Reconnect offline clips

I used the tagging of PSE5 to tag my video clips (same as photos). I also used the move/copy method to store the material (avi files) offline on to DVD's. Due to a glitch in the PSE6 ability to recognize offline files from PSE5 I am bringing all my material back online to external hard drives. Everything has gone fine. I've just about filled up my first 750GB hard drive from the offline material.
My issue at this point is I have hit some DVD's that the Move option under File dropdown in PSE5 doesn't recognize the DVD's I put in. This may be a DVD cataloging issue. My computer can see the files in the DVD, so there is no problem for the computer to deal with the files. It is just that PSE5 can't see the files for restoring them to an online location. I'm looking for suggestions on alternatives to bring this material on line and still retain the tags I have for them and have PSE5 recognize they are online.
TIA,
Bob D

Apple Discussion- reconnecting offline clips
Hi Tom
I have all the media connected except the voiceover. I even find the voiceover clips and I drag them into the browser then I try to reconnect them without luck. I can manually drag one at a time from the browser to the time line to replace those off lines, so I just have to work around it. The reason why I move them around at the first place? Because I need the space in my internal drives for a new project, therefore I want to save the project (including the medias) in my external drive for future editing. Apparently, I am not smart enough to handle it.
Thank you
ps

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Reconnecting a offline clip besides the way they show you.

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i lost some of my clips, i tried to reconnecting them but they wont connect, does any one know how to reconnect offline clips
G5 Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

i just got a new system and the video clips are on 2 external hard drives, there are red lines threw the clips, in the window, it says media offline in red. i clicked on the file n went to reconnect, located the clip n then clicked to choose but once it goes back to the first box where it is sopossed to drop to the bottom box nothing happen n i have to cancel out because it just dose nothing.

Reconnecting offline

will someone tell me how to reconnect offline clips.

Select the clip or clips that you want to re-connect in your browser. Then CONTROL CLICK on one of them and from the list choose RECONNECT MEDIA. Follow the appropriate instructions that appear in the Reconnect Dialogue box.
rh

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.

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Offline clips question

I have a project that I am working on and I have two scratch disks I am working with. I have taken the clips from the one external drive, that I no longer want to use as a scratch disk, and transferred the capture scratch folder into the capture scratch folder on the one scratch disk I want to primarily use. My question is, how do I reconnect all the now offline clips in the time line?

Use te File>Reconnect function and point the clips at the correct piece of media.

Syncing offline clips

I am working on a project where i created two offline clips and used these dummy tracks to offline a show. I am now trying to connect these offline clips to the real clips. FCP will not let me do it. It says I have the wrong reel number and the clip has the wrong length.
I am using pro res and it will not even allow a small edit reconnect to the real clip. I physically edited the clips on v2 into the show. You would think it would at least let me connect these clips to the original pro res clips at the time code laid down in the clip which is well within these boundaries.
Any love out there for this problem?

OK, I think you are going to need to find someone else to help with this because I am totally lost:
Capt Roger wrote:
The original clips are being recorded with an Aja Kipro on to their own removable drives using apple prores 422LT.
OK
I ingested the V1& G2clips into FCP by importing them an then overwriting the offline clip dummy V1 > & V2 tracks. Both my Kipros have the same TC and 422 LT format.
OK, this is where you lose me. It is not clear to me what you mean by this. Do you mean overwriting in the sense of overwriting media on the drives, or overwriting in the sense of using the overwrite command to place a clip on the timeline? If you have imported the media, and are placing it in the timeline, what are you trying to reconnect?
I have tried to reconnect the media but to no avail because of the errors above.
Sorry, this is not clear to me what this means. I am not sure that you can use "offline clips" in the way you are attempting to use them, but as I say, this is new territory for me.
My mac is a 10.64 2.53GHz intel, FCP is #7, Quicktime is 10.0.
Useful, helpful information.
I am on a new Mac laptop and am using automator to set the in's, the outs and perform the actual edits on the offline clips I created by using the "create a new offline clip" under the "new-create new offline clip" in the file menu.
Ok, does this mean you have set up an automator function to set dummy clips into a timeline so that when the actual media is acquired, you hope to reconnect to these dummy clips? Are you creating the timeline in advance of acquiring the actual media?
The weird thing is FCP 7 does not see the footage on the KiPro drives as video files even they are Apple 422LT. What is up with that?
1) Check the files at the finder level on the KiPro drives. Do they have file extensions?
2) If you drag a file from the drive to Quicktime 7 (which should be in your Utilities folder) does the video open? What does the Quicktime Movie Inspector Window say?
3) You said earlier that you imported the clips into FCP. Do they show up in a bin? Can you click on one and type Command + 9 to the item properties and report what the window says (or if it is easier, post a screen shot)?
Sorry that I can't be of more help to you, I have never worked this way so am at a loss as to how to proceed.
Hopefully one of the experts that look at these post can help.
MtD

How does FCE reconnect offline files?

Can someone explain the mechanism that Final Cut uses to reconnect offline files? If I understood the process, possibly I might be able to solve the following problem:
I have a project with many offline files. They happen to be all of the still photos whose source is an iPhoto Library. In the timeline (where all the offline files are shown in red), a right click reveals the correct name of each file, however, FCE is unable to reconnect.
If I try to reconnect, there is no indication of any Offline Files in the Reconnect Window. If I select the Search button and navigate to the location of the missing files, all of the file names are grayed out.
How is it that FCE knows the name of the offline files but not their location nor is able to reconnect with either the Locate or Search functions?

"When you navigate to the file names can you hit the All Files in the SHOW sub-menu?"
Yes, I can select All Files, which allows me to select and reconnect a single file. If I select more than one file, nothing happens. I have many files to reconnect. Doing them one at a time is not practical.
In the past, I have been able to reconnect multiple files, simultaneously. Of course, those files were also listed in the Reconnect Files window. This time they are not.
Regarding changing the file path, in the past I have moved the location of source files and after launching FCE, it seems to know immediately where they are. So, apparently that is not the problem.
For the record, this project has many Bins, each containing a sequence, many video clips and still photos. This is the only bin that has a problem and it is only with the still photos in that bin and sequence. One more bit of info that may or not be meaningful: This particular bin was temporarily misplaced within another bin. For some time, I thought that it was lost. When I finally discovered it, I moved it to its proper location and it was then that I discovered the offline files problem.

Reconnected sequence clips just repeat ove

Good evening all
After losing the original media for a multi layered sequence due to a firewire drive crash I am recapturing and reconnecting the media to the sequence clips. I was experiencing some success although I am now experiencing a quirky problem.
The sequence clips of one particular layer just repeat a short and limited video with each subsequent sequence clip. The media file for the clip plays back fine as a QT and the properties of the DV/DVCPRO - NTSC file seem in order.
The media file I am trying to reconnect does post the message "one or more files did not have enough media to reconnect some clips. Some edited clip items have had their out point adjusted." during the reconnect process although this file is in its entirety and well beyond the small repeating visage.
Any clues on this one?
Dave Rudolph

Michael you are right about the head banging possibilities. Fortunately I did come to realize that I could superimpose the correct clip from the browser above the original timeline edits and quickly recut them using the old sequence clips in a lower track as the template. I now have a broader understanding of the reconnection process as a result. I still have now idea what the inherent problem was though.
You suggest matching the timecode. I did and do generally sync overlying angles in the timeline by dragging or sometimes slipping a clip until it matches the frame action of another. Am I missing an elegant alternative?
As for the cautions… I do use capture now as I find the timeline a much smoother and quicker way to edit out the unwanted footage (I have never actually used the logging process). Is there a standout issue with the "capture now" process? I did not have the "abort capture…" setting enabled but I do now.
Thanks! You nailed it!

Copying Metadata to Offline Clips

Hi,
I thought I was going to edit my project using my ProRes footage, so logged - with extensive notes - information right into the bin with the media. I've got lots of information in the description coloumn, Angle, Shot/Take, Scene/ Comment A, etc.
Now I've created offline media to edit with (instead of the ProRes) and none of my notes are available on the offline versions.
How can I copy all that metadata from the ProRes clips to my offline clips?
Please,
Thanks,
Matt

Hi Shane,
Thanks for writing.
>> How did you log right into a bin with media?
As I watched the footage (my ProRes footage) I logged - meaning took extensive notes - right into all the useful columns for information to the right of each video file; in the media bin / browser. Maybe my terminology is incorrect. I hope you understand.
>> What media?
My ProRes media; that I was going to edit with. It's the first project where I took notes in the software and not on paper. So, all my logging info is connected to the ProRes clips - in the browser.
>> Did you have the full res media and you were logging with that.?
Yes.
>> And then you say you " created offline media..." HOW?
In MPEG Streamclip - which is why I've got this problem with no clear solution; I guess!
>> You must have done it outside of FCP. You can't just transfer metadata. If you logged footage inside FCP, and you want that metadata to carry over to offline media, you need to make that offline media INSIDE of FCP...using the MEDIA MANAGER and the RECOMPRESS option.
So, if I had converted my ProRes to PAL in MEDIA MANAGER, using the RECOMPRESS option, all my metadata would carry across to my offline copies? Is that correct? Maybe it's worth the few hours to do it that way, then.
Best,
Matt

Red offline clips

i'm working inside color and for some reason some of the clips have the 'offline' red mark. I know they aren't and they actually do show up in the viewer, but i wonder if this is some other type of warning?
thanks
while i'm here i'll ask another.. is it possible to attach a 'custom shape' mask to a motion path? The 'use tracker' feature won't highlight when you create your own mask even though i've already tracked the path.
double thanks
aa

I don't have an answer for your offline clip problem.
But to attach a user shape to a motion tracker, you need to first attach the shape to your secondary, then use the secondary to assign the motion tracker.
More information can be found in the Color Users Manual, starting on page 225.

Offline Clips aus einem Videostream mit Medien verbinden

Ich möchte aus einem langen Vido
stream vorhandene Offlineclips
mithilfe des vorhanden Timecodes mit den entsprechenden Teilmedien verbinden. Geht das überhaupt mit Premiere CS3 oder 4?
Der Hintergrund ist folgender:
Ich habe meine alten Hi-8 Bänder auf einer externen Festplatte gespeichert und möchte, ohne neu aufzeichnen zu müssen, das Videomaterial mit den Clips, die sich im Projekfenster befinden, verbinden.
Der Vorgang sollte folgendermaßen ablaufen:
1. Der z.B. 1-stündige Videoclip wurde mit entsprechendem Timecode auf der Festplatte aufgezeichnet.
2. Die offlineVideoclips befinden sich im Projektfenster und benötigen nur Teile des Originalclips.
3. Die Clips sollen nun die entsprechenden Teilmedien aus dem Gesamtclip herausholen.
Hat jemand eine Idee, ob dies überhaupt möglich ist?
Gruß GH

Hallo Mylenium
Meine Frage ist leider noch nicht beantwortet.
Hier meine Idee:
Ich habe meine Hi-8 Bänder auf einer externen Festplatte gespeichert. Für jedes Band besitze ich eine Schnittliste. Nun soll folgendes gemacht werden, wenn es geht:
Die Offline-Clips sollen timecodegenau aus dem dazugehörenden Hi-8 Band ihre entsprechenden Medien heraussuchen. Ich möchte damit vermeiden, dass ich das gespeicherte Band erst wieder aus Premiere auf meinen DV-Recorder überspiele und dann via Batchaufnahme in mein Projekt zurückbringe muss. Ich will so Qualitätseinbußen durch mehrfaches überspielen vermeiden.
Gruß
GH

Reconnecting Media to offline clips

Hi all,
I have an interesting situation with a client. Never seen this problem/scenario before.
Here is the setup....
--> Client is logging all footage on her computer.
--> I provided her with a formatted Excel document that will allow me to import a batch list.
--> I converted her Excel logs to a txt document, then successfully imported the batch list into FCP.
--> After importing the log, FCP appears to like the log information. Everything is in its proper column, the clip icon (still with a red slash through it) and all of the necessary info (Clip name, Media Start and Media End, Log notes, Reel, etc) are all properly placed. FCP Even calculates the duration of the clip for us.
The problem is, when I try to "Reconnect Media" in an effort to connect the log information in FCP to the actual clips, it is a massive fail.
What I am seeing when trying to Reconnect Media....
--For starters, I notice that all of the logging entries in the browser are checkmarked as offline.
--When I try to Reconnect Media, the RM dialog is asking me to search for the NAME of the individually logged clip, rather than the REEL.
--RM cannot successfully reconnect media. At best, I turn off the Match Name option (Even though the REEL name is spelled perfectly in comparison to the actual video file), then manually select the clip to reconnect to. Interestingly, upon reconnecting, FCP has renamed the REEL in the browser as "0", rather than using the actual reel name.
Any help as to how I can import the clients log files(36 pages of info) and connect them to the actual video files?
Thanks,
Matt

If the clips are not actually missing, you could try to refresh the timeline by using cmd-0 and then going to the timeline options tab. Then select name only where it says "thumbnail display". Press ok to accept the change, then repeat the process to add thumbnails back to your timeline.

Newbie- How to reconnect "Offline Media" in CS3?

I've been using Premiere for a while (successfully), but always by importing existing QT movies (that I have created using QT pro) No problems at all.
A bit more detail: I'm an animator, so in the past I have been assembling the original frames of my shots (created one at a time) in QT Pro into QT movies...then bringing those into Premiere.
But recently I've imported live action footage from a dv cam, through the Capture window. No problem, the importing worked great, and in the bin it displayed all clips as ".mov" files...
I did some cleaning up of my computer today and although I know Premiere is very fussy about where you store your files, I didn't think I'd done anything serious. But when I opened Premiere for the first time after cleaning up my computer, I'm informed it can't find all of the ".mov" files.
I "Skip All" (just to see the damage to my timeline) and when the project opens, my timeline reads that all the clips are "Media Offline".
How do I reconnect? Or do I have to re-capture? It's not a long piece but still- this seems like a horrible thing to just happen... I need to protect myself for when I've got longer timelines... even this short one represents hours of work...
Do these offline .mov files actually exist somewhere? If they DO exist, how do I reconnect? Where are they? I've looked through all the obvious Premiere folders I can find, and there's no files to reconnect to...
Finally- how do I avoid this nonsense in the future?! Should I be using Capture in a different way? All I was doing was opening the Capture window, controling the dv camera via the window's controlls, marking in and out points, then capturing... then the .mov would show up in the bin.
Please help, I'd really like to get this little project back in action...
Thank you very much,
Chris.

Chris,
I strongly recommend this site: PrPro-Wiki. Look both in the FAQ and the Tutorials sections. Yes, most will reference things being done on a PC, but with the exception of substituting Command Key for Ctrl, and a name, or two being different, things are covered very well.
Good luck,
Hunt

Help Please! Offline Clips!

Ok here's my problem. I am using a clip of green screen footage that I have keyed out with two different backgrounds that I want to eventually layer on top of each other. Basically, it is the same clip on top of itself but with two different backgrounds. I can't keep them as is in the timeline because of the green screen effect. I got the clip with background 1 and exported it as a quicktime movie to my external hardrive. I then got the same clip, removed background 1 and inserted background 2 then did the same export process. I then imported the files back into fcp and they're fine for about ten minutes and then they turn white, as if they are offline. When I try to reconnect the media it says that they are online. Not only that, but they are unrenderable. I've tried this process many times and every time it's the same result.
Does anyone know what may be causing this problem and how to fix it?
G5

Because it is a green screen clip, once I key it out anything I put under it will show up. It's basically a clip with a still image behind it. I want the same clip with two separate images behind it. If there is an easier way to do this then please let me know. I'm not really that advanced with the software.
I also get this error message when re-booting"
The movie file "help please-FIN-00000001" cannot be found. Without this file, the movie cannot play properly
The name of my sequence that I exported the files on is labeled "help please"
Make any sense?

FCP won't reconnect offline media

OK, I've read several pages, but can't find anyone with the same problem.
for no apparent reason FCP made all my freshly captured clips offline. (We did have a power outage, but that's all I can think of that might have done anything.) I did not move or rename any files. Just opened up FCP and they were ALL offline. All of them have the correct reel number.
Tried to reconnect, but got the message that there was "not proper content" to reconnect...
So, I moved the files to trash, and manually recaptured. Now about half of them again say they are offline, and FCP refuses to accept them when I try to reconnect. This time, it is just the audio file that is offline.
I remember this happening once before, but not to this extent.
I tried trashing the FCP thumbnail cache as well.
I tried renaming the files with .mov as well.
Am I trying to operate FCP on a Mac that is too slow or something like that? I've been using this version of FCP for a long time. Just using a different computer. And I'm stuck with this iMac.

Has the media itself corrupted? If so then you should treat yourself to the "FCS Maintenance Pack" .. there's nothing else like it out there for Final Cut Studio users :
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcsmaintenance/
Amongst its many tools you'll find a QuickTime Repair tool, and in a worse case scenario, a Media Salvage tool
If the media is ok then you should treat yourself to "FcpReconnect" ... yet another must have tool for every working FCP editor :
http://www.videotoolshed.com/product/41/fcpreconnect

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