Re: Need instructions on backing up projects to DVD

KTTC-Red,

"So we need the original media files (mov, wav, tga, jpg etc) and the corresponding omf media files in order to resurrect an archived project? am I understanding this correctly?"

No you are not. AVID will create its own omf versions of anything you import. While it's always good to keep your original files in case of a problem, your project footage should all be online without those originals. You need to keep the omf files.

"After you've copied the media delete the database files of your OMFI MediaFiles folder....etc"
I am assuming you mean to delete the orginal media files...

No, he means to delete the two database files in the "OMFI MediaFiles" folder (msmFMID.pmr and msmMMOB.mdb). When you reopen AVID after copying your files back into the folder from your DVDs, AVID will scan the folder and rebuild the database.