This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Project Archive

Friday, November 1, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] Project Archive

On Nov 1, 2013, at 7:04 PM, I wrote:

On Nov 1, 2013, at 5:45 PM, Benny Christensen wrote:

> I did the consolidate thing, but that didn't move the project and bins.

I say:

"Consolidate" doesn't move the project or bins. One of its uses is to make copies of media included in sequences. Consolidate's media copies are actually new clips which include 'handles' or extra media at the beginning and end of each clip. It can also create a new sequence linked to the new clips. That's a choice in the Consolidate dialog box. So here's one way to do archive a project: Mount a formatted empty external drive that you can archive onto. Create a new bin and call it 'Consolidate'. Put a copy of each of sequences you wish to include in the archive into this new 'Consolidate' bin. Select these sequences and open the Consolidate dialog. Click "Consolidate" in the upper left corner. Under 'Target Drive', select the new drive you will archive to and check 'Video and audio on same drive(s)'. In the upper left box, choose your handle length (60 frames is popular) and check 'Create new sequences'. You probably won't want to 'Delete original media files when done' so don't check that. If 'Skip media files already on the target drive' is checked, it probably won't matter because you're archiving to a drive without any media already on it. The same is true for 'Relink selected clips to target drive before skipping': It won't matter. You DON'T want to convert any audio sample rate, bit depth, or format because you want to archive the project as it is.
Click the 'Consolidate' button at the bottom right and wait until it's done. The result will be a new sequence for each of your copied sequences plus their associated media. These sequences will have '.consolidate' at the end of its name. You may delete the copies of the sequences (NOT the '.consolidate' sequences) from the archive bin.
Close Avid (or just close the archive bin if you're in a rush), navigate to the bin file on your computer and copy that file to the archive drive. You now have everything you need to archive the project on the archive drive.