why does some media keep disconnecting in my event?

[Jenn Lindsay]

I feel kind of stupid about this, but I don’t know where the FCP Library is located. As you can see I’m probably not looking in the right place…can you be excruciatingly specific? Thank you!

[Jenn Lindsay]

Okay, I found the FCP Library in the Movies directory.

As you can see there are two events. The original event was “Apr 9 10 17 gopro keyworded,” into which I originally imported ALL of my footage from the “all footage” desktop folder which I detailed above. This is not the original title; it is the title I changed it to when I decided to create the second event, “11-24-14 re-import,” and import everything in a second time because I was having these file disconnection issues. The file disconnection problems have continued in the same way in the new event. I changed the name of the “Apr 9 10 17 gopro keyworded” event because I was anxious to keep all of the keyword data for the several multi-hour interviews I had already keyworded.

What is weird to me looking at these library folders is that the original event “Apr 9 10 17 gopro keyworded” has a lot of files in it, repetitive files of the nature you described in your post. But the new event “11-24-14 re-import” has very few files in its folder, even though I have imported “all footage” into it about five times.

Do you think I need to structure the folders differently in the original desktop folder from which I am importing?

Here are the folders from the Library side.

I really, really appreciate your help here! I have no idea what to do. What I am most anxious about is losing my keywording hours, but once I start cutting it would not be good to constantly have to reimport everything whenever I open FCPx.

[Jeremy Garchow]

Intent that’s because you consolidated the media out of that Event earlier, but there should still be a representative alias file.

You may see duplicate file names as AVCHD can have duplicate file names by nature, and FCpx appends (fcp1)… At the end to differentiate. Other times they are duplicate imports of something isn’t working correctly.

There is something weird going on for sure.

What is in the IBCSR folder? That seems odd.

In the “Apr…” event folder, do you see “Clip #101”?

[Jeremy Garchow]

I was thinking more about this, and it seems like something went wrong with your current library.

Don’t worry, you won’t lose your key wording.

I’d make a new library.

Drag the “reimport” Event over to it. X will ask if you want to move the Proxy/Optimized, say no.

What for that process to complete.

Re-import any offline files. Any better?

[Jenn Lindsay]

Hi Jeremy! I was delayed in answering because FCPX took like a whole day to analyze my re-imported files and I wasn’t able to quit the program to see what was successfully importing.

So, here’s the scoop.
1. I got my original SD cards of footage out of storage and re-loaded the original files all over again into a desktop folder called “re-loaded IBCSR.” Then in FCPX I created a new library, “IBCSR Re-import 12-3-14” and reimported the footage files from this new desktop folder.
2. I also created a third new library, “IBCSR 2,” and transferred the “reimport Event” from the original library as you instructed. Then, as you instructed, I re-imported the files from the first, original desktop folder, “Camera A footage.”
3. Once all the importing and analysis was done, I quit FCPX and re-opened it. The screen captures below will show you that the “reimport” folder in Library IBCSR 2 is still troubling me with disconnected links, but that the footage in the entirely new library imported from the entirely new desktop folder seems to remain connected.

I’m happy to work off this new library “IBCSR Re-import 12-3-14”, but one point of concern remains my hours of keywording that remains intact in the “reimport event.” Do you know if there is a way for me to somehow merge the keywording work into the new healthy library?

Thank you again for all of your help!!

[Jeremy Garchow]

Thanks, Jenn.

I think we need to focus on just the clips that aren’t working. How many are there?

In the original IBCSR library, can you reconnect those busted clips to the good media in the IBCSR Reimport library?

[Jenn Lindsay]

I am not totally clear on what you mean when you ask, “In the original IBCSR library, can you reconnect those busted clips to the good media in the IBCSR Reimport library?” Or, perhaps I’m just not clear on how to do it (and whether I can).

The new, good IBCSR reimport library contains footage that was imported from a new desktop folder full of footage I re-loaded from the original SD Cards. I did that because I was worried that the problem was in the folder structure of the original desktop file. When I was filming in the spring I was backing up every few days from the same cards and I wondered if there was redundant footage that was confusing the import process. (See first screen capture.)

All footage imported from the first desktop folder is the stuff that keeps disconnecting. The re-loaded stuff is in with no error message. (See second screen capture.) Another strange feature is that when I go to re-import the original disconnected files, I don’t even need to fully reimport everything. It’s been enough to just wave my cursor over the file names and then the “missing camera” icon changes to the footage thumbnail.

Since the “IBCSR Reimport” library contains files imported from the new “re-load” desktop files, I am not sure how to (as you asked above) “reconnect those busted clips to the good media in the IBCSR Reimport library.” Even though files are identical they now have different sources on the desktop. Does different file paths make them different files? In any case, how would I reconnect files across libraries?

Oh Gosh this is confusing.

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[Jenn Lindsay]

PS: I had 20 days of filming. Footage from cards used over 10 days disconnect. 1 day half-disconnects because I changed SD Cards halfway through the day, and footage from one card connects and footage from the other one disconnects.

Overall I used 6 SD Cards. Footage from 2 of them consistently disconnect, footage from 2 of them consistently connect, and footage from two of them are half-and-half.

Mind you, this is not happening when I re-loaded all SD Cards in one day yesterday and reimported from a more organized source folder on the desktop. So I don’t think the footage is corrupted.

At this point my priority is preserving my keyword work on the original footage.

As you can see from the screen capture the keyword data is preserved on disconnected files.

I think I’ve just discovered that if I try to re-import from the NEW desktop folder a file that had been keyworded and disconnected, it doesn’t seem to work. Then again, I might be doing it wrong (just reimporting). I’m not sure how to just reconnect things. I just keep reimporting. That can’t be right.

http://www.JennLindsay.com
iMac 27-inch, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7. 4GB GPU.
FCPX

[Jeremy Garchow]

From your screen grab, clip #225 and #226 are disconnected. Let’s start there.

In the Library that is working (the Reimport Library), find Clip 225 and 226. Now, Right click on them and choose “Reveal in Finder” and note the location.

Now, on the disconnected Library, select the Event in the FCPX Browser with the missing 225 and 226 clips in it, and select those two clips

Choose File > Relink Files…

Click the “All” radio button.

225 and 226 should show up in the “Original Files” list.

Select them both in the list, and click “Locate Selected”

Point FCPX to the “Reveal in Finder” location that you found earlier and click “Choose”.

Then click “Relink Files”.

Jeremy

[Jenn Lindsay]

Goddamnit, this is such a good idea, and I really wish it would work. But no dice on “225 and 226 should show up in the “Original Files” list.” See screen capture.

http://www.JennLindsay.com
iMac 27-inch, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7. 4GB GPU.
FCPX