FCP can't distinguish multiple versions of the same file

This is also interesting.

When I re-link the files it only shows C0177-1 as opposed to linking to all the others.

Hi Tim

Here is a screen grab of the folder Worx4 created if it's any help.

As you can see, Worx created clips of the interview file but FCP is getting confused.

Having discussed this we think that you might 'fix' this by making all of the media off-line and re-linking to the 'new' clips rather than the proxy clips. There may be other ways to remove the proxy references but I'm not an expert in FCPX

It also looks like the proxy media is still referenced in the fcpxmld as well as the new MP4 files.

Looking more at the xmld file I see references to 11 sub-clips. The clip name seems to remain the original, this is, I believe, as expected, can you check that the contents of the 11 clips (C0177-1.MP4 to C0177-11.MP4) are the parts of the audio that you expect on the timeline? These 11 MP4 files are what should be used by FCPX.

I'm very confused. Sorry!

I did what I always do:

I export an XML file to the desktop which comes up as fcpxmld (can't use version XML 1.13 BTW).
I then open Worx4, input source XML file as the one of desktop, give it a project name and a destination.
Within that destination there is another fcpxmld file and that's the one I keep with all the file clips in the folder and delete the one on the desktop.

Sorry for the delay, there MUST be an original as WOrx4X processes a FCPXML and uses it to create the 'sub-clips' which it then links to a new version of the XML. The XML that you supplied, and I assume that you are using to try to look at the trimmed project, appears to be the original and not the we-written one. In the output folder there should be a 'new' FCPXML which references the C0177-1, C0177-2 etc. clip versions, the one that you sent only references sections of the clip called C0177

Tim.

Shootinglight wrote: There was never an original. I only ever had an XML to play with created by Worx4.

Hi Tim,

Checking in to see if there was anything that can be done?

Thanks

There was never an original. I only ever had an XML to play with created by Worx4.

Is that the original XML or the one produced by Worx4? If it is the original can you also let me have the Worx4 version please?

Yes sure. Please find attached.

Can you provide us with a copy of the XML to investigate this please?

Hoping you might be able to help with some projects I've archived.

When I come to open the XML, I relink all the files and FC says it's found them all but on the timeline where one clip has been chopped multiple times (it's a piece to camera interview), the timeline only tries to use the first clip.

For example:

Worx created multiple clips of file C0177 (C0177-1, C0177-2 etc) but the timeline is being filled with only C0177 so just keeps repeating a small section and where it's longer, it just goes silent and black.

Any help with the timeline to link it correctly would be much appreciated.