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How do I identify/differentiate MXF files in the Finder?
We’ve been working on several projects in Avid MC5 (Mac) and I’ve been asked to identify all the MXF files from one of the specific projects and copy them to an external drive for backup. All the MXFs for all the projects are being written to internal terabyte drives. The internal drives are getting full so we need to clear space. The producer wants to keep the MXFs for each project in its own separate external. Since I can’t view MXF’s like I can Quicktimes, is there a way to identify which MXFs are which so I can copy only the ones I need?
Thank you in advance.
quinnmcguee
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4 Replies
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Not easily.
MXFs are difficult to play in standalone players, and the Avid *tweaked* one is even more difficult.
Using FFmpeg, you can ‘force’ the file to play, but that’s using CLI switches. It’s free, but not streamlined. I believe companies like Calibrated Software ( https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/ )sell a plug-in for your media player du jour that can do it, I think it’s under $100.
You may be better off sorting the MediaFiles folder by date, and deleting accordingly, or using MediaMover (https://www.randomvideo.com/products/mediamover_avid.html ) although I do not know it’s capabilities with v5.x.
Good Luck!
~Michael
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Frank,
If nothing else, you could try using the consolidate function and copy everything from Avid projects onto the individual external drives. Time consuming? Definitely. Or, try pulling up the media tool and viewing all the media files for each separate project and then copy them over.
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If you use the Media Tool, or even more effective is the Avid Media Database Viewer(a freeware 3rd party program), they will identify by name all the media files associated with each project, by project name. The media Database Viewer will also allow you to select database files and move or copy them to another drive.
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Thank you! Media Mover did the trick!
quinnmcguee
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