timeline acting strange

Hi,

My timeline is acting strange. It shows the clips as being 'media offline' but they are not offline, in fact they are playing just fine. I trashed the preferences hoping this might clear the discrepancy up, but it didn't.
I am able to work, but wondering about this issue, and is it the precursor to some kind of 'bug?'

Thanks

SA

Sounds like it could be a corrupt sequence. Try copying the media to a new sequence and see if that helps.

Also try taking the clips actually offline (SHIFT-D) and then reconnecting them.

If that and Frank's suggestion don't help, copy the clips to a new sequence *in a new project file* and try again.

Be careful of this, though -- sometimes clips that are truly offline will play because the timeline remembers some render files. Double-check to make sure none of your media is missing.

If the thumbnails on the Timeline clips have been replaced with "offline" thumbnails, it could be that old bug in the Thumbnail cache. You can try trashing the Final Cut Pro Thumbnail cache to regenerate proper thumbnails.

Hi

I tried to start a new sequence, didn't work
I tried to create a new project, didn't work

So, here I am, it's kinda crazy, but all the clips are 'playing' ALTHOUGH the timeline indicates that the clip media is 'offline.'

Any more ideas on what this means would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

SA

Hi lisa

i found the thumbnail cache, i placed it in the trash, do i now need to restart?do i need to empty the trash before i open the project again
thanks

SA

hello again Lisa

you were right! it worked, and i didn't have to restart or empty the trash, timeline looks fine now, thanks so much...

SA

Nice tip, Lisa -- I don't think I've seen that suggested here before. Probably because I don't use thumbnails. Great troubleshooting option to know.

That's an oldie but a goodie.
Losing thumbnails usually happens when you move your clips from one drive to another w/o using the media manager.



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