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Here’s what I do (sort of):

Main system is my studio system. Laptop at home or on the road.

Main system has all mediafiles and the project.
On the Media drive on my Main System, I rename the ‘1’ folder to ’11’ (or another higher number).
I then clone the Avid MediaFiles folder on the Media drive of my Main System onto a portable drive.
I then copy the Project folder to the portable drive.

Then I hook up the portable drive to my laptop. Copy the Project folder to my local drive.
I create a new folder in the Project window, labeled ‘_HOME’. Inside, I place bins with new cuts I make on the laptop.
Any newly created media (imports, renders) will automatically be placed on the portable drive in /Avid MediaFiles/1/ (automatically created).

When done, I copy the ‘_HOME’ folder to the portable drive.
I take the portable drive back to to the Main system in the studio.
I copy the ‘1’ folder from the portable drive to the Main system’s Media Drive (you could rename it 901 to make sure it stays unique).
I copy the ‘_HOME’ folder to the Project Folder.

I launch MC, and now have a ‘_HOME’ folder with the bins with the new cuts.
MC will find any newly created media in that new ‘1’ folder. No need to relink anything.

You could also use synchronization applications to sync the media between the MediaFiles folders, but this is a quick way to make sure you know wherever any new media lives.

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Not sure what causes the difference, but see what happens if you open the Console (CMD-6) and type ‘alldrives’ then hit Enter.

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Why would you go with v6? Not even sure you can still get it (maybe through a VAR).

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What do you need to do with them? It matters. ALE’s can be used for different workflows.

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Can you refresh my memory, Michael: how does one change that cadence?

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More info here:

https://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Compatibility/Sharing-or-moving-bins-and-projects-created-with-Media-Composer-7-0-or-NewsCutter-11-0-with-older-versions?retURL=%2Fpkb%2Farticles%2Fen_US%2FCompatibility%2FSharing-or-moving-bins-and-projects-created-with-Media-Composer-7-0-or-NewsCutter-11-0-with-older-versions%3FretURL%3D%252Fpkb%252Farticles%252Fen_US%252Fcompatibility%252FSharing-or-moving-bins-and-projects-created-with-Media-Composer-7-0-or-NewsCutter-11-0-with-older-versions%26popup%3Dtrue&popup=true

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I have never had issues. The only thing you might run into is that Film projects have limitations on trimming subclips beyond their edges. In video projects, you can trim past subclip edges, in film projects you cannot (to prevent metadata miscalculations between video timecode and telecine’d film sources).

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I haven’t done it with 5d sources, but I’ve done it with plenty of other sources (Red, Alexa, XDCAM…). Just tick the Film Options box when creating the project (and PRIOR to bringing in your audio).

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Track selectors (not monitoring) determine your stop points.

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If you conform and transcode in Avid, you will lose the benefit of working with the native R3D files in grading, which means that you will have significantly less data to work with.

I have sent EDL’s to BaseLight, Nucoda and Scratch, and they all worked. Just make sure you make EDL’s using the File32 template.

If you DO need to relink between Resolve-transcoded dailies and R3D originals inside Media Composer, then you need to check the right boxes in the Relink window. Meaning that you have to force MC to relink the Tape column to the Source File column.