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Transfer media to new external drive while middle of project
Hello,
I started to work on a big project with tens of video and audio files. I made the mistake of using a non-professional external drive a scratch disk which still has a lot of storage capacity but not enough speed to play my HD clips on the timeline.
So I just bought a G-drive and I would like to transfer all my media from one to the other, without risking to mess up what I have already done in FCP.
Should I plug the 2 drives and copy and paste all medias, then attempt to reconnect media in FCP?
If so, I have never ” reconnected” media and I am nervous I might mess up something and loose my work. Any guidelines will be appreciated and followed!!Thanks for the help!
Ruth -
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Read the bottom part of this post by David Roth Weiss, It explains how to use the Media Manager to copy to a new drive.
John
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Thanks! The transfer of media went well but it seems that I’ve lost the timeline and viewer…Basically what I have already edited on this project…Am I missing something?
Thanks for all you help.
Ruth
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