Encore file overwriting an entire folder?

I had an interesting little snafu. I opened up Encore (while Premiere was open) and while saving a newly created Encore file for a video project I inadvertently saved the Encore file as the same name as the video folder that housed my entire Premiere project. Encore without asking if I want to overwrite this folder completely overwrote an entire folder. The folder and files that were there are now gone. When I went back to Premiere all of the media was gone... How is this possible? Is there anyway to retrieve my work. I have a back-up on another drive but the last back up was about 8 hours of work ago... Anyone else have this isue? A fluke? I will have only lost 8 hours of work but that still sucks... It could be worse I guess... Anyone?

Mac or PC?
I was able to duplicate the overwriting of files on a PC using En CS5, but only if I forced the file name to include the .ncor extension. When I tried to name the file the same as the folder, without explicitly adding the file extension, the Save As dialog opened the existing folder and continued to prompt me for a file name. The newly saved file/folder combo for the En project was then saved *inside* of the existing folder with the same name, and no overwrite occurred.
Regardless, this is very bad behavior by En.
-Jeff

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Adobe posted updates to CS3 InDesign shortly after 10.5.4 was out.
I've got half a dozen OWC Mercury type drive cases. One thing I noticed after 10.5.4 is that some that I had made backup clones now had the "Ignore Ownership" flag set to on - something that I always check and which would prevent a proper backup or restore and wouldn't allow repair permissions. So in some way, 10.5.4 did do "something" to those FW drives, but not sure how or why the ownership would be changed.

How to import 12 different PPro files into one Encore file to make DVD

I'm trying to create a DVD with 12 different lessons on it. I have created 12 Premiere Pro CS4 files (each is a slideshow lessons with narration) and I want to bring them all into one Encore file. I can send one file to Encore via Dynamic Link - but when I open another PPro file and try to send it to the same Encore folder - it erases the file I put in there previously. Maybe I'm going about this all wrong - I really don't know. Please Help.

Hi Stan,
Thanks for the reply.
Since I wanted to get the DVD finished asap - I jumped right into PPro CS4 without going through a learning process first.
When I said "file" I meant one of the 12 or 13 different PPro projects that I saved to my Desktop...each lesson is different - so I made and saved each lesson separately and placed each of them in a different folder. Each lesson only has one "sequence" (and I'm not sure what "sequence" means yet).
These are basically PowerPoint lessons with narration - each lesson containing anywhere from 25-75 pictures or text slides.
When I opened up one of the lessons in PPro and sent it via DL to Encore - that was fine. It created an Encore file. When I opened up the next PPro file and tried to DL to that same Encore file - it appeared to delete or do away with the first file I had sent there. I could DL each of the 12 or 13 files - but only to its own Encore file. I couldn't figure out how to get them all into the same Encore file. But thanks to all the help on this forum - there are now 13 little videos that I can import into the same Encore file. And that's amazing.
Thanks for the encouraging words that this project might all fit on the same DVD (I was worred because the files add up to 107 minutes - and I the DVD holds 120 minutes (I think). I was assuming that after I created a menu and added a picture for the background in the title page, etc., that it would all add up to too much information for one DVD).
I'll let you know how the DVD turns out.
Thank you very much.
ph

HT1751 After "Restoring iTunes Library Backup" it wont link to the files in the iTunes folder. I've followed the correct procedure, and iTunes lists all my music correctly (but with no artwork), but can't locate any of the files. Using Windows 7. Help ple

After "Restoring iTunes Library backup" it wont link to the files in the iTunes folder. I've followed the procedure as described, and the iTunes folder is in the correct location. iTunes lists all my music correctly (albeit with no artwork), but can't locate any of the files.
I've been restoring my iTunes folder from a backup hard drive to a new computer on which I've downloaded the latest iTunes (10.7). If this is a newer version than the one I backed up with could this be the problem? (I had the latest (to my knowledge) iTunes when I backed up the folder about 3 weeks ago, was this version 10.7?)
Or is the version of iTunes (within recent updates) not an issue when restoring a library?
Using Windows 7.
Any help please?

From the top of the page where the scripts live...
The general method of use is to download the script to a folder of your choice, e.g. your Desktop, Downloads folder or create a folder at ...\iTunes\Scripts. Select a playlist or highlight some tracks in iTunes and then double-click on the script to execute it. If no specific tracks are selected the script will try to work with all tracks in the current playlist. Some scripts offer a choice of track by track confirmation of changes or fully automatic processing of the selection. Many of the scripts can optionally display a progress bar while running.
You are strongly advised to backup your entire library, or at the very least the iTunes Library.itl file, before use. Test the behaviour of your chosen script on a small group of files first to make sure it does what you want before applying it to large numbers of files.
Most builds of Windows will execute *.vbs scripts when you double-click them. If that doesn't happen then you might need to visit the Add/Remove Programs or Programs & Features control panel to enable the Windows Scripting Host. I can track down details if you have issues.
Backing up and restoring data is an area that is often glossed over. Most people don't try to learn much about it until they've lost something important. (Me too )
If your iTunes library was in the usual layout then normally copying the whole iTunes folder from the User's Music folder in the old computer to the User's Music folder in the new one will usually work fine. Ideally this is done before iTunes is installed so that there is no empty library to replace, and all settings are picked up from the old library. This post contains more details.
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Forgot to tick - Add files to itunes media folder

Hi, im new to itunes and have recently downloaded my cd collection to itunes ( 7000 odd tracks worth)
Ive just realised that i never had the "add files to itunes media folder when adding to library" box ticked.
I would like to know if im am still able to add all my music to the itunes media folder now that they are already downloaded and in my library?
I would like to know this because i would like to use some songs in windows movie maker and when i search for the music using wmm, i can find the itunes media folder but there is no music inside.
Can anyone help on this matter ,
Thanks scott

In iTunes parlance a file is consolidated if it is located inside the iTunes Media folder, and by extension unconsolidated if outside the media folder. The option you refer to, if enabled, ensures that all tracks added to the library thereafter are consolidated, though it won't affect tracks that are already part of the library when you make the change.
Having the files consolidated means that iTunes can, if you wish, also update the file and folder names to reflect changes that you make to tags. A fully consolidated library where the media folder is a subfolder of the main iTunes library folder is also portable making it much easier to backup, restore, move or migrate.
You can consolidate your entire library with File > Library > Organise Library > Consoldiate files, or selected files by right-clicking on them and clicking Consolidate files.
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File import questions and folder display questions

I am running LR3 on Win 7 x64. I have a few questions.
I have a hard drive assigned to drive letter "B:\" Why doesn't the file imported see this drive in the list of drives? I have to use the "other drives" and browse every time that I want to add files from this disk. Other drives, including networked drives are fine.
When importing from a main folder and including subfolders, is there a way to filter files in any manner? I never want to import web galleries that I have made in bridge, for example. These files have very small JPG files, thumbnails and web images. Is there a way to exclude them form consideration whilst importing? Is there a way to reveal and show the thumbnails with the folder structure? I don't want to have to browse to every folder individually when I am trying to import all useful images from an entire disk. If LR would at least show the folder structure of the subfolders when you select photos from a top level folder, this would help. How can I do this?
In the library view of folders, how I filter on all files in one disk? I can select a folder under the disk and see just that folder, but LR will not allow me to select the entire disk. Is there a way to do this?
How can I display the entire folder structure in the laibrary panel? Some folders are not showing their top level folders that they are inside of. How do I reveal this information?
In the library module, how can I filter on file dimensions? I thought that I had seen this, but I can no longer find this. Sorting by file dimensions would also be an option to accomplish what I am trying to do. I need to delete all thumbnail images and tiny images from the catalog. Is there an easy way to do this?

No, because you don't import a whole disk, you only import images. And the toplevel disk bar you see there is the disk where the top level folder is stored, not the entire disk.
Let me make this clear. When I want to view an entire disk, I am only wanting to select images that I have already imported, not the entire disk including images that I have NOT imported.
I am not sure if you dont understand what I am saying or what. If you have folders of images inside a top level folder, you can easily select the top folder to see all subfolders that you have imported. Why can't I select the disk as the top level folder to see all of the images that I have imported on that disk?
I have a cattelog that has images from 8 different disks. I use removable drive bays so all 8 disks are not available at any given time. I just want the ability to select all images that I have imported on a disk, just like you can do at the folder level. I am at a loss as to why this is a problem.
My point about bridge was that LR is a far superior program for organizing images due to its database. But LR is lacking in some features that could have easily been put into it. If bridge can do the type of filtering that it does without a good database engine, then certainly LR could and should do it. In no way do I want to use Bridge to manage cattelogs with 150,000 images. That would be insane. I have no issue with the fact that you have to import your images first to use LR. It has to be this way to work with the database. My issue is that the filtering is not nearly as comprehensive as bridge.
I dont need help with my workflow. Back when I shot many of the images that I am importing now into LR, there was no lightroom. My workflow was much different back then than it is now. My comments were that I assumed that LR could do things that it cannot, not that I needed help with my current workflow. Much of the issues that I have now with LR are due to the old workflow and trying to import only the raw images.

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