STP file hangs up re-connect media

Question

I'm going to post this here and in STP.
When I try to re-connect media in one of my FCP projects, I get a message that it can't find "EffectDD2C0AF6.....aif" and so the project won't play. It affects Media Manager as well, but MM lets you "skip file" once you've gone thru the effort of trying to search for it.
I did a search of my computer and found a lot of files labeled "Effect....aif" in STP "Temporary Files" folder. But they are all dimmed and won't come into the project.
When I create a map of a project in Gridiron Flow, I can see a bunch of files labeled "Effect....aif" And if I examine them (in Flow) and say "reveal in finder" I find that they are audio files I've created and/or modified in STP.
If I didn't have Flow, I'd have no idea which files are being referred to, since these audio files have actual names, and when I look at the browser or the timeline, they don't indicate whether or not the files were created in STP.
Is this a bug or is it something I'm doing wrong in STP when I create and name these files?

Answer 1

So you need to establish whether your clips are corrupted?
I suggest doing a GET INFO on each one and then changing the default application which opens it to QUICKTIME.
Then try double clicking the file and see if it opens in QT.
If you still get the "this is not a movie file" alert, you can be pretty sure that you have corrupted QT files.
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until ...
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Best
Harry.