Your linked clips go offline. What is one way you can relink to the camera-native media files?

Your linked clips go offline. What is one way you can relink to the camera-native media files?

• A. Select the offline clips and use the Source Browser to locate and link to the camera-native media files
• B. Alt or Option drag the camera-native files from the OS level to the bin containing the offline clips
• C. Use Relink from the timeline to locate and link to the camera-native media
• D. Import new media to replace offline clips

Answer: (C)

Relinking from the timeline is the direct way to reconnect offline clips to their original camera-native media. When clips go offline, the project still holds references to the media, but the actual files can’t be found. By selecting the offline clips in the timeline and choosing Relink, you point Avid to the folder where the camera-native files live. Avid then looks for matching media—using file names, timecodes, and other metadata—and reattaches the clips so they play back with the original footage. This method preserves your edits and avoids reimporting or duplicating media, making it the quickest way to restore your sequence to full online status. Other methods might locate media differently or require importing anew, which can complicate the reconnect or create duplicates, so relinking from the timeline is the most straightforward solution.

Relinking from the timeline is the direct way to reconnect offline clips to their original camera-native media. When clips go offline, the project still holds references to the media, but the actual files can’t be found. By selecting the offline clips in the timeline and choosing Relink, you point Avid to the folder where the camera-native files live. Avid then looks for matching media—using file names, timecodes, and other metadata—and reattaches the clips so they play back with the original footage. This method preserves your edits and avoids reimporting or duplicating media, making it the quickest way to restore your sequence to full online status. Other methods might locate media differently or require importing anew, which can complicate the reconnect or create duplicates, so relinking from the timeline is the most straightforward solution.