OK,
So as many of you know, I've been pretty busy doing clean installs on my system so that I can integrate a more efficient system of backups.
The first order of business was to export all of my Tracktion archives to .trarch files so that I could import them back in, later.
Is it just my imagination, or do things get f'd right up if you don't re-import into the exact same path? I don't even remember what my old pathname was, but I can tell you this: all of my clips in one particular imported project (no matter which edit) now show the words "(file missing)" in them.
This is not true of ALL the .trarch files, so I'm a bit confused. I'm fairly certain it's an "end loser" problem, because I had done various kinds of f**king around while trying to optimize this particular edit. Anybody have this problem before, and how did you solve it without manually resetting all your pointers to the correct files? I'd even consider manually resetting if it weren't for a) the fact that the files sometimes have nondescript names; and b) the fact that there are so many clips from slicing up and moving around.
I guess I'll try to find an earlier version of the .trarch... I THINK there's one still on a CD from before I f**ked around so much-- it won't have all the more recent changes, but it'll be easier to start from step 4 out of 5 than a mere edit of step 5 but without the right clip pointers.
Greg
The importing an export blues
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
I guess I should have tried that before posting my initial post.
It was, indeed, end-loser f**k-uppery. I found the old archive, imported it, and it's (thankfully!) all in place. Phew!
Word to the wise:
Do NOT f**k around with orphan clips until you're positive you're done with your original project directory. Here's what I'm fairly certain was the culprit, now that I'm thinking about it a little:
I had to get this project to fit on a CD, so I needed to get rid of some orphans. Halfway through, I realized I didn't want to actually delete all the orphans, I just wanted to remove the clips. Then I exported the archive (to fit on a CD) and wanted my original clips back. Instead of selectively re-importing, I just re-imported the whole directory. Even though it re-imported some of the identical clips, the pointers must have gotten fucky.
You live, you learn. Case closed.
Greg
It was, indeed, end-loser f**k-uppery. I found the old archive, imported it, and it's (thankfully!) all in place. Phew!
Word to the wise:
Do NOT f**k around with orphan clips until you're positive you're done with your original project directory. Here's what I'm fairly certain was the culprit, now that I'm thinking about it a little:
I had to get this project to fit on a CD, so I needed to get rid of some orphans. Halfway through, I realized I didn't want to actually delete all the orphans, I just wanted to remove the clips. Then I exported the archive (to fit on a CD) and wanted my original clips back. Instead of selectively re-importing, I just re-imported the whole directory. Even though it re-imported some of the identical clips, the pointers must have gotten fucky.
You live, you learn. Case closed.
Greg