Do not duplicate media when importing a sequence. It has not been fixed!
Ariadna Fatjo-Vilas
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From the Media Browser ‘hamburger’ menu (three horizontal lines next to the name ‘Media Browser’), could you confirm whether you have “Allow Duplicate Media During Project Import” checked, or unchecked?
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cameron taddeo
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This is an ongoing issue that Adobe doesn't seem to want to address or take seriously, it's crippling to using the software at all and makes projects a mess. The worst part is it can't be completely cleaned up because when you try to delete a duplicate file Premiere says it contains "reference clips" and will remove all instances of that clip in all sequences. Heaven forbid you remove something you think it's safe to remove only to find a sequence you put a lot of work into is now missing a bunch of clips with no trace of what was there. Where are these reference clips?? When you delete a clip at least give us the option to make it offline instead of deleting it across the board. It's a stressful setup as it is now, it's sloppy, and lazy. Help us out here guys please.
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Ariadna Fatjo-Vilas
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Either way. I can't understand the logic. When “Allow Duplicate Media During Project Import” is unchecked, the material comes in a folder called 'Recovered Clips'. If it's checked, either I get duplicate clips on the bin that contains the original clips or in very few cases I don't get duplicates at all. I never modify the master clips, unless markers are considered a modification.
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Ariadna Fatjo-Vilas
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It's still happening. The duplicated material clutters the project, specially when working on a project with several editors. As Kyle W Koch was saying on a previous post: "An option should be, informed upon importing that a clip is possibly duplicate media (confirmed by name, duration, codec, etc) and be given the choice to link it to an existing file in the project. Additionally, we should be able to merge the references of 2 files that have been found as duplicate"