How to Relink Missing Clips in Final Cut Pro X

[@bonogio]

Everything I look on youtube about my doubts in Final Cut Pro, I always end up in your videos and they are objective, very well edited and explained. Thanks!!

[@pixelfilmstudios]

We're happy to hear that Giorgio!!! Glad we can give you the answers you're looking for! 😄

[@natrochelle]

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[@pixelfilmstudios]

Glad we could keep you off the stretcher and in the editing chair, Natacha! 👨‍⚕️ 👩‍⚕️ When you see that dreaded red screen it can be really scary, but now you know what to do to get everything working again 😎

[@ChrisKaplan]

I have relinked PIXEL FILM STUDIO in my last video, if you understand what I mean 😁 because I used some of your plug ins and tutorials which were really helpful for me. so thanks a lot for this great products and helpful videos you do! Sending ♥️ from germany 🤙🏻 Chris

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Thank you so much for your support Chris 🥰 We're glad that our tutorials and plug ins are helping you create such an awesome video!! We love your one-man-band- you have incredible skill!!! 🤯Keep flying high! 🦋 Sending ♥️ from California USA!! 🇺🇸

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[@naborcontreras178]

It took me so long so figure this one out. Many times going from 🤩 to 😭 because I didn’t know how to relink external footage. Here comes the Pixel Good Vibes delivering the knowledge for the win! Amazing tutorial guys

[@pixelfilmstudios]

We're happy to be delivering this knowledge to you Nabore!!!! 🧠💖 We try hard to make sure we bring nothing but the important information to you guys and we're so happy to hear that this tutorial was able to help save you tons of stress!

[@ronmac1832]

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[@pixelfilmstudios]

Wow, thank you! Glad you found the tutorial helpful 😄

[@Abdulaziz2003]

Huge help, thank you very much for making this video. I've had to reference back this video multiple times now.

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Great to hear Abdulaziz! We appreciate your support and are happy to hear our videos are helping you out!

[@jonnylakewood7767]

Life saver. Wish I had known this when I needed it. Thank you!

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Now you know for any of those times in the future that you need a quick refresh on how to relink your clips!! Better late than never Jonny!! ☺️

[@EccentricNature]

It's not working for me. I hit relink and nothing happens.

[@EccentricNature]

I ended up renaming the file and copying it to a different hard drive then tried to relink. It liked the copied file instead of the original.

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Glad to hear you were able to sort it out Eccentric Nature 👍

[@BoxingTunes]

Great video - I personally found this information more readily available online, although not as clearly explained, however, I’m still searching for a fix to re-link compound link that exist in the browser but not in the timeline. The same error message screen appears but with a large ‘T’ and an exclamation mark. I would be truest impressed and grateful if you guys came up with a fix for that 😉

[@pixelfilmstudios]

A red T may be relating to a plug-in missing media issue, right? We have a help page here about this issue: store.pixelfilmstudios.com/red-screen-error/

[@Aerosnapper]

This is one of the most important videos to appear...Who can say that they've never seen that awful message appear in the terrible red box....?

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Let's be real, we've all had it happen! But now you can dive right back into your project in a flash without worry since you know how to re-link the missing clips 😎👍✨

[@TiliaCitrus]

Great tutorial❤

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Thank you! 😊 We're happy to hear that Tilia!

[@sadmorduck7473]

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[@pixelfilmstudios]

Thank you for your support Duck!! 🐥🥰

[@MikeEdwardsphotography]

So helpful! Thanks!

[@pixelfilmstudios]

You're welcome Mike! Thank you for tuning in! 📺

[@2BeAll4it]

Life saver, thanks for the video

[@pixelfilmstudios]

You're absolutely welcome Daniel! Thank you for taking the time to check out our tutorial we truly appreciate it! 😎✨

[@ferdysgdumel]

The cavalry, the fixer, and the friend PFS has it all when it comes to FCPX. Guys, I wish I had seen your video several days before - FCP rendering my first video files blew up my storage with as result freezing FCP and my Mac. I've exported all source files to an external disk and got my timeline intact, but now FCP tells me that my project files are SDR! What should I do?

[@brianortega8191]

Hi @pixelsfilmstudios, what if I just get a black screen after deleting rendering files?

[@pixelfilmstudios]

You may need to re-render the timeline by selecting the timeline and using Control + R. If that doesn't help, you may need to reach out to Apple Support to figure out what happened to the project. 🧐

[@gatewayvisuals8777]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!

[@pixelfilmstudios]

💪😎 You got it, Gateway Visuals!

[@kylene6886]

Wow! This is very helpful! Thank you Pfs~ 💛💛💪

[@pixelfilmstudios]

You're welcome Kylene!! 😊💖

[@awesomekid9310]

Amazingly helpful! 🚀🌟

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Glad you think so Awesome Kid! No need to fear missing clips anymore! 😎💪

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[@mikebrowne3914]

excellent pro tip. Thanks

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Glad it was helpful Mike! 👍

[@mazzdacon2134]

Thank you very much, saved me.

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Glad it helped Mazzda! 🤩 No more struggling with missing clips!! 💪

[@PatxoEscobar]

Thanks a lot!

[@pixelfilmstudios]

You're welcome! We are glad you like the video!

[@SeattleCoorain]

Does not seem to work if you move a FCPx library to another drive. When opening the FCPx library at it's new drive location in FCPx the files are listed as "Missing File" in red. Looking inside the same library's fcpbundle, the video clips FCPx thinks are missing are still in the .../Transcoded Media/Proxy Media folder. The instructions in this tutorial do not relink the "missing files" for me. I would guess getting the red "missing file" error is a pretty common occurrence if you copy an old FCP library to another drive for archiving. So why doesn't this tutorial cover that use case ? ... or am I missing something ?

[@pixelfilmstudios]

If you need to move the library to an external drive, then you should consolidate the media with the project first to prevent this issue from happening in the first place. We have a video on that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp3cfIulhp2AipI

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[@pixelfilmstudios]

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[@CaressLorthaya]

Hey my friend! What if the missing files are on multiple SD cards? My videos aren't saved to my computer

[@pixelfilmstudios]

You would ideally want all of your files for a project to be located on an external drive or a folder in the computer itself rather than have them all on separate SD Cards. Since you wouldn't be able to plugin multiple SD cards at the same time while you're working, this could easily cause missing clips. After they are all in 1 consistent location and relinked, you could consolidate the media to your project library. We have a video about consolidating here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp3cfIulhp2AipI

[@CaressLorthaya]

@@pixelfilmstudios thanks so much!!!!!!!

[@orbitance9401]

Great! Thanks

[@pixelfilmstudios]

You're very welcome Orbitance!! We hope you'll find even more useful tidbits throughout our tutorials series 😎👍

[@allensimpsoncomposer]

Several other online tutorials say that you can "File>Relink Project Files" if you only want to relink for a specific project but NOT for all projects in that library. That's what I want to do. But that seems no longer to be an option. Anyone know a way to relink for only one specific instance of a file within one project without it relinking for EVERY instance of that file in all the other projects, too? I'm in FCPX 10.5.4

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Hey there Allen, this apple help page should have more information about this topic. It looks like it should still be possible to do this for a specific project: support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/relink-clips-to-media-files-ver26f5c8c9/mac

[@allensimpsoncomposer]

@@pixelfilmstudios Yeah, unfortunately, that page just describes how to create the very problem I'm having, i.e., relinking changes it for EVERY instance of that file. HOWEVER!!!... I figured it out. Even though relinking does change every instance of that file, it only changes it *for that library. SO I was able to create a workaround by making a new library for each instance of the sequence I wanted relinks in. Then I was able to drag those newly created events from the new libraries into the original library. And it all worked like a charm!

[@alessiobrevetto8123]

And if I applied effects to the file that now is missing, they’ll remain, right?

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Yes :) As long as the clip is relinked properly and you didn't delete it from the timeline the effects you applied should remain.

[@alessiobrevetto8123]

@@pixelfilmstudios thanks

[@sofielund7369]

Thank u so muchh!

[@pixelfilmstudios]

No no no! Thank you for taking the time to stop by and show support for Pixel Film Studios 🤩 Glad we could help!

[@uscusimano1625]

I have a "MISSING CAMERA" file that won't populate when I go through the process. All other files are fine but not the one and it's the main ARoll clip. Is there a process to relocate "missing camera" files?

[@pixelfilmstudios]

We don't have a video on this, but this other video on KZbin should be able to help with this problem. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKG6hWibd69gp8U

[@bhagyavf]

Hi, I have used clips several times in a project and I want to change that clip at once with a new clip. Is there a way to do it?

[@pixelfilmstudios]

The clip would have to be manually placed in each section- there's not a faster way to do this that we are aware of. 😔

[@ahmd09]

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[@pixelfilmstudios]

You're making a ton of FCPX gains Ahmed 😎💪 You're going to be prepared for anything FCPX throws at you!! 👊 Many thanks for the support! 🥰🙏

[@DRTDBRWNG]

Hi i HAVE A MIssing plugin error message on my clips.. any iddeas on what to do if relink files does not work?

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Hey there! If you have any questions or concerns about any of our plugins, please contact our support team on our website. Our customer service agents can get you up and running ASAP! 😉👍 Live Chat & Ticket Support is available on the Pixel Film Studios website: M-F 8 AM - 4 PM PST bit.ly/PFS_Support

[@onekeiway]

What about re-linking Titles + Generators???

[@pixelfilmstudios]

That would be a different process depending on the plugin provider that made the missing Titles or Generators etc. We would recommend to reach out to the developer who made those assets and look at their help pages or contact their help desk for more information.

[@recipebook7307]

It's easy and cheesy⭐👍🏻👍🏻🤗🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Thank you Jadeja! Easy cheesy is right 😋🧀

[@TheOfficialSiNN]

I did this and now my computer is glitching and footage is lagging it wasn’t doing this before at all. Any ideas ?

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Try to delete the Render Files and re-render the project. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5yzgIKEhKqpZq8

[@LimaPodcast]

great

[@pixelfilmstudios]

😎

[@AjaySingh-228]

nice

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Thank you Ajay 🥰

[@Luke_Cullen]

my clips don't have sound what do I do?

[@pixelfilmstudios]

If you have sound connected to the clip but the audio is not playing you should check your settings and make sure audio is turned on.

[@creativezonepng]

I relinked my missing files but it still doesn’t work

[@pixelfilmstudios]

Hey there! If you're seeing any problems with Final Cut Pro not performing as expected then we recommend to reach out to FCP support to help sort through your issue. You can contact them here: support.apple.com/final-cut-pro

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[@angelaburns6849]

This was great but why does this remind me of Dora the Explorer

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😂 Maybe it's because we're leading you on an adventure through how to use FCPX!

[@sijilo]

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[@soum8975]

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[@pixelfilmstudios]

Glad we could save the day soum! 🦸

[@FilmPhotographyProject]

Thank you!

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You're welcome! 😉