3: Protecting P2 Assets
Whatever your workflow, Avid strongly recommends protecting your original P2 assets prior to post-production.
The safest and most efficient way is to access the material with Media Composer and consolidate it onto a local
drive or Avid Unity
™
storage system.
Consolidating within Media Composer:*
• Safe and simple
• Fast and efficient
• Incorporated failsafe checksum
• Creates an instant backup
To automatically consolidate:
To use the manual consolidate function -
For greater control, choose the location for the media each time you perform the operation.
* Note: Having both the original media and the consolidated copy of that media online at the same time can cause problems and confusion both for
the operators and for the software.
To back up footage manually on a Mac or PC:
* Note: Back up all of the media exactly as it is presented on the P2 cards. The directory structure should remain intact with all files present and in the
directories created by the camera. Also, run a comparison between each P2 card and its backup prior to erasing and re-using it to make sure that the
correct numbers of folders, files and bytes have been duplicated.
Step 1.
Select the clips you
want to work with in
your bin
With those clips
selected, go to
the main “File”
menu
Choose “Media”
The media will be automatically consolidated
as per the settings defined via the
Media Creation Tool
Select “Import P2”
Step 2.
Step 3.
Step 4.
Step 1.
Select the
clips you want
to work with
in your bin
Go to
the main
“Clip”
menu
At the Consolidate
/ Transcode dialog,
choose “Consolidate”
Select “Consolidate
/ Transcode”
Step 2.
Step 3.
Step 4.
Step 5.
Step 6.
Step 7.
Step 8.
Step 9.
Choose “Video
and Audio on
same drives”
Choose
the Drive,
Avid Unity
or network
location to
which you
wish to
consolidate
the media
Make sure
that the
master clips
are re-linked
to the media
on the new
drive
The media
will now be
consolidated
as per the
custom
settings
specified
Eject or
disconnect
the device
or path to
the original
P2 media,
to ensure
you’re editing
the copied
media
In the field
Use a laptop to copy
the media to a USB or
FireWire disk, or burn it
onto a data DVD
Use a laptop or workstation to
copy the media to an archival
device such as a DLT or a
mirrored or RAID protected
stripe set
At an editing facility
P2 Step By Step Reference Guide
