The reason why Collect all and save is not 100% reliable?

[lapieuvre]

Hi I have a project that I share between 2 computers, and when I transfer the full project to the other computer, I got a lot of missing files.

I locate the folder they are in (well they are inside the project folder!) then hit automatic search (go button) and Live still doesn't find the files.

I have to resolve each file manually

I tried the project on 2 different computers and got the same problem

Any Ideas?

[Stromkraft]

Hi I have a project that I share between 2 computers, and when I transfer the full project to the other computer, I got a lot of missing files.

I locate the folder they are in (well they are inside the project folder!) then hit automatic search (go button) and Live still doesn't find the files.


Any Ideas?

Investigate your file structure carefully. I used to have similar issues until I got deep into my file and folder structure and fixed. We only use OS X so it's easier I guess.

[Tarekith]

Do you have the same live packs installed on both computers? Did you check all of the options when selecting collect all and save?

[lapieuvre]

I have no choice of the computers I work with. The show computers are PC, and my laptop is a Mac.

I finally found the problem: When I did the stems, I Batch exported them. Since I only wanted the name of the tracks to show in my filenames, I put a space in the save as dialog box, so the filename would be: "[space]Name of track". Example track 1 is called 1-conga (name of the song), track 2is called 2-Bass (name of the song) so when I reimport the stems in my master set, I easily find the instruments, and they are named exactly like I named my tracks.

The problem when I transfer the files from one computer to another, the space disappears, so Live doesn't recognize the files anymore!

So one more thing learned, next time I batch export audio, I'll use the underscore _ instead of the space!