Backing up Edit Master
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Re: Backing up Edit Master
I save it as data on a DVD. Sometimes multiple DVDs, when necessary.
Someday you'll be able to do it on flash media.
I save it as data on a DVD. Sometimes multiple DVDs, when necessary.
Someday you'll be able to do it on flash media.
skettalee
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Re: Backing up Edit Master
You do this. Go buy yourself a Rev Drive and start buying Rev Disks. You can compress up to 96 GB's on a Single Rev Disk. You can backup your whole project to be further edited later on those disks. 96 GB's should usually be enough per project, maybe not a whole movie, but you can always use more than 1 disk!
You do this. Go buy yourself a Rev Drive and start buying Rev Disks. You can compress up to 96 GB's on a Single Rev Disk. You can backup your whole project to be further edited later on those disks. 96 GB's should usually be enough per project, maybe not a whole movie, but you can always use more than 1 disk!
Re: Backing up Edit Master
A note about the advertised compression of the REV drive: captured video files are already compressed so do not expect to fit 90GB of video on a 35GB media. In this case 35 G is 35G. It's another story if you are archiving text documents or let's say uncompressed photoshop files.
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"The REV drive is shipped in a USB 2.0 external version ($400) and an ATAPI internal version ($380). One disk is included with the drive, additional REV disks are available for a price of $60, or in a four-pack for $200."
At the price of $50 per 35 GB ($0.70/GB) this is not a very attractive offer if you consider archiving to DVDs (around $0.15 / GB). Of course archiving on multiple DVDs could be a pain.
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Also a question on DVD archiving: I have experienced problems (drive errror when trying to read the file) whenever I record large (over 1.5GB) files on a DVD-R. It seems that the format has limitzation on the size of any solid file - maybe this is why DVD files get broken into 1.5GIG chunks.
Has anyone had success in writing and successfully reading a solid large video file (larger than 2Gigabytes)?
Regards,
-- Andre
A note about the advertised compression of the REV drive: captured video files are already compressed so do not expect to fit 90GB of video on a 35GB media. In this case 35 G is 35G. It's another story if you are archiving text documents or let's say uncompressed photoshop files.
(update)
"The REV drive is shipped in a USB 2.0 external version ($400) and an ATAPI internal version ($380). One disk is included with the drive, additional REV disks are available for a price of $60, or in a four-pack for $200."
At the price of $50 per 35 GB ($0.70/GB) this is not a very attractive offer if you consider archiving to DVDs (around $0.15 / GB). Of course archiving on multiple DVDs could be a pain.
(end of update)
Also a question on DVD archiving: I have experienced problems (drive errror when trying to read the file) whenever I record large (over 1.5GB) files on a DVD-R. It seems that the format has limitzation on the size of any solid file - maybe this is why DVD files get broken into 1.5GIG chunks.
Has anyone had success in writing and successfully reading a solid large video file (larger than 2Gigabytes)?
Regards,
-- Andre
Re: Backing up Edit Master
I guess that depends on what you're asking. Do you mean writing to a DVD and playing it straight from there? Read speeds, in my experience, are way too slow.
But I haven't had a problem saving 4GB files to a DVD and reloading them back to my PC.
I guess that depends on what you're asking. Do you mean writing to a DVD and playing it straight from there? Read speeds, in my experience, are way too slow.
But I haven't had a problem saving 4GB files to a DVD and reloading them back to my PC.
Chenopup
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Re: Backing up Edit Master
I work into my bid a "digital archive" fee. This covers a separate drive for the customer's media. Everything is kept on this drive. When done, I pull it out of the ADS case and put it back in the foil wrapper and on a shelf.
I also back up the .veg files, audio and any other images on CD. I hate the time to recapture from tape but do so on occation. If budget permits, I go the hard drive route.
mike
I work into my bid a "digital archive" fee. This covers a separate drive for the customer's media. Everything is kept on this drive. When done, I pull it out of the ADS case and put it back in the foil wrapper and on a shelf.
I also back up the .veg files, audio and any other images on CD. I hate the time to recapture from tape but do so on occation. If budget permits, I go the hard drive route.
mike