Went to HQ this week in Colorado. Hung out with some great people, inside and outside our team.

The day before I went back to New York, Craig Hering drops this on the office.

Suite Studios represent. 🎧

Hello! I’ve been swimming in workflows for weeks now, but a couple recent highlights from the realm of Suite Studios:

1. This lovely report by Kevin P. McAuliffe on his Suite experience: www.provideocoalition.com/in-depth-…

2. It’s official! You can use PostLab Pro on Suite: docs.hedge.video/postlab-1…

If you’re using Premiere Pro 25.2.x and you get a dialog box or a warning in your sequence that says:

Can’t access audio

The audio for {Filename} can’t be read quickly enough from storage. Please check your storage and try again.

It’s a known issue and Adobe’s addressing it.

The workaround?

1. Uninstall Premiere Pro 25.2.x.
2. Reinstall Premiere Pro 25.1 or earlier.
3. (Optional) Disable Auto-Update for Premiere Pro: Creative Cloud > Preferences > Apps > Auto-update > Premiere Pro: Toggled to Off

More details in this Adobe Community thread:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/p-audio-quot-can-t-be-read-quickly-enough-quot-from-storage/idi-p/15246881

ISAAC T.’S POST-NAB 2025 HIGHLIGHTS

I joined Suite Studios back in February and let me tell you – I’m enjoying the ride.

This past week I found myself somewhere I never thought I’d be again: The NAB Show in Las Vegas.

As always, to all of you who stopped by the booth: thank you.

ICYMI, here’s what we showed our guests:

• A super-fresh UI refresh 🧊
• The Global User Model - one team member can now belong to multiple teams.
• Instant Install - no more macFUSE, no more Benjamin Fleischer.
• Instant Archive - move files you aren’t using right now to a special folder, and boom: it’s archived. That’s it. Anything in your team’s Instant Archive folder will be billed at a reduced rate.
• On-Site Cache - use your on-prem shared storage to share a Suite cache among your team for extra performance when working from Suite inside your facility.
• Suite Connect - give non-team members the ability to upload and download files to / from Suite.

All from the comfort of an inviting booth, a series of speakers made up of our insanely talented customers, and the delightful aroma of fresh popcorn.

And then, Suite won Product of the Year. Mind. Blown.

Frequently Asked Questions

The great part about being at a show is you hear from people in the moment, and a few thoughts or questions persistently pop up. Here are a few:

Is Suite’s cache encrypted?

Yes!

Are you transcoding my files when I upload those to Suite?

No. Suite is truly a filesystem – whatever you upload to Suite is uploaded as-is. None of your files are transcoded or recompressed. That’s the magic of Suite’s file streaming: upload your files, press Spacebar, and go to work.

Doesn’t Suite require macFUSE (Benjamin Fleischer)?

Nope! Not anymore. 🙂

Still skeptical? Sign up for a 14-day trial and battle test Suite. You’ll get unlimited storage and unlimited users during your trial. If you run into any trouble, we’ll be there.

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Restaurant Recommendations

Secret Pizza - I introduced the whole team to some proper slices at the Cosmopolitan. It was even better than I remember.

TAO Asian Bistro - if you can go, go. 🤤

Lardo - I split a sandwich with my buddy Colin. He had a birria-based grilled cheese and I had the porchetta. Perfection.

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There’s so much more to come for Suite in 2025 – stay tuned!

For now, I’ll leave you with this snapshot where we all had a moment of respite before the big week. Looking forward to doing it all over again with these fine people. See you then!

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Now available – Final Cut Pro 11.1

Of course, Chris Hocking at fcp.cafe has you covered with his own deep dive plus links to even more coverage:

https://fcp.cafe/news/20250328/

Happy to have Apple silicon just for FCP and Motion. 👌🏽

DOGEARS - BENCHMARKING PERFORMANCE IN PREMIERE PRO

Like the Quesarito at Taco Bell, DogEars is a hidden menu item in Premiere Pro.

With DogEars you can get a frame-by-frame, blow-by-blow look at how well a Clip is playing back something in Premiere Pro.

How do you enable DogEars?

• macOS - (Command-Shift-Fn-F11) or just (Command-Shift-F11)
• Windows - (Control-Shift-F11)

You can also enable DogEars by:

1. Invoking Premiere Pro’s Console (Command-Fn-F12 or Control-F12).
2. Clicking the hamburger menu next to Console and choose Debug Database View.
3. Search for DogEars.
4. Click the ☑️ next to EnableDogEars so the value turns to true.

Once you enable DogEars, press Spacebar or the play button for a Clip or in your Sequence and Premiere Pro will display those playback statistics on top of what you’re currently playing.

💡Premiere Pro will only reveal those statistics from DogEars once you press Spacebar or the play button. Conversely, if you disable DogEars, Premiere Pro only hides those stats once you press Spacebar or ▶️.

If you look up anything on using DogEars, you might find something from members of the Premiere Pro team stating, “Dog Ears is an engineering tool, which is not meant to be accessed by users.”

OK.

Well, if you’ve ever used something like MediaInfo, DogEars is like that… in real time for Premiere Pro.

How do you read DogEars output? I won’t take you item by item, but Dell published a pretty handy guide for how to read these as part of their Isilon: Adobe Premiere Pro Configuration and Optimization paper on pages 13 through 18. (Seriously, it feels a lot like reading MediaInfo.)

Why would you use DogEars? You might want to see how well Premiere Pro plays back something from a particular type of storage.

And if you’re ready to boost your team’s Premiere Pro workflow with some cloud storage built for file streaming, I know some people. 😄

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Did iOS and iPadOS 18’s Show Vehicle Motion Cues make one of the recent keynotes?

Settings > Accessibility > Motion > Show Vehicle Motion Cues

Been using it for the past few weeks.

Buried. Treasure.

I just discovered a VFX Compositor is selling instructional materials for up-and-coming visual effects workers under this moniker – Pixelfudger.

This makes me sad because either:

• They haven’t seen Hollywood’s Greatest Trick and don’t… know what this really means.
• They have, they’ve given up on change, and they’re trying to normalize this term with humor.

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Paul Rogers' acceptance speech for his 2023 Best Film Editing Oscar win is still one of my favorites of all time. His last thought is basically what the work’s all about: you hope you did right by it, and everyone else involved in it.

Also, his message is tight, the delivery’s relaxed, and his humility’s genuine.

AVID MEDIA COMPOSER - COMMON UNEXPECTED BEHAVIORS AND ERROR MESSAGES

(Last updated: 2025 Feb 28)

You’re using Avid Media Composer, you hit something weird, now you can’t work.

Chances are, you’re experiencing something that happens all the time. The problem? Once someone gets past that problem, it’s forgotten. Or the solution / workaround is buried deep in a thread. Or the remedy’s treated as institutional knowledge / oral history among a few.

Instead of sifting through community.avid.com posts or Avid’s Knowledge Base articles, here’s a dedicated, updated list of unexpected behaviors and error messages you’ll encounter when using Media Composer. The list is long, but trust me: these are common.

Before you begin, 99.999% of your troubles are preventable by applying Avid’s Requirements to your workstation(s). I compiled these here.

Also, you’ll find references to Mimiq by Hedge. Mimiq enables Bin Locking and Bin Refresh on any type of storage. I’m keeping the Mimiq references here because people tend to blame it when things go wrong in their Media Composer workflow.

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Unexpected Behavior

Playback is now much slower

Mimiq doesn’t intercept any input/output between your workstation and where you store your media.

You may need to confirm you’re using a qualified combination of Media Composer and your operating system, all Avid Requirements are in place on that workstation, and your network and shared storage are configured for maximum performance.

I’m getting permission errors

Mimiq doesn’t alter any permissions on any eligible volumes, whether they’re shared folders, Workspaces created from folders, or native NEXIS workspaces.

If Media Composer reports permissions-related errors, the best place to start is to give Read and Write privileges to any users who will access that share, then progressively restrict access as desired.

Media Composer keeps creating a 1 folder in my managed media folders

https://isaact.micro.blog/2024/06/12/on-renaming-avid.html

Opening Bins gets slower and slower

https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Knowledge/Ways-to-speed-up-Media-Composer-bin-save-load-switching-between-applications-and-startup

Media Composer crashes when loading bins

https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Knowledge/Media-Composer-crashes-when-loading-bins

There’s a .lck_conflicted file in my Avid Project folder

https://community.avid.com/forums/p/207593/925980.aspx

Media Composer hangs/is stuck on “Configuring audio waveform cache”

https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Knowledge/MC-hangs-configuring-audiowaveform-cache

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Exceptions

SYS_ERROR, OSErr:-5000

https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Knowledge/Exception-SYS-ERROR-OSErr-5000

SYS_ERROR, OSErr:-61

https://docs.hedge.video/mimiq/troubleshooting#why-does-media-composer-say-sys_error-oserr-61-when-i-try-to-open-a-project-on-macos

“Project Settings not saved due to an error.” or “File (Project Name).avp not found.”

https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Knowledge/en275137

ReadDomainWithMobs: failure opening domain on stream for bin

https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Knowledge/en263983

Structured Exception, ExceptionCode: 3221225477, ExceptionString: Access_Violation

• https://community.avid.com/forums/p/122419/881542.aspx
• https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/e8bad4fa-b640-4a39-ad88-74afda3504de/possible-heap-corruption-detected-exception-code-3221225477?forum=winservergen

CONSISTENCY CHECK FAILURE or “Core consistency check failure"

This is a common error.

There are multiple possible causes, but the workaround is to apply a “Divide & Conquer” approach to your sequence so you can locate and remove the culprit(s).

https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_US/troubleshooting/Divide-and-Conquer

SFPlayConsumer::Execute TIMEOUT

This is a common error.

It means something is getting in the way of Media Composer performing as quickly as expected.

https://kb.avid.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Knowledge/en388455

Also, confirm all Avid Requirements are in place on that workstation.

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Couldn’t find your error message or oddity? hey@isaact.co

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I just received an email from Panic. They’re the best.

That is all.

smbutil lookup {NETBIOS-NAME}

I must’ve buried this somewhere deep in the mind palace; can’t believe I haven’t used this command before today. 🫠

ROCKET SHIPS FROM THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Working in and around creative industries feels like being part of The Chocolate Factory – wondrous, demanding, and satisfying.

But chocolate wasn’t Mr. Wonka’s only export: he also made rocket ships. Or at least one, The Wonkavator.

Being a remote worker since 2012 has enabled me to experience life in ways I never thought possible, like working from different continents, being there for my family, and watching my kids grow up.

If that’s the kind of chocolate you’re after, then this… is Suite (https://suitestudios.io). High-performance cloud storage hyper-focused on file streaming.

Suite mounts in your file browser and feels just like a local volume. If that reads like Just Another Cloud Store Option, not so fast. Look a bit closer and you’ll see: you found the Wonkavator.

If you want to learn more or discuss some workflow possibilities, feel free to email me here: isaac.terronez@suitestudios.io

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Yo there’s a non-Parental Advisory version of should I work for free? by Jessica Hische:

http://shouldiworkforfree.com/clean.html

I don’t have any scoop on this, but I predict Avid will release Media Composer for Apple silicon in late March or early April, right before the 2025 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

You might bookmark this for release day: Removing Rosetta 2 From Your Mac

I never saw Adult Swim in its heyday, but apparently their music supervisors had exquisite taste in bumper music:

https://archive.org/details/Adult-Swim-Bump-Music-Collection/232+Human+Nature+(Michael+Jackson+-+Human+Nature).mp3

Brilliant work from Matt Parker of Stand-up Maths.

YouTube | Patreon

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Childish Gambino’s Saturday – still great, still unreleased.

https://www.reddit.com/r/donaldglover/comments/q5o85o/childish_gambino_saturday_snl_s43_e19_1080p/

TIME TO CRACK THIS OPEN

I ordered something special for myself back in September. Actually, I pre-ordered it. I figured, “By the time it arrives, I’ll be back to work. Then I’ll open it.” My own quiet celebration.

November came, the special thing arrived, but no new team.

December? Nope. Still Ronin Mode.

Well today’s a new day.

I’m now a member of Suite, makers of high-performance cloud storage for remote workflows.

That means I’m back to work focused on something I truly love: helping teams work together better and faster from anywhere using their favorite technologies. I start February 3, and I couldn’t be more excited.

I want to say Thank You to some folks:

Colin McFadden, Alex Gardiner, Ievgenii (Eugene) Larin, Chris Hocking, Brian Harris, Felix van Geuns, Stefan de Jong, Patrick Pietens, Zeb Chadfield, Bill Davis, Mike Matzdorff, Karyn Cooks, Richie Murray, Ryan Welborn, Tyler Nelson, Jahret Sylvester, Ben Longoria, Daniel Singh, Justin Briars, Robbie Patton, Beau Geertgens, JJ Macías, Devin Pool, David Hall, Vincent Laforet, Cirina Catania, Jordan Maltby, Scott Simmons, Jason Bowdach, Rich Camp, Peter Wiggins, Gavin Burridge, Jacqui Hocking, Jonathan Stark, Oli Smith, Robin Moran, Steve Bayes, Mike Woodworth, Jorrit Harmanny, Simon Derks, Jasper Siegers, Tim de Groot, Thomas Koopmans, Roelof de Koning, and Paul Matthijs Lombert.

Some of you did some things for me (perhaps unknown or unseen by me), but most of you were just… there for me, checking in from time to time. Either way, you chose to spend your time and energy on me, and that’s especially tricky if you live in a different time zone. For that, I am grateful. 🙏🏽

And now… it’s time to crack this thing open.

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I love Return of the Jedi, but the mind reels on the alternate universe where David Lynch actually took the Director’s chair for it.

Oh yeah, watch The Straight Story.

Thank you, Nate.

GLOBAL REMINDER: PLAYING TETRIS IS GOOD FOR YOU

As someone who recently experienced an extended period of stress, I can confirm – playing Tetris helps provide some short-term relief with the possibility of relieving some long-term post-traumatic stress as well.

You can play a 100% free version – optimized for mobile –  from tetris.com here:

https://tetris.com/play-tetris

Since Tetris is available on just about any device or platform, and in many cases at no charge, adding it to your mental health arsenal is a worthy experiment.

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For the curious:

• National Library of Medicine - Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (July 1, 2020)¹

• npr.org - How Playing Tetris Tames The Trauma Of A Car Crash (April 9, 2017)

• Scientific American - Tetris Shown to Lessen PTSD and Flashbacks (April 25, 2012)

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1. I’m not a neurologist, but a quick look up revealed: any time you read something like “hippocampal volume increase”, that’s good. The hippocampus shrinks (or atrophies) when you experience prolonged periods of stress. Less hippocampal volume means more traumatic flashbacks, PTSD, depression, etc. ↩︎

THREE ARTICLES FROM 2024 THAT WILL STICK WITH ME IN 2025

1. I Will Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again by Nikhil Huresh

2. Godot Isn’t Making It by Edward Zitron

3. Casual Viewing by Will Tavlin for n+1

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⚠️ Before reading these, you may want to install Advanced Profanity Filter, a reputable, open source plug-in for your web browser that respects your privacy. (GitHub > PRIVACY.md)

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I’m canceling my Gemini sub and evaluating DupeGuru and rmlint:

1. https://dupeguru.voltaicideas.net
2. https://rmlint.readthedocs.io/en/master/tutorial.html

Both available for macOS via brew.sh.

Tested DupeGuru a bit and it’s already better than Gemini: it can detect duplicates nested in subfolders.

I’m so happy they keep this site updated.

http://rez.u-ga.com/museum/