• Global community
    • Language:
      • Deutsch
      • English
      • Español
      • Français
      • Português
  • 日本語コミュニティ
    Dedicated community for Japanese speakers
  • 한국 커뮤니티
    Dedicated community for Korean speakers
Exit
1

How to find offline media in a Productions timeline?

Explorer ,
Feb 19, 2024 Feb 19, 2024

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

I'm working on a large complex multi-year documentary project using the Productions workflow, so my media is in separate projects than my timeline (original footage is in one project, archival footage in another project, each act of the film is in its own project, and so on, to keep file sizes and autosaves reasonable). When I go to export one of my timelines, I get the warning: "Offline material is present in this export and will be encoded using the Offline Media graphic." I'm not seeing an offline clip anywhere in the timeline, but the timeline is long and complex, so there could possibly be an offline file hiding somewhere. What is the best way to definiteively locate these clips? Because my media is in multiple different projects in Productions, it does not really work to use properties in the Project panel to find offline clips as in Gerik Parmele's method shown here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4KnfCwbuvI Please let me know if you've found or can think of a different way! Thanks!

So you have a complicated edit, and Premiere Pro says you have a bunch of offline media. Fine, that happens. But what if you want to find which offline clips are being used in what timeline editing sequence? That could be a chore. I'll do my best to show you some ways to do that using metadata and
TOPICS
Editing , Export , How to

Views

537

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines
Explorer ,
Feb 19, 2024 Feb 19, 2024

Copy link to clipboard

Copied

LATEST

Oh hey, I think I just answered my own question! Feel free to add other methods or ideas, but here is what I did...
Use Media Encoder to export, then in the Media Encoder Queue, hover over the warning indicator to see what clips are offline:

Votes

Translate

Translate

Report

Report
Community guidelines
Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more
community guidelines