Offline clips disappear from sequence

I have two computers that I need to use to edit one project (two locations). I move the Premiere Pro CC project files between them but the source files exist in both locations.
I understand that this might cause clips to go offline because of the differing file paths. However, when I open the sequence in the second computer, the video clips that I edited to the sequence from the first computer do not appear at all - it's just blank. I expect to see a shell clip with a "media offline" message so that I can reconnect them to the new path, but I have no way of doing it because the clips are simply not there. Yes, I'm comparing this to Final Cut Pro which would have the edits (clips) in place even if the media needs to be relocated. At least that way I know what is there and have a way of reconnecting those clips.
Please help! Thanks.
I'm using Premiere CC on a mac.

can anyone help?

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Source clip disappeared from hard drive!

Hi everybody,
Very strange and worrying problem here.
I was editing on a college computer in FCE (Final Cut Express), trying to put some end credits on a short film. I created a rough edit of my end sequence visuals, and copied it to a new Sequence, entitled 'end titles', which I exported to LiveType (File > Export > Export to LiveType). When I imported it into LiveType, I remembered that it didn't import audio to LiveType (annoyingly - does anyone know why this is?), so I decided to go back and put markers on the video where key points occured in the soundtrack, so I could synchronise my titles with the music in LiveType.
In FCE, I put my markers on the video, in the new Sequence, and re-exported it to LiveType, with the same name, replacing the old file without the markers. LiveType duly removed the old background track from its timeline, but when I went to File > Place Background Movie, the new file wasn't there.
I went back to FCE, which had reported a general error, and when I clicked OK it told me that some media had gone missing - one of the files used by my end sequence, from which I had made a freeze frame. I clicked 'Reconnect', went to the project folder in the Capture Scratch folder - but the file wasn't there. FCE was now displaying the red 'Media Offline' message wherever that clip appeared. I was befuddled. In the Finder I looked in the Capture Scratch > project folder, but it was nowhere to be found. All the others were there, in numerical order, but that particular clip, number 18, was gone. I searched for it in Spotlight, with a variety of similar terms derived from its name. There was no mention of it anywhere.
Does anyone know how or why a media clip could simply disappear completely from a hard drive - or if there is any hope of getting my media back, short of re-capturing it??
Thanks much guys,
~Bacchus

Hi(Bonjour)!
As stated earlier livetype doesn'support audio. So before exporting your movie from sequence, you can put some color frame where your want to cue livetype elements. Those cues will be usefull when you will edit your livetype project but you will have to set the visibility of background to off before the saving or the "cue" version will appears in your project.
To export a movie to livetype, I put a In and OUT points to set the movie duration/content in timeline and save a quicktime movie "self contained".
I import this movie into livetype project, doing the titling and save the project.
I import the livetype project itself into FCE (not the rendered movie) and the rendering occur in FCE HD itself. You can use a "replace edit" to replace the original clip in timeline with the livetype project (who acts as a clip). You can add sound element in FCE HD timeline to fit your titling project.
Livetype is included with FCS 2 by I doupt that many editors use it as MOTION application is included and supports many more features like sound.
The "send to..." function if Final Cut Pro 6 work as intended.
Michel Boissonneault

Emergency - Clip Disappeared from Drive

I've just had a clip go offline in a project and it seems to have disappeared from the drive. I'm using a G5 2.5Ghz running OSX 10.4.8 and FCStudio 5.1.2. I have FCP on the A drive and use the internal B drive as a capture scratch. Everything was fine on this project until I closed it out because FCP wasn't recognizing the external monitor. When I re-started, the clip was offline. I tried to reconnect, but it was no longer in the Capture Scratch. I checked the trash (nope), used Disk Utility to verify permissions on A and verify B (no problems found), checked the other machines on our network and -- nothing. It's disappeared. I had to send the tapes back to Tokyo on this project, so I have no way to replace this. Any ideas on what happened and - more to the point - how to find this missing clip?
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Great for recovering trash that has been emptied.
N

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None.
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puzzleBoardSpaceClip.graphics.lineTo(0,0);
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timer.addEventListener("timer", puzTrash);
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Editing a 1080p project shot with Canon 5DMkii.
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I didn’t convert to ProRes before editing because it quintuples the size (the project has 45GB of footage and my internal 1TB HD has limited space), plus on this project the small difference in final-product quality that converting before editing brings wouldn’t matter.
I really do need to reframe many of the shots, and I wouldn’t terribly terribly mind converting to ProRes now, except that when you do, Compressor adds “ProRes…” to the new clip name, so you couldn’t just reconnect the already-edited sequence with the newly converted clips (or could you)?
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That is a non-standard sequence setting. SD in NTSC land isn't 16:9. It is 4:3 anamorphic. 720x486...anamorphic (squeezed).
Editing H.264 straight from the camera is wrought with errors. Besides the sluggishness of it, the non-RT playback...exporting has all sorts of issues. Not exporting proper sections of footage, not exporting the full sequence (the tail might get cut off), loss of sync upon export...much more. All of those issues have been mentioned on various FCP forums. H.264 is not a codec FCP 7 deals with well at all.
Converting to ProRes before editing is your only way to ensure vary little issues. And converting to ProRes 422 is recommended. Not HQ...not 4444. Your footage will not see any benefit from those formats, even though they sound more impressive. All you will get is larger files. Heck, since you are going to DVD, ProRes LT would be the optimal choice. Even if you went to BluRay, ProRes LT would be fine for that format. H.264 is an 8-bit format...ProRes LT or 422 will get it to 10-bit, and allow for better grading. But ZERO benefit will be had with HQ or 4444...those are for other uses...with higher end formats.
Not enough space? Get another drive. Internal SATA, if you have a MacPro...are 2TB for under $150. You can get an external 2TB for $200-$300.
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