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procedure for backing up non tape madia
Hello all, it’s that media management noob again!
trying to put together a nice simple procedure for backing up and archiving jobs and I have hit a stumbling block, that being backing up non tape media.
Say for example I back up a job and all its assets now, then in 2 years time wish to re instate it, I get my job file back onto the system and re-capture all my tapes no problem but if, as I often do, I have clips that refer to graphics, image sequences or any other non tape media how do I re-link or effectively re-capture.
I will have a master clip in my bin and seperately I will have a folder full of graphics but how do I get these 2 things to recognise eachother?
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with firewire drives so dang cheap, man it’s real easy to just shelf one with your project and media on it.
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Have to agree with Grinner here, use drives.
However, if you insist on tape, you need to give a tape name to all of your imports, that will trick Avid into thinking they are tape sources and include them in the archive.
Terence Curren
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Cant you just batch capyure all of the tapes, then when you want to import the assets, “batch import” the files, and point Avid to where they are saved?
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I use consolidate for my backups, whether it be tape or any other files. I use removeable SATA drives, and now dedicate those drives to a project. When consolidating, I make sure that only that removeable drive is targeted. I create a consolidation bin and put clips, sequences, etc in that bin that I want to keep, then direct Avid to link to the new media. Don’t forget to save the final project folder on that drive, too. Once done, I delete everything else within Media Tool. When I need the project again, I insert that removeable drive and start my work from the Consolidation Bin only. It works great for me. Good luck.
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