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Pro Tools Reference Guide346
Opening a Session with Missing
Files
To open a session with missing files:
1 When you open a session, Pro Tools opens the
session with all available media, then shows
you how many files are missing (if any) and
asks how you want to proceed. (If told that files
are unsuitable for playback, see “Transfer Files”
on page 345.)
2 Select one of the following:
•
Skip All—or press Command+S (Mac) or
Control+S (Windows).
•
Manually Find Relink—or press Command+M
(Mac) or Control+M (Windows).
•
Automatically Find Relink—or press
Command+A (Mac) or Control+A (Windows).
3 Select Regenerate Missing Rendered Files
Without Searching
to exclude rendered Elastic
Audio files from the relink process and regener-
ate them instead.
4 Click OK.
Skip All Skips all missing files. This option is the
fastest way to open the session utilizing all avail-
able media. Missing files are offline in the session,
and shown in the Clips List and the Workspace
browser with italic text.
Manually Find and Relink Opens the Relink win-
dow. Use the Relink window to search, compare,
verify, and relink missing files. Files can be
relinked one at a time or in batches. See “Relink
Window” on page 347 for more information.
Automatically Find and Relink Is the simplest
method to relink sessions to required media, but it
provides no way to compare files or verify links.
This option cannot be undone. The
Automatically
Find and Relink
option does the following:
• Searches all Performance volumes for all miss-
ing items with matching Name, ID, Format, and
Length
• Links missing items to the first matches found
• Commits links for all items possible
If some files remain unlinked, the Task window
opens and a failed task appears in the Paused Tasks
pane. Double-click the Task icon to open the
Relink window and manually find and relink files.
Regenerate Missing Rendered Files Without
Searching
Enable this option to exclude rendered Elastic Au-
dio files from the relinking process (rendered files
are recalculated instead). This option is available
when
Automatically Find and Relink or Manually
Find and Relink
is enabled.
Links, once committed, cannot be undone
once the session is saved. The only way to re-
vert to previous links is to close the session
without saving changes.
Even if all of the missing files are later found
and relinked, the failed task remains in the
Task Window. Like all failed tasks, it must be
manually selected and deleted. See “About
Failed Tasks” on page 356.