I might be missing something but what about the light and small program MDV? I've been using it for years. I had to google search for it and apparently there are updates. My understanding was a coder in Russia built it years ago. It's light, easy to manage projects and makes project management so much easier. Especially if you're moving media to and from drives.
There are still several places on the net to download from. That was just from my google search. I feel every editor should have MDV for media management and to check to see what Avid left after cleaning a project.
Just my 2 cents.
Eric
Having started on Avid in the days of tape, when a simple Consolidate would suffice, I now like the AAF idea as it's easy to archive a mixture of Avid media and linked media into a folder if you are happy to transcode. Clearly we need to back up all our source files, too, just like we kept our tapes safely on a shelf somewhere.With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660On Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 16:45:26 BST, Jay Mahavier via groups.io <jay_mahavier=icloud.com@groups.io> wrote:I mean the first thing is to do up front media management. Separate Nexis workspaces for Pre_Pro media, Production media, Post Media, VFX media, Render Media, etc. That probably doesn't help you much right now if you haven't already done that though.So, I would suggest AAF exports. Select objects in bins and export with copy media to separate folder to your external portable drive. Once you 'think' you are done then unmount the Nexis workspaces and see if everything relinks to your external portable drive. The is basically the same process I use if I want to send media with someone for just a particular scene, or if I am working with a remote production and we are swapping bins back and forth. I'll get the new bin, flip it to show reference clips. Pull anything that is offline to another bin and send it to the other team. They do a AAF export to separate folder and send me the missing media.JayOn May 12, 2020, at 10:37 AM, Ross Fitts via groups.io <rfitts=ymail.com@groups.io> wrote:I'm looking for a way to collect the files of a project, including all the original camera isos, and move them into a single folder or group of folders in order to archive or move the project to a transportable hard drive. Consolidating will get the job done but is messy because it creates two copies of all of the source clips, and can be very time consuming to do for large camera isos; for sequences consolidate works well.
As an example, I'm on a NEXIS/Interplay system now where we need to delete some workspaces from a workgroup; for a large active project on the system, I'd like to be able to collect its MXF files and organise them on a workspace by workspace basis. Basically a function similar to "Collect Files for Project" in After Effects.
On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 03:01:26 AM PDT, bouke <bouke@editb.nl> wrote:Before going into details, what is wrong with consolidating?This way you can also include your render files (which of course takes space, but can be a life safer if on restore a plugin / effect is missing).What are you trying to do that is not available right now?On 11 May 2020, at 19:55, Ross Fitts via groups.io <rfitts=ymail.com@groups.io> wrote:Hi guys, I just saw a tweet where someone was referring two separate programs called EDL_Spy and YoYatta that automate the collection of media files from an EDL or similar. Neither one specifically mentions Avid MXF folders in their descriptions. Anyone have any experience with either of these? Or, does anyone have other software that can collect Avid media (without consolidating)?
Ross
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