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paulbernerpictures
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May 1, 2020
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Opening a project in premiere

  • May 1, 2020
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I am a new/beginner user of PremierePro. I have my projects saved. When I open my project I see a message pop up telling me "media is missing". And the footage on the timeline also displays that message in many languages.  Do I need to plug in my external hard drives to work in my projects?  How can I work within my projects without my external drives. One last question, The dialogue box asks me if I want to search for media. Searching within my computers hard drive? Or external drives?

Thanks for your help.

Paul

 

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Peru Bob
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Peru BobCommunity Expert
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May 1, 2020

If your footage is on an external drive, then it needs to be connected in order for Premiere Pro to see it.

If Windows, you need to assign a fixed drive letter to the drive so that Windows always sees it as the same drive.

 

The only way to use the media without the external drive connected is to load the media onto an internal drive.

 

Premiere Pro does not store your media, it only references it.

 

You want to search for your media in the place it is located.

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    paulbernerpicturesAuthor
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    May 1, 2020

    Thanks Bob,

    That’s what I am finding out. which means either I go buy a 2tb drive with all the media I want/need or load up my internal hard drive.
    Thanks for responding.

    Paul
    Jeff Bugbee
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    Jeff BugbeeCommunity Expert
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    May 1, 2020

    Paul, "media" does not mean hard drive space. It means the source files you are using in your project. For example, if you are editing footage from a soccer game, you will probably have a video file somewhere called SoccerMatch.mp4. That file is your "media" and Premiere needs to be able to see that file in order to work with it.

     

    If you are getting a "media offline" message, that means Premiere can't see that file. This could be because it was on an external drive that you unplugged, or because you moved the file after you had imported it to Premiere. "Searching" for the file is a way to relink the file in Premiere.

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