Two Problems on HD

1. Time compression/expansion audiosuite isn't working right. It only shortens the file (by trimming it), but it doesn't actually compress it. 2. Trying to open some older sessions from last year from a mix plus system, I'm prompted to process audio files into a new folder. I can't figure out why I just can't open it. Running HD3 PT 5.3.1, on a 733 AGP 512M of Ram.

I think you should replace the v. 5.3.1 plugin with the 5.3 - check the link

The second item you mention where Pro Tools asks you where to put converted audio files upon launching an existing session is most likely due to the "Enforce PC Compatibility" option when creating new sessions. This feature is designed to make Mac to PC interchange easy by NOT allowing a Mac user to do several "illegal" PC things such as naming files with "/","\", ":", etc. These characters cannot be used in file names on PCs. Enforce PC Compatibility goes deeper than that, it will also look at folder names and drives names for illegal PC naming characters. So , if your drive(s) or folders, where this session resides are not PC compatible Pro Tools will force you to copy the files to another location that is PC compatible. To fix this, you can do a couple of things: 1) Rename your drives and/or folders that do not comply with legal PC naming, in a nutshell, use only letters and numbers for names. Do not use slashes, colons, dots, etc. 2) Create a new session of the same sample rate and bit depth as the session that won't open and import the tracks from the problem session. Of course, you need to use a PC compatible name on the new session and do NOT check the "Enforce PC compatibility" check box in the "New Session" dialogue. Hope that helps, Jon Connolly Digidesign Product Specialist