Bryson Jones
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Wait, are you using CatDV Pro Standalone or with a server?
As I said, CatDV cannot search on “online” because it does not store the files and so it cannot tell you if the data is “there” or not.
Think about it, until the app opens a catalog and sees if the file is there, it cannot tell you that a file is there. If it were to do that searches would take hours as each file would have to be checked for “there” or not.
In a large system this could literally take days. I suspect that you could fix this with some planning but it’s beyond what we could address on a forum.
Sadly, I have little to add here as most of our clients are on large shared storage systems so files are “there” and if not, they are “archived.” But the paths are the paths, forever once they enter CatDV.
Does anyone here on the forum have any cool tricks that they could share for this type of workflow?
bryson
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Ah, if you want to find things only on one HD, then add something like
Media Folder or Path “contains” //
That’ll only find things with that drive name in the path
bryson
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Actually, a query against the server in CatDV can’t be done based on “online/offline” as that status is dependent on the path to the client app.
If short, “online” to CatDV is determined by whether the asset is “online” to the client. The server has no concept of “online” since it’s just a database.
If you store the “online” status in the server, it would have to update on an absurdly regular basis in order to be accurate. Does that make sense?
bryson
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Jacob, no shame in that game. 😉
If the task is watch folder, then getting rid of the file should do it. If it’s a server query, then getting rid of the file won’t stop it, if the clip is still in CatDV (clip vs. media.)
You can double click on the action in the list to see what the error is, but check and see if it’s a watch folder (triggered by “file”) or a server query. I suspect you have a server query that you deleted media for but not the clip record in the db/catalog.
bryson
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We’ve not seen this specific issue on any of our deployments.
The dump variables is really useful, as Rolf said. If that’s not consistent, then you should report a bug.
Also, we usually keep several versions of Worker Node around so we can test on various versions. SBS is fast to fix bugs but there’s no reason not to down-rev and keep working.
What you’re doing has been possible for a long time in Worker Node now so an older version would be fine.
bryson
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I’m not sure why you’d want to move one proxy file, but if you are moving all the proxy to a new location, just update your path mapping in the preferences and CatDV will see the new proxy path.
CatDV Pro is only “aware” of the proxy by looking when it opens the file. The Proxy path is never written to the database, it’s figured out based on your proxy mapping settings. The Proxy Path field is calculated on the fly (someone from SBS check me here in case I’m wrong.)
Proxy should generally not be moved as part of a workflow, it is linked to the asset by the path mapping. However, note that if you move/update the location of a file, you will need to recreate or move the proxy file to match or have a path equivalency set for that new path. (There can be many impacts from this.)
Again, your integrator should be handling all of this for you. I recommend you contact them before you do a lot of work (or transcoding) only have it be for naught.
bryson
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As to overkill, there’s not really much in the way of other software that does what you’re looking to do in the same price range.
Also, speak to your bosses. You are about to do a project that needs to be done once. Never again. If you choose a solution that doesn’t let you export the data easily or isn’t scalable, then the company might have paid you for nothing.
People always forget that when looking at a DAM project budget, the software is cheap compared to the time. If a person makes even $40k a year and you have to re-do 6 months of work again, then that $500 saved might not have been a good deal. Right?
Focus on the company, and their needs, and engage on that level.
The second time is always more expensive and painful. How do I know? Because my company often gets called when the “cheap” way (cheap software, or an intern making the plan) failed.
bryson
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It is exactly what you need.
The main reason that I love CatDV is that you can buy a small system or even one copy and catalog everything you need to.
If/when the company decides to scale up and make the project networked, meaning share those assets with more people, you can simply publish those catalogs into the CatDV Server (or Akomi) and dozens or hundreds of people can access your hard work.
bryson
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Just checking on this one.
Were you able to get the md to import?
bryson
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Quick note here.
Dougal, Alex is looking to create download links, not upload to an FTP share. The FTP will be local to his CatDV rig, I believe.
Alex, it might be good to get some pro services for this one. It’s pretty deep and far beyond the standard documented workflows.
bryson
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