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You have imported the .aaf but footage doesn't relink

go to >Tools>Media Tool

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Choose your project and the drive the .mxf footage is on
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Footage appears in the Media Tool
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Make a new bin and copy the files from the media tool
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Footage came into AVID but won't relink in the timeline
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Select all clips in the bin that should be relinked to timeline
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Go to >Clip>Modify>Modify Clip
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Choose Set Timecode pulldown and choose

>Set Source

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Select New
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Create a tape name (123456789) or whatever

Click OK

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Now we need to modify the Master clips that were created when the .aaf was imported

 

Notice the tape name matches the source file name by default

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Go to >Clip>Modify>Modify Clip
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Choose Set Timecode pulldown and choose

>Set Source

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Select the SAME tape name you created in this wiki earlier to modify the clips

 

Click OK

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Right click the timeline create by the .aaf import and choose >Relink
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All the clips should come online relinked