4 Replies Latest reply: Apr 18, 2014 5:33 PM by JSS1138 RSS

    Re-linking media by name and duration

    BISLY Community Member

      Hi,
      i'v been trying to link a media which has the same name but in different locations. (MTS Files)
      I didnt find a quick solution out there (Google, Adobe Forums) which not involved to some extent re-link each file separately. Similar problem were posted at this post, Which Jim SImon Answered:

      "This is a major flaw in the AVCHD design.  You will have a hard time with this one, as there is no way to know which 0013.mts is being asked for.  It's a big enough issue that you may want to seriously consider doing all the work on one machine."

       

      And yet, it seems simple to me to use the duration feature (its embedded in the project file), to help premiere to distinguish between two kind of 0013.mts files. this is the way ill will do it manually, and it seems silly that premiere could not do the same.
      mybe there is a plugin\script out there which uses the same line of thought, or any get around solution.

       

      Thanks,

      BISLY

        • 1. Re: Re-linking media by name and duration
          JSS1138 CommunityMVP

          At this time, Duration is not one of the parameters you can match automatically.

          • 2. Re: Re-linking media by name and duration
            BISLY Community Member

            Hi jim,

            Whats the hold up?

            As known AVCHD recording is quite common, and almost every project i'v worked on has arroused this kind of issue.

            Maybe it a feature to think about for the next version of premiere...


            In my case, im working on a consolidate project of the main one, which addded automatically to all of the similar files an extension of 001, 002 and so on.
            so when im linking the media, even the name is not the same and the duration is really my only indication. as there is a "match exact name" feature, maybe there could be "match exact duration" which you can turn on\off seperately.It will help a lot.

            • 3. Re: Re-linking media by name and duration
              shooternz Community Member

              Could be a workflow and project management issue.

               

              I work with AVCHD files from multiple source folders and multiple "rushes" bins in Premiere (and never have a relinking issue.)

               

              Wondering how yours gets "confused".

               

              Do you have a Project management "strategy"?

              • 4. Re: Re-linking media by name and duration
                JSS1138 CommunityMVP

                Whats the hold up?

                 

                No idea, man.  I'm just a user like you.  I've no special knowledge about what goes on behind the scenes at Adobe.

                 

                Having said that, I would say that Adobe has pretty much solved this issue without needing a Duration parameter.  Using Link and Locate, we can now see exactly where the file used to be, which is a HUGE clue as to which file is being asked for.