Media offline again!

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Media offline again!

I have made several films now the FCE4. Now I am putting together a film, but each time I open it up within FCE4 there are more and more clips it cannot find. When I locate them and reconnect - nothing happens.

imac 2.93Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Apr 1, 2010 5:29 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 1, 2010 3:57 PM in response to bjcgmw

bjcgmw,
It sounds like maybe the clips (files) may have been moved to a different location than they were in when the project was first created.

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Alchroma

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Apr 1, 2010 4:37 PM in response to bjcgmw

Are you changing names or moving stuff around through the Finder?

Al

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bjcgmw Author

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Apr 2, 2010 9:11 AM in response to Alchroma

Nothing is being moved. I can find the clips but does not make any difference.

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bjcgmw Author

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Apr 4, 2010 3:45 AM in response to bjcgmw

Anyone have any ideas?

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Alchroma

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Apr 4, 2010 4:08 AM in response to bjcgmw

Can you provide info about the clips?
Right click and Get Info.

Al

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bjcgmw Author

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Apr 5, 2010 5:01 AM in response to Alchroma

What sort of info do you want?

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Alchroma

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Apr 5, 2010 6:17 AM in response to bjcgmw

Right click a clip in the FCE Browser and select Item Properties.

Creator
Frame size.
Compressor.
File type.
Video rate.
Data Rate.
Pixel Aspect.

Al

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bjcgmw Author

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Apr 6, 2010 5:27 AM in response to Alchroma

Al
I appreciate your time here.

Creator - QuickTime Player Launcher
Frame Size - 1440 x 1080
Compressor - Apple Intermediate Codec
File Type - Clip
Video Rate - 25fps
Data Rate - 0/sec
Pixel Aspect - HD (1440 x 1080)

Thanks again

Bruce

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Alchroma

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Apr 6, 2010 6:09 AM in response to bjcgmw

There's two things that look irregular:
Creator - QuickTime Player Launcher
Data Rate - 0/sec

Normally Quicktime Player would be the creator and some data rate should exist. eg. 3.2 MB/sec.

There's something odd going on!!

How did the clips in question get into FCE?

Al

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Tom Wolsky

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Apr 6, 2010 6:15 AM in response to Alchroma

The 0 data rate ill appear if the clips are offline because FE can't read it from the clip metadata.

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Alchroma

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Apr 6, 2010 6:28 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Makes sense about 0 data.
I wonder what the offline trouble is?

Al

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bjcgmw Author

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Apr 6, 2010 7:40 AM in response to Alchroma

Al,

Clips were imported into FCE from HD camera along with many others used in same film which are being found.

Tom,
Just bought your book to see if that helps - sady it hasn't.

Bruce

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