About the offline files dialog – Apple Final Cut Express HD User Manual
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Chapter 65
Reconnecting Clips and Offline Media
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About the Offline Files Dialog
The Offline Files dialog appears each time you open a project whose clips’ media files
have been modified in any way. This dialog may also appear when you switch to
another application and then return to Final Cut Express HD. If any media files are
modified, moved, or deleted during this time, you see the Offline Files dialog.
Information and Controls in the Offline Files Dialog
The Offline Files dialog shows a summary of how many media files are missing, and
what kind they are.
 Forget Files: When you select one or more types of media in this list,
Final Cut Express HD removes (or “forgets”) the file path in each clip’s Source
property. Once the Source property is empty, Final Cut Express HD no longer warns
you that these clips are offline.
 Media Files: Select this checkbox to clear the Source property of each offline clip.
You can always reconnect your clips to media files later.
 Render Files: Select this checkbox to tell Final Cut Express HD to forget all missing
render files in your sequences. If you do not select this option, Final Cut Express HD
continues to warn you that sequence render files are missing each time you open
the project.
 Reconnect: Click this button to open the Reconnect dialog. This allows you to
reconnect the clips to their media files. For more information, see “
 Continue: Click this to leave all specified clips offline. The file paths in the Source
properties of all clips selected in the Forget Files list are cleared. Any unselected clips
and render files continue to be considered “missing”, and Final Cut Express HD warns
you that these clips’ media files cannot be found each time you open the project.
You can select which
media files to disregard.