Mapping to offline media

I copied a project from one computer to another. All the media is contained is several subdirectories under a main project directory. When the project is opened on the new computer all the media appears under Project Assets, but it is all offline. When the project is first opened it prompts for the location of the first image in the timeline. However, there are about 300 images in the video, so would like to avoid mapping to them individually if possible. Is there a command that will search for and map all the media in its new location?

Joe,
Welcome to the forum.
ATR has given you some viable options.
The PrE Project file (PREL), uses absolute Paths to link to the media in the Project. If any part of that absolute Path is changed, or missing, then PrE cannot follow those links. When you moved things to the second computer, it is very likely that the absolute Paths were broken, and most likely as drive letters changed.
One can duplicate the folder scheme in the second computer, if it has a drive letter available, that matches that on the first computer. As an example, if the media was on the D:\ on the first computer, but now are on the C:\ of the second computer, Moving those media files, in their exact folder structure to D:\, would likely solve the issue. If this is not a possibility, then I recommend letting PrE do the relinking. It will do this, for all media assets in each folder, once the first one has been located. This will need to be repeated for each media asset folder, but otherwise is automatic for ALL used media assets in THAT folder. This article on "Where is File ___ ?" goes into more detail: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4598705#4598705 Also see this article on Media Offline: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3561281#3561281
I often migrate Projects between computers, and for that task, I use external FW-800 (IEEE-1394b) HDD's. I first set the drive letter of each of those external HDD's to be the exact same, in the OS of every computer, that will work on that Project. Then, when I Import my media, usually Copies of the files, in each folder, into the Project, the absolute Path to that media is the same, including the drive letter. This article goes into more detail on using external HDD's: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4542396#4542396 This setup would only be useful to you, at the very beginning of a Project, and not once media assets have been Imported into the Project from a previous absolute Path. Also, this article on Folder Setup might be useful for the next Project: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4028231#4028231
I think that the easiest method to get your Project easily from one computer, to another, would be ATR's recommendation to go back to the Project on the first computer, and use the Project Archiver, to Copy that Project and all media assets, to an external HDD (remember to set its drive letter in the OS of both computers, before you start). Then, the links via the absolute Paths will be the same, and you should not get any Media Offline, or the "Where is file ____ ?"
Good luck, and please report your progress,
Hunt

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<Add SourcePath=" "
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How do I find the "Offline Media" or otherwise fix this?

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Presumably, Premiere Pro "knows" what is offline. Is there any way to get Premiere Pro to indicate to me WHAT it "believes" is offline and WHERE on the timeline it believes that material is?
Yesterday, even though this error appeared, I successfully encoded this timeline for DVD. It encoded fine and a frame by frame examination of the encoded video by two people did not find any sign of "the Offline Media graphic" or any sound problem.
I decided the error message was itself an error and have spent nearly all day yesterday and today trying to encode the timeline for Blu-Ray. I have tried the unmodified AME presets "H.264 Blu-ray" and "MPEG2 Blu-ray". Both generate the same error message -- "Error compiling file. Unknown error."
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WELL... that was weird. Thank you all for your advise, but it seems I was mislead by Premiere Pro, so I must apologize for unintentionally misleading you.
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And after following the advice I got from Michael MTT and checking every single one of the dozen of offline clips in the project... I know absolutely that there is not a single offline clip in the timeline I'm working on and that the error message is indeed a mistake by Premiere Pro.
But the solution to the "Error compiling file. Unknown error." message turned out to be truly weird. It was generated by a corrupted video effect (color correction) on a 2 second clip.
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"Offline material is present in this export and will be encoded using the offline media graphic"

This comes up every so often with my renders. I have a 28:30 minute project that is 100% complete. All the files are present locally, and nothing shows as offline or missing. I've gone through the final sequence frame by frame and NOTHING is offline or missing. But when I want to send it out to export, I get the message above in the title.
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Premiere pro cc link offline media error message:the file has no audio or video streams

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Offline Media

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Open AME's preferences and turn off "Import Sequences Natively". Now resend your sequence. Does the problem go away?
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Hi all, thanks for your help but neither of those solutions are working. I have found an autosave in which most of the media is still linked but not all of them and I am still being told that the file dimensions are too large to link, despite being from tapes i captured using premiere pro. While all clips are in the same place as where i edited them, the ones that appear to still be linked are blank and will not play.
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:00:12 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: PP CS4 won't relink offline media
    Re: PP CS4 won't relink offline media
    created by Bill Hunt in Premiere Pro CS4 & Earlier - View the full discussion
Jeff covers two of the biggest reasons that Media is Offline, and why one might not be able to relink to the media. This ARTICLE goes into detail on a few other reasons. The biggest question, and also at least part of the solution, is "why is the media offline?" One of the main causes is that something changed in the Path to the media, which is absolute. Then, when PrPro cannot find that media, it asks "Where is file ____ ?" and the user chooses anything but the Finder to locate that media, then Saves the Project. All media with changed Paths will then show as Offline. However, manually relinking will correct that. In your case, you are failing in that relink operation, so Jeff's suggestions take on even greater importance. Still, by defining WHY the media is showing offline, might be useful in determining how to relink. Good luck, Hunt
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2. If you stored the project's source media on an external hard drive and that drive changed drive letter for some reason, this would create a media disconnect situation.
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