Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Relink AMA

You have a choice of how you want the bins made - everything in one
bin, bin per folder, etc.

Based Rupert's info, seems like we need a function to fix the UNC
path, rather that having to re-establish it through the full bin-
creating link process.

gh
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On Feb 5, 2010, at 4:28 PM, johnrobmoore wrote:

> Having not had any AMA stuff yet what actually happens when you go
> through the link to AMA volumes? Are new bins created for each
> volume or do the existing bins just relink during the process?
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Rupert Watson" <rupert@...> wrote:
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > as I understand it the AMA link is created as a function of the
> UNC path at which the virtual volume is found.
> >
> > If, for whatever reason, the relationship between the editing
> computer and the disk on which the virtual volumes is changed, the
> UNC path will change. In this instance the AMA link will be broken,
> but as you say the media is found again as soon as you go throught
> the link to AMA process again on the file menu.
> >
> > Rupert Watson
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Greg Huson
> > Sent: Fri 2/5/2010 10:43 PM
> > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Relink AMA
> >
> > No, not frequent enough to really be a pain. And it's simple enough
> > to re-establish the link, unless you have a month's worth of
> 'virtual
> > cards.' That takes a while to re-ama all those, even as fast as that
> > process is.
> >
> > I'm not sure it's a 'bug' yet - possibly just a dark spot in my
> > understanding...
> >
> > gh
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Greg Huson
> > Secret Headquarters, Inc
> > Post Production / Production
> > Culver City, CA
> > 323 677 2092
> > 323 677 2096 F
> > www.DigitalServiceStation.com
> > greg (at) SecretHQ.com
> > www.SecretHQ.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 5, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Raj Rodrigues wrote:
> >
> > > Is this frequent enough to be a PITA? What build of sw/hw are you
> > > on? Does
> > > Avid know? Luckily we haven't seen any of this around here as yet.
> > > Good to
> > > know though.
> > >
> > > Raj
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Greg Huson <Greg@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Is there a way to 'relink' to AMA? We've noticed even when on
> local
> > >> storage, sometimes the AMA links get 'lost' and media appears
> > >> offline-
> > >> once the drives have been moved around, or, sometimes, even
> just spun
> > >> down.
> > >>
> > >> I poked around google, cow, avid, etc - I don't see a solution to
> > >> this
> > >> other than doing a new 'link to AMA volume' then deleting the
> new bin
> > >> (since the formerly offline clips suddenly know where there
> footage
> > >> is.)
> > >>
> > >> Any tips? - relink doesn't seem to work, even if you point
> directly
> > >> to
> > >> the folder (as suggested in the workflow pdf.)
> > >>
> > >> gh
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