Help! FCP Media Files Offline/Missing at DVinfo.net

Reggie Moser · May 22nd, 2013, 09:38 PM

I was attempting to roundtrip my entire timeline(1hour and 20mins) several times from soundtrack pro to fcp and it would not complete giving a message that a file was missing...... a box popped up asking to make movie self contained each time....... on the last try I saved as self contained and noticed it would take forever to render out so I canceled this action.........after I went back to fcp several of my clips were missing(offline)...... I tried to reconnect them and the clip is missing completely from where it was saved on my hard drive with all other clips.......is there a fix for this?

Dave Farrants · May 23rd, 2013, 02:38 AM

It's unusual for media clips to just 'disappear'.

What were the clips - .mov or other?
Captured from tape or digital camera files?
Have you looked in the Trash?
Have you emptied the Trash?
Were the files on the internal or an external drive?
Have you checked your scratch disk settings and their locations?

If you have an idea of the clip names when you first imported them, Easyfind - Freeware applications and services for Mac - DEVONtechnologies is an excellent free utility for finding stuff that's 'missing' even using partial filenames.

Reggie Moser · May 23rd, 2013, 07:53 AM

Hello Dave,
Yes the clips where .mov and where digital camera files.....I have looked everywhere....they where stored on my external harddrive.... During my research last night it appears that this has randomly happened to others for no known reason.......I received the message"General Error" and at one point when FCP was making a self-contained movie I quit that action..............From what I was reading it appears that the files may have been corrupted.....I will try the application you suggested to see if I can recover them.

Jase Tanner · May 23rd, 2013, 09:11 AM

If you find them and they're corrupt you might want to give this a try:

Pro Maintenance Tools - Maintain, troubleshoot and optimize Final Cut Studio, FCPX, Avid and Adobe Premiere

Even if you don't, you might want to try it anyway.

Reggie Moser · May 24th, 2013, 10:20 AM

Thanks Jase, I'll give it a try.

May 22nd, 2013, 09:38 PM	#1
Reggie Moser Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 113	Help! FCP Media Files Offline/Missing I was attempting to roundtrip my entire timeline(1hour and 20mins) several times from soundtrack pro to fcp and it would not complete giving a message that a file was missing...... a box popped up asking to make movie self contained each time....... on the last try I saved as self contained and noticed it would take forever to render out so I canceled this action.........after I went back to fcp several of my clips were missing(offline)...... I tried to reconnect them and the clip is missing completely from where it was saved on my hard drive with all other clips.......is there a fix for this?

May 23rd, 2013, 02:38 AM	#2
Dave Farrants Major Player Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Gloucs, UK Posts: 215	Re: Help! FCP Media Files Offline/Missing It's unusual for media clips to just 'disappear'. What were the clips - .mov or other? Captured from tape or digital camera files? Have you looked in the Trash? Have you emptied the Trash? Were the files on the internal or an external drive? Have you checked your scratch disk settings and their locations? If you have an idea of the clip names when you first imported them, Easyfind - Freeware applications and services for Mac - DEVONtechnologies is an excellent free utility for finding stuff that's 'missing' even using partial filenames. __________________ https://www.foxvideo.co.uk

May 23rd, 2013, 07:53 AM	#3
Reggie Moser Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 113	Re: Help! FCP Media Files Offline/Missing Hello Dave, Yes the clips where .mov and where digital camera files.....I have looked everywhere....they where stored on my external harddrive.... During my research last night it appears that this has randomly happened to others for no known reason.......I received the message"General Error" and at one point when FCP was making a self-contained movie I quit that action..............From what I was reading it appears that the files may have been corrupted.....I will try the application you suggested to see if I can recover them.

May 23rd, 2013, 09:11 AM	#4
Jase Tanner Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 346	Re: Help! FCP Media Files Offline/Missing If you find them and they're corrupt you might want to give this a try: Pro Maintenance Tools - Maintain, troubleshoot and optimize Final Cut Studio, FCPX, Avid and Adobe Premiere Even if you don't, you might want to try it anyway.

May 24th, 2013, 10:20 AM	#5
Reggie Moser Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 113	Re: Help! FCP Media Files Offline/Missing Thanks Jase, I'll give it a try.