Deleting Media Files with the Media Tool
You can use the Media tool to delete selected media files without harming the related master clips, subclips, and sequences.
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If you use the Media tool to delete selected media files, you no longer have
access to visuals of the deleted material. If you load a clip for which a
media file has been deleted, a blank screen appears with the message
"Media Offline." If you need to use those clips again, you must recapture
from tape.
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Depending on your needs, you can do one of the following:
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Delete selected audio or video media files associated with a clip and
retain other media files.
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Delete entire sets of media files and related clips from within the
Media tool.
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Delete all unrelated media upon completion of a project, and retain
only the media required for playback of a finished sequence as
described in Consolidating and Transcoding Media.
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To delete selected media files:
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Select Tools > Media tool.
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In the Media Tool Display dialog box, select the types of files (master
clips, precompute clips, or media files) that you want to delete.
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The Media tool opens.
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Select one or more media files (audio, video, or both) or master clips
whose media files you want to delete.
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Do one of the following:
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Select Edit > Delete.
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Press the Delete key.
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The Delete Media dialog box opens.
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Select the media files that you want to delete:
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Video media file (V). The master clip linked to that file is black,
and the message "Media Offline" is displayed in the Source pop-
up or the Composer monitor. Related subclips and sequences are
affected in the same way.
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Audio media file (A1, A2, A3, A4). The master clip linked to that
file is silent. Subclips and sequences created from the master clip
are affected in the same way.
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Precompute media file (V, A). The section of the sequence with
the effect is black, and the message "Media Offline" is displayed.
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A dialog box opens.
The selected media files are deleted.
