User Manual

Working with Bins and Projects in an Avid Shared Storage Environment
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Avid recommends that you institute policies where media files are deleted by the editor who
created them, or if necessary, the deleting editors notify the editor who created the media files
that a deletion has occurred. This editor can then switch to the desktop and back, and all other
editors can see the deleted file go offline.
Restrictions and Limitations for Locked Bins
The following restrictions apply to bins that are locked by another user:
• You cannot select a locked bin for operations such as capture, title creation, and import. This
helps to minimize the problems of modifying a locked bin.
• You cannot drag an item to a locked bin.
• If you drag an item from a locked bin to a writable bin, the Avid system creates a duplicate
(not a copy) of the selection in the writable bin. The original item is not removed from the
locked bin. This operation is the equivalent of duplicating a selection and then drag the
duplicate to another bin.
• You cannot move a bin that is locked by another user.
• If you modify a locked bin, your Avid editing application does not let you save the bin to the
same name, but it lets you save the bin to another name. However, this causes duplicate bin
IDs and might cause system-level conflicts with the contents of the two bins. Your Avid
editing application sees the duplicate contents of these bins and resolves the conflicts by
newest modifications.
Avoid creating duplicate bins when you modify a locked bin. If you do create a duplicate
bin, you should manually merge the changes into the original bin and delete the duplicate
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 don’t overwrite changes to the bin.
Limitation When Using the Shared Bin Lock Icon
Occasionally, when two editors attempt to open a shared bin at the same time, both editors get
the green lock icon. However, only one editor really has the lock, and that editor's machine name
appears beside the bin name in both Project windows.
Both editors can modify their copies of the bin, but only the editor that controls the lock, as
indicated in the Project window, can save that bin. The other editor is warned that the bin is
locked but is allowed to save a copy of the changed bin.
Avid recommends that you use the “Save Bin Copy As...” button and continue working.