ID 167696 - Markers from flix do not show up in timeline or marker tool in avid 8.3

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Problem summary

UPDATED Title and description: 5.2v6.0008
Markers from flix do not show up in timeline or marker tool in some versions of avid

Customer reported version

5.2v8

Steps to reproduce

  1. in a clean flix version, import some image files via import drawings.
  2. with markers toggled on, create a few markers 
  3. name markers fx01, fx02, etc
  4. save and publish to avid
  5. in editorial gui, to avid, select folder for import and import ale, aafs and markers.txt
  6. in avid, create a new project with ale bin and aaf bin
  7. import aaf's into aaf bin
  8. import ale into ale bin and double click the sort 2 column
  9. select all items in ale bin and option drag to the record monitor
  10. select the newly created sequence in the ale bin and drag to aaf bin
  11. shift select seq and aaf's in aaf bin and relink
  12. double click relinked seq
  13. open marker tool
  14. in lower left, click select import markers
  15. import markers.txt from step 5
  16. double click on any of the markers in the position bar
  17. with relinked seq selected in aaf bin, save project and export ctl via list tool
Expected behaviour
  • markers shown in the position bar, timeline and marker tool
  • locators represented in ctl
Actual behaviour
  • markers do not show in the timeline or marker tool
  • no locators in ctl
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Earliest version tested
 
mac/5.2.0785
  1. create a flix seq with some panels and markers
  2. export to avid and import files to selected folder via editorial gui
  3. import ale and aaf's into new avid project, create seq from ale, relink ale sequence to aaf's
  4. open marker tool and import markers.txt from import extras folder exported from flix during step 2
  5. load list tool and preview ctl
Expected behaviour
  • markers show in markers tool and ctl
Actual behaviour
  • imported markers on timeline disappear if user adds marker in avid to sequence
  • markers show on timeline in the record viewer window but disappear if user using any edit function like adding an effect to a clip 
  • markers do not show in markers tool window or ctl

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