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P2 Media
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You can connect a FireWire drive, for example, and store the contents of several P2 cards on
it so you can keep using the cards in the camera.
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You can work with media on a P2 card 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
P2 card after you copy the P2 files to the other drive.
To copy the P2 cards to another drive:
1. On the drive, set up a folder for each P2 card you want to copy.
Avid recommends that you do not place the media folder at the top level of the drive.
2. Give each folder a unique name that identifies the P2 card.
The name does not have to be the same as the actual P2 card name.
3. Navigate to the actual P2 card and select the Contents folder.
4. Do one of the following:
t Copy and paste the Contents folder to the folder on the other drive.
t Click the Contents folder and drag it to the folder on the other drive.
5. Eject the P2 card.
Changing P2 Cards in the Card Reader
You can change (“hot-swap”) cards while you work in your Avid editing application.
To change one or more cards in the P2 card reader:
1. Remove the old card or cards and insert the new ones.
2. Select File > Mount All.
Sharing P2 Clips and Sequences
If you work in an Avid Unity workgroup environment, you can share sequences that contain
P2 clips in an Avid Unity workspace. However, you can share P2 clips only if you transcode
or consolidate them to a workspace.
In an MXF workgroup, you can either consolidate or transcode P2 clips to a workspace.
If you transcode, you must transcode P2 MXF files to another MXF resolution.
In an OMF workgroup, you must transcode P2 clips to a workspace. You must transcode
P2 MXF files to OMF files.
If you consolidate or transcode clips to an Avid Unity workspace, it automatically checks all
related metadata into the asset manager. This makes the clips accessible to other users.