saving media w project question

fultro wrote on 10/5/2006, 2:03 PM
I recently found out the hard way that using the copy media with project option in the SaveAs dialog does not also copy media for any nested vegs in the project.
This is using the copy function - not the trim & copy function which I do not like.
I notice that when opening the newly copied project that not only are the files for nested vegs missing but Project Media tab indicates that the nested vegs are referring to the old location. This will of course work on this computer but no others . So if the reference is to the media in the original folder and this is built into the veg file already, then manually moving the files to the new folder will be pointless.
What am I missing in this picture ?
Any help here would be greatly appreciated. David

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Jonathan Neal wrote on 10/5/2006, 2:07 PM
The VEGs themselves do not contain media, but when you copy or copy/trim media with a project, it will move all the media in your project media list into the root folder of your VEG file.

I'm working on a piece of software called VegBun which bundles media with a VEG file, I should make a much cheaper-featured version and post it here today.
fultro wrote on 10/5/2006, 2:12 PM
Nested vegs in my project do not copy the relevant media to the new folder that is created with the new veg. All other media besides what the nested vegs refer to does get copied to the new folder
vitalforce wrote on 10/5/2006, 2:40 PM
Whoa. All media EXCEPT what the nested veg includes? Sounds like a bug to me.
Jonathan Neal wrote on 10/5/2006, 2:53 PM
It's true, I just tested it. You can't copy media that's in the daughter project. I'll try to release something today, darn it.
fultro wrote on 10/5/2006, 3:02 PM
I just setup a very simple project from a few files I copied into a new folder just for this purpose.
-Saved the new project veg into the same folder
-Created a new project and nested the first veg into it
-Saved this project with media copies to new folder
-It worked - all necessary files were there

But I have this older project that I cannot seem to get the nested veg files to copy the relevant media - even though I re-opened all the vegs and resaved them so as to reference the media that is in the project folder with
Jonathan Neal wrote on 10/5/2006, 3:23 PM
I created a folder called Project with a sub-folder called Media and another sub-folder called New. I stuck two images inside the sub-folder Media. I created a Vegas project and imported those two clips, saving the file as test1.veg inside the root folder Media. I created a new project, and imported test1.veg, then I saved this new project as test2.veg inside the sub-folder called New with the option to Copy and trim media with project > Copy source media.

Now, in the New sub-folder, I have test2.veg and test1.veg, but none of the files test1.veg calls upon.
fultro wrote on 10/5/2006, 5:02 PM
so it would be good to hear if this is a problem for others
and also if it IS a bug (seems like it) then does V7 fix it ?
I have V 6.0d
fultro wrote on 10/5/2006, 5:05 PM
Jonathan - are you creating an app that would archive projects completely- so that it would deal with this problem of the nested veg media files not copying to the archive ? I would be most interested in a rock solid archival app David
Jonathan Neal wrote on 10/6/2006, 5:04 AM
Okay,

1. I've finished a DOS application that will read a VEG file and then produce a full list of the media it is using. That could be useful all by itself.

2. It can copy all the media from the VEG to a central folder, to be archived.

3. I can archive all the files into a single *.vegbun (glorified 7zip)

4. I cannot figure out how to modify the physical veg file. This is what happens:

If I change the folder from, say, C:\Pish\picture.jpg to C:\Posh\picture.jpg it works!
However, if I change the folder from say, C:\Pish\picture.jpg to C:\Pishs\picture.jpg the VEG is unreadable!

fultro wrote on 10/6/2006, 12:21 PM
keep me posted
Jonathan Neal wrote on 10/6/2006, 2:54 PM
I did it, and it's more amazing than previously imagined.