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Simple Archiving to Blu-Ray?
I am looking into purchasing an internal Blu-Ray reader/writer for my MacPro running Final Cut Studio 3 on Leopard for the purpose of archiving finished project & media files. My question is, would I still need a program like Toast just to backup a programs .fcp, .mov, .aif, etc… files onto a blu-ray disc, or can it be done just by dragging the files onto the blu-ray disc to burn.
Thanks in advance,
Victor
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You should be able to just drag your materials onto the disc like you would with a CD or DVD. I just find that Toast is a much cleaner program than just dragging and dropping like that. But no, you don’t absolutely need it.
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Thanks Walter,
Will look more seriously into Toast. With the cost of Blu-Ray sharply down from just 6 months ago, its still a great deal. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
thanks again,
Victor
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yeah. I guess you don’t need Toast.
However if you purchase a BR recorder is possible that Toast comes as a freebee.
It’s happens with LaCie.
Victor, make sure they don’t sell you any old model. Now they can write/read 8x.
You fill a 50GBs BR disk in some 20 minutes.
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I used to do the blu-ray archive thing for a little while but with the incredibly cheap prices of 1 and 2TB drives these days, we just archive to raw drives now using the WiebeTech RTX200 unit. In face I’m going to upgrade to the 400 unit so we can run 4 drives at a time and back up entire large projects, media and all.
Just so much cheaper in the long run and then I don’t have to worry about having a bluray drive around. All I need is a drive chassis and connect it to any computer.
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Thanks Rafael,
I am looking at some player/burners from Pioneer (up to 12x Blu-ray burn) ) and LG (8x Blu-ray burn). The prices seem great at under $260 each. Toast would be a bit more, but still looking around for the best deal.
Thanks again,
Victor
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I also backup everything to an external HD during post (just in case of a total raid failure) and then when a project is done I back it up to my archival HDs. Currently I am looking at Blu-Ray as a secondary final backup. It just helps me sleep better knowing I have 2 sources of an archived project. Thats just me. Of course its a little extra work to update the backups if/when the project gets revised, but I can deal with that. At work we use a Quantum LTO for backup, but thats a bit much for my personal needs. Although we have never had a problem with the Quantum. Its been solid for the 2 years its been in use.
Victor
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Hi Victor,
As I said when I bought the laCie (almost Two years ago) Toast 7 comes included. Not sure if they still giving it but is very possible. But toasting Data BR is the simplest operation. I guess you can do it with the “Burn Disc” function in Mac OSX.
The LaCie runs at 8x. Where I bough mine they were only 2x. Slow but I don’t archive that much. I do it with my old G5 while I work in my MBP. No need to get a faster one having this.[walter biscardi] “Just so much cheaper in the long run and then I don’t have to worry about having a bluray drive around. All I need is a drive chassis and connect it to any computer. “
Yes Walter, but sooner than later, I think, all the computers will be able to read BR.
Normally I use BR to archive rushes. HD’s of course have advantages. Is easier just to drop everything inside. With BR, you have to organize more the media, calculate the data you put, in, try to fill the discs as much as possible etc. But i like to keep the project separated and that is easier with the BR.I’n not too long we will arrive to some kind of solid state memory without any kind of mobile parts and affordable. For archiving I don’t see necessary too high data rate. With the speed that are reaching CF, SDHC or similar cards, would be enough.
At the moment still being a complicated decision.
rafael -
Are any of you concerned about getting a scratch on your archived Blue-Ray footage? I’m a little nervous about that.
The Quantum LTO seems the best archiving means these days, but I agree it is pricey. My understanding is that the LTO tapes will last for 50 years and provide one of the least expensive archiving means over the years as well. Does this sound right to you guys?
I’m very much considering getting one of those Wiebtech RTX-400QRs because I like the idea of having all those Firewire ports in the back of it as well as the e-Sata port. I would go G-Tech because of the reliability reputation but I want those ports for my laptop. Have any of you heard any contrary reports about the reliability of these drives?
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[Greg Ondera] “Have any of you heard any contrary reports about the reliability of these drives?”
With the WeibeTech there are no drives. It’s just a chassis. At least that’s the way I purchase them. Then I pick up either Western Digital or Hitatchi drives at my local Fry’s and Best Buy.
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