• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  media manager won’t delete unused media

  Posted by Coe Media on November 13, 2006 at 6:18 pm

  I am not sure what I’m doing wrong here. I archive every project using media manager, and for some reason, I cannot get this one to delete unused media. It appearantly thinks that I’ve used the entire 25 minute clip, although there are only 5 minutes worth in my timeline.

  here’s what I’m doing:
  – select sequence in bin
  – right click – media manager
  – Copy media referenced. . .
  uncheck include render files
  uncheck include master clips outside selection
  check delete unused media from duplicated items
  check use handles (00:00:01;00)
  uncheck include affiliate clips outside selection
  base media file names on existing file names
  check duplicate selevted items and place into a new project.
  uncheck include nonactive multiclip angles.

  I am running FCP 5.0.4 on a Dual 2.0 G5 mac. I have already trashed prefs.

  any ideas?

  James

  Magnus Allgurén replied 19 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Aaron Neitz

  November 13, 2006 at 7:12 pm

  it’s broken. Media Manger is *junk* in 5.0. It worked better in 4.5, and it works ok in 5.1.

  Any speed changed clips? Any freeze frames? Delete these and delete and titles, then try doing MM. You’ll have to copy/paste those effects back when it’s captured.

  Before 5.1 came out, I’d XML my final sequence, take it into 4.5, MM it, and open that in a new 5.0 project for re-capture.
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  Magnus Allgurén

  November 14, 2006 at 5:02 pm

  I had the same problem, and it turned out that all media that wouldn’t be managed properly had been captured without TC reference.
  In my case it was only a 60 sec. promo so I recaptured it all with TC and it would media manage properly.

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