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P2 – HD Log vs. MXF4Mac – Reconnecting?
Hello all,
I’ve been looking into MXF4Mac and HDLog for an upcoming project, seen some tutorials, tried out some demos etc, and I like both apps.
I do like the offloading ability that HDLog brings from Shotput Pro and the auto renaming and field editing for multiple clips at one time, a big time saver.
My questions has more to do with how both of these apps work with FCP when everything goes wrong and your main work drive fails. How is the “reconnect” process handled, how does this work? Of course you have all of your necessary P2 volume backups, so this should be relatively seamless right? Can anyone using these apps walk through the steps one might take to get a project back online with all the appropriate metadata?
Thanks so much,
Ted -
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I can’t respond for HDLog, but I can for MXF4mac.
MXF4mac is working on an application called P2Flow that will allow total and complete metadata control before sending to FCP, but it’s not released at this time.
SHotput is also a very very handy tool. I use it all the time.
As far as reconnecting with MXF4mac, you would do it just like you would with any media, you select the file in the browser, choose reconnect media and then locate the source file (or search for it).
It’s very easy.
Jeremy
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Thanks Jeremy.
To clarify, if my work drive fails and all I have to reload from is the backup of my P2 content, so I copy the backup of P2 content to the work drive, and will need to reconnect to it, providing that the metadata was saved to the backup P2 content as well, a simple reconnect does it? or is there any other step within MXF4Mac?
Thanks for the insight,
TedTed Griffis
GriffisART
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[Ted Griffis] “To clarify, if my work drive fails and all I have to reload from is the backup of my P2 content, so I copy the backup of P2 content to the work drive, and will need to reconnect to it, providing that the metadata was saved to the backup P2 content as well, a simple reconnect does it?”
Yep. If you have a work drive and it fails, and then if your replacement or rebuilt work drive contains the same name and directory, you probably won’t even need to reconnect. MXF4mac is a very ‘smart’ application.
[Ted Griffis] “or is there any other step within MXF4Mac? “
No. You simply reconnect like you would any quicktime movie. You could send it over to FCP again, but that would destroy any relationship with the current clips in your timeline. You would want to reconnect to the clips that are already in your browser to keep the master clip relationship. Make sense?
Jeremy
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Absolutely makes sense, very cool and thanks for the clarification.
Can anyone elaborate on how this might work with HD Log?
Thanks,
TedTed Griffis
GriffisART
https://www.griffisart.com
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