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 Using the Change Source Folder command: You also have the option to relink offline
clips in the Media Pool using the Change Source Folder command, which changes
the directory structure of each selected clip’s file path into a new file path based on a
parent directory you select. This is mainly useful if you’re relinking clips to media that
you’ve moved to another location, but that uses the same subdirectory structure as
when the media was originally imported. For this reason, it’s a safe and fast command
to use when relinking to a structured collection of media on a SAN volume.
 Using the Reconform From Bin(s) command: If you’ve imported multiple versions
of the same clips, with identical file names, overlapping timecode, or other matching
criteria into separate bins of the Media Pool, you can turn off Conform Lock Enabled
for every clip in a timeline you want to reconform, and then use the Reconform From
Bin(s) command to reconform those timeline clips to Media Pool clips in one or more
specific bins of your choosing. Reconform From Bin(s) also lets you choose the specific
conform criteria you want to use to match clips in the timeline with clips in the selected
bins. A key feature of this command is that DaVinci Resolve will only reconform timeline
clips that are able to be matched to media in the bins you’ve selected; timeline clips for
which no match can be found are left as they were before you used this command.
 Using the Reconform From Media Storage command: This command lets you
reconform timeline clips to clips in a selected directory in your file system that hasn’t
been imported into the Media Pool first, and also lets you choose the specific conform
criteria you want to use to match clips in the timeline with clips in the selected bins.
Akey feature of this command is that DaVinci Resolve will only reconform timeline clips
that are able to be matched to media within the directory structure you’ve selected;
timeline clips for which no match can be found are left as they were before you used
this command.
 Overwriting clips on disk that are linked to in a DaVinci Resolve project: Last, but
certainly not least, DaVinci Resolve is smart enough to automatically relink clips in the
Media Pool that have been overwritten on disk by another version of the same file, so
long as the file name, timecode, and reel name (if used) in the new version of the file
still match.
The following sections illustrate each of these methods of conforming and relinking media in
more detail.
Unlinking Clips
You can also choose to unlink clips in the Media Pool. To do so, select the clip or clips you want
to unlink, right-click one of the selected clips, and choose Unlink Selected Clips from the
contextual menu.
Conforming Clips During XML
and AAF Import
For workflows where you’re importing AAF or XML projects, and relinking the resulting clips in
DaVinci Resolve to media files that are either on disk, or conforming them to clips that are in the
Media Pool already, the rules for how clip metadata is defined for reconforming depend on two
settings in the Load AAF or XML dialog: “Automatically import source clips into media pool,” and
“Ignore file extensions when matching.”
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