Chunks trick seems to be working.

chrispick · Post by **chrispick** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:14 pm

It might be that "incompatible third party MAS" thing most of us dealt with. That'd be my bet.

Try pulling out all third-party MAS plugs and VIs from the MAS folder, then opening in 5.11.

DP changed the way it deals with MAS plugs after v.5. Some third-party developers adjusted. Most didn't. Of those that didn't, they usually have AU versions you can switch out.

Good luck.

kwiz · Post by **kwiz** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:50 pm

dweiss wrote:Remove the all the audio files from their folder and see if the project opens. If it does then one or more of them are corrupted. Usually it's just the file header. Replace the files in halves to weed out the offender(s) then see this post for info on how to repair them:

http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtop ... hlight=199

Thanks for the help guys!
dweiss,

Your info was what worked.
Once I found the file culprit the project opened.
I just downloaded Soundhack which shows that the culprit file is headerless.

Now I need to figure out how to recreate the header using Soundhack.

dweiss · Post by **dweiss** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:29 am

Excellent. That's great news! Unfortunately, I have no first hand experience with Soundhack. I had a -199 a while back but I replaced the bad file with a backup. Someone here will be able to help.

kwiz · Post by **kwiz** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:00 am

dweiss wrote:Excellent. That's great news! Unfortunately, I have no first hand experience with Soundhack. I had a -199 a while back but I replaced the bad file with a backup. Someone here will be able to help.

dweiss,

I found the instructions on the website. Soundhack saves the day!
Thanks again for the info.

THECRAFTBEATS · Post by **THECRAFTBEATS** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:39 am

SO... i am having the same problem. i see theer are several posts about htis error message. which one works best? can anybody help with the with any other methods of correcting thsi problem.

thank you,

CARLOS