Best way to transfer media from PC to MAC?

[Ervin Tia]

Hi,

I’m on the same situation here.
Add to that, some clips were captured by XpressPro-Windows and I have to use them on the main project in MediaComposer-Mac.

PLeeeeese!

[Michael Hancock]

As you know, the only drive format both Mac and PC can read is FAT32. Well, that means there’s a 2GB file size limit (may be 4GB, but it’s not much). That means no single file can be bigger than that.

So, you get a program like Paragon so your Mac can read NTFS drives, or a program so your PC can read Mac drives. However, as you can see, sometimes you have problems with that.

Here’s my solution–capture to an external drive that’s formatted for that system. Now take that external drive and plug it into the other machine, which should have the software installed so it can read it (like Paragon). Copy the media off it onto your internal drive, or another external that’s formatted for that system. Edit!

Or, go to your capture settings and set it to partition your files at the 2GB limit, and capture to a FAT32 drive. Transfer it from one system to another without issue.

Michael

[Ervin Tia]

Thanks Michael.

Yes, I realized that.

I just moved the media files to my local drive and that bring the clip back online.

BTW, I have MacFuse insatlled so i have no problems working with NTFS drives.

More power!

[Dino]

Also, since at least OS X 10.4,Macintosh computers have been able to read NTFS basic drives, just not write.

[Ali Paterson]

Not sure if this helps, but i did a huge edit on final cut on a mac, and needed to transfer the edit to Avid on a PC. rather then export the files, i exported it to tape and re imported it on the Avid. time consuming but pretty much garanteed

[Andrew Perez]

It took me a year to figure out how to go from Avid MC on a Mac to Avid MC on a PC and I finally got it.

If you created your project on a Mac or PC,

1- Open the project up.

2- Right click on a file in the open bin for your project.

3- Select “Reveal File”.

4- A dialog box opens showing you where your files are located.

5- Write down the location. ex. “C drive/AvidMediaFiles/MXF/1”

6- Open up this folder and copy your files that you will need on an external hard drive.
*Also write down the and copy both your .AVB and .AVP files so you can open up your project. THIS PART IS VERY IMPORTANT. My wife emailed me these two files and it opened up perfectly.

7- Both Mac and PC have the same folder that Avid MC created on its own.

8- Paste these files on the same type of folder.

9- Create a new project, make sure you set (Project Settings)it up the same way as the other computer has been created. (Format, and Raster Dimension).

10- When that project opens up, you will have no bins in the Project box, so you will right click and select “Open Bin” look for your bin (.AVB) and this will open up your complete project with no “Offline” messages.

**You will not need the original files, all you need are thes MXF files.

Rez EsQuire.