Re: [Avid-L2] Re: MXF folders (next puzzle)

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:

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> 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.
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> 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.
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> On 3 August 2011 14:38, Andi Meek <kwikpasta@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > I think i remember reading that you can actually call those folders
> anything, it doesn't have to be a number. I may have dreamt that but i have
> a strong feeling i didnt and that it's possible. Could help with organising
> i suppose. If i'm on a non-unity system and i need to keep project media
> organised then i work on the project and when finished, put the
> AvidMediafiles folder within a folder called the project name. When booting
> another project Avid creates a new AvidMediafiles folder because it can't
> see the old one and that gets filled with just the media for the new
> project. When you need to go back to the other one or move a whole project
> you can just drag that folder back out or move the whole thing to another
> drive knowing you've got just the media you need. You need to be pretty
> organised to do this and it's no good with generic stuff but works well for
> single projects.
> > Cheers
> > Andi
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> > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > From: bruno@mansi.demon.co.uk
> > Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 11:39:10 +0000
> > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: MXF folders (next puzzle)
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> >> So we can have roughly 2k of files in the folder. Is there any limit to
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> > I remember reading somewhere that when you install the Avid training
> media from the supplied disks it creates a '99' folder, so I guess you're
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