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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 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.
Using “Change Source Folder
to Relink Clips
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.
Using the “Reconform From Bins
Command
The “Reconform From Bins” command gives you a way of reconforming multiple clips in a
timeline at once to a specific bin (or bins) of clips with matching metadata. To use this command,
you must first select the clips you want to reconform in a timeline (you can choose all of them or
just a subset) and turn off Conform Lock Enabled, and then, using the Reconform From Bin
command, you can manually choose another bin of clips in the Media Pool that you want to
reconform to.
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