Saga
Thu Apr 03 08:28:43 PDT 2008
To conclude. Thanks to both for your assistance. All is resolved.
I used the SUBST command on both computers to map the local resource
to the X: drive. Now I load the same project from the same resource on
both computers and all is well! :-D
Saga
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"Graham Hughes" <graham.hughesNON@SPAMMEdvds2treasure.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Try changing the drive to drive E on the second machine. This may entail changing the drive letter
> of something else first, if drive e is already taken.
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> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.myvideoproblems.com
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> "Saga" <antiSpam@somewhere.com> wrote in message news:uwTzx6NlIHA.4536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Thanks for the help, much appreciated!
>>
>> Yeah, I had suspected that the source files should be accessible by
>> MM, so I made it a point to make sure that both PCs had access to all
>> the source files. I -suspected- that perhaps because of the different drive
>> letter assignment MM was getting "confused" and not locating the
>> source files. I had hoped that MM would use relative paths. I even opened
>> the MSWMM in Notepad to see if I could tweak the path designation,
>> but found out that this is not a text file :-S.
>>
>> I will follow your recommendation to try and establish the link to the source.
>>
>> Saga
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>> "John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message news:eW8rObNlIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Saga wrote:
>>>> I am working on a project on two different computers. I imported the
>>>> video clips, edited as necessary till I was partially done. I then
>>>> saved my project. Later, on the second computer, I reloaded my
>>>> project and my timeline shows the clips, but with red Xs.I am
>>>> accessing the same resource on both PCs, that is, all the imported clips and files are
>>>> available to both
>>>> projects. One difference is that the reource maps to drive E: on one
>>>> PC and to drive F: on the other.
>>>>
>>>> What is the best way to solve this? I have searched the Help file,
>>>> Googled and seen some tutorials, but so far none have addressed this
>>>> issue. Thanks!
>>>> Saga
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>>> I think you know this...but just to clarify...
>>> the source files must be accessed
>>> by Movie Maker...the project file is
>>> incomplete without them.
>>>
>>> Try right clicking the Red Xs and
>>> browse to the source files...maybe
>>> this will re-establish the links.
>>>
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>>>
>>> John Inzer
>>> Digital Media MVP
>>>
>>> Notice
>>> This is not tech support
>>> I am a volunteer
>>>
>>> Solutions that work for
>>> me may not work for you
>>>
>>> Proceed at your own risk
>>>
>>>
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