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2 When the Relink File dialog opens, choose a directory in which to look for the files
you want to relink to, and click OK. DaVinci Resolve attempts to find every clip with a
matching file name in the subdirectories of the directory you chose, using the original
file paths of the clips being relinked to do this as quickly as possible. By first looking for
the clips in the directories they were originally in, relinking can be quite fast.
3 If there are any clips that couldn’t be found using the method in step 2, you’re
prompted with the option to do a “deep search” by a second dialog. If you click
Yes, then DaVinci Resolve will look for each clip inside every subdirectory of the
directory you selected in step 2. This may take significantly longer, but it should be
completely successful so long as the media that’s required is within the selected
directory structure.
4 If there are still other clips that couldn’t be found, you’re prompted to either choose
another directory altogether to continue searching, or quit.
Change Source Folder
If you’ve used your file system to move media that’s associated with a DaVinci Resolve project,
but you haven’t changed the directory structure with which it’s organized, you can use the
Change Source Folder command to quickly relink selected clips in the Media Pool to the new
file path of the media on disk, using the original file paths as a guide. This is a good relinking
method to use, if possible, for projects on a SAN where you don’t want to risk the excessively
long search times that could result from using the Relink command to examine a nested
hierarchy of folders in a more flexible way.
To relink your Media Pool clips to a new location:
1 Select one or more clips in the Media Pool, then right-click one of the selected clips,
and choose Change Source Folder from the contextual menu. The Relink Media
window appears displaying the original path for the material, with controls for choosing
a new directory.
2 Click the “Browse” button to the right of the Change To field, and then use the file
navigation dialog to find the new location of the media file, select it, and click Open.
3 If you succeeded in finding the appropriate media file, click Change. Otherwise,
click Cancel.
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