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Manually Copying File-Based Media to a FireWire or Network Drive
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The Set Multichannel Audio dialog box opens. For information on setting multichannel
audio options, see “Importing with Multichannel Audio” on page 295
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8. Click OK.
Manually Copying File-Based Media to a FireWire or
Network Drive
After you’ve connected your camera or other portable storage to the editing system, you can
copy the media to a FireWire drive or a network drive and then eject the camera or disk.
Alternatively, you can use Dynamic Media Folders (DMF) and profiles to carry out this copy
function in the background—see
“Creating Dynamic Media Folders” on page 387.
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You can work with media on a card/disk or work with media on another drive, but you cannot
work with media that is stored in both places simultaneously. To avoid the problem, eject the
card or disk after you copy the media files to the other drive.
To manually copy the card or disk media to another drive:
1. On the local or shared system drive, set up a folder for each card or disk you want to copy.
Follow the recommendations outlined in
“Organizing your File-Based Media” on page 44.
2. Give each folder a unique name that identifies the card or disk.
The name does not have to be the same as the actual card or disk name.
3. Navigate to the actual card or disk and select the folder with the media.
4. Do one of the following:
t Copy and paste the contents of the card or disk media folder to the system folder.
t Click the card or disk folder and drag it to the system folder.
5. Eject the card or disk.
Dragging and Dropping File-based Media Directly to
a Bin
You can drag and drop file-based media directly to a bin.
To drag and drop files directly into a bin:
1. Navigate to the folder that contains the file based media.
2. Select the files you want to drag to the bin.