Error Syncing Media File to .cha File

[Brian Macwhinney]

Siddhi,
    The culprit is the period that you have in the file name.  CLAN reads the name up to the period and things that what follows is the file type.

— Brian MacWhinney
Teresa Heinz Professor of Cognitive Psychology, 
Language Technologies and Modern Languages, CMU 

> On Oct 7, 2025, at 2:01 PM, siddhi patel <siddhi.patel24 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I’m having trouble syncing a media file with my .cha file. I’ve attached a screenshot of the issue. I created a folder with the media name and added both the .cha file and the media file to that folder. When I select the media file, it still gives me an error asking me to move the media file.
> 
> Could you please help me resolve this issue? I also noticed that there is an “xxx” in the Tape location section — could that be related to the problem? I’m not sure how to correctly set or locate that path.
> 
> Thank you so much for your help 
> 
> 
> 

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