Hi Sean,
I've come across this too and I couldn't agree with
you more.
Cheers
Dec
--- sqitaos(at)aol.com wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> I have a client who just bought a Nitris system and
> the configuration was unlike any I have seen in any
> other system. I know there was a short discussion
> about this recently, and would like to revisit the
> subject. The Nitris in question was configured with
> the D: Drive being the Audio/Projects drive and the
> F: Drive being the Video Storage drive. Now I know
> the response was that it shouldn't matter, that DS
> will figure out proper storage locations if a
> project is restored on the machine that originated
> on another system. (My personal thoughts on this in
> a moment)
>
> But...when you open the the F: drive, you find a
> video folder, a videostorage folder, an audio
> folder, an audiostorage folder and a DS Temporary
> Files folder. On the D: drive you will find an
> audio folder, a video folder and a DS Projects
> folder. No DS Archives folder to be found anywhere.
> Now, not only were there projects inside the
> DSver7.5 folder, but outside the folder all willy
> nilly. I recommended that my client reconfigure
> their system, reinstalling the software so that the
> D: drive was the video storage drive and the F:
> drive was the Projects/Audio drive. ONLY the
> videostorage folder and interactive caching should
> be present on the D: drive, and ONLY the
> audiostorage folder, DS Projects folder and the DS
> Archives folder should reside on the F: drive upon
> install. What you put on the F: Drive after install
> is your business.
>
> So the resident engineer, not DS savvy, gets on the
> phone with Avid, and the tech says their
> configuration shouldn't matter, DS will figure it
> all out and it won't cause any problems if the audio
> and video storages are on the same drive and that
> interactive caching can go anywhere and the archive
> folder wasn't an important issue. WHAT!?!?!
>
> Please someone tell me I'm not losing my mind and
> that my recommendations are sound and that the Avid
> tech should be throttled out by the woodshed.
> Otherwise, feel free to call me a moron and set me
> straight on the new and improved "DS is not a
> finicky beast" models that are now being released.
> Oh yeah, Nitris v7.5, QFE3. Why not QFE4? Because
> the engineer argued that QFE4 was version 7.6!
>
> (Now, a few personal thoughts if you will)
>
> Why, after all these years with the same
> configuration, is Avid now shipping their systems
> with the audio and video drives reversed? I have
> seen this on a few systems recently and don't agree
> with it at all. I have worked on hundreds of
> systems throughout the years and EVERY SINGLE ONE
> was mapped the same! Is it not bad enough that the
> feature sets change constantly now, the buttons move
> around on a whim, features are broken with new
> implementations and now we have to reorient
> ourselves on any given system because the storage
> configs are changing? Please someone, in a world on
> the brink of insanity, reason this out for me so
> that I don't completely go mad and start talking to
> my imaginary friend Fred.
>
> Thank you for listening.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> Sean E. Stall
> President / Avid DS Artist
> IRONIK DESIGN & POST
> EYE IMAGINE, INC.
>
> 240 E. 27TH STREET, SUITE 25G
> NEW YORK, NY 10016
>
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>
> SQITAOS(at)AOL.COM
>
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