Re: [Avid-L2] How to exclude a drive in Avid

i think you might need the init caps and correct spacing in "Avid MediaFiles" for it to work. this solved the issue for me nicely, as i need several external drives during most sessions. wish avid had a built-in way to exclude drives...
b

On Jun 7, 2012, at 11:54 AM, bouke wrote:

> The easiest way is to create a text document (or any file) and rename it to
> "avidMediaFiles"
> Avid then can no longer access the drive.
> (but then again, nobody can...)
> My trick is to use Iscsi, and just unmount the unwanted drives..
>
> Bouke
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tina Hedegaard" <hedegaardforum@me.com>
> To: "Avid Lounge" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 5:48 PM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] How to exclude a drive in Avid
>
> >>
> >> I work in a postproduction facility, we have AVID, but we don't have an
> >> unity. We have a server, which works as a SAN-server, and then we have
> >> sharepoints with Avid MediaFiles.
> >> We dedicate the sharepoints to each project.
> >>
> >> In Avid we type in AllDrives to be able to see our sharepoints.
> >> My question is:
> >> Do any of you know a command to the console in which I can exclude some
> >> drives?
> >>
> >> Sometimes people forget to set their mediacreation and then it's kind of
> >> mess where the files are.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> /Best
> >> Tina Hedegaard
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>




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