Importing P2 files from network drive…

[Michael Hancock]

Let me preface this by saying I have no idea if this will work and I’m going by memory here, but…

Open your console and type “alldrives” without the quotes. Hit Enter, then try to import your P2 again. I think “alldrives” allows your Avid to see your network drives. Again, I’ve never done this and my memory may be fading but I thought I remembered hearing this works.

Let me know if this works.

Michael.

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I’ll be working late.

[Jon Zanone]

Well you were more right than you thought. The ‘alldrives’ worked, but I got a different error:

“The selected volume is a media drive but not a P2 media drive!”

I like the exclamation point. It add finality to my ignorance.

I tried dragging the ‘contents’ file structure into another folder on the network drive called “virtual” (that came from somewhere in the dark scary place) – no go.

surely there must be a way to do this, no?

Jon

“Jamming our heads full of figures and angles
And telling us stuff that we already know”

Willie The Wandering Gypsy & Me
Billy Joe Shaver

[Jon Zanone]

OK, I figured it out. Thanks Michael – and to the poster over at the Avid forum – both bits of information really helped! I’ve written instruction for this, based on our local workflow. Please use it as you wish!

IMPORTING P2 MEDIA FROM A NETWORK DRIVE IN WINDOWS XP

-Map the root folder as a network drive
–Go to My Computer>Tools>Map Network Drive…
–Select a drive letter (Windows will not let you select a letter that conflicts with an internal or network drive)
–Select ‘Browse’ and navigate to the file location
–Select the folder containing the P2 file structure
–Deselect ‘Reconnect at Log on’ – the idea is to import the clips you need into your local media drives, not bog down the network by editing on it!
-Hit ‘Finish’
-Start Media Composer and select or create your project
-Go to Tools>Console
-Type in ‘alldrives’ (lower case, no spaces)
–Hit ‘enter’ – you will see a message “All drives will be seen as media drives”
–If you see the message “Only true Media drives will be seen as Media drives”, type ‘alldrives’ again.
-Close the console
-Import P2 clips as normal. The clips will not play normally – that because of the speed of the network.
-Import the clips into your local media drives

NOTE: After you have imported your clips, it is VERY IMPORTANT you tell the Avid not to use network drives – go to the console and type ‘alldrives’ again.

“Jamming our heads full of figures and angles
And telling us stuff that we already know”

Willie The Wandering Gypsy & Me
Billy Joe Shaver