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FCP 7 xml and multiple volumes
My media is organized on multiple volumes. When I load an xml DAVINCI requests that I identify one volume on which my media is located. I am forced to choose one volume and then media which is not on that particular volume appears offline. It seems if I then manually add the media from the other volumes to the media pool the clips automatically appear online. Is this the only and best way to manage this situation – seems a little clunky although I guess if it works, that’s the main thing….just wondering if I’m missing something (newbie testing out workflow here)
Thanks
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Yeah, being able to select multiple volumes, or having an “add folders and subfolders based on XML” would be helpful. In the past I’ve done this: Load the XML and select “add media” and point it to your first volume. Once it loads and gives you the log (which inevitably tells you that a number of clips can’t be found) delete that new timeline while leaving the media in the media pool. Then load the XML again, again selecting “add media”, but this time point to your second volume. Do it another time for each additional volume, and you should end up with a media pool full of all the clips you need. Then you can load the XML without adding media and it should connect….
KC
Prehistoric Digital
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There is an option to add additional media if you right-click on the XML timeline. You can use this to point to other volumes where rest of your media is.
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Thanks Rohit….
Somewhat more elegant solution…..
AS
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