BUG in relocating Media Files

Whatever is set, VL2 importing Media Files to new clicked (default) location,
sedond, doing this, media files are still showed “Offline” :frowning:

receipe:

  1. put together a multitrack project
  2. close VL
  3. move folder another different location
  4. reopen VL
  5. relocate mediafiles

How so? All files are found anyway as long as they exist at their original location and that location is accessible.

I’m sorry, but it was working me absolutely wrong with the receipe above. No other choice then a screencapture then.

Thanks, on it

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Thank you very much, and if you’re there, can you extend that code with one extra sub-routine please:

I mean:
relink.media.files.codepart
{…;
IF
(user navigated into a folder) && (NOT selected any file) && (clicks “OPEN” in filebrowser):
do.searching at “./” for the vstl-relink-selected-file && all other same-type-missing-ones

}
The point is: if I already navigated to a folder, and app knows the missing-filenames, eliminate the necesarry need for pointing to a given-file. EXEPT (and that is working great already months ago) when clicking to a given file: then strictly use manually selected (e.g. replacing missing Myfile-v1.wav => to Myfile-v2.wav).

The auto-search without the need of pointing to any file would be necesarry to find hexadecimal-named markerfiles like MIDI, TEMPO, DMX… Hard or impossible to find for human, easy for a computer.

Does my explanation makes sense, or should try differently?
Thank you for reading!
F

It makes sense, but we can not add extended search at the time beeing, need to prioritize. But when a file is selected, it should find other missing files from that folder automatically.

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sure! no push, rather kindly asking for function-improovement.
/*

near to impossible with hexa-filenamed VL-markerfiles for human.
*/

any will do

There was a bug that for the case where other files were found in the selected search folder, the copy question was ignored, fixed with the next version.

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Thank you @musicullum ,

can’t wait to test it out next week :slight_smile:
I will report here in any case!

F

And even when that happens to poor Felician sometimes:
(WIN11 proj moving to MAC, not SAVEARCH for purpose (need to keep audio-video files in their separated FOLDER)

The extra line (find automatically if < filename > can be found ./
could help him to relocate files quicker :slight_smile:
@Spork can you recognise the problem in the " location " cells for each row? it joins the “last” and a new “possible” location to one string.

And @musicullum : tested it with 3.0.13 and there is one remaining issue (and tricked us yesterday at a 1100pax venue): Relinking files will remain “offline media” until restarting VSTLive. They should be online immediately after successful relinking.

will check

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Too many higher prio tasks, use OS search instead, then point to one file. need to do once only