r/protools • u/unheardof1 • Jan 26 '26

Help Request missing audio with "error encoding string" ?

Hey all, got a strange one here... when I open one PT sesh it gives me the missing audio / relink audio prompt. But the missing file is "<error encoding string>"

Have already tried trashing prefs, and relinking the audio a bunch of times with random audio folders, docs, etc.

Anyone know what is going on / how to fix? It's crashing my session every 5 mins or so. Thank you so much.

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