FCP Reference Files & Digital Mediapress Card

I've been using FCP Reference files with my Wired Digital Mediapress card for about 6 years very successfully. It means booting back into OS9 (9.2.2) to run the software, but the card has saved me a untold amount of time over the years, so I've no probnlem with that.
Just in the last couple of weeks however the Digital Mediapress software (V1.1.2) won't accept an FCP Reference file. It's more than happy with a self contained MOV file, but not a Reference file. And for the life of me I can't figure out why.
I've looked at the stats for all the files and everything looks fine. No strange formats.
Anyone else still using this card and software?
Anyone suggest any idea?
The card and software are no longer supported by Wired, so i can't ask there.
It's not a huge problem, I'll just start making self contained MOV files of my DVD projects, which only adds about 20-40 mins to the project, which is still a lot less time than other MPEG2 encoding options.
I'm just curious to figure out whats going on.

The problem has cleared itself.
Not sure wht caused it or the fix.

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Anybody know if there's a way to export a Quick Time REFERENCE file (not a full Quick Time .mov)?
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1. Will I have better quality DVD videos if I convert
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I no longer see the option ~"Import from disk"
The application just magically decides what I am importing from.
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"we have serious concerns about customers accidentally importing referenced files from a card that is subsequently reformatted in the camera"
I understand. So bury the option under the, "Only use if you really know what you are doing. You could destroy everything." heading, Or even as an external file of settings for people who know what they are doing. The point is this has forced me to take a step backward in my workflow which was already a workaround from what I really wanted. Ideally I have wanted all along:
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I'm coming to Aperture from Picasa, which replicated and managed my folder structure as it appeared on my hard-disc, which was nice.
Am I better off importing images into my Aperture Library, or managing the folder structure how I want and just having Aperture work with the reference files?
I'm not a pro-photographer, just a pretty basic user, so will not have loads of large raw image files. What's the benefit of using the Library over using Reference files? I've tried Google-ing but everything I've found just addresses folder/project management within Aperture.
If I use the reference option, can Aperture manage my photos on my hard-drive in the same way Picasa could (ie if I moved a photo from one folder to another in Picasa, it also moved on my drive)
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Hi TxH,
Welcome to the user-supported Aperture discussion group.
I'm coming to Aperture from Picasa, which replicated and managed my folder structure as it appeared on my hard-disc, which was nice.
If you use Aperture for even a little while, you'll realize that the structure of your photos in your hard drive is not as important as how you organize them in Aperture, especially when you start making albums, which merely contain a pointer to the image in your library. You can have a picture in many albums, but your library (and therefore hard drive) only contains it once.
Am I better off importing images into my Aperture Library, or managing the folder structure how I want and just having Aperture work with the reference files?
That's a matter of opinion. Some people are very opinionated that using referenced files is the only way to go, some are opinionated the other way. Sometimes there really is a better solution for you depending on what you are doing.
What's the benefit of using the Library over using Reference files? I
You will find loads of conversation if you search this discussion group for "managed" and "referenced".
You will always have a library. Your managed pictures will live in the library and you won't have direct access to them through Finder (and you should not want direct access to them for the most part). Your referenced pictures live wherever you tell Aperture to take them from, but the bookkeeping parts of the Aperture library/database are still stored in the Aperture library package.
Benefits of managed include: you don't worry about where the files are; Aperture backs them up if you use its vaults; they are always with you.
Benefits of referenced include: you know exactly where the files are; your Aperture library is significantly smaller than if all your photos were in the library; you can find them with Finder if that's important to you (and a lot of people think it's important to them but then realize they only think that because they're really not using Aperture to its full potential).
If I use the reference option, can Aperture manage my photos on my hard-drive in the same way Picasa could (ie if I moved a photo from one folder to another in Picasa, it also moved on my drive)
Yes. I've never used Picasa, but Aperture allows you to "relocate" your photos in order to manage their external directory structure. You can also choose to "relocate" a managed master to make it referenced.
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