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30 Jan 2014 16:49 #40172 by Neguah
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When you are finished with a project, do you copy only the project file or do you copy all the clips as well?

I am finished but, I might need some of the clips later. So perhaps I copy everything even if it takes up a lot of space.

What do you do?

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30 Jan 2014 17:37 #40184 by BenB
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You mean archiving it for later retrieval? You want to use the Consolidate command, and consolidate it to an external folder for archiving. When done, you can delete it all from the FCP X Library.
help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.1/#ver9c7660349

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30 Jan 2014 17:43 #40188 by Neguah
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Yep, not so good with words...

Thank you! :)

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30 Jan 2014 18:09 - 30 Jan 2014 18:30 #40191 by Neguah
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But when consolidating, FCPX just throws every single file in one folder on the drive I chose. It's one hell of a mess to clean up. If I want the project file as well, I have to copy it inside FCPX? The project file was not moved to my backup drive. Only the clips. I chose "Consolidating library files".
Last edit: 30 Jan 2014 18:30 by Neguah.

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31 Jan 2014 18:22 #40260 by BenB
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Consolidate simply gathers all media together, Managed and External. If you have no External media, simply copy the Library by itself to an archive location. The Project by itself, without the clips, is useless. You want to keep the whole Library in tact, or your media goes missing.

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31 Jan 2014 19:03 #40261 by Neguah
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I want to copy both the project and clips to another drive. But when I do, the clips and projects turn red and tell me that files are missing. I'm told that the files are only linked to, not copied. I simply want to move the whole content from the drive a was working with to my backup drive. And then I want to duplicate the content to a second backup drive. This operation seem impossible(read: the clips goes red and files are missing. WHAT?!).

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31 Jan 2014 19:50 #40262 by Darren Roark
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Neguah wrote: This operation seem impossible(read: the clips goes red and files are missing. WHAT?!).


When you consolidate, hit command-9 to bring up the background tasks. If there are tasks still running, let them finish and then see if it worked.

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31 Jan 2014 19:58 #40264 by Neguah
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This was done over the night. Everything was finished.

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31 Jan 2014 20:03 #40268 by Darren Roark
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Did you do this via FCP X or the finder? You should be able to use relink files to reconnect them if you copied everything with the finder.

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31 Jan 2014 20:07 #40269 by Neguah
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I did inside FCPX. Relink didn't work. FCPX told me that that the files were missing. But they are there. Every single clips in Finder.

Now, as we speak I'm trying to copy inside Finder.

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31 Jan 2014 20:10 #40270 by Darren Roark
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Are you in proxy mode by any chance? Does the red screen say missing proxy or missing file?

Also the finder is not the recommended way to move FCP X files around. Moving libraries with the finder is OK, just not the media.

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31 Jan 2014 20:18 #40271 by Neguah
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Always proxy. And it says files missing.

I know about the problem with moving media around in the finder, but I just had to try. But I find it so strange that in my white drive, I have everything. Every clip, project without trouble. But when moving them to my black drive, it says files missing. And when trying to relink, FCPX says it can't find the missing media.

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31 Jan 2014 20:48 #40274 by Darren Roark
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Switch back to original media and let me know what happens..

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31 Jan 2014 21:04 #40275 by Neguah
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After copying inside the finder, it now works. I have had both white and black opened in FCPX without any conflicts. But I have another problem. I have an event that doesn't have this star on the left side of its name. There is also nothing inside the event. It's not possible to delete the event. Inside finder I find everything that should be inside the event, but FCPX says it's empty...

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31 Jan 2014 21:08 #40276 by Darren Roark
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What version of FCP X are you using? What does "I have had both white and black opened in FCPX without any conflicts." mean?

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31 Jan 2014 21:19 #40278 by Neguah
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Version 10.1

I was told every media(don't remember exactly) is given a unique number. When copying inside FCPX, the copied files was given a different number. When copying inside the finder the copied files were given the same number - leading to trouble/conflict inside FCPX.

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31 Jan 2014 21:40 #40279 by BenB
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That only applied to Events and Projects in FCPX 10.0.9 and earlier. In FCPX 10.1, that doesn't happen. You can duplicate and copy Libraries to your heart's content.

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31 Jan 2014 21:45 #40281 by Darren Roark
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With 10.0.9 and older versions that mostly applied to events and projects. If you opened FCP X with events/projects with the same 'identifier' it could only open one copy of them. You could move footage with the finder, but again it was not advised.

I'm having trouble understanding what your issue is. I think the initial reason you were seeing everything offline is that you were set to proxy mode. You may have not had proxy files in your library.

Are you on 10.1.1?

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31 Jan 2014 21:56 - 31 Jan 2014 21:57 #40283 by Neguah
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BenB wrote: That only applied to Events and Projects in FCPX 10.0.9 and earlier. In FCPX 10.1, that doesn't happen. You can duplicate and copy Libraries to your heart's content.


So it's completely fine copying inside finder? No matter what files I want to copy?
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31 Jan 2014 22:01 #40285 by Neguah
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Take a look at this screenshot:
bildr.no/view/bDJLbFpL

The one "Zombietime" does not have any stars, and it has no content inside. But when i access "Zombietime" in Finder it's all there. I can not import files into "Zombietime" neither can I delete it.

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