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files after completion..
Have just finished a rather large project.
it consists of DV tapes as well as alot of P2 Footage. some of the tapes I need to hand over to my collaborator so i would rather not delete the files.
What is the best and safest way of compressing all the FCP/P2 files so my hard drive aint so stuffed, i cant imagine i will come back to it, but i want the option to just in case, hence why i dont want to delete.
Having never worked on such a large project before ive never had to do this so any info would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
James
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4 Replies
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You pick up an External Drive.
You use Media Manager to copy the project and all project files to your external drive.
You’re done.
It’s literally that easy and we do this all the time. We picked up a sweet little tray-less SATA enclosure from WiebeTech (RTX200) that allows us to insert raw SATA drives for this very purpose. They even have anti-static boxes to put the drives in. At the time we have 9 of these drives sitting on a shelf for the various clients and series we’re working on.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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We do the same thing Walter describes using the Voyager Q. Here’s that option. https://www.newertech.com/products/voyagerq.php
John
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[John Fishback] “We do the same thing Walter describes using the Voyager Q. Here’s that option. https://www.newertech.com/products/voyagerq.php“
That’s what we’ve been using as well. Bare SATA drives are now (way) less than $100 for a terabyte. We typically fit all the original sources, project files & shooting files for a feature length DI on a pair of 1TB drives.
Arnie
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[John Fishback] “We do the same thing Walter describes using the Voyager Q. Here’s that option. https://www.newertech.com/products/voyagerq.php “
I returned this unit after two days. The power was very flaky on that unit and I just didn’t trust that it would keep operating after one year of daily use with multiple drives being inserted each day.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author.
Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards.
Biscardi Creative MediaCreative Cow Forum Host:
Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital.
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