Hi,
Let me explain the situation. I am using VidStu 11. I have just finished editing my first 2 videos which, as a first time user, understandably took a long time. I saved them as VSP files as I was working with them and gave each file a different name saved on my F drive. I wrote one to DVD with complete success and was very happy with my efforts. Then everything went horribly wrong. I decided to clean out the earlier saved files from my F drive. I deleted everything but the original MPEG file and the final copy of the VSP file. When I tried to open these files to make another copy VidStu would not open them although it had had no problems before this. It still opens the originals but gives error message "File format mismatch" when I try to open video file and when I open from FILE - OPEN PROJECT nothing at all happens for my first edited movie and it says "original file doesn't exist" if I try to relink it says "unable to read the file". This whole situation is unbelievable to me. How could I have just lost all that time and effort so simply and unexplainedly if that's a word? The only thing I did was to delete the old VSP files. Surely that would not affect the other files? I have never come across anything where deleting one saved copy stops the other saved copy from working. This situation is ridiculous. I can't believe that it can be possible to be able to so simply null and void something that has so much time put into it. Do I really have to do it all again. But how can I risk this happening again. I have to know why this has happened before I can start again. Is it because I should have saved it to the library instead of a seperate drive. If this is the case then it should never have opened the files. I'm ramblilng but I just can't make any sense of it at all. Unfortunately, I deleted the files from the recycle bin so I can't restore the files to see if this helps.
Final cut VSP won't open AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
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Your VSP (VideoStudio Project) is just a set of instructions as to where to find the clips, what transitions to use, etc. Since you deleted your clips, I'm afraid your VSP has nothing to link to.
Chalk it up to experience.
Chalk it up to experience.
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I am afraid it also underlines one of the very central lessons of video editing which, I am afraid, is usually only learned through experiences such as yours: NEVER delete anything pertaining to a project until you are absolutely sure that you will not be processing that project any further (including burning further copies) OR unless you have converted it to a format which will allow further copies to be burned without reference back to the original files.
And the only way of doing this is by producing a full 'disk image' file (*.iso) or 'DVD Folder' (Video_TS) which are in effect your final DVD of the project which only requires burning to a blank disk.
And the only way of doing this is by producing a full 'disk image' file (*.iso) or 'DVD Folder' (Video_TS) which are in effect your final DVD of the project which only requires burning to a blank disk.
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