Moving AVI files to a new location

bdscarboro · Post by **bdscarboro** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:57 pm

I captured all the video from my camcorder to my hard drive into AVI files, using up nearly all available free space on the drive in the process. I built my entire project with the video clips on the full hard drive, but then when I started the process of creating a DVD, I realized that I didn't have enough free space on the drive to be able to do that.

So I have purchased and installed a bigger hard drive, and have copied the VSP file and all the AVI files over to the new drive (but haven't deleted from the old drive yet). I have also gone into the Preferences screen, and set the Working Folder to a folder on the new hard drive, but when I right-click on any individual video clip and pick Properties, it shows the file name as being on the old full hard drive.

The problem is this: The VSP file still seems to point to my old (full) hard drive for the location of the AVI files. How can I get Video Studio to recognize and use the AVI files in the new location without totally rebuilding the project? (I spent a LOT of time creating this project, trimming the video, and transitions, effects, etc, so I don't want to have to start over).

Thanks for any tips!

Brian Scarboro

Info:
Properties of your source files (format, file size, where did you get it?) I used AVI(DV) captured from my MiniDV camcorder

What devices are involved and their mode of connection? Canon MiniDV camcorder connected to a firewire input on my sound card

Project Settings
frame rate: 29.97
frame type: lower field first
frame size: 720 x 480
aspect ratio: 4x3
AVI: DV Video encoder - type 1
data type: 24-bit RGB
audio format: PCM
audio attributes: 32000kHz, 16 bit, stereo

Output format (file, DVD, VCD, SVCD): This will ultimately be put onto a DVD

PAL or NTSC : NTSC

Error Codes (if any) - None

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:07 pm

The full path name of the assets in a project are recorded in the VSP file, that's why it still looks in the original location.

If you move, rename or delete the files in the original location (I recommend adding an exclamation mark or something like that to the file name), Videostudio will prompt you for the file's location the next time you open the project (the VSP file) -- you can either locate the file yourself, or let Videostudio search for it. Ulead calls this Smart Relinking. The quickest way is obviously to locate the file yourself in the new location.

kebrinton · Post by **kebrinton** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:14 am

Or you can insert the .AVI file to the Timeline and Save As... If you've specified in Preferences where you want the new files to be stored, you'll find them on the new HD.

bdscarboro · Post by **bdscarboro** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:35 pm

Thanks for the responses, guys. I tried the smart relinking ... after selecting the new path, it told me it had successfully relinked all the clips, but it had only relinked one. I ended relinking all 150 clips individually. Quite a pain, but it's done, and everything is kosher now. Thanks for the help!