moving a session - problems -relative vs absolute

Darren McKinstry

• August 30, 2015 19:20

Hi

I'm trying to move an entire capture one session inc sub folders to a new parent drive (from the C drive to the Q drive (external drive), Windows 10).

I am not touching anything in the session folder (ie not changing the structure or hierarchy).. just trying copying it in its entirety to a new parent drive.

When I do so, and then open Capture one - the capture folder, for example, correctly points to the capture folder on the new external Drive (ie relative reference appears to be in operation - so all good!)

However, when I click on any image, the session is still pointing to the image on the original drive - ie absolute referencing appears to be in operation (even though, as noted above, the 'capture' folder appears to be working in relative terms.)

How do I get the session database to point to the new external drive (ie use a relative reference throughout)?

(I though the whole point of sessions was independence and portability. It appears that for images, capture one is hardcoding links from the top of the drive hierarchy rather than the session folder hierarchy? If so, how do I circumvent?)

I note the following in the working in sessions help page.. but no further reference or pointer to what is meant in practice: "Learn more - Tip: When moving a Session, the session subfolders should be linked relative, to assure automatic update of the link. If the link is absolute, you will loose connection to the folders when changing location."

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

Darren

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • August 30, 2015 20:09

  Can you elaborate on how you determine to what drive a session folder or image the program is using or referring to? It helps me betterunderstand your issue.

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  Darren McKinstry

  • August 31, 2015 08:22

  HI
  
  In the library tab: Hovering over 'Session Folders / Capture folder' in the left hand pane results in a tooltip which indicates that the 'capture' folder is points at my new (external) drive. This is where the session has been copied to, and as it is correctly pointing to the new location, seems to suggest that this part of session filenaming is RELATIVE
  
  If in the library tab I then select a session album (e.g. all images), and then right click on an image therein, I can select "show in library", or "show in explorer". Both of these options then indicate that the image that is being pointed at is in the original location. This, being the original location of the file, seems to suggest that this part of the session filenaming is ABSOLUTE (ie it is not pointing to the files in the new location) - despite the entire session (including all images in the sub-capture folders) having been moved to the new external drive.
  
  I hope this extra detail is of help.
  
  Thanks
  
  Darren

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  Paul Steunebrink

  • August 31, 2015 14:32

  Hi Darren,
  
  Thanks for your explanation, makes more sense now.
  
  I have tried to reproduce the behavior on both Windows and Mac, but did not succeed. All links are relative to the session. The only explanation I can give is that the image in the Album is in a folder that is not relative to the session. You can check this from Library tool. In its action menu select Show Info. Next, select the folder that the image is in and read the info.

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  Jim_DK

  • September 02, 2015 07:37

  It sounds like a corrupt session file: is it possible Capture One was not properly closed when you moved it?
  
  In any case, it should be fairly simple to fix. If you are unfamiliar with this workflow, back up before trying it.
  
  Quit Capture One
  Find the .cosession file in finder and delete it.
  Now, launch Capture One again holding Alt/opt key to launch into the create new window.
  Make a new session again in the same place with EXACTLY the same name as the old one.
  Folders will be ignored as they exist already - a new session database will be made though.
  
  Now you just need to rebuild favourites and albums (as these were part of the .cosession file)
  Settings and previews are not lost or affected by this and will be reloaded when you view the relevant folders.

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