Re: "Optimize File Sources" under "Data Management"

[Clive Jenkins <cjenkins(at)postcentral.com>]

Tony (and Kevin)...
    This is a completely different answer to what you gave me when I asked that same question!

quote...

Clive - "What's it actually doing?"
Tony - "Why... it's optimizing the file sources, of course..."

    Is this some kind of diabolical English plot against the Welsh??

Happy Easter!

Clive



Tony Quinsee-Jover wrote:

Hi Kevin,

 

To answer the first part of your question, here's my workflow:

 

    1. Conform AFE to timeline with "Create Linked" selected and "Make Clips in Bin" (or whatever it's called ) deselected

    2. View the Error report and note the locations of the missing file sources

        2b discard the timeline

    3. Put the files where DS was looking for them - just make identical paths.

    4. Conform the AFE to timeline with "Create Linked" and "Create Clips" both selected

    5. Capture from timeline with handles.

 

There is (currently) no nice and simple way of globally "fixing" file locations.  DS's file handling is pretty poor in that respect.

 

As for the second part of your question I think it's to do with forcing DS to tidy up UNC paths, but our DS is currently packed into containers awaiting our move to larger and prettier premises over the Christmas break, so I can't check.

 

Regards,

Tone :)

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Kevin Perry
Sent: 20 December 2005 21:29
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: "Optimize File Sources" under "Data Management"

Hi DS'ers...

I just got a question from our head DS Artist - and wasn't quite sure of the answer. He's still trying to find an optimal workflow for AFE's or Avid Bins that come over to the DS with lots of linked quicktimes or stills - The interminable wait while Windows or DS looks for the path where the original files existed. (Note- is there a way to remove this path? Or at least tell the DS to ignore it, and just ask where the files are immediately?)

Anyhow, while mucking about, he found "Optimize File Sources" under "Data Management", and asked me what it does, which I had no idea of. I searched the .PDF manual online, but couldn't find it. We're on DS 7.6, QFE3, Nitris HW.

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kevin perry

engineer

shapeshifter, inc

323.876.3444

www.shapeshifter.biz

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