I don't think it blindly resaves everything because I have folders and items in folders that have different dates, so I would assume that if it blindly saved everything, then the dates (modified by dates) would all be the same. I have three different editing computers and they can all see the same DropBox projects. I don't have the MEDIA accessible on all three of them, so projects that I start on one machine tend to stay on that machine, but I've got a machine at home and if I bring a USB drive with the media home with me, that computer can take up that project exactly where I left off on the work machine without even saving the project to a drive intentionally. Like in the past, I might have popped the project on a USB thumb drive to bring it home or saved it to the media drive. No more.
On Jun 5, 2015, at 1:20 PM, bigfish@pacbell.net [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Can you enlighten me as to Dropbox's archiving method? Does it only over write files that have been changed or does it blindly resave everythng.
---In avid-l2@yahoogroups.com, <Steve@...> wrote :
My methodology for this is simple: I'm the only editor.
Anyone else who tries this? Caveat Emptor.
Steve
Wouldn't there be a potential conflict if two machines were running the project locally and both have the same bin open. I could see that bin being over written by the other computer so the archived project would not reflect some changes that differ between the two computer's projects. Even if you don't have the same bins open wouldn't the entire project get overwritten to dropbox or is it's syncing function looking only for modified files?
I realize the dropbox approach is not trying to be a unity but how do you insure that you don't inadvertently over a bin that has been changed on another system?
---In avid-l2@yahoogroups.com, <sacarmic@...> wrote :
Oh, that is a good idea! That way it stays local be gets synced between our three machines.
Thank,Scott
I don't know about an internal server, but I save all my projects directly to DropBox and that works perfectly.
All my projects from multiple machines are uploaded to Dropbox continually and I can access any project from any machine.
All I did was point the "folder location" in the Avid Project startup window to Dropbox and started a project. Maybe it works because the folder also exists ON the editing computer and is then synced with the "cloud" but I don't have any problems.
Steve
On Jun 5, 2015, at 10:22 AM, 'Carmichael, Scott A' sacarmic@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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