Help: flushing cache for a "missing file"?

entilza72 wrote on 11/30/2010, 5:04 AM

Hi,

I've got a Blu-Ray project I'm trying to push out the door in a few hours. I've hit a problem with DVD Architect 5.0:

I deleted from hard disk an OLD video file that is no longer in the project. However, when DVDA loads, it asks for the file. I specifiy "leave it offline", as the file had been replaced several saves ago.

The file is not referenced ANYWHERE in the Blu-Ray project. It was Replaced using the Replace video track function.

The project plays perfectly in DVDA.

However, burning pre-build is halted because the missing file can't be found, even after I specify leave it offline. It's as if there is a secret cache and the reference to this file is stuck in there.

Restarting doesn't fix anything. It just asks me to locate the missing file again. Replacing it with the correct file causes an error: not the correct file type (funny, because its the exact same file type).

I'm going to rebuild the entire project as a last resort, but really, it IS a last resort.

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Jason

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entilza72 wrote on 11/30/2010, 5:42 AM

FYI, I just rebult the project and the problem went away (of course).

But I am still interested to hear how to view the assets a project *thinks* it is using, and how to flush those unused/unwanted assets (like you can in Vegas).

Cheers,
Jason

bStro wrote on 11/30/2010, 8:30 AM

If you have any buttons with thumbnails, the old video was probably referenced there. Replacing the video linked to the button doesn't necessarily change the one referenced by the thumbnail properties.

Rob

entilza72 wrote on 12/2/2010, 10:21 PM

Hi Rob,

No thumbnails on this one - just text links.

The text button links directly to the video. No hidden buttons behind other objects. No links I forgot to replace (just the one video link on the main page, and sub pages of stills).

Quite the mystery.

Jason