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April 6, 2021
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Master file duplicated for each subclip when using Project Manager

  • April 6, 2021
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I have a project that has now finished production and would like to collect only the files used for the delivery sequence into a single project for archiving purposes.

 

The delivery sequence is made up of:

  • Multiple subclips taken from a single large video file
  • Multiple clips take from multiple smaller video files
  • Multiple nested sequences

 

From the Project Manager I have selected Collect Files and Copy to a New Location and selected only the delivery sequence.

 

My issue is this: in the resulting project, for each subclip referenced in the delivery sequence, Project Manager has created a copy of the large video file. So each subclip in the resulting project is referencing different in/out points in a different copy of the long video file.

 

I would have expected that each subclip could reference different in/out points in the same large video file, as with the original production project.

 

Are subclips working as intended in this scenario? Is there a different process for collecting files when using subclips?

 

The subclips:

  • Do not have trims restricted to subclip boundaries
  • Are not converted to master clips

 

Thanks!

4 replies

Eyu4
Inspiring
September 28, 2022

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R Neil Haugen
Legend
April 6, 2021

Especially if the file is long-GOP, like much mp4 and some mov media, the app can't 'cut' the file into bits during a consolidate & transcode operation. Where it often can with intraframe codecs.

 

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...
Lewis5C1FAuthor
Participant
April 6, 2021

WORKAROUND: In the resulting project, if I Replace Media... on each subclip and link it all back to one version of the source file, I can then safely delete each duplicate. This is only a work around though - if anyone has other suggestions or advice I'd greatly appreciate it.

Eyu4
Inspiring
September 28, 2022

The most efficient way I found to batch replace those subclips is to import them from the original project, then check 'Relink media automatically', that way you'll only need to relink once for each master footage because in the original project all of the subclips have the same source name. 

Lewis5C1FAuthor
Participant
April 6, 2021

UPDATE: I've just noticed that in the resulting project, the source file (i.e. "large video file") is no longer shown in the project panel.