I joined this list when I worked at an Avid shop - I changed jobs a month ago and am at a FCP shop, hence the XML request. Let me think about what we'd need in an app like this and I'll email you offlist.
Michael
PS. I stayed on this list because of posts like this - not Avid specific, but workflow specific. Apologize for bring FCP into it - I still prefer Avid, but it's out of my control.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Bouke" <bouke@...> wrote:
>
> Michael,
> At the moment there is just a basic concept.
> I can scan an entire drive, and get metadata from every clip with a known
> file format.
> From there, it's just up to people like you to ask for fuctionality to do
> with this info, hence my requiest for input.
> I'm NOT looking for betatesters right now, as there is no product!
> And yes, when there is a product, it will be for sale.
> But the question is now, what should the product be?
> The searching you ask for is easy, this is very simple database stuff. I
> could save all the info about your drive in a database for anyone to parse,
> or write something around it.
> But XML, and this is an Avid list, what do you propose? Avid does not do
> XML...
>
> 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: "malanhancock" <mhancockeditor@...>
> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 5:44 PM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Hijack, was, How to scan a drive
>
>
> Actually, the more I think about this the more useful I think it might be.
>
> Can this program scan an entire drive and generate a report or spreadsheet
> of every file and its location, with an option to customize or group files
> and assign project names?
>
> It could be a great archival databasing system - scan an archive drive,
> assign project names to folders or groups of folders, and be able to search
> by reelname/date/filename/timecode, etc..., or use an XML to bring a project
> back online. Can you read MXF files to pull project names? Batch assign
> project names to Quicktime files (is this even possible)?
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "malanhancock" <mhancockeditor@> wrote:
> >
> > I'd be interested in testing this to see if it would fit/improve our
> > workflows. Are you looking for beta testers, or will this be for sale on
> > your site?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Michael
> > mhancockeditor@
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Bouke" <bouke@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Going to hijack the thread.
> > > A while ago there was a question from someone to create something that
> > > could
> > > index mediafiles (filename, location and timecode/reelname (if any)),
> > > and optionally (partial) copy them based on an EDL / XML / ALE / Log
> > > list.
> > > I've investigated in that and i can do so for QT, MXF
> > > (sony/ikegami/canon),
> > > Avid MXF, DPX, Red, Avi and MpegII.
> > > (I've actually made a prototype)
> > > But, the original guy asking for it never mailed back, so the question
> > > is
> > > now, is there any of you needing this?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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: "Andi Meek" <kwikpasta@>
> > > To: <avid-l2@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 10:00 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [Avid-L2] Re: How to scan a drive (redo with TeraCopy,
> > > correct?)
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to throw in my vote for Teracopy. I also tried Richcopy by
> > > > microsoft but found it overly complicated (or myself overly simple!)
> > > > and
> > > > also much slower than i had expected considering it's supposed to run
> > > > copies in parallel. Teracopy was super fast, especially over eSata
> > > > from
> > > > one G-Raid to another. We recently backed up around 700GB of project
> > > > media for a client to two G-Raids from our ISIS and it was very
> > > > painless.
> > > > The CRC check after also adds a nice level of security. The only
> > > > thing i
> > > > would have liked was a clearer report. You can create a report that
> > > > can
> > > > be read in a text editor but it's mainly gobbledegook. It would be
> > > > nice
> > > > to provide the client with a .txt file which says something like
> > > > "15,000
> > > > files copied, 15,000 files verified by CRC check" so they can be sure
> > > > they
> > > > have everything. I suppose i could just write that in a text file!
> > > > but it
> > > > would seem nicer coming from the actual program. Kinda like headed
> > > > paper!
> > > > I will use it from now on whenever i do any type of large copying job
> > > > and
> > > > it will live on my trusty USB thumbdrive henceforth :-)
> > > >
> > > > Andi
> > > >
> > > > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > > > From: cowtowne@
> > > > Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:45:31 +0000
> > > > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: How to scan a drive (redo with TeraCopy,
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> > > > why not simply copy them AGAIN
> > > >
> > > > with TeraCopy,
> > > >
> > > > that will overwrite the files already there, correct?
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > seems to be nearly effortless
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Ulf Sodergren <usodergren@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>
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> > > >> I'm a very happy user of a free utility called Teracopy. It copies,
> > > >> checks the copy and give me a report.
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