Media manage project duplication help

i want to use media manager to duplicate my project, & trim it down to just the timeline clips and place it on a 2nd external drive. i think i checked/unchecked all the logical squares off in Media Manager but when it went to work a dialog box appeared warning "this operation will permanently modify existing media files". how will it modify existing media files if i am just asking for it to trim the DUPLICATE? i want to make sure that nothing is altered in the existing project...i just want to have a trimmed backup. is this warning just a general/generic warning that applies to any media manager maneuver or do i have something to worry about if i hit the "continue" (instead of "abort") button?

I had the same problem recently. The media was ripped from DVD and imported. A look at the manual told me that to be able to reduce the clip size to only the required media certain conditions have to be met. My problem was that because the clips were imported they did not have an associated Reel Name. I set a reel name for each and bingo, the size went down.
Check you meet all the conditions for the process.
Trevor

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Media Managed projects audio i/o's have shifted

Trying to archive projects using Media Management has been enormously frustrating: crashing frequently, causing problems with hds being recognized, having to force quit on my mb pro.
Now I find that the projects have audio problems: the i/o's have shifted.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I guess a workaround would be to drag over the original audio, the files aren't that big, but all the effort I've put into MMing makes me think I should skip that process and just move all the original media used in the final sequence.
All the problems I'm having now have resurrected memories of a few years ago that I'd largely forgotten. These are the same problems that made me stop before.
FCP is a great app, but this part of it *****.

This board is full of people that are update crazy...
even when they have perfectly good working systems.
i know i thought well it's just a security update not a major update.
Best advice... whenever updating the OS, unplug all
firewire devices.
will take note of that from now on.
Was this auto-update? Try downloading the file and
running the update again with all firewire devices
unplugged.
While the 828 is disconnected perform the factory
reset
again.
Disconnect the firewire cable from the 828mkII
-Press the Setup knob
-Turn the Setup knob all the way to the right
-Press the Select knob
-Press the Value knob
-Power off the interface and plug the firewire cable
back
in
-Power the interface back on
i have the original 828 not mark 2, so no reset i know of, just power on off.
After the Mac updates... reboot and plugin the 828,
see if that doesn't get you going.
pancenter-
cheers pancenter, i'll give it a whirl updating without the interface plugged in. thanks for all your help.

Media Manager SUCKS! Help

Ok so i've had my 8300 Curve for sometime now. I have a Windows xp 2gig ram and a P3 processer. I have a really decent computer that does pretty much everything.
HOWEVER! When i load up my Desktop Manager and click on Media Manager.... Media Manager runs EXTREMELY SLOW often freezing and i have to pull up task manager to exit it. Sometimes i get lucky and i'm able to throw some music or pictures on my phone before it goes retarded. I new as soon as i bought the phone and installed the software and saw the name Roxio i was in for it. I hate Roxio everything.
Does anyone have any tips on improving performance with Media Manager?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

What version of the Desktop Manager are you using? If not using 4.6, uninstall of the version you have currently installed using this prodedure: http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB02206. Afterwards download 4.6 from here: https://www.blackberry.com/Downloads/entry.do?code=A8BAA56554F96369AB93E4F3BB068C22
There's two options to choose from, with or without Media Manager. If you choose to try media manager again you may run into the same problem (can do a search on the boards for media manager to find out more infomation about that if you choose)
Regardless of which version of the Desktop Manager you choose it's recommended to buy a microSD card to store your media files on, so you don't run out of memory on your device.
Depending on what OS your BlackBerry is tells you what size microSD card you can buy. You can check under Options | About (will be listed as v4.xx.xxx). Look at the chart at the following link to see what size you can obtain - http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB05461
On the BlackBerry go into Options | Media Card. Recommended media settings are as follows:
Media Card support : ON
Encryption Mode : NONE
Mass Storage Support : ON
Auto Enable Mass Storage Mode When Connected : YES
Mass Storage mode allows your BlackBerry to act as an extra drive when connected to your PC. So it will show up as an extra drive letter in Windows Explorer. So you don't need the Desktop Manager media manager version if you choose to go with this method because you can just drag/drop media files onto your media card
Hope this helps
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Remember to resolve your thread by clicking Accepted Solution.

Backup - Media Manager - FireStore

Any suggestions for a good Backup procedure?
I tried working with Media Manager BUT I have a problem namely:
I work on quicktime files generated from a FireStore (I don't capture from tapes). So those files don't have Reel Names. So when I use in the Media Manager "delete unused parts of the clip" ... it actually doesn't. In the manual, it's written that for clips that don't have real names or source timecode - FCP DOES NOT delete the unused parts of the media files.
I actually use parts of media files using IN & Out points and I NEED to backup the whole clips because Media Manager does not help me in that. Any clue????

In the media manager, I'm doing a "copy" and have
"delete unused media from duplicated items" selected.
Since this is a copy, my original source medial will
be untouched, right? Very clearly stated, nothing is
deleted?
Yes, that's right. Make sure it's a copy, and preferably make it to a different drive (why coming up).
Also, I have titles and effect shots linked via
motion projects in the sequence. How are these
handled...
MM will also copy Motion, Soundtrack Pro, LiveType project files as well as still images, PhotoShop documents, and who knows what else.
...and how can I make sure if all my original
data is lost, that this backup will have all my media
used in the motion segments?
You want to check the new project thoroughly to make sure it's all there. This means at least stepping through, playing segments to make sure the right stuff is there. Really it should include rendering it out and playing back the whole thing to make sure there are no glitches.
This is where copying it to a different drive can come in. If you do that, then you can take the original drive offline to make positively sure the new project isn't reading anything from there. Another option is to rename any folders that are relevant to the first project, so that if they're referenced in the MM project they won't be found. Red flag. Be especially careful about images and Motion etc. projects, which may be scattered depending how you work.

FCP6 BIG PROBLEM - Media Manager Speed change from FCP5.1.4

Hi!
We have problem using a media manager project from FCP5.1.4 in FCP6. Almost ALL clips with speed change are messed up (all new speed around 1% to 7%). This is really a problem for us, since we always do media manager of everything we do to be able to go back and make changes.
We have 2 MacPro 2 x 2.66Ghz, 8GB RAM, 10.4.9, Quicktime 7.1.6, FCP6, Decklink HD extreme or AJA Kona LH (with the latest driver).
We tryed with different format: HDTV 1080i50, DVCProHD 720p59.94, SD Uncompressed 10bit, .... always the same problem.
Is there a new way to use the MM in FCP6?
Thank you!

Hi! And thanx for the tip.
But we use Media Manager everyday with speed change WITHOUT any problem (with FCP 5.1.4).
We already try something similar, we copied the good clips (with speed change) from the ORIGINAL timeline to the media manager one, deleted the bad clip (with the wrong speed change) and pasted the good one in there place. Then we reconnected those clips with the MEDIA MANAGED one. We get a warning that the IN and OUT of the media are not the same, CLICKED continue and everything is always (well 95% of the time) OK.
SO yes, we have the solution, but it's really really long and painful, especially with multilayered sequences.
Right now, when I open any Media Manager in FCP 5.1.4 (created with FCP 5.1.4) everything works fine. Doing the same thing with FCP6 = speed change problem.
Thanks again,still looking for another solution.

Problem with Roxio Media Manager - Desparate for an answer

In order to get my Roxio Media Manager to work. Do I need to have access to the browser on my BB8300 Curve. I am not subscribing to the internet on my BB but I do on my computer. Could that be the reason why my Media manager is not working properly? I am desparate for an answer since I have photos on my Blackberry that I need edit and and sent off. What good is the camera if I can't take the photos off of it? I have tried uninstalling the software and then re-installing it. I still can't get the Media Manager to appear in Roxio. The one time I did get it to work, I start getting Runtime errors when I tried to bring up Media manager. Please help..All the rest of the icons..back/up, synch, etc is appearing..just can't get the Roxio Media manager to appear now.

Do you have a media card in your BlackBerry? If so, plug your BlackBerry in and enable Mass Storage Mode. Then just access the memory card from Windows Explorer. For what you want to do Roxio is overkill, and complicated.

Media Manager - H.264 & Pro Res

I was trying to media manage a sequence today without much luck.
When it was managed, instead of just taking the sections I had used in the edit, it had placed all the clips in their entirety into the managed folder (I had wondered why a 2 minute video was 31GB in size).
Same settings I always use but checked them several times several times to make sure.
Only 2 differences in my workflow
1. ProRes (usually we use XD Cam EX footage but can't see why that would change anything)
2. ProRes from H.264 files shot on a Eos D5, encoded using Mpeg stream clip.
Does anyone know of any issues Media Managing from this format.
One of my other editors here has had exactly the same problem, again with ProRes from H264.
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Hey Shane, Not sure this is still true. I've media managed a couple of projects recently that included digital files without reel numbers and FCP seemed to handle them ok (unless of course I had a senior moment). Of course, I always test the integrity of a media managed project before deleting any of the original material.

Example of workflow using media manager and files with 5DMkII

Greetings,
I hope someone can shed some light on this problem. I am trying to figure out how to take files from the 5DMkII(apple proRes 422) and edit low rez files on a laptop and port them back to a desktop for final hi res finishing? I've read around but I am still confused. haven't found any difinitive answers yet nor a complete tutorial on Media Manager. Please help.
Hassan
using one intel core duo laptop, one intel mac Pro, both with lots of ram and the newest final cut suite.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=offlineonline+final+cutpro
Shows a surprising number of resources out there. One:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/offlinert.html
is a few years old, but the concepts are all still valid.
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Media Manager help!!

I want to create independent media files from subclips in my FCP project with Media Manager.
Since I did not understand this process in the beginning I have logged and filed all the subclips in a variety of bins regardless of there master clip origins. I then cleared any subclips that I knew that I wasn’t going to use at all.
Is the only way to do this Media Manager process now to delete all the master clips at once and then choose all the subclips at once and ask Media Manager to create new media files for each subclip thus deleting any subclip material that I cleared?
Is there a way to do this one master clip at a time? I have about 30 hours of total material and am nervous about doing this all at once. Plus I am almost out of room and need to capture more video.
Thank you for any help in this matter.

Media Manager is a sleazy non-feature. It works but it's indecipherable
Try this:
Create a new project. Capture two or three clips in the same way you did the originals and use MM on those till you get the hang of it.
You will be able to do what you want to do. The MM section in the manual is quite long, I can't possibly make it any shorter.
There's a section on Media Manager at kenstone.net, too.
You can do it. However, I strongly urge you to borrow or steal an external FW drive.
bogiesan

Emergency help needed re media manager

Hi all,
Hopefully somebody can help me with this.
I am due to start an audio mix on a project for a client tomorrow. He currently has the FCP project on his Mac Pro but due to recording to a tascam portable recorder on set all his audio files are called audio1, audio2 etc. He has a folders on his drive with each days recordings so there are many folders which all contain files called audio1 etc.
I asked him to put his picture lock sequence onto an external drive using media manager but it doesn't seem to able to handle the audio files since there are so many with the same name from different folders so the external now has only one file with each name where on the picture lock sequence there are many audio clips called audio1 for example.
I hope this makes sense.
Please post here if you can help me.
Thanks in advance
Michael

If you have a media card in your BlackBerry then the easier way to transfer items to it is to just click on the My Computer icon and drag and drop them to the appropriate folder. Music to the \blackberry\music folder and so on. As for the problem with the Media manager, it should be remedied by installing the OS for your device to your computer.
Message Edited by tschweitzer on 10-21-2008 11:21 AM
Message Edited by tschweitzer on 10-21-2008 11:22 AM

Media Manager slide show timing help

Hi,
Not sure which forum this belongs but I have built multiple slideshows on my vista 32 machine using media manager. I added music in the back. When shown on my pc the slide show takes the timing settings I gave and runs perfect. However when I go to the tv, the timing is fixed at 5 sec. What can I do to adjust the timing? Also, is there a means to play in a loop? I have a music file with slide show I want to use on my large video wall during a party and want it to set to loop (100+ slides). Thanks for any help!

Open your project. Hover your mouse over the music track in the timeline and when it changes to a hand symbol, click once to highlight the track you want to remove. Then hit delete.

Trying to consolidate project with Media Manager but it's not working

I have a 3 minute final video that I want to consolidate with media manager. I would like to have it copy the portion of the clips I used plus 1 second handles. I have checked every appropriate box but it still will not create smaller clips. For example I have a 5 GB movie clip that I used about 4 seconds of in my final edit. Final Cut is still copying over the whole file into the new folder instead of just extracting the portion I used plus the handle. I have deselected the box referring to include master clips outside of selection.
I have gotten this to work before, is this a known issue? Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks.

Robert,
Media Manager has a few quarks (you've no doubt noticed!). The two biggest that I've noticed are:
CUTS MADE IN TIMELINE OF SEQUENCE
Once a larger clip is loaded into a sequence, and cuts are made to it within the sequence Media Manager loses track of the the missing middle parts. For instance if you load an hour long clip into a sequence. Make a cut at 5 minutes and a cut at 55 minutes, then delete the middle 50 minutes and slide the two cuts together; Media Manager should represent that only 10 minutes would be retained when "deleted unused media is selected." Instead, it will think the entire cut is still being used.
*To solve this: "Select All" cuts in the sequence, then right click and select "Make Clip Independent"*
CUTS WITH SPEED CHANGES
The other issue with Media Manager, cuts that have speed changes (anything other 100%) may not reconnect correctly in the new consolidated sequence. This has been a long time problem and has gotten much better in version 6. However, it still has some weirdness...
*To solve this: "Make sure you add some amount of handle. I use 1 sec and it seems to work on larger complex projects."*
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Media Manager Problems in FCP--Need Help Quick!

I'm trying to package my short film to send to a color corrector. He wants it packed by "Media Manager," but whenever I try it, it keeps saying "Error, the specified file is locked." Help?

He probably just wants the sequence media managed, creating a new fcp project with just this sequence included. Media manager usually requires all sources to have reel names assigned to them. If you brought any material in digitally (graphic files, quicktimes, etc), you will need to add reel names for these files in the browser. Once that's done, make sure the sequence is selected in the browser and go to file: Media Manager. Choose Copy Delete unused media from duplicated items and Duplicate selected items and place into a new project. Questions? You could post back or perhaps read the appropriate sections of the manual - or talk to your colorist.

Creating a new project with media manager

This one should be obvious but I can't quite figure it out: I used media manager to recompress my project into a smaller one. Media manager did a nice job with that and placed all the files into a new folder BUT - where is the actual project file?? If I use the actual fcp project file from the original- the settings are all different and it told me that some media files are missing or too short. Doesn't media manager create a new project file that works with the new recompressed files that it just created??

BUT - where is the actual project file??
When you have decided on the settings in Media Manager and then tell it to do the job, the first thing you see is a dialog asking where to save the project file. Use Spotlight to search for it.
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Media Manager Error 13- Can someone help me out?

When copying a project in FCP 6 from one drive to another using media manager I got an error message 13 ? Anyone know what that means?.

The log says the ports are not open.
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