Messages posted by Sn0wGl0be

@Tony Thats correct, there was NO alert asking to browse/ignore and no files were moved/renamed. I already checked and unchecked the shadow files to see if it would make a difference, but still nothing. :[

Ok well thanks anyways, I think I'll contact customer support and ask them whats going on. :]

@Kevin R. I'm still pretty new to this program, how do I check auto save files? =P

Quote: Hi Dave -

That's not a bad thought, but I very often have much shorter clips/images in the timeline (durations of only 1 or 2 frames) & those edits are retained when I save the project.

Right now, I don't have PD8 available to check whether it's the same as the version I'm using.

SnOwglObe - if you haven't renamed or moved any of the files, & the drive is still connected & recognised, I'm at a bit of a loss as to why they're showing up as black "voids". Whenever it's happened to me, it's been "user error".

Is there any other information that might shed some light on your issue?

Cheers - Tony

I double checked on the names/location of the media files and I'm next to certain that that isnt the cause.(if it were then the clips that are working would also be blacked out since the non-working clips are from the same source....right? xP) Like David said though, the "edits" are really short, so would that cause any problems?

Also I looked at some other posts on this problem and I think that could shed light on whats going on. This first post-http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/posts/list/1531.page

Mentions "shadow files" and not allowing them to load fully before closing PD8 could cause this.......I paid no attention to these "shadow files" and I probably did close the program before they loaded.(it also crashes many times when I am doing something else, such as browsing the internet)

The second post- http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/18835.page#97901

is a little bit confusing, but I followed "Andy's" steps toward the end but didnt really want to do anything in fear of messing the whole thing up.

What do you think?

Quote: Hello Sn0wGl0be -

That will generally happen if you've:
1. moved any of your original media to a different folder/location
or
2. renamed any clips or images

It can also happen if the drive containing the clips/images is no longer connected (e.g. if you imported them directly from your camera & now it's unplugged).

When you open PD & it can't find stuff. it always asks you to "Browse" or "Ignore" - you should Browse to locate your media & show PD where it is. If you do that, your 0,0,0 voids will be avoided.

Cheers - Tony

Hi ynotfish, thanks for the reply.

I know the issue you are talking about but sadly that is not the problem. The program does not ask me to Browse or Ignore any missing files as it would if I simply changed their location. All of my files are named and located exactly as they were when I started this project and some of the clips that are still working (arent blacked out) are from the same source as the blacked out vids. =/

Hello everyone, I am having a serious problem with PD 8, I was working on a video project with no problems at all and when I opened it up today most of my video clips were suddenly replaced by these black clips! And by "black clips" I mean there was no video at all and the names were changed to "0,0,0". I cant say if the sound was affected, I split the audio and deleted them because I had a seperate sound piece altogether. I was also working with multiple videos to create the clips, some were HD which may be part of the problem, I dont know.....But what I do know is that I didnt put this much hard work and dedication into the project just to have most of it turn into little black empty voids! Ugh!

I also took a screenshot of the problem if needed. Any help on this would be really appreciated.

And sorry if I come off as aggressive, I'm not trying to be, its just I am very frusterated by this and even promised some people that it'd be done by thursday. :[

Please help.

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