My vidoe clips in the timeline have changed to a screen that says "offline media" in six different languages

my video clips on the timeline have changed to a red screen that states in six languages "offline media support"

frustratedusere
What version of Premiere Elements are you using and on what computer operating system is it running?
If you opened a previously saved closed project and were greeted by a colorful media offline display and "Where is the file.....?" messages, there are at least two possibilities.
1. You have move, deleted, or renamed files and folders that you imported into the project after you saved closed the project.
When you import media into the the project, all you get in the project are copies of the originals which are at a hard drive save location. However, the project needs to
trace back to those originals at the location where they were when you first imported them into the project. You can use the "Where is the file....?" messages to reconnect
your source media to the project. Can be time consuming and a nuisance.
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.
Correct the drive situation if this applies to you.
Please review and consider and supply more details. We can discuss this and other related matters (such as use of the Project Archiver) depending on your details.
Thank you.
ATR

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I like the 3rd suggestion the best, but it doesn't seem to work.
Here's what I'm trying to do:
The sequence in the timeline has: clip A clip B clip C. I don't want to change anything in clip B or clip C, I just want to add an extra second of footage to the beginning of clip A to the sequence in the timeline.
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I run an old G4 Cube, updated to OSX 10.4. The 20 Gigabyte hard drive is pretty much full, so I have an 80 GB and a 500 GB external drive. I got a video camera a year ago, and finally got around to trying to make a movie from my clips in iMovie. I spent 10 hours on a 60 minute video over the past couple days.
I imported the clips no problem. I arranged them in the order I wanted, no problem. I added titles no problem. I was pretty proud of my work. I saved it and quit. Then when I come back to open it, I get a message saying "There are 125 stray clips in the project folder. Would you like to put them on the Clips Pane?" If I say no, the project is empty. If I say yes, all my clips, including the titles I created show up in the clips pane, but the timeline is blank. I assume I'd have to go back and re-order all the clips in the time line.
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If so, then you shouldn't have to move the project. It should be okay where it is.
iMovie 4 would sometimes "forget" all the clips in the project. Essentially, all the editing is discarded, leaving all the clips in the iMovie Trash. It sounds like that may have happened to your project. (This would sometimes happen when we emptied the iMovie trash.)
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http://www.oakstreetsoftware.com/qtscript.php3
60 minutes is about 13GB, so you will need at least 25GB free on whichever drive you create the new project.
Until everything is complete do NOT save the project or make any other changes. Saving it will replace the QuickTime movie with a new empty movie. It will be empty because there's nothing in the Timeline.
It should be okay to make a duplicate of the QT movie and store the duplicate somewhere outside the project. Work with that.
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Note: many MP3's can cause all sorts of problems. I recommend always converting them to PCM/WAV @ 48KHz 16-bit, and replacing MP3's with those WAV files. One can use the great, free audio-editor, Audacity, to convert the MP3's.
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skalicki` wrote:
Technically, to make the function keys work you don't need to change the second box to dash. I don't know why I gave that advice, but it isn't necessary. I guess I said that simply because that's what I have it set to.
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Message was edited by: skalicki`
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Message was edited by: John Cogdell - added PS

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My vidoe clips in the timeline have changed to a screen that says "offline media" in six different languages

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