av1 files

Can you reconstruct av1 files? Lost one and while the clip plays in preview it won't load into FCP.
How did I lose it? Corrupted?

The issue isn't how you lost it, but how did you get it in the first place? You shouldn't be working with these clips if the quicktime files have an -av extension, as they complicate matters when you shift the files or lose one of the -av files.

These types of files are usually created when you run a capture of more than 4 gigs on a drive that is formatted to FAT32. When the capture limit is reached, FCP generates an -av extension and splits the file. This works in a way, like a reference movie which you can export from Final Cut. Quicktime is a versatile file format and allows media to be either stored in the file itself, or it can reference the link to the media file. In this case, the quicktime file references the link to the -av file which stores the media. The quicktime movie becomes useless when the original file is shifted or deleted, as the link is no longer valid.



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Thank you. Interesting how I created the problem. Don't remember up-loading 4+ gigs but may have. Guess I'm ****** then from the sounds of it.

> you run a capture of more than 4 gigs on a drive that is formatted to FAT32.

It's 2GB, actually. Not at all hard to go over 2GB in video editing.

Just recapture the thing, and do it right this time.


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It's 4 gigs for FAT32, and 2 gigs on FAT16. And yep, recapture the affected files and you're fine.

Also, as a side note, P2s utilize the FAT32 file system, so it splits long clips into 4 gig chunks (spanning clips)....



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