User Manual

Working with Bins and Projects in an Avid Shared Storage Environment

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Drive Filtering in Networked Workflows

The Drive Filtering and Indexing tab of the Media Creation Settings dialog box includes three

options:

• Filter by Resolution

• Filter by System Drive

• Filter by Launch Drive

Depending on the version of your Avid editing system, the drive filtering options could be on or

off by default. Avid recommends that all drive filtering options should be on by default.

Any project brought into a networked workflow that was created with any of the filtering

selections off might have problems with networked media creation, such as “Audio and/or Video

Mixdown” and “Send To Playback,” because their Media Creation Settings are still configured

for standalone usage.

There are several ways to work around this issue. First, adjust the drive filtering settings when

you switch environments. You can open the Media Creation Setting and switch the drive filtering

settings or create multiple Media Creation Settings and switch the active setting whenever you

shift environments. If you always work in an environment that differs from the defaults, you can

create a Media Creation setting that fits your workflow and add it to your Site Settings so you

create new projects with the desired defaults. For more information, see “Using Site Settings” on

page 1347.