Trouble reconnecting XDCam HD media to FCP

I am trying to automatically reconnect media that has been deleted from capture drive. Original media is on an XDCam disc,(imported using XDCam transfer plugin) but FCP will only let me reconnect it by manually locating the files. I have searched and others seem to have the same issue - has anyone come up w/ a simple solution.
Thanks

Hey Shane, time to take the red pill I think mate
According to this thread, our OP is using XDCAM HD not XDCAM EX. He used Sony's XDCAM Transfer application (PDZK-P1) and did not use FCP's Log and Transfer interface together with Sony's XDCAM EX Log and Transfer plugin, (PDZK-LT1), as the the latter is only currently compatible with XDCAM EX media.
Nick
FCP allows you to set a Capture Scratch directory but it does not limit you to only using that directory, the application is perfectly happy accessing your media from outside the defined Capture Scratch directory, indeed from wherever you may choose to store it, but obviously it is a good idea that you keep media in locations that are suitable for media storage and playback, and obviously its best you keep your media in an organized manner.
Sony's XDCAM Transfer app does not have access to FCP's preferences data and so cannot know which directory you have set as your Capture Scratch within FCP. So if you originally imported your footage using Sony's XDCAM Transfer app then it would not naturally have been in FCP's Capture Scratch directory anyway unless a) you set that directory as XDCAM Transfer's Import location, or b) you moved the imported media there after the fact. You can set up your preference for XDCAM Transfer's Import Location, in the XDCAM Transfer > Preferences >> Import tab ... by default it is set to your OS X user account's Movies folder.
Now that you are reimporting/have reimported the media (again using Sony's XDCAM Transfer app) you have the same option to set the Import location according to your FCP Capture Scratch directory, or to move the footage there after the fact ... either way, whether you do our you don't, FCP itself will not care as long as the media resides in a suitable media storage and playback location.
Hope that helps
Andy

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