How to change location for my RAW Files?

RobiWan

• May 22, 2012 08:29

Hello,

I'm playing with Media Pro on Mac (10.6.😎.
Fronm Phase One Video I know how to I can split and merge catalogs. I think It's fine idea. But how to tell Media Pro, that some Files are on different location as Media Pro catalog mean?

For example - I have 2 Macs. Mac mini and MacBook Pro. If I'm on the road I work with my Laptop. My RAW Files are on external drive. Then I can put keywords, starts and Colors into catalog.
If I'm at home again, I move the files from one drive to another. Then on my Mac mini I can import catalog from my laptop but I don't know how I can tell "all new RAW Files are on different location now"?

Sorry for my bad english because I'm not native speaker.

Bye Robert

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  rmoorlag

  • May 22, 2012 09:34

  The most easy way to do this is to put all files in only 1 'toplevel' folder (in that case it's just one action).
  It's possible now to "tell" MediaPro this folder is on another location:
  In MP go in 'Organize Mode', then right-click on the mentioned toplevel folder and choose the option 'Reset Folder Path'
  Roelof

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  PhaseZero

  • May 22, 2012 21:15

  [quote="RobiWan" wrote:
  ...but I don't know how I can tell "all new RAW Files are on different location now"?

  
  Hello Robert,
  
  I am using some special MSDOS/WIN methods with flexible drive letters for all my multimedia files. May be this can help you?
  
  With NAS, external drives and even local drives I am defining always constant drive letters. These letters are "connected" to the desired drive by MSDOS commands SUBST, NET USE or MKLINK. With this I am able to use my catalog in various environments, on different PCs and also online or offline. The mentioned commands can also be used for subfolders on drives and not only for root folders. With this it is quite easy to relocate or redefine the locations of media files. You just have to ensure that the "virtual" drive letters are more or less constant. I am using e.g. P:\ for photo, M:\ for music and V:\ for my video files. With MSDOS batch files I am defining first the correct drive letters and realize then the start of corresponding applications like MediaPro. This is much faster and reliable than the resetting of folder paths in applications.
  
  I do not know if similar drive letter link/mount commands and features are available on a MAC, but this would certainly be very useful.
  
  Regards from PhaseZero

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