Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1559)

Search Order and Speed in the Reconnect Files Dialog
Final Cut Pro searches folders in the order they appear in the Search Folders pop-up menu.
To make searching for media files efficient, Final Cut Pro searches designated folders
before searching entire volumes. This way, if a media file is located in a specified search
folder, Final Cut Pro never has to perform a more time-consuming search through an
entire volume. This can be especially helpful when searching for media stored an a storage
area network, such as an Xsan storage system.
In general, a directory that contains fewer files and subfolders is faster to search than a
folder higher in the directory hierarchy. However, due to the way HFS directories are
catalogued and optimized, searching an entire HFS volume may be more efficient than
searching a folder near the root level of that volume. Broad, partial-volume searches are
usually the most time-consuming searches. When you assign search folders, always select
folders as specifically as possible.
Locate and Search Buttons
You can use the following buttons:
• Locate: Click this button to manually navigate to a media file for the clip highlighted
in the Files to Connect list. This is useful if you are reconnecting a clip to a media file
whose name does not match, or when you know the location of a media file and you
want to navigate to it quickly.
In the window that opens, you can choose a media file to reconnect to, or you can
choose a folder and Final Cut Pro will search that folder for any media files that match
the name of the clip.
• Search: Click this button to start searching for media files that match the highlighted
clip. When you click this button, the Reconnect dialog opens with the matching media
file selected (if found). Media files are searched for in folders based on the order they
appear in the Search Folders pop-up menu. If the Search Single Location option is
selected, only the folder shown is searched.
Files Located List
As you match clips to corresponding media files, they appear in this list.
• Amount located: This is the number of clips currently matched to media files.
• Amount with conflicts: This is the number of clips that you have assigned to media files
in which some aspect of each clip does not match its assigned media file. For example,
if you assign a media file containing three audio tracks to a clip that expects only one
audio track, this clip is considered to have a conflict.
1559 Chapter 92 Reconnecting Clips and Offline Media