Archive to tape
by Matt Kerstein
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Sep 2, 2009 at 9:20:09 pm
We are running out of drive space and want to archive some projects to tape utilizing our DVCPRO HD deck. Our old work flow back in the beta-cam era was to lay a clean version along with the full version no graphics audio unmixed to Sony D2 (remember those?). Multiple passes for more tracks of audio etc. Palning on trying the same with DVCPRO HD. Anybody doing the same? Suggestions?
Re: Archive to tape by Matt Kerstein on Sep 2, 2009 at 9:57:41 pm
To add to this post...Is there a way to print to tape all 8 channels of audio in one pass? AJA control panel has the choice under SDI for embedded CH 1-8 then a map channels selection 1-2 to 1-2, 3-4 to 1-2 etc. So that means for a project with 8 tracks of audio would mean 4 passes to tape?
Re: Archive to tape by Arnie Schlissel on Sep 2, 2009 at 11:05:05 pm
Umm... You do know that drives are cheap, these days?
A bare 1TB drve is around $80 or $90. You can buy a SATA drive dock for anywhere from $30-$100, and plug those bare drives straight into that, copy your source files, graphics, audio mix, EDL, XML, project files etc. to that bare drive and put it on a shelf.
Need something? Mount a drive and copy it off.
What's your time worth to set up all those timelines and lay multiple passes to tape? Plus the cost of the tape? And the time to redigitize each element and reconstruct the project?
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
http://www.arniepix.com/
Re: Archive to tape by Mark D'Agostino on Sep 4, 2009 at 8:59:47 pm
We archive all our DVCProHD to SATA drives. I agree with Arnie. They are so cheap in fact considering how much you can store on a drive they're much cheaper that buying tapes for archiving. We shoot with an HDX900 onto a fire store and to tape. The tape becomes back up in case the fire store has a problem and another copy for archive.
For graphics, audio mix, EDL, XML, project files,renders files etc. we archive those to blue ray.
