Adobe File management seems to rely on names and last known file path. PPro loses dynamic link (and other files) files with frightening regularity in a situations where nothing has changed in the file hierarchy. 16 years ago, when an 8 gb hard drive was a huge drive, Pro Tools was strewing files across multiple drives because, since it was creating audio files in real time, it had to. Digidesign brought in a system that embedded a unique program generated number in every file. Since that day I have never had an issue with lost or unlinkable files. I can move them anywhere, onto any system and any given PT session finds them with complete reliability - and we are talking many projects each with thousands of files, across multiple studios. If you are searching for files you can choose to use the ID number, the file name, the file duration, or any combination of these. That allows for file substitution. Until Adobe attack this problem with a solution similar to that of Pro Tools, we will be constantly beset by problems.
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