Premiere Has To Relink Media Every Time Project Opens

[muleschooler]

I inherited a project for a recut and have to relink the media every time the project opens. I didn't set up the project and have never experienced this on porjects I did set up. I'm using Premiere 25.1.0 but the project was created from an earlier version. Please help!

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hey there @muleschooler,

I read you're having relinking issues. Are you working in a Production or single standard project? Did the previous editor hand off their drives or was the material copied onto your drive? I think we need more information about your hardware, software version, media, and your workflow. I hope we can help you. Sorry for the issue.

Thanks,
Kevin

[muleschooler]

Thanks, Kevin.

It is a single standard project, and I'm working off the original edit drive.

Computer: MBP M2 Max, 96GB RAM, OS 13.5

Premiere 25.1.0

I was not involved in the ingesting/syncing process but video files are MXFs in Premiere [4480x3096(1.0), 23.976) and audio files are multi-channel WAVs (48k, 24-bit). They were then synced as multi-clips.

But on the drive the video files are MOVs [2224x1548(1.0), 23.976, ProRes 422 Proxy]. 

I'm also unable to select the "Reveal In Finder" option for any of the video clips in Premiere, presumably because they're MXFs? I can select that option for the WAVs. This workflow seems bizarre and is unlike anything I've previously seen in Premiere.

Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated!

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hey there @muleschooler,

Please try what @shebbe suggested and report back. I hope the test works. Let us know.

Thanks,
Kevin

[Shebbe]

One thing you can try is importing the project into an empty one in your current Premiere version and saving that as a new file.

[muleschooler · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it didn't work; however, after working in the project over multiple days it stopped requiring relinking. Another Premiere mystery lol.