Media Manager on multiple Sequences

I just completed a very large project that contains over 135 Sequences.
Sounds insane....it really is.
For some reason I thought you could select the sequences and go to media manager but MM only seems to work on an individual open seq.
Am I correct?

I have it working now.
Trashed prefs seemed to fix it.

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  • MEDIA MANAGER ISSUE

    I am having problems opening the media manager. When I select a sequence nothing happens. When I highlight the clips in the sequence I receive a general error. I am only able to open the manager when I select the captured clips in the browser one at a time or a few clips in a sequence. Is there a way to backup media for an entire project without having to do it a few clips at a time?

    I figured it out. I continued to get a general error message when trying to use the media manager on several sequences and clips. When selecting "make sequence clips independant" I was able to use the manager. Go figure

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    <div class="jive-quote">2. Deleting unused media...I should uncheck this right? otherwise i may loose clips I need or want to use? Is this why the green bar labeled modified is smaller than the original bar? What does including affiliate clips outside selection mean? < </div>
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  • How does Media Manager handle Motion Projects within the Sequence being cop

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  • Media Manager Sequence Error when trying to archive video.

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  • Make FCPX Media Manager similar to Aperture

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  • Consolidating multiple sequences

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  • Is there a way to select multiple sequences and batch export them using the same settings in CS6?

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  • FCP 6, Media Manager, DualEyes Problem

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    I have no idea why this problem is occuring, but you might try deleting the audio from your sequence before doing the media manage.  You could then copy a mixed down track to the media managed sequence if you want audio reference.
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  • Media Manager in FCPX?

    Hey everyone,
    I couldn't find this addressed anywhere so if it has been already, I apologize.
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    dknight38 wrote:
    …  would end up with a project and copied reference files that only took up a few GBs at most.   …
    … for one player.-
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  • Media Manager...am I doing the right thing?

    I'm making an amateur film in Final Cut Pro. Since I'm doing the sloppy (although much less time consuming for me) batch capture method, I have right now far too much DV footage for my scratch HD.
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    Unfortunately, no. Media Manager is a failure in FCP
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  • Media Manager: What features do work?  What doesn't?

    Hi,
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    2) Consolidating Media Files into one folder (pg 104-105) - This is also broken and caused FCP to quit unexpectedly. Both the source and destination disk had enough disk space to hold two or more copies of the entire project. What's worse, although I've been able to reconnect most of the clips created using the batch export process menioned above, some of them complain that they need the complete 1-hr clip to play properly. Those clips were deleted weeks ago, and I was able to edit and work on the project successfully without them. Why are they needed now? The small clips do appear on disk, I can see them but they won't play without the long file.
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    I use MM all the time, but only for certain things. I can share some observations:
    If you are using MM to "Create Offline - Remove Unused", the original media all needs to be present in order for the unused media to be removed from the offline clips MM creates. This is they way I use MM all the time - capturing long clips at RT or DV quality, and then removing unused media with MM, recapturing at high quality.
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