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big project – lost master clip relationship for every clip
I’ve just noticed that every clip in my project has lost it’s master clip relationship. If I Shift-F a clip from the timeline I get a warning “The clip’s master clip is not present. Would you like to add a Master Clip to the Browser?” I am working with XDCAM EX footage – and because each camera start/stop comes inas a separate clip – I’ve become dependent on being able to quickly locate back to a clips original source if I need related footage from the elsewhere on the same reel. Obviously, now, with the master clip relationship broken, this system doesn’t work and I have to manually search which reel a clip came from.
I suspect this may have happened when I created a new folder on my scratch drive and moved all the existing scratch folders into this one location. Is there anyway to reconnect all the master clip relationships? It’s literally every clip in the project…
many thanks
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Thomas- Quit out of project. Re-launch project, select search in the missing media dialog box. FCP should find the clip. Choose connect. FCP should connect with all missing clips. Save. You should be good to go.
HTH,
JerryG5 Dual 3GB Ram
FCP Studio 6.02
External 1 TB SATA Raid 0
Kona LH, Second system w AJA ioLA
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Jerry-
I think you misunderstood the problem I’m having. I haven’t lost the connection to the media, it’s just that FCP no longer recognizes that a clip in the timeline comes from a specific clip in the browser, even though the clip in the browser (which should in fact be the master clip for the corresponding excerpt in the timeline) does exist. I think in the Final Cut Pro lexicon, it no longer recognizes that the clip in the timeline is an affiliate of the clip in the browser.
Further complicating my ability to discern what’s happened, it turns out that not every clip in everyone one of my sequences has suffered this de-affiliation. Some sequences match back fine still.
Anyhow, if anyone has a way to “re-affiliate” in batches – hours of my life will be saved…
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Thomas- Select all clips in the timeline. Right click the selected clips>reconnect media>search. When it finds one it should find them all (if they are in the same location). Select connect and you should be done.
HTH,
JerryG5 Dual 3GB Ram
FCP Studio 6.02
External 1 TB SATA Raid 0
Kona LH, Second system w AJA ioLA
Sony Z-1
GV-HD700 -
I’m having the same problem. Reconnecting the media doesn’t help anything. Any luck finding a solution?
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I have the same problem.
Has anyone found a solution? All the master clips are present in the same project as the sequence. We really need this to finish our show!
Please help!Many thanks
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Hi I have the same problem, did you find a solution?
From Svend
Svend
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I never did find a solution to the problem. I have instead instituted a naming system for all my projects now so that every clip name includes the reel number and a sequential counter (plus other descriptors). That way I can tell just by the name of the clip which reel it comes from and where on that reel it is located. That’s at least solved my problem of needing to matchback to the browser to find other nearby clips from the same reel, for example.
Otherwise, I have resigned myself to Final Cut’s useless media management. Shame Apple has never cared enough to fix it.
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Hi, thanks for reply. I found my solution, and it is to use reveal in finder instead. Then you will find the clips nearby.
Svend
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Hi Svend,
There is no solution.
Just another one of many reasons why Final Cut is pointless to use for any feature film or long-form projects.
I’m sticking with Avid and will do for all future projects.
Best
C
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Hi,
Is there really no solution for this? Match frame and reveal in finder work fine, but Shift-F “Reveal Master Clip” does not. I get “The clip’s master clip is not present. Would you like to add a master clip to the Browser?” every time even though the master clip is right there in the browser! Is there at least any idea what causes this to happen so I can avoid it in the future? There must be a way to remind FCP of the affiliation.
Thanks for any advice.FCP 6.0.6
Mac Pro 2×3 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
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