User Manual

Transferring Project and Media Files Between Avid Editing Systems
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Method Requirements Restrictions
All Files (can be used as media drives)
Macintosh external
drive (SCSI or Fibre
Channel)
HFS+ format and an
application that enables
the Windows system to
read Macintosh drives.
See “Nonshared Storage Issues for Cross-Platform
Collaboration” on page 1132.
For compatibility information, see the Avid Drive Striping
Tables, which are available on the Avid Customer Support
Knowledge Base.
External 1394
(FireWire) drive
HFS+ format and an
application that enables
the Windows system to
read Macintosh drives.
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 Macintosh and
Windows integration
Rename files to avoid problems with illegal characters. See
“System Compatibility for the Online Session” on page 1109.
External 1394
(FireWire) drive or
USB2 drive
HFS+ format Size of the disk.
Floppy disk PC-formatted disk Holds 1.4 MB.
CD-ROM An application that
enables the Windows
system to read
Macintosh drives.
HFS+ format is recommended. Do not use ISO 9660 format,
which truncates the file names. Do not use hybrid CD-ROMs,
unless you create them with the Joliet extension, which
supports long file names. Properly created hybrid CD-ROMs
do not require an application that enables the Windows system
to read a Macintosh-formatted CD-ROM.
Files copied from a CD-ROM to a Windows system retain the
read-only attribute. To change this attribute, see the Windows
documentation.
DVD None None, if you use the native DVD format.
Files copied from a DVD to a Windows system retain the
read-only attribute. To change this attribute, see the Windows
documentation.
E-mail E-mail that supports
attachments
See the documentation for the e-mail software.
FTP Network access and
FTP software on both
systems
For more information on using Fetch on Macintosh systems,
see www.fetchsoftworks.com.