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Archiving to DVD ( 4,3 Gig ) policies ..

Jann Lipka
Anyone archiving to DVDs ?
Any simple method of splitting sessions into 4,3 Gig large folders ?
I made a simple search on this forum with no answer .

Anything smart I could do AFTER the shoot ?
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  • Stephen11
    Hi Jann,

    I archive to dvd, the most recent version of toast will split files across dvd's for you as you're on mac. I however, just store processed and their raw files rather than the full session folder.

    I too have just changed up to a P45 and the mac and back up hard drives are rapidly filling.

    Hope this helps!

    Steve.
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  • Jann Lipka
    Ok ,
    I started with what Steve was recommending and removed processed images , emptied trash etc ,
    yet my 100 images P25 shoot was too large to fit on one DVD.

    I would like to retain C1 structure for easy access when coming back to this sesion ,

    Maybe I could set up C1 to warn when
    I get more then let say 50 Captures from P45 in one session ,
    that would fill upp a DVD ?

    Just removing a part of Raw captures to another DVD folder is not a nice solution as I see it .. I guess it could mess upp Session .

    I'm aware of Toast ability to split documents across diffferent folders ,
    I'm not sure though if that would not ruin the folder structure even further .

    regards
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  • NN8878311
    I archive to dvds, but i only save raw-files + the settings, i trash all previews and thumbnails ... Just to save space, easy to rebuild.
    Since i just got my P30 (been using D2X + analog H1 so far) I'm eager to find the smartest way to archive my files.
    And of course i make two copies of each DVD i archive, one to keep in the studio and one that i store at home ...

    //Kristofer
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  • ph1_user
    This is the problem with a lot of data, there is only room for 4.7 GB on a single layer DVD, but there is also dual layer disc which hold up to 8.5 GB, i know there are expensive, and there is also news about Apple and the Blue ray format, look here:
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  • pmirror
    Archiving to one DVD is time consuming, not to mention 2DVD. If you shoot hundreds images, you'll ended up with 2DVDs, times two means 4DVDs.

    Blu-ray must be very expensive?
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  • olo1
    the more we shoot on increasingly bigger digi backs the more we have to face the floods of datas...

    I think when I bought my P25 I went shopping for ext drives weekly...

    Anyway, to answer your question: I just archive the RAW files!
    1. smaller size
    2. what is if a clients wants the datas again but this time in 16bit? And you stored everything in 8 bit tiffs???
    3. I just reload the RAW files into C1 and reconvert the asked pictures into whatever the client needs
    4. I am desperately waiting for BlueRay having 25 gigs to burn to.

    The awful truth is that most clients cannot even deal with DL DVDs since they are so badly equipped. So this will be just for my own safety...

    cheers Nicolas
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  • Jann Lipka
    OLO :
    As I see it , despite I have the hardware ,
    DL DVDs have to mature before me jumping on it ,

    I have been trying to kep my session folders under 50 images .
    / that makes the session folders way under 4,3 Gig .
    That is not a good solution for large jobs .
    Painfull workaround . Mess.

    I was thinking about keeping just raw files on a longer perspective
    , but the problem is C1 clumsy renaming system.
    As I see it there is no way to modify original file name with
    one prefix letter in batch .
    OLO How Do you deal with protecting your selection work .
    Do you keep your picks in a separate folder or do you rename those ? .
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  • olo1
    Hi Jann!

    What I do beforehand, I set up \"shots folders\" which means as follows:

    Shot_01
    Shot_02
    Shot_03

    The are running within a top folder named after the customer, client or job description, such as SW_Beautyshoot_01.06

    So splitting up the production is not so much of a problem since on one DVD there will be approximately 4 to 5 shooting folders (Shot_01, Shot_02....) containing maybe 25-50 RAW files.
    Renaming is not done automatically when RAW files are either being imported from CF cards, or when shooting tethered. All this can be done within C1 quite easily...

    I do admit the selection (tagged) is not visible anymore once I burn just the RAW files. Workaround is keeping the selected jpgs (proofs) since they have the same name as the RAWs.

    cheers Nicolas
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  • NN8878311
    Why not keep the Image settings-folder and trash all the others before archiving to DVD? That way you keep your imagesettings and your tags ...

    //Kristofer
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  • olo1
    do you mean \"image settings folder + RAWs\"???

    cheers Nicolas ❓
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  • derek hillier
    Hi there

    I would'nt archive to dvd
    1. Takes too long to write and read afterwards
    2. Acording to recent studies life time of dvd stored securely is 10 years max

    The best storage method is hard drives

    derek
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  • NN8878311
    [quote="olo" wrote:
    do you mean "image settings folder + RAWs"???

    cheers Nicolas ❓


    Yep! Thats how i archive anyway ...

    //Kristofer
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