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Reconnecting Media… A lot of it. Mass linking possible?
I’m primarily a FCP editor, but am assistant editing on a Premiere Pro 5.5 project.
Workflow—This is not an online project. We have HD 1 – The main editorial and assistant editorial drive. I organize, she edits. Then, HD 2 – Purely a back up. To enhance the productivity of our workflow, since only one of us can be working at a time, I would like to use HD 2 for my work, then export EDLs, etc, for the editor.
Problem— The backup drive throws all the media offline, since, I can only assume, the project files reference HD 1’s information and folder name and structure. Everything is identical, but HD 2 throws everything offline.
My question.. Is there a way for me to connect everything at once like? There are hundreds and hundreds of clips and the ‘one by one’ window prompt I’m greeted with in relinking the media is a waste of time. Is there a function that, like in FCP, one can do a mass reconnect?
Thanks,
Evan
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You are one of MANY professionals who in switching from FCP have bumped into this major problem with Premiere Pro. It does not have the same search and connect function that FCP has. I would suggest placing a feature request at this website…but dont do it today. The website is down.
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
Tom Daigon
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Ah, that is disappointing. Thanks, and I will definitely post up on Adobe boards. (I’ll ask for color-coded markers while I’m at it too.)
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Throw every single into one single folder! Thats what we coped with that situation- we had over 6000 clips!
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Generally, if each drive has the same folder/file structure, linking one file will link all the files. I’m on Windows and with external drives sometimes they’re plugged in and assigned a different drive letter which will unlink the entire project.
I suspect something deeper is going on though. Are you mirroring the hard drives before or after Premiere reads the project for the first time?
I ask this because Premiere, by default, writes an ID number to the metadata of the file so it doesn’t do things like double conform files if a second copy is brought into the media library (bin). I wouldn’t be surprised if it helps re-link projects as well.
– Angelo Lorenzo
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Hard drives on Macs dont have assigned letters.
Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid
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Tom, I was giving that as an example of how often I have to relink media, so I am familiar with his issue regardless of how it may be caused.
Just a point of clarification.
– Angelo Lorenzo
– https://FilmsFor.Us Helping you sell your film online -
Sorry! I got bitten when a large project was cut on another MAC, then dumped to a hard drive for transporting, then I dumped it to my raid array. The lack of a search/reconnect function made life hellish 😀
Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid
Kona 3 -
No worries, I’m sure the web makes me come off harsher than I mean to.
I kind of what to see how his assets are managed. I believe Premiere matches up a project when you point to one file and it does some lateral searching to other folders around where the project is located. I’ve always success with minimal clicks relinking things.
– Angelo Lorenzo
– https://FilmsFor.Us Helping you sell your film online -
Its really a bitch when you are working on someone elses project with lots of folders and no familiarity with all the clip names 🙁
Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid
Kona 3 -
The only way this turns into a problem is if material is scattered about haphazardly. As Angelo mentioned, if everything is kept together under a main project folder, linking one single file will allow Premiere to find the rest. I do this all the time considering I work on Premiere on both platforms.
If this is not the case, I would imagine that the organization of the project itself leaves a lot to be desired.
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