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Transferring Project and Media Files Between Avid Editing Systems
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Transferring Files Between Windows Systems
The following table shows the available methods for transferring files between Windows
systems.
Method Requirements Restrictions
All Files (Can be used as media drives)
External SCSI drive None For compatibility information, see the Avid Drive Striping
Tables, which are available on the Avid Customer Support
Knowledge Base.
Fibre Channel drive None For compatibility information, see the Avid Drive Striping
Tables.
External 1394
(FireWire) drive
HFS+ format Cannot be used as a media drive for Symphony. For
compatibility information, see the Avid Drive Striping Tables.
Project Files, OMF Files, and AAF Files (including embedded media)
Server-based network None None.
External 1394
(FireWire) drive or
USB2 drive
HFS+ format Size of the disk.
Floppy disk Macintosh-formatted
disk
Holds 1.4 MB.
CD-ROM None HFS+ format is recommended. Do not use ISO 9660 format,
which truncates file names. Do not use hybrid CD-ROMs,
unless you create them with the Joliet extension, which supports
long file names.
DVD None None, if you use the native DVD format.
E-mail E-mail software that
supports attachments
See the documentation for the e-mail software.
FTP Network access and
FTP software on both
systems
For the Fetch application, one system must be set to “Server”
mode. This method can be very slow.
AppleShare Network access on
both systems
Activate AppleShare on the sending system to allow a guest or
registered user to log in.