2 editors collaborating in library. SAN?

[Bob Woodhead]

OK, I understand that workflow.

But I’m still wondering why an “master” library wouldn’t work well for multiple editors working on parts of a larger production.
Thinking:
Any editor adding clips to their “work” library first creates a new event for new clips. After that’s done, they open the “master” library and copy their new event to it. They then close the “master”, so it’s available to the other editors for the same purpose. That way, any editor can ingest without waiting for the “master” to be available. Also, editors can copy others’ new events into their own local “work” library. When the production is complete, editors can sequentially open the “master” library and copy their projects into it.
Thus, at the end, all media referenced by all editors exists in the “master” library, and all final projects are also in the “master” library.

Flaws?

[John Rofrano]

[Bob Woodhead] “Flaws?”

Nope. That should work as well but the editors would need to manually coordinate who is updating the master library. if they do that your suggestion of a master would work. You would still need the discipline of only adding new media to new events so that it is easy for the other editors to just copy the events and get everything. if you added media to an existing event there would really be no way to tell what’s new and what’s not. So with discipline a master library would also work.

~jr

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