Trevor Ward
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Kevin,
I’m about to try this. I’m a tiny bit nervous. But essentially I’m recording onto a Hyperdeck Shuttle into ProRes files. I would like to plug the SSD into my computer and then make two copies of the files onto two separate hard drives (one copy to each drive, I want mirror copies without having a RAID 1). I like the idea of having a checksum or some verification because using Finder to copy sometimes doesn’t work. I also like the idea of being able to name the clips.
– Can I do all these things?
– Is there any chance of deleting files off the SSD during the copy process?-Trevor Ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
Orlando, FL -
Carly,
What do you use as a docking station for the SSDs?
-Trevor Ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
Orlando, FL -
Also, any SSDs to stay away from or that work particularly well?
Trevor
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I have a general question about ShotPut, if you all don’t mind.
For the past several years my work flow has been simple.
1. Insert camera card into card reader.
2. Plug in two separate hard drives (my archive drives).
3. Create a folder in each drive with the date and some description. This is my Roll #.
4. Copy all the contents of the card into the folder in each hard drive.The problem with this method is that it’s a bit slow AND, the contents don’t always copy to both locations correctly. Each folder may be off by a few bytes. That worries me.
So are you guys using ShotPut to automate the copying of the contents of your data cards onto one or more archive drives? What else are you using it for? Why wouldn’t I use Prelude or some other solutions?
BTW, I don’t work off these hard drives. They are meant only for archiving and keeping two copies. I will work off a RAID or directly on the computer hard drive (so therefore have a third copy).
-Trevor Ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
Orlando, FL -
To circle back around on this, I never found a software for the Mac OS that will let me remove the DRM from the video file I purchased on iTunes. I ended up buying the DVD and ripping it with handbrake.
I tried your all suggestions. I google searched. I tried iMovie and FCPX, compressor, media encoder, PP, FCP7. I tried a bunch of those random little programs whether free for paid. Nothing worked. Perhaps having a PC would have changed the situation.
-Trevor Ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
Orlando, FL -
Like I said, what you do AFTER you make the copy is what matters. And don’t forget about Fair Use. That’s what our lawyers get paid the big buck for. Anyway, I’ll check out the link to see if that works for me.
-Trevor Ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
Orlando, FL -
Thanks for the warning. I understand the legalities of what I want to use this for. Actually, it’s not illegal to edit the video and strip the DRM protection. That in and of itself is not illegal. Just like it’s not necessarily illegal to make a photocopy of a page of a book or newspaper. The act of making the copy isn’t illegal. It’s what happens after that.
Not trying to be fussy with semantics. But in this case, semantics are important.
-Trevor Ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
Orlando, FL -
I see your point. And being able to change the default may be just fine for me. But 90% of the time, I’m not getting a stereo mix. I imagine lots of professionals are going to want to create their own mix. FCP had it right. Even for those people who receive a stereo audio in FCP, still don’t have to DO anything to give them what they want. And neither did the people who wanted separate channels.
Me just grumbling a bit, but there are many little things that PP does that aren’t quite as refined as FCP 7 was. Seems like a mature software like PP should have these little refinements in place.
-Trevor Ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
Orlando, FL -
The question I have, is why wouldn’t Premiere do this split automatically? I remember working in FCP and if I recorded audio on two different channels in the camera, I would have two fully controllable channels in FCP. Is there an advantage of the PP way?
-Trevor Ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
Orlando, FL -
I wasn’t sure I could assign the thumb wheels. I rented the camera and didn’t have a whole lot of time to learn everything it can do. I also assumed I could re-assign the buttons but didn’t have time to figure that out. I should have. The iso was a bigger deal to me than the white balance.
I was using a smaller handle. Not sure who makes it. I’ll try to take a picture of it and post it. It was nice and I think better than the handle it comes with.
-Trevor Ward
Red Eye Film Co.
http://www.redeyefilmco.com
Orlando, FL