User Manual

Relinking Media Files
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name. The tape name is treated like a file name when it is compared to the source file name. For
example, a clip with the tape name File1.jpg can be relinked to a clip with the source file name
File1.png.
Make sure that the tape name and the source filename matches exactly, minus the file extension
and the version separator, before you relink. Since some third-party transcoding applications
only accept a specific file name character limit, your tape name could get changed without you
realizing it when you bring the file into the Avid editing system. If you plan on relinking the file,
Avid recommends you change the tape name in the third-party application (to match the tape
name to the source file name) before you bring the file into the Avid editing system.
To relink tape and file based media:
1. Select the sequence.
2. Select Clip > Relink.
The Relink dialog box opens.
3. Select “Allow relinking of Imported/AMA clips by Source File name.”
4. Select “Allow relinking between tape and file based media.”
5. Click OK.
The clips are relinked to the original media files.
Relinking Consolidated Clips
If the appropriate media exists online, you can reconnect consolidated clips, subclips, or
sequences to the new or old media files.
For example, if you consolidated a sequence and forgot to create a duplicate, and later decide to
use the original media files instead of the consolidated media files, you can break the new link
and reestablish the old link to the original files.
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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 relink consolidated subclips or sequences:
1. Select the new master clips for a consolidated subclip or sequence (the clips have the file
name extension .new), and unlink them.
For information on unlinking, see “Unlinking Media Files” on page 475.
2. Select Clip > Relink.
The Relink dialog box opens.