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P2 management
How do you archive P2 media when it’s mixed with tape based footage?
Our workflow:
When the tapes return from a shoot, everything is logged for the current project as well as future projects. So we’re developing a stock footage library while we are serving the need of the current production. Right now the P2 media is set to a different capture scratch so we can keep it separate from the tape based media. Upon completion, tape media gets dumped & P2 media gets archived to a JBOD with is connected to Final Cut Server.
Is there an easier way to do this? Separate capture scratches can be a nightmare, especially if one of the editors forgets to switch between the two. I’m thinking about an external logger and not using log & transfer, but haven’t bought anything yet.Thoughts?
Thanks,
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Well, the argument always has been, treat P2 like you do tape…sorta. ARCHIVE the P2 card offloads, not the media, unless you want the media available instantly. But then you’d archive the tape captures too.
Shoot on P2, backup the full cards to hard drives (or to LTO or DLT tapes for long term storage), and then log and transfer the footage. When done, trash the media files, but keep the offloaded cards. Much like you keep the tapes. Keep a log of what footage is on what card, and label the cards like you would a tape. So that when you needed to find something, you’l load the drive with the card offload you needed, open L&T and locate the clip you want, and reimport.
There is no need to switch CAPTURE SCRATCH between tape and tapeless with this method.
Shane
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Makes sense.
I guess I can just set Final Cut Server to make proxies of the capture scratch for the stock footage library. But there will be no connection back to the card media right? That’s an important need.
-dMR -
[Donato M. Rondinelli] “But there will be no connection back to the card media right? That’s an important need.
-dMR”Not sure how Final Cut Server does things…but how does it deal with footage found on tape? It shows the reel it came from, right? Then you just need to find that reel and reload? Well, if it does that, I’ll note the “reel” of the P2 too…the reel being the specific offload folder that contains that shot. Which is why it is important to label P2 offload folders like tapes. They ARE tapes.
Shane
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Cool. Will do.
Thanks! (again)
-dMR
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