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Final Cut Pro 7 – Media went offline and Final Cut lost the path and filename for the footage
Hello everybody, I have a bit of a problem here.
I am working on an episode and need some old editing I done for this episode on an older project.
When I opened the older project, all the media is offline, even though I have not moved the footage for this episode, and when I try to reconnect the clips, Final Cut have lost the path and file names for the clips.The path is not a big problem, since the footage is organized. But the file names really difficult the process of reconnecting this footage, since I can’t just tell Final Cut to find the files on the episode’s folder.
Does anyone know why this happens and how to avoid it?
I don’t think I can get the paths and fine names linked back with the footage on the timeline, but if someone does know how to do it, it would help me A LOT!Thanks in advance for the help.
Cheers,
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why doe sit happen?
wish i knew!
i’ve seen it happen when projects are very old, but don’t know why.how to recover:
1- FCP Reconnect, can help you reconnect based on Reel# and TC, not file name
it;s an XML based tool, and can reconnect an entire project, not just a timeline.
i’ve had random success with this: worked sometimes, not others, although it could be a bug in the system i’m working on.2- Resolve lite.
also XML based, but probably only works on a timeline.
XML from FCP, open in resolve, tell it to connect based on Reel# and TC,
then you can probably export an XML and open that back up in FCP.that probably wouldn’t link back to your original browser clips, but maybe that’s not such a big issue for you?
nick
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