Opening a Session with Missing Files

To open a session with missing files:

1 When you open a session, Pro Tools opens the session with all available media, then shows you how many files are missing (if any) and asks how you want to proceed. (If told that files are unsuitable for playback, see Transfer Files.)

 

Missing files warning when opening a session

2 Select one of the following:

Skip All—or press Command+S (Mac) or Control+S (Windows).

Manually Find Relink—or press Command+M (Mac) or Control+M (Windows).

Automatically Find Relink—or press Command+A (Mac) or Control+A (Windows).

3 Select Regenerate Missing Rendered Files Without Searching to exclude rendered Elastic Audio files from the relink process and regenerate them instead.

4 Click OK.

Skip All

Use the Skip All option to skip all missing files. This option is the fastest way to open the session utilizing all available media. Missing files are offline in the session, and shown in the Clip List and the Project browser with italic text.

Manually Find and Relink

This option opens the Relink window. Use the Relink window to search, compare, verify, and relink missing files. Files can be relinked one at a time or in batches. See Relink Window for more information.

Automatically Find and Relink

Automatically Find and Relink is the simplest method to relink sessions to required media, but it provides no way to compare files or verify links. This option cannot be undone. The Automatically Find and Relink option does the following:

Searches all Performance volumes for all missing items with matching Name, ID, Format, and Length.

Links missing items to the first matches found.

Commits links for all items possible, in the background.

Links, once committed, cannot be undone once the session is saved. The only way to revert to previous links is to close the session without saving changes.

If some files remain unlinked, the Task window opens and a failed task appears in the Paused Tasks pane. Double-click the Task icon to open the Relink window and manually find and relink files.

Even if all of the missing files are later found and relinked, the failed task remains in the Task Window. Like all failed tasks, it must be manually selected and deleted. See About Failed Tasks.

Regenerate Missing Rendered Files Without Searching

Enable this option to exclude rendered Elastic Audio files from the relinking process (rendered files are recalculated instead). This option is available when Automatically Find and Relink or Manually Find and Relink is enabled.