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2. Move the mouse pointer over the “Name” text to the
right of the name field and click on the arrow that appears.
3. The Extended Search pop-up menu opens.
It contains six options determining which search criterion is displayed
above the Location field (Name, Size, Bitsize, Channels, Sample Rate or
Date), as well as the Add Filter and Presets submenus.
The search criteria have the following parameters:
• Name: partial names or wildcards (*)
• Size: Less than, More than, Equal, Between (two values), in
seconds, minutes, hours and bytes
• Bitsize (resolution): 8, 16, 24, 32
• Channels: Mono, Stereo and from 3 to 16
• Sample Rate: various values, choose “Other” for free setting
• Date: various search ranges
4. Select one of the search criteria in the pop-up menu to
change the search option above the Location pop-up
menu.
5. If you want to display more search options, select the
desired element from the “Add filter” submenu.
This allows you, for example, to add the Size or the Sample Rate parame-
ters to the already displayed Name and Location parameters.
• You can save presets of your search filter settings. To
do this, click Save Preset on the Presets submenu and
enter a name for the preset.
Existing presets can be found at the bottom of the list. To remove a pre-
set, click on the preset to activate it, then select Remove Preset.
The Find Media window
Alternatively to the search pane in the Pool, you can open a
stand-alone Find Media window by selecting the “Search
Media…” option from the Media or context menu (also
available from the Project window). This offers the same
functionality as the search pane.
• To insert a clip directly into the project from the Find
Media window, select it in the list and choose one of the
“Insert into Project” options from the Media menu.
The options are described in the section “Inserting clips into a project”
on page 146.
About missing files
When you open a project, the Resolve Missing Files dialog
(see below) may open, warning you that one or more files
are “missing”. If you click Close, the project will open any-
way, without the missing files. In the Pool, you can check
which files are considered missing. This is indicated by a
question mark in the Status column.
A file is considered missing under one of the following
conditions:
• The file has been moved or renamed outside the pro-
gram since the last time you worked with the project, and
you ignored the Resolve Missing Files dialog when you
opened the project for the current session.
• You have moved or renamed the file outside the pro-
gram during the current session.
• You have moved or renamed the folder in which the
missing files are located.
Move the mouse pointer over
the “Name” text to the right of
the name field and click…
…to show the Extended Search pop-up menu.