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Can the project 's media files change location?
metazone21 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Aug 19, 2012 00:15 Messages: 22 Offline
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With power director, can I change the orginal location of the media files? Meaning, if I create a new project and drag 3 MPEG files into it, create clips from them, trim them, etc. and then save the project file, can I move those media files to a different drive and folder and open the same project? Do the file names have to be the same? The reason I ask this is because I'm looking to store media files on slower external hard drives and then copying them to faster internal drives when I want to produce/render the project that uses them for faster production. Thanks - Bill
ynotfish
Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline
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Hi metazone -

Yes you can - but there'll be consequences

When you go to re-open the first project, PD will look for your original media & pop up an alert. All you need to do is click "Browse" & locate the media.

A better way is to copy & paste the clips, images or audio files to your new working folder. That way both project can be opened without a problem.

Here are two (superb) tutorials that cover a range of tips & tricks with managing your video projects...

http://youtu.be/FAOnn8g0C_o
http://youtu.be/D2CYLYIynB0

Cheers - Tony
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metazone21 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Aug 19, 2012 00:15 Messages: 22 Offline
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Thanks very much, Tony -- i started watching part 1 of PD Proj Mgmt tutorial and it's some great stuff.
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