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amsof1984

Newbie Location: Muscat Joined: Sep 24, 2011 04:47 Messages: 10 Offline

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Sep 24, 2011 05:03

Hi..ok I hope I will be able to explain my problem properly. My PDS file in on C drive and I had imported some clips to edit from an external hard drive say F: and C: drive ... on an occasion i could not use hard disk so it asked me for the clips to be loaded from F: drive. I chose ignore and some the clips on time line which used files from F showed as black. I thought it would be ok as when I put hard disk someother time they will come back. So i edited few clips from C: drive and close project after saving it. Next time when I used my hard drive to import media from there in project. It imported the files but the edited clips are still appearing black and it seems I have lost the work done on it. Is there some way to relink them....Hope to get positive replies....

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Sep 24, 2011 05:32

Hi -

There's a pretty simple solution.

Copy the files you need from your F drive to your C drive.
Leave them there while you're working on your project.
... then PD will always know where they are!

Alternatively - just don't disconnect your F drive. With any sort of luck PD will be able to locate your files.

Sorry - forgot to mention... you said, "I chose ignore and some the clips on time line which used files from F showed as black." That's why! Don't choose Ignore - choose Browse... & show PD where your clips are.

Cheers - Tony

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amsof1984

Newbie Location: Muscat Joined: Sep 24, 2011 04:47 Messages: 10 Offline

Sep 24, 2011 06:00

Actually let me put it in this way.... I was working on PDS file with some clips from F drive and some from C /..... I chose ignore when worked on it yesterday when it asked to load F files.... So the clips on on timeline from F were blank. I thought it wud be ok next time so I worked on timeline with files from C and pressed SAVE PROJECT... and today the timeline edited clips from F dont locate themselve and it does not even ask for files from F even though today I have connected it. I think my work is gone...as blanks are appearing everytime no matter what I do....

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Sep 24, 2011 06:10

Yes -

That's because you saved the project RIGHT WHEN PD HAD FORGOTTEN WHERE THE CLIPS WERE!

If you follow the steps I suggested next time, you won't have any trouble.

Right now - with your current project -

1. copy those files to the C drive
2. import them into PD
3. insert them in the timeline where they were before
4. re-edit them

Cheers - Tony
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amsof1984

Newbie Location: Muscat Joined: Sep 24, 2011 04:47 Messages: 10 Offline

Sep 24, 2011 06:56

(((.....yeah thats what I thut....now will follow these steps..keeping everything on C: drive seems best option and making backups on F is the way to go....Thanks alot for your replies...never experience so prompt responses b4...gr8 and thanks once again..

Rocket-Scientist

Senior Member Location: HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA Joined: Apr 23, 2010 10:14 Messages: 288 Offline

Sep 24, 2011 12:32

another good technique is to rename pds file at end of each day's work .. such as projetx-x-day-##.

That will let you backup to any point. Has saved me several times

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amsof1984

Newbie Location: Muscat Joined: Sep 24, 2011 04:47 Messages: 10 Offline

Sep 24, 2011 14:24

yeah thats good too thanks

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Charles

Newbie Joined: Sep 26, 2011 08:21 Messages: 2 Offline

Sep 26, 2011 20:18

Is there anyway to make DVD menus text only. I don't like the preview boxes.

Thank you in advance

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Sep 26, 2011 20:29

Hi Charles -

Short answer - NO - we're stuck with thumbnails.

You might like to download this menu from DZ - made by Jeff (JL_JL) http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/detail/5485

Cheers - Tony
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JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Sep 26, 2011 20:55

I'd try this instead of what Tony posted, it fixes a little issue someone was having. Same general menu concept though.

http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/detail/153239

Jeff

amsof1984

Newbie Location: Muscat Joined: Sep 24, 2011 04:47 Messages: 10 Offline

Oct 23, 2011 05:08

Another issue being faced.. after completing the movie...when I am producing it stops at specifically 7% after producing 1 MB of VDO..i m trying to get 1440x1080 HD wmv as its best quality...I tried .mov it stopped... I did High quality wmv file it did not give problems...or when I produced using MPEG 2 1440x1080i HD.... It got converted with any issues...Kindly advise what should I do to get FULL HD wmv file .. I have seen other production but quality is not as good....for information I had converted same file 10 days back with out issues...its only yesturday...that i changed some scenes and it started getting frozen...at some point...Rescue plz...

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Oct 23, 2011 09:49

amsof1984,
You may be running out of computer resources.

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/7958.page
Part A and Part B.
Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

amsof1984

Newbie Location: Muscat Joined: Sep 24, 2011 04:47 Messages: 10 Offline

Oct 23, 2011 11:11

That was not possible as 180GB was free...i had checked that thread...but the matter is resolved...the initial clips were having some problems...i replaced them...with the earlier produced footage..and it works just fine...thanks for your reply....