Avid Hates You

This one is just asinine.  For no reason that I can think of, Avid simply won't draw audio data (waveform or energy plot) on Audio Track 24.  Tracks 1 through 23 work perfectly well, but track 24 is total bullshit. Anyway, simple workaround:  Use a different audio track. Protip:  You can add a specific audio track by hitting Command + Option + U (and a specific video track with Command + Option + Y).  Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.  The other half of the battle is killing people.

This is a great error.  It's great for a couple of reasons.  Firstly, the problem isn't that "Avid_MediaFiles' can't be found.  That's the folder on your media drive named "Avid Media Files" and it's pretty goddamn easily found by both you and Avid.  No, the real problem is that a file *inside* Avid Media Files can't be found.  Which file?  Good question.  A database file.  What this error message should really say is: File 'msmFMID.pmr' not found. OR File 'msmMMOB.mdb' not found. Or the error message could be actually helpful and say: The File 'msmFMID.pmr' which should be in path 'MediaDriveA/Avid Media Files/MXF/Ingest1' cannot be found. You know, something actually fucking helpful.  But no.  No, this message basically just says that Avid lost something, it isn't sure what, and it sure as shit isn't going to let you save any bins until you fix the problem.  Also, opening the Med...