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Relinking Media to Clips
 
 
 

After you recapture media for an unlinked clip, you must link it to that clip to associate it with the clip metadata. You can relink recaptured image file imports, audio file imports and VTR-captured clips. Module-processed clips are tagged as un-reloadable, and cannot be recaptured or relinked.

You can link the captured media directly from the Recapture menu after recapturing it, or from the clip library using the Relink tool. In most instances, it is more convenient to relink directly after recapture from the Recapture menu. When you relink the media to the clip from the Recapture menu, an assembled clip is placed in the specified reel. This clip is given the same name as the original unlinked clip. The original unlinked media clip is kept in its original location. This clip can be used again for recapturing.

Use the Relink tool in the clip library to relink media to an unlinked clip when it is not convenient to do so from the Recapture menu. When relinking from the clip library, the media and metadata you are relinking must be located in the same reel.

To relink in the clip library:

  1. If the unlinked clip metadata that you want to relink with recaptured media is not located in the reel containing the recaptured media, move it there by dragging and dropping.
  2. Select the unlinked clip.
  3. Click Tools to display the Tools menu, then choose Unlink/Relink.
  4. Click Relink.

    The Relink menu opens.

  5. To account for possible linking problems that may arise when importing files using an EDL, select an option from the Relink Mode box.

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    Select: To:
    Normal Mode Relink clip metadata to media based on the tape name and timecode only.
    Strict Mode Relink clip metadata to media based on the tape name and timecode, as well as the filename. This value is used by default.
    NoteWhen you relink using the Recapture module, files are always searched using Strict mode.
  6. Optional: Enable Soft Resize. See Resize.
  7. Click Relink From Reel.

    All the captured clips in the reel that are associated with the original clip are relinked to it.