Which statement describes a valid approach to relinking offline clips to camera-native media?

Which statement describes a valid approach to relinking offline clips to camera-native media?

• A. Select 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 offline clips
• C. Use Relink from the timeline to locate and link to the camera-native media
• D. Import new media to replace offline

Answer: (C)

Relinking offline clips to the camera-native media is about reconnecting your edits with the actual source files on disk, using the media’s matching metadata (like timecode and file name) so the project references real footage again. The best way to do this is to use the Relink command from the timeline. Select the offline clips in the timeline (or in the bin), choose Relink, and point to the folder where the camera-native media lives. Media Composer will scan for matches and reattach the selected clips in one step, preserving edits, handles, and metadata. Using the Source Browser to locate and link media can work in some workflows, but it’s not the standard, bulk-relink method and is less direct for reconnecting offline clips. Dragging camera-native files from the OS into a bin simply creates new clips and does not reattach the existing offline clips to those files. Importing new media to replace offline would also create new media without reattaching the original clips.

Relinking offline clips to the camera-native media is about reconnecting your edits with the actual source files on disk, using the media’s matching metadata (like timecode and file name) so the project references real footage again. The best way to do this is to use the Relink command from the timeline. Select the offline clips in the timeline (or in the bin), choose Relink, and point to the folder where the camera-native media lives. Media Composer will scan for matches and reattach the selected clips in one step, preserving edits, handles, and metadata.

Using the Source Browser to locate and link media can work in some workflows, but it’s not the standard, bulk-relink method and is less direct for reconnecting offline clips. Dragging camera-native files from the OS into a bin simply creates new clips and does not reattach the existing offline clips to those files. Importing new media to replace offline would also create new media without reattaching the original clips.