User Manual

Archiving and Restoring Media Files to Videotape
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3. (Option) If you have similar material from different sources, you can duplicate a set of clips,
unlink the duplicates, and then modify the sources of the duplicates before capturing the new
source material.
For example, if you are working with multicamera material, you can capture one reel,
duplicate the clips several times, unlink the duplicated clips, and rename their source tapes
to batch capture the remaining reels.
Archiving and Restoring Media Files to Videotape
You can archive to videotape the source media associated with sequences, master clips, subclips,
and group clips. Archiving the source media to videotape is similar to recording a digital cut,
except that you can reedit the sequence after you restore it.
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The archive to videotape process is not available with progressive media projects.
You can use the archiving process to:
• Archive completed projects that you can restore at a later date if you need to reedit the
project.
• Provide more space on the media drives for a new project.
• Create backups of your project files.
• Move a project to another workstation.
When you archive a project, the source media files are archived to videotape, and then you save
the project files. For information about saving the project files, see “Backing Up Your Project
Information” on page 64. You can reconstruct your project with the archived files and your
source tapes.
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The media files experience generation loss when the media is archived and restored because the
target videotape format might include some compression.
The archiving process divides the archive into multiple archive sequences based on the lengths of
the available videotapes. The archiving to videotape process adds handles to the new clips that
let you reedit the sequence after you restore the media files from the videotape.
During the archiving process, the original media is archived to videotape. Media with effects is
not recorded to tape because you can easily re-create the effects after the project is recaptured.
However, the handles for transition effects are included in the archive file. The final sequence
can be linked to the recaptured media to recreate the project.