Cool, good to know.
Thanks,
D.
On 3 August 2011 16:54, Tony Capelli <tcapelli@johlt.com> wrote:
> Avid will now scan renamed and numbered folders you make. We manage some
> folders with show numbers, like 402, 303 etc... and if we trash MSMs in
> those they'll now scan. It is nice though that Avid wont place new media in
> those folders you make, making media management pretty easy if you just want
> to move or delete media from one specific project.
>
> Tony
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 8:46 AM, David Ross <speckydave@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> I used to media manage this way. Haven't done it for a few years, but
>> I suspect it still works the same way. The caveat is that Avid will
>> not write any new media or renders to renamed folders. As I understood
>> it, Avid would only write to the highest-CONSECUTIVELY-numbered
>> folder. So if you have folders numbered, 1, 2, 3 and 6, Avid will see
>> and read all of them, but will write any new media into folder 3 only.
>> Also, if you trash the databases in folder 6, Avid will not rebuild
>> them. Re-name it to '4' and bingo, Avid will scan the folder.
>>
>> So you capture/import/copy all your media into a folder with a number
>> that Avid will see, where Avid writes the databases as normal (or let
>> Avid re-build them there after copying). THEN re-name the folder (I
>> used to use alphanumeric job codes with no spaces, but I think spaces
>> are OK too) and you have a read-only media folder that can live within
>> the MXF folder. As was mentioned, this is good for generic stuff like
>> slates and other generic graphics or whatever. Or for separating media
>> for different jobs to make media management easier.
>>
>> D.
>>
>>
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