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lost render files over network
Worked on a project that had multiple editors working on it on multiple machines over our network. For some reason the Render files didn’t show up when it goes from computer to computer which makes it so the project has to be rendered multiple time. Or you have to go find the Render files and reconnect them which seems strange since you don’t have to do that with the video files. Is there some setting that I need to switch on? Do I need to change where the Render files go?
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Rendered files are called Preview files in Pr, they are stored in a different location than your footage or Captured Video files. Check Project Settings/Scratch Disks to see where your Video Previews are located. They need to be moved with the project and the video files and possibly re-linked.
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[Joe]
Rendered files are called Preview files in Pr, they are stored in a different location than your footage or Captured Video files. Check Project Settings/Scratch Disks to see where your Video Previews are located.Joe thanks for your response. I know where the Preview files are located, they are where PPro places them by default (Next to where the program is installed). Finding them is not my problem.
[Joe]
They need to be moved with the project and the video files and possibly re-linked.I’m working over a network, I shouldn’t have to move anything. I can access any hard drive on any edit bay in our building. If I have to move or re-link them every time another editor wants to access the same project through our network that is going to create a lot of extra work. Work other NLE’s don’t require. There has to be some sort of setting or something to make it so different computers see the “preview files” just like they see the video clips.
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There’s an option to have the audio and video preview files go to a “custom” location. Maybe point them all to the same place? Maybe one machine is putting them in a different place than the others?
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Thanks Todd. I have had problems with the renders file disappearing on anything with the MB looks plug-in as well. I was very frustrating. I hope that is fixed soon.
I’ll try sending the preview files somewhere else and see what that does.
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We’ll be setting up a network between three edit suites soon, so I’ll be looking for an answer too. Somebody has had to have figured out a good solution by now.
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I think this is a pretty common problem with the current version of PPr, one that I think has to be fixed for them to move to that next level. Hoping for an announcement at NAB about a new version that fixes this issue.
They are so… so…. close to a top notch NLE IMHO.
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Michael, I agree. They really need to add the ability for PPro to try and find your clips for you, or at least tell me where it was last located. Sometime we move stuff to different hard drives and seeing the old path tells me everything I need to know.
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By “render files” I’m assuming you mean Preview files? If so, try setting Premiere’s Media Cache directory on all of the machines to a specific folder accessible to all machines on the network.
Edit > Preferences > Media > Media Cache Files
Hope this works
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