Answers.Body: <p>You can use "Replace Footage" (right click on a source clip in the project) to swap a file with another file, but I don't know of a good automated way to do a bunch of files at the same time.  I think it might be a manual process to wire up the clips unfortunately.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm encoding all my source files for offline editing with Premiere Media Encoder. I have MP4 and MTS files, and I thought of converting them all to AVI DV-PAL. </p>
  
  <p>Problem is I guess I'll have some problems when I'd like to replace the files back to original resolution, because of the different file names.</p>
  
  <p>How should I approach this? Is there a way to ignore file name extenstions while replacing source files for online editing in Premiere?</p>
  
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Title: How to ignore file name extensions while replacing source files for online editing in Premiere?
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ThreadText: # How to ignore file name extensions while replacing source files for online editing in Premiere?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-05-30)
  
  I'm encoding all my source files for offline editing with Premiere Media Encoder. I have MP4 and MTS files, and I thought of converting them all to AVI DV-PAL.
  
  Problem is I guess I'll have some problems when I'd like to replace the files back to original resolution, because of the different file names.
  
  How should I approach this? Is there a way to ignore file name extenstions while replacing source files for online editing in Premiere?
  
  **Tags:** editing, video-editor, premiere, file-formats, encoding
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2013-05-30. Score: 1
  
  You can use "Replace Footage" (right click on a source clip in the project) to swap a file with another file, but I don't know of a good automated way to do a bunch of files at the same time. I think it might be a manual process to wire up the clips unfortunately.
  
  
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