search for sequences?

[zaarc]

I have gotten a lot more organized recently, but there are some older projects I have that are just a scattered mess. I am trying to find a particular sequence and I don't know which project it is in. Sequences don't seem to be stored in actual files anywhere that I can find. I need a way to search for a particular sequence without having to open every single project on my computer. Is there a way to view a list of all sequences from everywhere like you can do with projects by searching your computer for .prproj files?

[Jordan Scott Price]

The only thing I could think to do would be to open up After Effects and go to File-->Adobe Dynamic Link-->Import Premiere Pro sequence. Then you can go through your folders, and only prproj. files will appear. When you click on them, all of their sequences will show up in the righthand pane.

They're not searchable, but it would save you from having to open and close every project. Of course, this only works if you have the studio package.

[j1clark@ucsd.edu]

I have gotten a lot more organized recently, but there are some older projects I have that are just a scattered mess. I am trying to find a particular sequence and I don't know which project it is in. Sequences don't seem to be stored in actual files anywhere that I can find. I need a way to search for a particular sequence without having to open every single project on my computer. Is there a way to view a list of all sequences from everywhere like you can do with projects by searching your computer for .prproj files?

I don't know how far back you need to go, but recent vintage Premiere Pro "*.prproj" project files are actually text XML files.

On a Mac, using the Terminal window:

find . -name \*.prproj -exec grep -i Sequence_Name {} \; -print

Where you have 'cd' (change directory) to a folder holding your Premiere projects. Replace "Sequence_Name" with the name of your actual sequence...

There may be a more 'window' based method to search the files in a large hierarchy... but I'm so use to using 'find' at the command level that would be my first stab.

As a note, After Effects files are not XML, so this method would not work so well on them...