Missing media every time project opens

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Missing media every time project opens

PostTue May 11, 2021 10:00 pm

I know this is a commonly reported issue. But it happens to me every time I open a project that all the media is missing and I have to relink all the items manually. My source files reside on the internal drive of the computer, so it's not a removing volume issue.

Is this happening to anyone else? What should I look at to solve this?

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Re: Missing media every time project opens

PostWed May 12, 2021 3:10 pm

That's not normal.

Nothing is being stored on a network or removable drive?
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Re: Missing media every time project opens

PostThu May 13, 2021 8:50 pm

Jim Simon wrote:Nothing is being stored on a network or removable drive?


Nothing is stored outside of my internal drive. I have no clue as to why is this happening, could it be related to caching settings?
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Re: Missing media every time project opens

PostThu May 13, 2021 11:09 pm

There are no settings that would cause that.

What camera was used to film the footage?
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Re: Missing media every time project opens

PostFri May 14, 2021 12:42 pm

Jim Simon wrote:What camera was used to film the footage?


No camera, this is a screen recording project, hence the video clips are .mov or .mp4 files.
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Re: Missing media every time project opens

PostFri May 14, 2021 2:14 pm

That may be the issue. I always recommend hardware recorders for screen capture you intend to edit. They typically offer editing friendly options like DNx and ProRes, whereas software normally doesn't.

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Re: Missing media every time project opens

PostFri May 14, 2021 9:09 pm

I also edited other projects with the same type of files captured in the same manner, I don't see why with this project would be any different with this problem arising...
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Re: Missing media every time project opens

PostSat May 15, 2021 1:36 am

Could it be that the recoding computer had a higher load this time? You may get more off-speed frames then, which can cause trouble.
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Re: Missing media every time project opens

PostSat May 15, 2021 2:31 pm

It could be. But how would that affect all media? I have to relink everything, including images, audio files, ecc...
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Re: Missing media every time project opens

PostThu May 20, 2021 10:52 am

Do you have a sample project archive (.dra) which includes a sample media which can show this issue to us? You can send it to me on a pm.
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