The Great Migration

[Michael Hancock]

Install Avid on the new Mac.

Copy the Avid Projects folder from Old Mac and put it in the same place on New Mac.

Take all the media from Old Mac and put it in the same place on New Mac.

Repairing permissions would probably be a good idea.

Start Avid, edit.

Michael.

[Justin Gray]

Thanks for you quick response. Since I’ll be using the same two RAIDS I should have no problems with losing links to the media I suppose. As long as all folder names and locations are identical between the two systems my Avid software should not know the difference, correct? Thanks again Michael.

-Justin

– Justin Gray
KLTV Promotions

[Michael Hancock]

Right.

If you look at the root of your RAID you’ll see either (or both) an OMFI MediaFiles folder (holds all OMF media) or an Avid MediaFiles folder (hold MXF files).

If you look in the Avid MediaFiles folder you’ll see this file structure:

Avid MediaFiles\MXF\1 (or other numbered folders). In the 1 (or other numbered folders) you’ll see your MXF media. As long as you have this file structure, Avid will see your media.

If you look in the OMFI MediaFiles you’ll just see media. It should be set up exactly like that. If even the capitalization is different than what I’ve typed Avid won’t see it.

Put your projects in the new Avid Projects folder and they’ll show up in the startup box. Put them anywhere else and you’ll need to choose External Project and navigate to them.

If your media doesn’t relink when you start Avid, close it and delete all the media databases in your media folders. Restart Avid and it will rescan and reindex them and you should be good to go.

Michael.

[Justin Gray]

I was wondering.. I use to work at KLTV 7 in Tyler but now do agency work. I believe KLTV is your sister station. Is that correct?

– Justin Gray
KLTV Promotions

[Michael Hancock]

WFIE and KLTV are sister stations, although I no longer work at WFIE (I should see about having my profile/bio changed).

I worked for Raycom for a year after they bought Liberty. I left last September when I was offered a job at a local agency. I liked news promotions, but definitely prefer agency work. More variety.

Michael.

[Justin Gray]

Same here on both counts.

I should update my signature because it still has me as a promo guy for KLTV… Did you ever go to any of the Promo Manager conferences in Atlanta? If so maybe we met. I don’t remember.

And I left about a year after the Liberty Corp. buyout. I’ve been working agency work for about 2 years now. I absolutely love it because, yes indeed, there is much more of a variety and we get to work with much better budgets. And that means cooler toys and higher production value. Here’s our link…
http://www.encoremultimedia.com

By the way, do you happen to know if in switching from the old mac to the new one if I will need to upgrade my SCSI controller.

It’s nice to meet you.

-Justin

[Michael Hancock]

I was supposed to go the Promo conference my last year there but was told the week before that budgets were cut and I was out. Talk about a bummer. I won a corporate award at it too and wasn’t even there to accept it!

You guys do nice work. Looks like you a have jib and a lot of nice toys to mess with!

About the SCSI controller, I have no idea. I’m well versed on Avid, but not SCSI, particularly for the Mac. Hopefully someone else can chime in with an answer to that one.

And it’s good to meet you too. Keep up the good work.

Michael.

[Justin Gray]

Thanks. I’m gonna post about he SCSI card next. I appreciate you help.

– Justin Gray
KLTV Promotions