Consolidation mess

Hi and thanks for your help.

I am attempting to consolidate a large bin. I leave the process to work overnight but then an error interrupts it at some point. Now how do I determine which files have been transcoded already?

I have selected the option of making new links during the consolidation process. This leaves me with two sets of the same file in the same bin?

I know that I could sort by name and it will show me the files side by side. but then I would have to go in and select each file that has not been duplicated. Is there an easier way to do this. I tried clicking the button Skip media already on target drive. It still makes a double of the file.

Hope this is not too confusing.

Rather than do one massive consolidate task why not do it in smaller bite sizes.

If you select a batch of clips and move to a temp bin 01 then set off a background consolidate.
Then do the same with the next batch into a new bin temp bin 02 and set off another background consolidate.
And so forth.

Should you have an issue only the current bin will need sorting. Those that completed are done. Those not started need to be re-started (but often after a restart the background process restarts fine.

Background processing at least has a queue you can monitor and restart.

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