best workflow? (from SXS card->hard drives (for edit AND backup)?

Malcolm Hamilton · May 16th, 2008, 02:13 PM

Hi there,

I'd love to hear from those of you who've been doing this for a while, about the best workflow, to get from shooting to editing to archiving.

The EX-1 presents new issues for anyone coming from tape, re backing up and archiving... I'd like to go to eSATA for editing, for the sake of speed, but security is also a concern.

So what's the best way to get from my SXS card in the field, to editing my project that night, without having to worry about losing everything if a drive goes down.

Here's my attempt at figuring it out. (I think I'm making it too complicated, but I'm not sure).

1) on shoot, offload cards to MacBook Pro and external firewire drive

2) at home, attach MacBook Pro to external SATA ("storage") drive, and copy all media to SATA storage drive

3) connect FirmTek (or Sonnet) eSATA ("editing") 5-bay drive (RAID 0), and copy all media to drives

4) Start editing

Would people mind sharing their best workflow?

Thanks, Malcolm

Matthew Pugerude · May 17th, 2008, 07:03 PM

Why Not just do the DL DVD and Skip the whole HD bit? I Do not have an Ex1 but I have been following this thread so it just got me curious. Okay, So you shoot for a 8 to 10 hour day. every hour or Two (It obviously depends on how many SxS cards you have on hand) you off load your footage to the internal drive on the Mac or PC. Then clear the SxS cards. Make a burn folder of the footage and all the other stuff it has with it. Then burn the disc and now you have a disc of your footage and when you get home you delete the footage from that day. Now you have a copy of your footage on a disc and you can put that on the shelf.

What am I missing in this workflow?

Sorry I do not mean to hijack this thread just curious.

May 17th, 2008, 07:03 PM	#16
Matthew Pugerude Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Redmond, Oregon Posts: 173	Question Why Not just do the DL DVD and Skip the whole HD bit? I Do not have an Ex1 but I have been following this thread so it just got me curious. Okay, So you shoot for a 8 to 10 hour day. every hour or Two (It obviously depends on how many SxS cards you have on hand) you off load your footage to the internal drive on the Mac or PC. Then clear the SxS cards. Make a burn folder of the footage and all the other stuff it has with it. Then burn the disc and now you have a disc of your footage and when you get home you delete the footage from that day. Now you have a copy of your footage on a disc and you can put that on the shelf. What am I missing in this workflow? Sorry I do not mean to hijack this thread just curious.

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