[Siege Shiwasu]

The speed in shotput pro 5 is faster but there are some serious niggles that make me wish I had stuck with version 4.
My workflow is thus
Set SP to custom name
Insert media to sonnet Qio multi reader
Name the offload with the roll number
offload to three drives

Now in version 4 I would just change the roll number tab and the next roll would be the roll number so I can easily be offloading 6 cards at once. Now you have to have a custom preset which cannot be altered as it’s being used offloading. This means I have to create multiple presets which are essentially the same so I can switch to the next offload and change the roll number. I can no longer change the roll number on the fly. Having four duplicate presets is way confusing and I have to remember to remember to uncheck the in use preset or else it offloads twice but with the last roll number selected.
You also can’t duplicate presets which means that every prest you have to reselect all your offload destinations as the last ones are not remembered. In SP 4 you could see your preset offload instructions in V 5 they are hidden away only to be revealed if you click on a preset but you can’t see it if it’s in use.
I don’t use “same as card’ as you are limited to the amount of letters you can assign some media [FAT 32].

The other really annoying thing is that version 5 puts the offloads inside a folder where as version 4 didn’t.

So I say I want the offload to be called 3_130101_AA_10 but the offload is VOLUME/3_130101_AA_10

My offload is nested within a folder. This means that I then have to go through every offload on every drive and move the roll to the root of my offload folder and then delete the top folder. This is because I need the structure to be immediately available in Avid and not have to go down the next level. A C300 structure is for example 3_130101_AA_10/CONTENTS/CLIPS Shoput pro 5 is VOLUME/ 3_130101_AA_10/CONTENTS/CLIP. This is oproving to be a massive timewaster and I don’t get the logic of it.

Last but not least you can no longer drag and drop offload destinations or sources into SP5. You have to use the finder. You can drag attached media for offloading from the left finder window so fine but setting offload destinations requires clicking the + sign then navigating to your offload folder each and every time for every prest and every drive. Usually I’d just drag and drop straight into the destination window outside of shotput pro.

Finally this crashes way more than version 4 probably 10 times an offload period. It could be that I am using eSATA over thunderbolt I don’t know but I have to restart my 10.8 macbook pro to get it working again.

V5 looks good and it is faster but there are some weird changes then almost makes me have to stick to offloading one card at at time rather than my usual six.