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Consolidate project to new drive_best way?
I’ve used the FCPro Media Manager, but it doesn’t acquire all of the
necessary files, if elements of the project are on several hard drives.
Any tips?I want to consolidate my FCPro 4.5HD project on two Firewire 400
drives to my new ext. SATA drive and card on my G5 Dual2.5.Thnx.
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Media Manager is the one area of FCP which really isn’t “Pro” in my opinion.
Version 5.0.4 is better than 4.5, but it’s still flaky.
I don’t have advice for you, I just wanted you to know it’s very possible
MM won’t consolidate like you want.
I only use MM for uprez my offlines from DV to uncompressed and it works OK for that,
but there are still issues with still frames and any speed changed clips.
And no timelines with nested sequences in them.
This is one area AVID is much better.
We all hope the next version gets it right.Dan
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I just re-read the manual about consolidating and I was wondering,
what files did FCP miss? It looks like it should have worked
the way you describe. It should grab your files from different
scratch disks.Dan
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It should work fine. Just use the Move function. Better yet, use Copy – then verify everything came over fine, then erase the source media.
Kevin Monahan
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MM and double checking each file, tedious.
I guess when I bring up the project with the old HD’s turned off, I can direct to the new path HD.I could just click and drag all the folders over to the new drive also.
In response to your question, which files didn’t get transferred over?
Random: Audio, Video, transitions, renders, etc.Unreliable.
Well here goes nothing…….
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[S.E. Ball] “I could just click and drag all the folders over to the new drive also.”
But then you’d have to reconnect, and that doesn’t always go well. WIth MM, you never need to reconnect. This saves you time. Your render files also are moved over saving you time you’d normally spend re-rendering.[S.E. Ball] “MM and double checking each file, tedious”
No need to. If your sequence plays back on the new drives, there’s no need for a clip by clip verification.[S.E. Ball] “In response to your question, which files didn’t get transferred over?
Random: Audio, Video, transitions, renders, etc.”
The problem areas are freeze frames and speed changes. Everything else should transfer over w/o a hitch.Kevin Monahan
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