Help im in the brown stuff

[stivessheep]

1st id like to say helloo folks

kk im in trouble i today moved all my x3 projects and sent them to my dedicated editing machine , i now have 8 rugby match dvd's to burn for my local club by 7pm tonight , yet when i click on them to load up for burn/editin it returns an error of file format mismatch and they wont load up on my x3, and i sent then as a move and not as a copy thnx in advance folks

[Black Lab]

How did you move the projects? Did you just move the VSPs or did you also move all the clips associated with them?

[stivessheep]

Hi yep i had a folder on my laptop called StIves Rugby which contained everything to do with completed and started projects , i just moved the whole folder mate sent wirelessley from my laptop to my desktop mate

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

When you moved them, I assume you copied them, so the originals are still on the laptop.

Go to X3 open each project, File – Smart Package.

Will create a complete package of your project.

Copy each Smart Package to the desktop.

I doubt very much that you will burn 8 discs by 7 pm, but you never know

Good luck

PS can't you just burn them on the laptop?

[stivessheep]

Hi Trevor

Thanks everso much mate , unfortunately during my rush i had selected move to instead of copy to but i have managed to re-capture from the hard copies , re-edit and re-burn , i was only 2 off the 7 so they were over the moon with that and now im drinking loads of coffee as its been a stressful afternoon , but i have learnt 1 thing and thats to double check i highlight copy instead of move .

Yep my laptop burns okay alot slower than my main machine , but they have vanished from the laptop , but alls well that ends well thanks again mate

[stivessheep]

Oh no relinking hasnt worked , i am wondering as i now need to do a seasons biggest and best hits and tries etc etc , as some of the games have vanished from my laptop but not appeared on my dexktop is there anything i can do to recover these games or are they lost for good , like a £%$£% i hadnt done a backup and selected move instead of copy to

thnx in advance

UPDATE they were all sat in the Corel DVD Factory projects folder and this time im going to make sure i use copy to function

[Ron P.]

When I move or copy files and folders from my laptop to my desktop, which is also wireless, I sometimes forget where. So what I've done is find or create a dummy file, or create a copy of a file, then select the move command. I think most Windows systems remember and try to use the same location as was previously used. So this will tell me the location. I may not complete the move, as I was just needing Windows to tell me where it is looking. Then I go to that location on my desktop to see if the files are there. Just a thought you might try. I've moved and copied files hundreds of times and so far never had one just vanish.

Another thing to remember for future use, UNDO. This has got me out of more trouble. It works also for move and copy. I have inadvertently selected a wrong file while moving files, and using the UNDO saved me. So when you move files, and in your case, you go look to see that the files were moved/copied, and find they're not where you thought, just go to the Edit menu, select Undo, which I think it will say UNDO MOVE. It will return the files so you can try again...

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi stivessheep

Maybe you should consider using the File--Smart Package option.

This creates a folder containing all the clips within a project.
You could then “Copy” this folder to another pc.

Because it contains all clips, the project file VSP will open without re-linking.

A good way to backup the project.

edit
Upps sorry i have mentioned that before, comes with age..........