Final Cut Pro Media Manager Not Working
Posted by Dan Israel on Jan 15, 2012 in Video
I’ve been using Final Cut Pro since v2.0. Now at FCP 7, I’ve always had a lack of confidence in FCP’s Media Manager.
First, it seems to have a mind of its own, like spell check in MS Word! And in similar fashion to spell check, while very helpful at times…very frustrating at others.And second, projects restored from previous versions are sometimes unusable. I do a lot of Sports, and projects saved in earlier versions of Media Manager often have vari-sped clips completely screwed. Sometimes to an unrepairable point.So in an attempt to try and figure out why a relativity small project with 20 years of source footage wasn’t going to shrink in archiving, I discovered why.NOTE: While this is probably in the manual somewhere…here it is in case anyone else is experiencing the same issue..
RESOLUTION:
Media Manager will ignore the selection
“Delete Unused Media from Clip” unless there is a Reel Number on the clip (not, “real”, “reel”). Also note, that if you have clips in your timeline that are not “ENABLED,” then your output project will not reconnect properly. It will likely give you an “unknown error” trying to reconnect.
First, it seems to have a mind of its own, like spell check in MS Word! And in similar fashion to spell check, while very helpful at times…very frustrating at others.And second, projects restored from previous versions are sometimes unusable. I do a lot of Sports, and projects saved in earlier versions of Media Manager often have vari-sped clips completely screwed. Sometimes to an unrepairable point.So in an attempt to try and figure out why a relativity small project with 20 years of source footage wasn’t going to shrink in archiving, I discovered why.NOTE: While this is probably in the manual somewhere…here it is in case anyone else is experiencing the same issue..