Batch Replacing Media Files

[Aleksey Tarasov]

Vegas can’t do it, unless you use third-party extensions to replace media files

[Ellen Maurer]

Hello!

Please tell us some third-party tools.
For example, Replace Media of Vegasaur doesn’t help.

With thanks,
Ellen

[Aleksey Tarasov]

Could you clarify? What you want to achieve.

[Ellen Maurer]

Something slightly different from what original poster wanted.
For example, I have in a folder these files which are used in a single project:

ab.mp4
abc.mp4
abcd.mp4

I renamed them like this (they are in the same folder):

ab-2017.mp4
abc-2017.mp4
abcd-2017.mp4

When I open their project file I get the obvious promt which asks me what to do for the “missing” files.
Is really easy to right click each of the three of them and choose replace file.
But what to do if there are several files like that already used in a project.
Again, I really needed those files renamed.
And I’m just wondering if there is an easier way to replace those files.

[Aleksey Tarasov]

I don’t know a tool that can batch replace renamed files.

[Aaron Star]

1) Take all the ABC.mpg files and put them in an MPG sub folder.

2) Put all the ABC-2017.mp4 in an MP4 subfolder.

3) Open vegas and when prompted to find the files, point vegas at the abc-2017.mp4 files.

4) Then adjust your project settings to match the new file format.

5) verify placements of L3 graphics and any pan/crops.

Your new ABC-2017.mp4 files will need to be frame for frame duration accurate as the originals. If they are not, you will need to sort that out before you attempt step 3.

This is a pretty standard “Proxy Editing” technique.

[Ellen Maurer]

Hello.

My (exactly the same)

ab.mp4
abc.mp4
abcd.mp4

files are just renamed into

ab-2017.mp4
abc-2017.mp4
abcd-2017.mp4

Same size, resolution, extension.

When I renamed the files, they were already used in my project. And now I must work on that project with those same files. Because they are renamed, vegas promts the usual screen with “missing” files.