2 clips -- one name -- aaarrgh!

Serena wrote on 2/26/2005, 9:44 PM
The project on my timeline has developed and interesting problem and I've no idea how I achieved it. Nor can I figure out how to fix it, although before deleting the clip(s) from the project I thought there might be more understanding out there where you are.

Somehow clips 10 and 87 are the same, and yet they aren't. Last time I opened the project clip 10 was where 87 is supposed to be, as well as where it should be. I replaced it with the correct clip 87 and redid the editing. Clip 10 is correctly placed. Project was saved.

On re-opening, the previous condition is found (10 in place of 87). I find that the real clip 87 is in the media bin and clip 10 isn't, even though it is on the timeline (but properties say "87"). If I reload clip 10 from the harddrive it replaces 87 in the media bin (as 10). If I reload 87, it replaces 10 and 10 disappears from the media bin.

If I open a new project I can load in clips 10 and 87 separately and put them in and out of that timeline. So it appears that while they're still correct on the harddrive, somehow I've got Vegas confused about which is which. Any thoughts on how I did it (so I don't do it again) and how I can repair my error?

Thanks.

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Liam_Vegas wrote on 2/26/2005, 10:59 PM
Just an idea.

Open your project in Vegas

Opne the Windows Explorer (switching away from Vegas)

Rename clip 10 to something else (like clip10a)

Switch back to Vegas... it will notice it has lost the clip and prompt you to search for it... you can specify a new location for it instead and point it at the renamed file.

Now do the same for clip 87.

The result <might> be that it will figure things out.

Either way... this is a <very> confusing things to have happen (and I'm still not sure I know what you are describing).
Serena wrote on 2/26/2005, 11:37 PM
Thanks, that seems to have worked OK. No, I'm not too sure either. Utterly confusing thing to happen because both clips seemed to be there (in that I could get them on the timeline as separate clips) but they appeared to have the same identity and when reopened clip 10 was also in the position of clip 87. So it was the same as using clip 10 twice, except it was called clip 87 in both cases. The puzzling thing is that I've no idea how this came about. I would have said it wasn't possible without saving a clip under the wrong name, but no clip had been saved on its own and in any case this had not changed their identities (properties) on the harddrive. Just hope I don't do it again!
Liam_Vegas wrote on 2/27/2005, 12:17 AM
Wow... glad my wacky idea helped.