Project file copy?

Should I have a copy of the project file on the same drive? Does this serve a purpose? Could the original project file get harmed thus the need for a copy? Don't worry I have plenty of backups.
Brian

My experience with using iDisk with the Finder has been very very unstable and slow. Because of that, I've never used iDisk syncing. My iDisk is mainly used for my website, photo web gallery, and Pro App installer archives. The best way for me to upload/download with iDisk is either through the web interface or with Transmit.
Here's a good video describing how Dropbox works:
http://www.dropbox.com/screencast

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Open project file in signalExpress

Hi, all,
When I tried to open an existing SignalExpress project file copied from another laptop on my laptop, I got the following error message:
Installed component versions are not compatible with the version of the LabVIEW SignalExpress. Please install the latest versions of the following:
1) LabVIEW SignalExpress Shared Tools
I could not find this Shared Tools from the NI website. Any suggestions?
The verison of my signalExpress is 3.0.0.
Thanks a lot.
Cong.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi Cong,
Depending on which version of Signal Express the program was written in, you may need to upgrade your version. Here is a link to all of the signal express downloads available on our website.
Cheers!
TJ G

Project Files Between Computers

How do you switch final cut projects between computers? I have FCP 5 on both computers and I take the project file copy it onto a hard drive along with the captured material-capture scratch-and I get an Error 41 message and the project doesn't load.
Please help.

Run software updates on both systems. Each Final Cut application must be the same version.

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I am working on a project. At one point, before I finished I "saved as" with another name to give me a backup. After working on it for a while I found that a section of the video had gotten out of place (a lot of clips and layers). I would like to copy this portion from the other project file I had saved. I can't figure it out. Both projects have the same clips in the project bins. I am using Premiere 6.5, with a Pinnacle DV500 DVD capture card. My computer is a duel P3 800, 512RAM, 40Gig Sys. drive and 480 Gig RAID 0. Please Help!

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I am recording my music using an iBook and Garage band in the room where I havemy musical instruments and MIDI equipment. Then, using a one Gb Kingston memory stick, I move the files to my brand new 24" Intel iMac in another room. When the files are on the iMac hard disk I copy and paste tracks from the recorded files to the final project file for adjustment.
Initially this works but after saving the final project file and reopening it again many tracks have been lost?
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1. The way you are doing that, you are only copying pointers to the original file into your final project. As soon as you remove one of the single-track files, you'll get an error msg, and the recording is gone. To avoid this, you have to "Save as Archive" the final project each time you inserted a new recording!
2. Yes, it's possible, but a bit tricky, and you risk damaging you projects:
- Locate the source project in the Finder.
- Ctrl-click it and select "Show Package Content".
- Open the folder called "Media", and you'll see your recordings.
- Pick the ones you want and drag them into your opened targed project.

Is it possible to have media files copied to a new location as you import them into a project?

I have roughly 800gb of footage i've taken over the past 2 years of traveling, and I am making a single video montage... The files are located on an external drive, making them slower to work with. I have a 1tb ssd but not enough free space to copy all the files to it for sorting. What i want to do is have the files copy over to the SSD as i add them to the project, so that only the footage i'm going to use gets copied over to the SSD. The only way i can determine if i am going to use the footage or not is to scrub through and mark Ins and Outs in premiere...
So i guess my question, in the simplest terms i can ask is, Is there a setting in Premiere, like the project manager tool which allows you to consolidate used media files to one destination, but one that will consolidate files as you add them to the project? or could i do this manually by repeatedly using the project manager tool to consolidate files periodically?
Hope that makes sense...
Oh, and yes, i have considered other methods to my madness, like reviewing the footage outside of premiere before deciding if i will use it or not, frankly, i have over 4000 pieces of footage and it's just much faster to scrub through them in premiere than to open each one in vlc to review. It's also much more convenient to mark my ins and outs as i review the footage, so premiere is my only option.
Thanks!

You can easily (and better, IMHO) do what you want in Adobe Prelude. It's part of the CC subscription, and may have been included with CS6.
Open the Ingest panel, navigate to the external drive where you have your source clips, make the thumbnails in the Ingest panel comfortably large, click a video clip to enable scrubbing, and use the J-K-L keys to navigate playback through the clips. Put a check mark on the clips you want and be sure to select and set up the Transfer option on the right side of the panel before ingesting. Don't select the Transcode option.
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The operation can't be completed because an unexped error occurred (error code-50). This appears when I'm copying a file to the drive and then I wasn't able to edit to my drive. Then this morning I can't open my project file. What to do?

Message: The operation can't be completed because an unexped error occurred (error code-50).
This appears when I'm copying a file to the drive and then I wasn't able to edit to my drive.
Then this morning I can't open my project file. I get this message: The project appears to be damaged, it cannot be opened.
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I have moved my project onto 2 different external hard-drives now.

Hi There,
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How can I copy and export a speaker track between project file?

Hi, I am using Premiere Elements 12. I need to copy a speaker track (nothing else) in one project file and paste it into a new track in another project file. I can mark and copy the track but then it is IMPOSSIBLE to paste it. I have no such option - very confusing...
I have tried to mark the complete track, group the parts etc but nothing works...
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As for PrPro, one would be working with a different setup - Sequences, within a single Project. PrE does not have Sequences, which are like mini-Projects, but within one single Project. In PrPro, you could Select your Audio Clip, or Clips, Copy, then Open a New Sequence, Target a particular Audio Track in the New Sequence, place the CTI (Current Time Indicator - or Playhead) on that New Sequence at the desired point, then just Paste.
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Open Project
Do a Save_As, naming it something like "Speaker_Audio."
Delete any other Audio, that I did not wish to export.
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Cut, Copy, and Paste doesn't work for some Project files

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Hi i have just completed an imovie project and tried to save a hard copy on the desktop so i dragged the project file from the home page then movies folder and now the prioject seems to be lost , how can i get it back ?

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Copy FCP Project File to Another Computer - Version of FCP

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Was working fine on a project. Closed the project tried to access it again got this error message.
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The project is there when I check in windows explorer. Can anyone help? I have a back up so I am able to continue working but I am concerned has to how this may have happened.
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