Logic is unable to find movie file

Question

I have tried "everything", but Logic won't load my score. I imported a movie file from FCP and since it was a reference movie, the render files are gone (I've edited the film in FCP since). Now in Logic, it is trying to find those render files...they're gone. So how do I get around this. How do I tell Logic to forget that video file so I can import the new one? This is a ridiculous issue! Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Pixelkid wrote:
I have tried "everything", but Logic won't load my score. I imported a movie file from FCP and since it was a reference movie, the render files are gone (I've edited the film in FCP since). Now in Logic, it is trying to find those render files...they're gone. So how do I get around this. How do I tell Logic to forget that video file so I can import the new one? This is a ridiculous issue! Thanks for your help.
Sorry to break the news to ya, but it's not an issue or even a ridiculous one. You deleted the files, so it's down to pilot error. Now, here are a few things you can do to remedy the situation...
*Suggestion 1* -- create a dummy movie. Length, content, doesn't matter. Give that movie exactly the same name as the original and put it in exactly the same location as where the original movie lived. Then try and load your session. Logic's not going to know the difference between the original file and that one, so it should load.
*Suggestion 2* -- launch Logic and hold down the CNTRL key while it launches. You'll get a message asking if you want to run CoreAudio. Say "no". Then try and load your file.
Or... if you have Logic up and running already, turn off CoreAudio in your prefs. Then try and load the file. Once it's loaded up, delete the movie from within Logic.
*Suggestion 3* -- find a copy of the original files in your backups. Restore them to their original location, including the proxy (reference) movie file.