Ghost Movie Message

[sergiosacoto]

Hi friends!
Since I upgraded to DP8 there's this annoying message every time I open certain project files:
Unable to locate movie file. Would you like to choose a movie to replace "Movie 20.mov" in sequence "All Sequences ?"
This happens with projects that never have been used with movies. Does anybody know how to get rid of this annoyance?
Thanks

Sergio
http://www.sergiosacoto.com

[FMiguelez]

Somehow a movie got added to your project.

If you press Shift-V (or whatever command you have for Show QuickTime Movie) you will see the QT movie open. At the top right corner of that window you will find a mini-menu. Select Close Movie from there. Voilá...

Are you from a spanish-speaking country, Sergio?

[gtrnstuff]

Bump for 2017. DP 9.13 does this as well.
Any way to stop it?

[FMiguelez]

Bump for 2017. DP 9.13 does this as well.
Any way to stop it?

Did you read my answer above from 3 years ago?

[gtrnstuff]

Yes, and it didn't work for me. Well, it only worked for the one project.
Every new project has to be fixed.
I was hoping for a global solution.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

Never seen this before. I'd check my default template and replace it. See the manual.

[gtrnstuff]

From my discussion with MOTU:

I just opened an old file, that never showed the "Unable to locate Movie File" box when I opened it in DP 7. When I open it in DP 9, the movie box appears.

I just opened that same file in DP 7.
No "Unable to locate Movie File" box.

I did discover that when I open that file in DP 7 and hit "shift-v", asking it to display the movie, it gives me that error box referencing the same movie, so no doubt this leaked into my template years ago.

It's just in DP 9, I encounter the error box when opening the file, and I have to click through all that to continue.

I re-saved my default new template making sure the movie was "cleared" and it should be OK for any new projects.

[magicd]

From my discussion with MOTU:

I just opened an old file, that never showed the "Unable to locate Movie File" box when I opened it in DP 7. When I open it in DP 9, the movie box appears.

I just opened that same file in DP 7.
No "Unable to locate Movie File" box.

I did discover that when I open that file in DP 7 and hit "shift-v", asking it to display the movie, it gives me that error box referencing the same movie, so no doubt this leaked into my template years ago.

It's just in DP 9, I encounter the error box when opening the file, and I have to click through all that to continue.

I re-saved my default new template making sure the movie was "cleared" and it should be OK for any new projects.

Bravo!

Best,
Dave

[MIDI Life Crisis]

You're welcome.