Can I resume a Collect on Premiere Pro?? S.O.S.

[agustinas51337782]

Hi everyone!

So I'm having a great issue-
I am trying to do the collect in Project Manager of my feature film and since its SO heavy (1,7 TB) my computer collapses over and over again mid-process.
I was able to do an almost complete Collect with a borrowed computer (has everything but 3 files and the .xml). 
I was told that if you complete it manually (like copy paste the .xml) it's not the same. Is that true?
And, MOST important: IS IT POSSIBLE to RESUME A PREVIOUSLY STARTED COLLECT so that the few files that were needed are copied on the folder?? 

I found nothing of this sort on the internet and everytime I try a new collect, it starts all over again.
Oh... help!

[Nicolas from Autokroma]

Hello,

The Project Manager has some problems on some projects. The main things to test to make it work is to uncheck the following options : 
- "Include Audio Conform Files"
- "Include preview files"
So try to uncheck them and relaunch "Collect and Copy".
You can also check on your computer if your filepaths have no special character in it: for instance chinese and japanese characters, accent, "-/|*#", etc.

If you are looking to an alternative to the "Project Manager", you could give a try to the plugin PlumePack : https://www.autokroma.com/PlumePack/.

It's a Premiere Pro plugin and it's similar to the Project Manager with less bugs and there is also a Trimming feature with handles. This feature will remove the unused data of your media without re-encoding the file compared to Project Manager: your files keep their codec and exact quality. It's like copying a part of your files !

Best,

Nicolas from Autokroma