What Is a Multimedia Usage Report
Showing Missing Files, All Files, or Found Files
Multimedia Usage Report Settings
Multimedia Usage Report Navigation
Multimedia Usage Report Tools
Refreshing the Multimedia Usage Report
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Sharing the Multimedia Usage Report (Printing, Emailing, Saving)
The Multimedia Sidebar
Repairing Links to Missing Files
What Is a Multimedia Usage Report?
The Multimedia Usage report provides important information about the multimedia files that are linked to people, families, and source records in your family file. It shows the location, status, type, size, and usage of each multimedia file, helping you to manage multimedia files and analyze/troubleshoot any problems with missing files (missing photos, missing pictures, missing movies, etc.).
To create a Multimedia Usage report...
The Multimedia Usage report is an "instant" report. It appears instantly in the center panel of Reunion's window. (Although, for very large family files with lots of multimedia items, it will present a
button to be clicked.)The top list in the Multimedia Usage report is a customizable list of all (or a subset of) multimedia items linked to a family file. The list includes columns for...
The list can be sorted by any of these columns by clicking the top of a column. To reverse sort by any column, click the heading a second time.
The bottom list in the Multimedia Usage report shows the names of person, family, or source records that are linked to the multimedia item selected in the top half.
Multimedia files with duplicate names in different locations will appear in italics. The next section tells you how to show only files with duplicate names.
Showing Missing Files, Found Files, All Files, or Duplicate Files
A
button appears at the top of the Multimedia Usage report. This button filters the list to show...Fixing Missing Multimedia Files
After selecting red, making it easier to troubleshoot.
and creating the Multimedia Usage report, files that can't be found appear inMissing multimedia files could be files that you have deleted; or, if you're using multiple Macs, they could be files that exist on one Mac and not the other.
Learn more about working with multiple Macs.
To further customize and filter the Multimedia Usage report, click the button, in the bottom toolbar. The following settings appear in the Multimedia Usage Settings window:
People - Options appear to filter the list and only show...
Sources - These three buttons let you include...
Media Types - Use the check-box buttons to include/exclude...
Multimedia Usage Report Navigation
Double-click a media item in the top list to open the item. The app in which the item opens is specified in the Finder. (You can change this app by single-clicking a media file in the Finder and changing the "Open with" setting.)
Single-click a person or family in the bottom list to show the Multimedia sidebar for the clicked person or family.
Double-click a person or family in the bottom list to show the family record of the selected person/family in the family view (this will replace the Multimedia Usage report in the center of Reunion's window).
Double-click a source in the bottom list to open the Source window for the selected source record.
The button, in the bottom bar under the Multimedia Usage report, provides the following features...
- this will copy all multimedia files listed in the top half of the Multimedia Usage report into a new folder. You'll be prompted to name the new folder and choose its location. If you've got lots of large multimedia files, be sure you've got plenty of free hard drive space.
The purpose of this feature is to make it easier to share multimedia items linked to a subset of your family file. For example, let's say you want so share all the pictures associated with your mother-in-law's side of the family. To do this...
here.
- This will restore the original file names of media items whose paths have been redirected by Dropbox to the hidden Dropbox cache. You won't see or be able to select this feature (in the Tools window) unless Reunion determines that it's necessary. After using this feature, it's important to repair multimedia links, as explainedRefreshing the Multimedia Usage Report
As explained above, the Multimedia Usage report is refreshed each time it is selected (by selecting
).The report is also refreshed if it is already open and either of two events take place...