User Manual

Unlinking Media Files

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3. Select “Relink offline master clips to online media files” to relink master clips to media files

that share similar database information.

4. Click the “Relink to media on volume” menu, and select a specific drive volume that

contains the original media files.

5. (Option) Select “Relink only to media from the current project.”

6. (Option) Select “Match case when comparing tape names.”

7. Click OK.

The clips are relinked to the original media files.

Relinking Moved Projects

If you move projects between systems with similar media existing at each site but captured

separately, your clips and sequences display the message “Media Offline.” You can use the

Unlink and Relink commands to reconnect the files at either site.

For example, if you have a project that requires sharing work between two different sites, you

can capture the source material once at each site and exchange only the project folder at each

stage, rather than move large media drives back and forth. The project folder can be exchanged

on floppy disks or instantly across a network. Because the media files maintain slightly different

parameters at each site, you must relink the material each time.

Unlinking Media Files

You can use the Ctrl and Shift keys to modify the Relink command for unlinking clips from their

media files.

Because subclips and sequences do not point directly to the media files, you can perform this

procedure only by using the source master clips.

To unlink master clips from their current links:

1. Select the master clips to unlink.

2. Depending on your operating system, do one of the following:

t (Windows) Ctrl+Shift+Right-click the clips and select Unlink.

t (Macintosh) Using a multi-button mouse: Press and hold Cmd+Shift and Right-click the

clips and select Unlink, or select Clip > Unlink from the main menu.

t (Macintosh) Using a standard mouse: Press and hold Cmd+Ctrl+Shift and click the clips

and select Unlink, or select Clip > Unlink from the main menu.

The clips are unlinked and display the message Media Offline.