Necessary to archive P2 AND Final Cut files?

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hilliardcg

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After working a few projects with the HVX-00 & 200A I recently bought an HPX-170. My media archival system has been to keep two copies of the P2 files and two copies of the ingested Final Cut media files (same codec as recorded).

Obviously, the more copies the more secure, but what are the advantages in keeping the media in the P2 file structure as well as in Final Cut media files? I assume the footage could ingest easier on certain other systems, but any other reasons to keep in originl containers?

Thanks,
Lee Hilliard

Hilliard Creative Group LLC
Digital Media for Advertising, Marketing & Training
hcg1000 [at] earthlink [period] net
 
Actually, if we're talking about necessary, it's not necessary to make the final cut files at all. If you use MXF4QT or Raylight, you can work with the original P2 files instead of going through the log & transfer process. That way you'd only have to ever archive the MXF files, which will preserve all the original recorded information as well as provide you a cross-platform-compatible system (since Windows systems can't read FCP DVCPRO-HD Quicktime files).
 
I second what Barry says.
I use Raylight and just load up the raw files and edit away. Then I save the FCP project file so if I ever need to make changes, I load up the MXF files with Raylight, open my project file, dump the Raylight proxy files in the bin and I'm ready to make changes.

No need to convert to QT and double the amount of storage needed that way.
 
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