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The most important settings for conforming media in the Load dialog
The ways in which these two checkboxes interact to let you choose how media is conformed to
an imported AAF or XML file are complex, but here are the rules.
When Importing Clips With File Extensions Matching
Those in the AAF or XML File
Turn “Automatically Import” on and “Ignore file extensions” off.
This is the default setting, and is most useful when the AAF or XML file you’re importing
contains references to media you want to add to the Media Pool and use.
 First, if there are already clips in the Media Pool, DaVinci Resolve tries to conform as
many of these clips as possible by matching the file paths in the AAF or XML file to the
stored file paths of each clip in the Media Pool.
 Second, for all remaining clips not found, DaVinci Resolve imports as many clips
as possible into the Media Pool from any storage volumes that are visible to
DaVinci Resolve, using the file paths from the XML or AAF.
 Third, for all remaining clips not found, DaVinci Resolvetries a clip namematch of clips
that are already in the Media Pool.
 Fourth, for all remaining clips not found, DaVinci Resolve tries a timecode match (along
with a reel name match if this is enabled) of clips that are already in the Media Pool.
 Finally, for all remaining clips not found, the user is prompted to manually choose
another folder to search.
When Importing Clips With Dierent File Extensions
Turn “Automatically import” on and “Ignore file extensions” on.
Turning both of these options on is useful in situations where the sequence you’re importing
was originally edited using offline quality media, and you want to conform to high-quality online
media in a completely different format, possibly in the Media Pool, possibly on another disk.
One example of this is as when the edit was done using QuickTime or Avid DNxHD media, but
you’re reconforming to Blackmagic RAW files on another disk in order to grade the camera
original raw media. Leaving “Automatically import source clips into media pool” on, in this case.
 First, if there are already clips in the Media Pool, DaVinci Resolve tries to conform as
many of these clips as possible by matching clip names.
 Second, for all remaining clips not found, the user is prompted to choose another folder
to search, and DaVinci Resolve imports as many clips as possible by matching clip
names, ignoring file extensions.
 Third, for all remaining clips not found, DaVinci Resolve tries a timecode match (and reel
name match if this is enabled in the General Options panel of the Project Settings) of
clips that are already within the Media Pool.
 Fourth, for all remaining clips not found, the user is prompted to manually choose
another folder to search.
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