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Batch capture error message…..
“Duplicate Item Filename
Another item in the current batch has been found to use the specified filename. Enter a different filename and click Continue or choose one of the options listed below.
Filename [space in which filename is listed] [Button] – Continue
[Button] – Skip
[Button] – Overwrite (this button is greyed out and cannot be selected)[Button] – Abort”
I have been adding a suffix to the filename and continuing – everything appears to be ok but I would like to understand what is happening and if there are any implications for what I am doing and how I am doing it…..
thanks in advance,
AZ
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10 Replies
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[Adrian Zehn] “”Duplicate Item Filename
Another item in the current batch has been found to use the specified filename.”
Exactly what it says. You already have a clip with the name you are trying to capture this one as. It is saying that you need to name this new clip something else.
Shane
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HI Shane,
So is there a way to avoid having to manually add a suffix to many clips when I do an online uprezz (from a project created with the “Media Manager – create offline” tool?
Thanks
AZ
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[Adrian Zehn] “So is there a way to avoid having to manually add a suffix to many clips when I do an online uprezz (from a project created with the “Media Manager – create offline” tool?”
Media Manage to a different project with a different name and capture in that project, then if you need to work in your offline project simply drag the timeline and bins to the offline project.. This is one of the many reasons FCP’s database needs a rewrite.
Jeremy
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Hi Jeremy,
So you are saying I should Media Manage the project that I already created with Media Manager (create offline etc)?
AZ
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You can drag that timeline and the bin called ‘master clips for …’ to a new renamed project, recapture there, and away you go.
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Hi Jeremy,
Tried this…..made no difference……
Thanks anyway….
AZ
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Did you capture your media into big long clips so that there’s a lot of clips that are named the same?
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Hi,
The original photo jpeg offline media was captured by someone else in long chunks.
Perhaps this explains the problem – it seems unfortunate that FCP can’t be smarter about resolving this issue when I create an offline project composed of small clips….
Next time I use media manager I will try to use the setting ‘base media filenames’ on clip names rather than ‘existing file names’, as it appears to me that the long clips were then subdivided into smaller clips in FCP in many cases.
Any other solutions?
Perhaps someone clever could write some sort of script to deal with this issue?…..such things are beyond me unfortunately…..
AZ
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[Adrian Zehn] “Perhaps this explains the problem – it seems unfortunate that FCP can’t be smarter about resolving this issue when I create an offline project composed of small clips….”
Yes, FCP needs some help in this area. Try reMedia Managing the project and see what you get.
Jeremy
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The trick is to NOT treat FCP like Avid. Proper workflow is everything and it starts from the first logged/captured clip.
Media Manager has incremented names for me in the past. You should check your MM settings.
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