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

go to >Tools>Media Tool

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

Choose Set Timecode pulldown and choose

>Set Source

Select New

Create a tape name (123456789) or whatever

Click OK

OK
OK
OK

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

Go to >Clip>Modify>Modify Clip

Choose Set Timecode pulldown and choose

>Set Source

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


Click OK

OK
OK
OK
Next Select all the clips in the bin that we brought in from the Media Tool

Right click the

timeline create by the .aaf import

sequence to relink and choose

>Relink

Relink

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Choose Selected Items in All open bins

Choose to relink by Tape Name or Source file Name

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If that doesn't work choose





Choose to relink by Tape Name or Source file ID

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All the clips should come online relinked

Chose the following settings shown here

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