Grey Clip-Failed to Reveal Clip. Need Solution

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Grey Clip-Failed to Reveal Clip. Need Solution

FCP 10.6.1 (problem existed since the app was called FCP X)

Apple and FCP (X) community. This seems to be a longstanding and unsolved issue.

What do you when a clip is greyed out, cannot be relinked, and cannot be reveled in browser?

I have clips on my storyline and clips inside multicam clips that have gone solid grey.
It's not possible to relink them as they don't show up as a missing file.
It's not possible to reveal them and trying yields "The original clip could not be found or reconstructed".

Here's an image sample. Here's also an old link that I found where I happened to be dealing with this issue years ago. There seems to be others as well, but no solution inside FCP. I am not looking to tamper with an XML file; particularly if I have Motion generators in my project which XML can't fully rebuild.

https://creativecow.net/forums/thread/multicam-clips-greyed-out-missingaeae/

Posted on Mar 17, 2022 5:41 PM

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Answer 1

Tom Wolsky

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Mar 17, 2022 5:57 PM in response to Tangier Clarke1

These are the names of two clips in the multicam clip container. Where are these clips in the browser? What do you see there?

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Answer 2

Mar 17, 2022 6:02 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

If I do a search for those clips using the browser search field. The clips do show up and they're found and visible audio and video.

If I select the clip in the multicam or a single clip on the storyline that's also greyed out, then attempt to do a "reveal in browser" this results in a "Failed to reveal clip" notification with further text The original clip could not be found or reconstructed.

I attempted to bring in the clips again from the Finder, wondering if that would somehow get the clips to relink and that didn't work.

I did replace the clips in the multicam clip as a test, but that had no effect on the multicam clip in the storyline. That stayed greyed out.

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Answer 3

Tom Wolsky

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Mar 17, 2022 6:28 PM in response to Tangier Clarke1

If you select one of the non-gray clips in the timeline and use Shift-F it takes you to the multicam clip in the browser, is that right? That multicam clip has the correct clips in it or not? The multicam clips in the project are all cuts from the same multicam clip or different ones? You have a lot if them in the browser. I’ve not seen this happening or heard of it.

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Answer 4

Mar 17, 2022 6:39 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

To your first question - yes a Shift- on a non-grey clip takes me to the clip in the browser. However, there's something I just discovered. Even the non-grey multcam clips in the timeline have grey clips inside the multicam clip just like the greyed out one. This is peculiar. The only difference that I can tell is that one clip in the timeline is blue and the other is grey. In both cases the roles for these clips cannot be set.

There are different multicam clips in this project based on the scene and take. The multicam clips that aren't working are the ones with no frame images in them on the timeline as shown in the image (which also show different multicam clip names).

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Answer 5

Tom Wolsky

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Mar 17, 2022 5:49 PM in response to Tangier Clarke1

Looks like you’re inside a multicam clip. What do the clips look like in the browser?

Noah’s question about importing might be relevant, but there’s nothing in the thread beyond that.

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Answer 6

Mar 17, 2022 5:53 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

It's black with grey (see pic), but inside it the audio is still linked. Just the video elements aren't.

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Grey Clip-Failed to Reveal Clip. Need Solution

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