This IS the Avid L2: RE: [Avid-L2] Digital Delivery

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

RE: [Avid-L2] Digital Delivery

For managing virtual drives,

http://www.ntwind.com/software/utilities/visual-subst.html

portable,

http://leelusoft.blogspot.com/2009/11/virtual-drives-manager-10.html

-----Original Message-----
From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Dylan Reeve
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 6:03 PM
To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Digital Delivery

Good to know, thanks.

I posted a little thing about this on my website (
http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2011/virtual-xdcam.html) detailing my
subst
trick, and got this handy comment from Alaster (online editor at Images
Post
in Auckland):

Great trick.

I use a bat command file to similar effect...

In notepad, write

@echo off
subst x: /d
subst x: %1

and, after saving, change the file extension to .bat

Now, you can drag any folder onto this icon to mount as X:

Also, double clicking will unmount the X:

Dylan Reeve
http://dylanreeve.com/

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Robert Lawson <avidrhl@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> We have found that you only need the Clip folder and an empty text
> file called mediapro.xml.
>
> It appears that's all Avid looks for to allow for exporting to an
xdcam
> "disc".
>
>
> On 1/17/11, Dylan Reeve <dylan@dylan.wibble.net
<dylan%40dylan.wibble.net>>
> wrote:
> > This is great - not sure why I'd never tried it before...
> >
> > I didn't have a spare drive available so I used my old DOS 5
skillz...
> >
> > I extracted XDCAM structure onto a drive as D:\XDCAM then opened up
a
> > Command Prompt and typed: subst x: d:\xdcam
> >
> > SUBST is an old DOS command that maps a directory to appear as a
drive
> > letter, so then X: becomes and alias for d:\xdcam - it works
perfectly in
> > Avid.
> >
> > I've used the same trick in the past to create virtual drives for
media
> > management... eg. "subst g: e:\project-a" where e:\project-a has an
Avid
> > MediaFiles directory. Very helpful for consolidating projects for a
nice
> > clean tidy-up...
> >
> > Dylan Reeve
> > http://dylanreeve.com/
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Bouke
<bouke@editb.nl<bouke%40editb.nl>>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Dunno about Symphony, but it can be done on MC.
> >> And unlike others state, tapeless is great. (Unless you like to pay
a
> year
> >> income or more for a stupid Sony tapestreamer...)
> >> And it is very easy as well:
> >>
> >> You have to export to XDcam. For that, take the contents of an
empty
> XDcam
> >> disk (meaning, properly formatted but no shots on it), and put that
in
> the
> >> root of a harddisk.
> >> Set your timeline start (or mark In) to 58:30;00.
> >> Now, export to XDcam. (export to device -> xdCam)
> >> Your MXF will be in the Clip folder on the target drive, named
> C0001.MXF.
> >> Note that there can only be one MXF file there, so move it out
before
> you
> >> do
> >> a second export!
> >>
> >> Of course you can import it back into Avid for QC.
> >>
> >> An empty XDcam structure / files are here:
> >> https://download.yousendit.com/bFlGK2VsUnJCTW52Wmc9PQ
> >> (for the next two weeks)
> >>
> >> For Europeans who have to deliver commercials according to SPOT
specs,
> you
> >> need to have the file renamed and add an XML with program
information.
> >> A handy way to rename/create the XML is to use this tool:
> >> http://www.videotoolshed.com/product/37/spotxml/3
> >>
> >> (as it is very easy to make mistakes with special
> >> characters/spaces/underscores etc...)
> >>
> >> Bouke
> >>
> >> VideoToolShed
> >> van Oldenbarneveltstraat 33
> >> 6512 AS NIJMEGEN
> >> The Netherlands
> >> +31 24 3553311
> >> www.videotoolshed.com
> >> For large files:
> >> http://dropbox.yousendit.com/BoukeVahl998172
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Pepe"
> >> <pepe.serventi@magicalelves.com <pepe.serventi%40magicalelves.com>
> <pepe.serventi%40magicalelves.com>
> >> >
> >> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> <Avid-L2%
> 40yahoogroups.com>>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 2:54 AM
> >> Subject: [Avid-L2] Digital Delivery
> >>
> >> Is anyone doing file based delivery to the Networks. Just found out
the
> >> NBC
> >>
> >> is now requiring it for all all shows.
> >>
> >> QuickTime XDCAM
> >> Video format: XDCAM
> >> . Wrapper: QuickTime
> >> . Target bit-rate: 50 mbps
> >> . File start time: 00:58:30;00 (hh:mm:ss; ff)
> >> . Resolution: 1920x1080
> >> . Frame rate: 29.97
> >> This is what they want.
> >> Can this be done out of my symphony version 5
> >>
> >> or would it be better to do the other deliverable which is
> >>
> >> 3) MXF XDCAM
> >> Video format: XDCAM
> >> . Wrapper: MXF
> >> . Target bit-rate: 50 mbps
> >>
> >> I've never done this and don't know a work flow. Any help would be
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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>
> --
> ---
> Rob Lawson
> System Administrator, ACSR ISIS, Windows & Interplay
> CBS News
>
>

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