Re: [Avid-L2] Housekeeping

That was an awfully long time ago. I guess that media management is better now and Avid can cope with duplicate media. As I prepare a lot of teaching material I come across this and it can be tricky to clean up - always the danger of deleting original media that seems to be linked to different clips.

With Best Wishes, Roger Shufflebottom +44 7973 543 660

On Monday, 10 May 2021, 18:34:42 BST, Marcel B. <bncrcaxlr@gmail.com> wrote:

No John. I'm referring to a couple times when MC told me at opening that I had duplicate media and ask me what I wanted to do about it. I don't remember the options. It was on a windows meridien system. This is why I formulated my answer to Chip as a question.

Marcel

On 10/05/2021 13:28, John Moore wrote:

I think you are referring to dupe detection where a shot is used twice in a sequence.  That's not the same as duplicate media.  Media Tool can identify unused media for  sequence not sure about detecting doubled up media as Avid will link to one piece of media, the first it finds.  You can force a relink to a certain drive.  I usually link to a target drive to make sure all the media on that drive is used then I will consolidate all the clips that are on other drives to that target drive.  I'm in online so I deal with a generally more controlled media source.  Offline is more like herding cats.


On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 08:09 PM, Marcel B. wrote:

Doesn't Avid identify dupes?

On 08/05/2021 17:47, C. Hess wrote:

So,

 

I have a large project, by necessity

spread over multiple drives.

I suspect there may be some duplicates.

Lotsa copying, moving around and backing up.

I would like to free some space.

 

I understand MDV used to do that,

but apparently no longer.

 

Can Media Tool identify dupes

and allow for deletion?

 

Researching online I am led to believe so,

but would like confirmation from heavy users.

 

Thanks.

 

 

Chip Hess
CFH3 Media