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806Final Cut Pro User Guide
Solutions to media management issues in Final Cut Pro
This section describes common media management issues and solutions.
If you can’t relink clips to media files transcoded in Compressor
If media files that you transcoded in Compressor are not automatically matched and
relinked in Final Cut Pro, it may be because of how the files were named.
For example, if you use Compressor to batch transcode proxy files from a set of source
media files, the setting name is appended to the end of the filename as a suffix. You can
change the filename that Compressor assigns at any time. See “Set a custom location’s
filename format” in Work with locations in Compressor.
During the relinking process, Final Cut Pro looks for matches between the source filename
and the output filename. The source and output filenames can have nonmatching suffixes
as long as each suffix is preceded by an underscore (_) or hyphen (-). Using other
characters or symbols before a suffix will prevent automatic matching to the original clips
in your Final Cut Pro library.
Note: You can still manually relink clips to compatible files with any filename, by selecting a
clip in the Relink Files window, clicking Locate Selected, and navigating to the files one at a
time. See
Relink clips to media files in Final Cut Pro.
To ensure automatic matching and relinking, follow these filenaming guidelines:
• Use the underscore (_) or hyphen (-) character before a filename suffix.
• Don’t precede a filename suffix with other characters such as the plus sign (+), slash
(/), or backslash (\).
For examples, see the table below.
Source filename Output filename Result
A.mov A+suffix.mov Will not match because of the plus
sign (+).
A_B.mov A_suffix.mov Will match, because “_B” is a valid
suffix.
A-B.mov A_B.mov Will match, because both “-B” and
“_B” are valid suffixes.
A_B.mov A_B_suffix.mov
Will match, because Final Cut Pro
compares the output filename
without the suffix against the
source filename.
A_B_C.mov A_B_C_suffix.mov
Will match, because Final Cut Pro
compares the output filename
without the suffix against the
source filename.
Note: When two or more matching files exist in a folder, Final Cut Pro does not
automatically relink to either one of them.