Organizing footage at DVinfo.net

Michael Wisniewski · July 1st, 2002, 11:17 PM

How do you organize your footage/tapes? Just wondering about other effective methods.

I currently have a very simple setup. Every MiniDV tape I buy immediately gets labeled with a number and listed in an Excel spreadsheet. (e.g. MDV001, MDV002, MDV003)

After I use the tape, I fill in pertinent information for that tape in Excel. (e.g. notes, descriptions, date & time etc.)

Of course I still can never find the tape I'm looking for, when I need it, but that's another issue ...

Chris Hurd · July 2nd, 2002, 12:09 AM

I expand on your methid just a bit by filing DV cassettes away in a Barco cassette tray (from my sponsor Pro-Tape at www.pro-tape.com, about $15 or so) and these trays live in an inexpensive clear plastic three-drawer storage bin. Everything in one place...

Rob Lohman · July 2nd, 2002, 03:15 AM

I also write a short "title" on the DV cases to know what it is
about, without having to look up the number.

Barry Goyette · July 2nd, 2002, 07:49 AM

I have about two dozen stacked up on my desk, about a third of em without labels, the rest are in a shoe box. Works for me.

(Your method sounds better.)

Chris Hurd · July 2nd, 2002, 10:02 AM

Wait until you get about fifty or sixty tapes laying around, and then you'll be sure to adopt some sort of method.

Those labels! So tiny... the real estate of a VHS spine label seems like Montana in comparison. Hard for me to write anything intelligent on a Mini-DV label. That's why the simple code-number method makes so much sense.

Don Donatello · July 2nd, 2002, 05:50 PM

i do mine by project name and tape # .
France tape 01, France tape 02 etc...
load them into excel .... store them in boxes by project name ..
have a misc box for those 1-2 tape holiday tapes

B. Moore · July 2nd, 2002, 11:36 PM

First I number the tape with the date mm/dd/yy + A,B, C, etc

On the reverse side of a stickie note I enter the same info plus the contents of the tape, stick it to the side that you put the tape in. all done

Bruce

July 1st, 2002, 11:17 PM	#1
Michael Wisniewski Wrangler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Makati, Metro Manila Posts: 2,706 Images: 32	Organizing footage How do you organize your footage/tapes? Just wondering about other effective methods. I currently have a very simple setup. Every MiniDV tape I buy immediately gets labeled with a number and listed in an Excel spreadsheet. (e.g. MDV001, MDV002, MDV003) After I use the tape, I fill in pertinent information for that tape in Excel. (e.g. notes, descriptions, date & time etc.) Of course I still can never find the tape I'm looking for, when I need it, but that's another issue ...

July 2nd, 2002, 12:09 AM	#2
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	I expand on your methid just a bit by filing DV cassettes away in a Barco cassette tray (from my sponsor Pro-Tape at www.pro-tape.com, about $15 or so) and these trays live in an inexpensive clear plastic three-drawer storage bin. Everything in one place... __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

July 2nd, 2002, 03:15 AM	#3
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I also write a short "title" on the DV cases to know what it is about, without having to look up the number. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

July 2nd, 2002, 10:02 AM	#5
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Wait until you get about fifty or sixty tapes laying around, and then you'll be sure to adopt some sort of method. Those labels! So tiny... the real estate of a VHS spine label seems like Montana in comparison. Hard for me to write anything intelligent on a Mini-DV label. That's why the simple code-number method makes so much sense. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

July 2nd, 2002, 07:49 AM	#4
Barry Goyette Trustee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Luis Obispo CA Posts: 1,195	I have about two dozen stacked up on my desk, about a third of em without labels, the rest are in a shoe box. Works for me. (Your method sounds better.)

July 2nd, 2002, 05:50 PM	#6
Don Donatello Hawaiian Shirt Mogul Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: northern cailfornia Posts: 1,261	i do mine by project name and tape # . France tape 01, France tape 02 etc... load them into excel .... store them in boxes by project name .. have a misc box for those 1-2 tape holiday tapes

July 2nd, 2002, 11:36 PM	#7
B. Moore Major Player Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 181	First I number the tape with the date mm/dd/yy + A,B, C, etc On the reverse side of a stickie note I enter the same info plus the contents of the tape, stick it to the side that you put the tape in. all done Bruce