P2 and Raylight Scenario - Thanks Bob
by Bill Thomas
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Mar 25, 2008 at 10:01:09 pm
Special thanks to Bob Woodhead for a bunch of great info on P2 and Raylight. But I'm still trying to figure out a backup scenario;
I like the fact that Raylight can access the raw files without encoding, but it would have to be a perfect world for me to use ONLY P2 footage in our corporate projects!! There is ALWAYS footage that comes from other sources that end up as Capture Scratch. So, when I finally back up a finished project, I would need to backup all the raw MXF files as well as all Capture Scratch (and maybe Render files).
Then when I needed to re-edit, I could put all these files back on the working RAID.
But my issue is if I need to re-edit 4 or 5 30-minute programs and I don't have the space on my RAID. (No, I don't have the bucks to just buy another $3000 RAID!).
I kinda liked Media manager because it would pull just the footage I need for a backup. Most of my 30-minute shows have at least 90 to 120 minutes of MXF data. I guess I just see it as a lot of data to move around.
Bob, in one of your recent posts, you showed all the folders you keep with each project. When you re-edit a project, do you transfer ALL those folders back to your RAID?
Re: P2 and Raylight Scenario - Thanks Bob by Bob Woodhead on Mar 26, 2008 at 2:23:41 am
Actually, I usually throw away renders, depending on the complexity. Usually the source files & AFX/Motion/Shake files are fine, just need some render time. QT ref files go away, since they tend to be temporary files anyway.
But really, once CapScratch & MXFs are deleted, the rest rarely take up more than a DVD or so.
So, yes, I'd reload those folders off the archive DVD(s) onto edit RAID.
You can delete CapScratch files, since tape-based media can be-redigitized, and MXFs are stored on their "camera master" drives. So all that's left is that which is stored in those respective folders.
If I were taking in something like VHS, or other non-timecode based media, THOSE I'd save somehow (if the project warranted that level of archival).
This workflow is assuming that you're archiving your "camera master" drives. Hence the ease with which I can say "toss" the working MXF files.
