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Backup, Suggestions for Field Workflow, Raylight

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Backup The first step after removing the card from the camera is to WRITE PROTECT THE P2 CARD. Each time a P2 card is removed from a camera, it is notated on the P2 log sheet. The card is then placed in the P2 Store for immediate backup. The P2 Store number is noted as well. The P2 Store creates a clone of the card and all MXF metadata is preserved. This is why the P2 Store should be the first stop. If no other field ingestion is taking place, the P2 card can be safely erased once the cloning process has been completed. An alternative method to archiving on a P2 Store can be done via Final Cut Pro (FCP). From the P2 import screen, control click on a P2 volume and choose archive. This will allow you to name the card appropriately and save it in a destination of your choosing. Suggestions for Field Workflow From a organizational standpoint, I prefer to archive my cards to a Raid 1 drive in the field using a Weibetech SilverSata II drive. This allows for 2 copies of my data to be created at the same time. I then separate the drives and use one to transfer to FCP and one to create offline archives. I will load P2 card clones from the field drive using Log and Transfer. This way I can "stack" as many cards as I have in the Queue and let that process continue in the background. Raylight An alternative to using this method (which requires enough storage for twice the media size) is to use Raylight For Mac from DV Film (http://www.dvfilm.com). Raylight creates Quicktime aliases from the MFX files on your P2 volume. It can scan cards automatically or when you want. This eliminates the Log and Transfer step from FCP. You can go straight into FCP from the hard drive with your archived P2 cards, or from the P2 card itself. 

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Backup
The first step after removing the card from the camera is to
WRITE PROTECT THE P² CARD.
Each time a P² card is removed
from a camera, it is notated on the P² log sheet. The card is then placed in the P² Store for immediate backup. The P² Store
number is noted as well. The P² Store creates a clone of the card and all MXF metadata is preserved. This is why the P²
Store should be the first stop. If no other field ingestion is taking place, the P² card can be safely erased once the cloning
process has been completed.
An alternative method to archiving on a P² Store can be done via Final Cut Pro (FCP). From the P² import screen, control
click on a P² volume and choose archive. This will allow you to name the card appropriately and save it in a destination of
your choosing.
Suggestions for Field Workflow
From a organizational standpoint, I prefer to archive my cards to a Raid ± drive in the field using a Weibetech SilverSata II
drive. This allows for ² copies of my data to be created at the same time. I then separate the drives and use one to transfer
to FCP and one to create offline archives. I will load P² card clones from the field drive using Log and Transfer. This way I
can “stack” as many cards as I have in the Queue and let that process continue in the background.
Raylight
An alternative to using this method (which requires enough storage for twice the media size) is to use Raylight For Mac from
DV Film (
http://www.dvfilm.com
).
Raylight creates Quicktime aliases from the MFX files on your P² volume. It can scan cards automatically or when you want.
This eliminates the Log and Transfer step from FCP. You can go straight into FCP from the hard drive with your archived P²
cards, or from the P² card itself.