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April 20, 2026
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Media relinking overwrites local paths on other computers – how to solve this properly?

  • April 20, 2026
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Hi everyone,


we are working with a Premiere Pro Team Project in a small team. Each of us has the media stored locally on our own machine (same files, but in different local locations).


I already raised that question in the general forum but didnt get an answer.

The problem we’re running into: Whenever one team member relinks media, Premiere updates the absolute file path in the Team Project. As soon as the project syncs, that new local path is applied on the other team members machines as well, causing media to go offline there. This ends up constantly breaking the project for someone else. I really don’t get how that can happen. 


Is there a solution to this?

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    Udo Pawlik
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    April 21, 2026

    Hi ​@Michael384395806ww5 
    you should be able to avoid the relinking ping-pong situation by utilizing  the ‘Media Management’ dialog (Please take a look at ‘Media mapping using Media Management’).

    1. Open the Team Project 
    2. Cancel the ‘Link Media’ dialog
    3. Edit > Team Project > Media Management
    4. Select the folder with offline clip(s) under section ’Offline: Missing Media mapping’ and click the ‘New Media Mapping’ button > Point to the media folder in your environment.

    HTH,
    Udo