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Working with Bins and Projects in an Avid Shared Storage Environment
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Working with Bins and Projects in an Avid Shared
Storage Environment
Avid ISIS let you share bins and projects across the network. When you place your bins and
projects on Avid Workspaces (drive volumes), several users can work on the same project at the
same time.
For example, an editor creates sequences in one bin while an assistant recaptures media in
another bin. At the same time, other users add audio effects or titles to other bins in the project.
Each user performs tasks from their own computer. Your Avid editing application provides a
locking mechanism to help you keep track of who is currently working in a bin. The method
allows one user to write to a bin; multiple users can read the files in that bin.
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The lock does not prevent you from deleting the media in a locked bin if you have write
access to the workspace. It ensures only that you do not overwrite changes to the bin.
In an Avid shared storage environment, your Avid editing application creates and stores projects
and bins on the client’s internal drive. If you move or save these projects and bins to the
workspace, only one client can work on the project at a time. If two or more users work
simultaneously on the same project, only one user can update the files. Other users can open and
play sequences but cannot make any changes to them.
For information on managing workspaces, see the clients’ Quick Start cards.
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You can also use an asset manager such as Avid Interplay to collaborate on projects. For more
details, refer to “Working with Avid Interplay from an Avid Editing System” on page 1134.
Sharing Bins and Projects in Avid Shared Storage
Sharing Only Bins
If you share only bins, you store the project on your local system and store bins and media files
on the shared workspace. This method allows users in a shared environment to share only
selected bins with other users. The system identifies the shared bins as follows:
• Stores the bin in a Unity Bins folder in the Project window. This folder is similar to the
Other Bins folder.
• Displays a second column of information for the bin that identifies the computer that
currently has the bin locked.
• Uses bold text to identify bins that are locked by another user.