Re: Missing file FCP X

Folks,
We have a file that shows up as missing.
It clearly resides on the external drive and plays cleanly with QuickTime player.
But after re-linking, the viewer still displays the red 'missing' indicator. When we hit the spacebar to play the clip, the timecode rolls, but still the red 'missing' indicator.
The yellow warning disappears, but only until you click out of FCP and back in again, then it reappears.
This is just one of a hundred similar clips that all imported cleanly.
We also tried deleting the clip and re-importing.
Same result.
Anyone experience this?
Thank you,
JR

Found the solution -- as usual it's 'operator error.'
It seems that in relabeling during logging, the file was appended '.mo' as opposed to '.mov' -- so we must've somehow deleted the 'v' that automatically gets tacked back on after one changes the label.
Anyway, we didn't notice -- but FCP X apparently doesn't speak that language. Understandably.
Anyway, this resolution might help someone else down the road.
JR

Hi JR,

I had no clue as to why this would happen, so thank you for posting the solution.

Best wishes,

Ronny

My pleasure.
Ronny, we're tackling our first big projects with X since updating from a bunch of work in 7.
So, as we learn, another 'missing file' question if you please?
We've logged, relabeled, and now backed up on a 2nd external hard drive all the files from our first segment of another big piece of work.
We logged and relabeled all the raw files first, so the files have exactly the same file names on the 2nd external and the library has been duplicated there too.
However, in the new library, although all the files relinked & play just fine, the 3 events in which they're stored show the yellow warning sign with the exclamation point.
Is that a concern?
Thank you,
JR

Good to hear you are tackling a big project on FCP X. If you have any questions don't hesitate to post here.

The exclamation point not a concern for you, but for the Apple team. They really need to fix it so it only shows when there is a real problem, or at least give some information about why the exclamation point appears. If you get the exclamation point right after relinking, sometimes just shutting FCP X off and on again will get rid of it.

Best wishes,

Ronny

Thanks Ronny.