i had the same problem. mine might be different from yours but my solution was easy. the projects folders name contained a slash “/” which confused automatic duck with the media paths. so you might want to check if there are any characters in your folders names that could cause something like that.
yes that is exactly how i have done it. it works well but is a pretty circuitous workaround compared to ps.
i was just wondering if i could do it any better.
but thanks a lot, i appreciate your answers.
lukas