It is done through Time of Day stamp (AFAIK).
Dom Q. Silverio
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:11 PM, David Ross <speckydave@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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