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Adding MXF files to existing Media File folders
Hi Everyone,
I’m in the process of moving a large amount of media from a PC Avid to my Mac avid at home. Both are Media Composers.
I have moved OMFI media many times, just by copying the media files into the destination OMFI Mediafiles folder, and deleting the database files.
I’m not as familiar with the MXF files though. Is there anything I need to be aware of when adding MXF files to an existing folder?
Cheers..
Toby
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6 Replies
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No, it’s the same. Except that the MXF folders have subfolders (named “1” “2” “3” on local storage). You can simply add such a (numbered) subfolder and toss your media in there. It’s wise to keep the file count per folder under 5000, some say 2500.
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Drag and Drop baby!
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Thanks for the responses guys.
I’m moving the media in stages as there’s so much of it, and the first lot has come across successfully. There was a brief panic when I couldn’t open Avid due to a “Segmentation Fault”, but deleting the MXF databases seems to have fixed that.
However there’s still a minor issue.
I’d been moving the media onto the portable drive using the Consolidate function which was working fine. However some of the media was at high-res, so I used the Transcode function for those clips.
The Transcoded clips have no audio. When I transcoded I didn’t check any of the Audio options. Should I have done so, or is there a quicker way?
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If you’re simply migrating from your PC to a Mac and you need all the media from your PC then just do a straight copy… no transcode necessary.
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Hi Kris,
The media drives on the source Avid are in a bit of a mess, and I didn’t want everything on there (2TB worth of audio, precomputes, onlined media etc), just the shoot tapes.
Consolidate was the easiest way I could think of moving what I wanted only.
This worked fine with 15:1 clips, but some were in at DV420.
The drive I’m using to move the media is Mac formatted (connected via the MacDrive program). Consolidate didn’t want to move large files giving one of those incomprehensible Avid errors, but I think it has something to do with a 2GB file limit.
That’s why I ended up transcoding some of the media. I’ve since done another pass, and checking one of the audio boxes in the transcode dialogue box seems to have remedied the issue for now.
Thanks again.
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No worries. Glad it’s all working for you.
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