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AVID P2 consolidation
When you consolidate P2 does it make it into avid style media or maintain a P2 like folder structure? I have some small firewire drives that i would sometimes like to use portably. In other words, i may want to consolidate just a few interviews from my raid onto a small FW drive so i can take it wherever and get a little work done. Is there a way to consolidate say a stringout of clips that form a single interview and keep them usable and consistant as an AMA volume? If it does convert to Avid media, when i launch avid again with only my raid and not the FW will it relink to the AMA versions of the clips?
Or maybe there is a better way all around to do what i’m doing.
thanks.
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[Michael Ozias] “When you consolidate P2 does it make it into avid style media or maintain a P2 like folder structure?”
Because consolidate copies the media (and optionally relinks to the copies), it converts to MXF files on the target media drive.
If you wish to use the AMA feature and retain “sync” between projects on multiple computers, you simply keep the current project file handy to move between computers, and the originally formatted media on your portable firewire drive.
Your last question is a little trickier. When you use AMA, Avid MC will link to the media location it saw the files last. When you consolidate, you determine where your files link. If you’re looking for portability I would probably use the AMA feature, count on carrying your firewire drive and keeping your project files between the various computers in sync.
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Thanks David!
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