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  • Re-linking to a seperate drive.

    Posted by John Keating on March 15, 2015 at 3:08 pm

    Hi,
    I am having trouble with something that is probably ridiculously simple.

    I have consolidated my c300 footage to my local drive and it works fine. I have taken those consolidated files and copied them to a separate drive. It is at the root level. I dont understand how to unlink the files in my bin from the files on my local drive and then reattach them to the separate drive. I have attempted to figure this out with tutorials but it has been useless.

    Pat Horridge replied 11 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Shane Ross

    March 16, 2015 at 1:52 am

    To have it link to the other media, rename the Avid MediaFiles folder on your system drive…add a “z” at the front. Or the MXF folder to something else. Then Avid can’t see the media on the internal, and will link to it on the external

    Shane
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  • Pat Horridge

    March 16, 2015 at 9:15 am

    A similar idea to Shames.
    First create a title and save it to the external drive. This will create the correct folder structure.
    Make sure the media 1 folder copied from the local drive is renamed 2 and lives next to the 1 folder that was created with the new title.

    Pat Horridge
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  • Pat Horridge

    March 16, 2015 at 9:17 am

    Oh and of course rename the avid mediafiles folder on the local drive until you have check the media move is ok. Then delete that local media.

    Pat Horridge
    Technical Director, Trainer, Avid Certified Instructor
    Free online Tutorials at VET digital media academy online https://vimeo.com/channels/752951
    VET
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    T +44 (0)20 7505 4701 | F +44 (0)20 7505 4800 | E pat@vet.co.uk |
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