Archiving Soft-Imported Clips
 
 
 

There are two ways to archive soft-imported clips:

Archiving files using the linked option significantly reduces the amount of space required for your archived clips. It also alleviates bandwidth when archiving to a VTR. Using Linked mode, you can archive both video and audio files. An archived soft-imported clip has an attached soft-import icon corresponding to the file extension.

To archive a soft-imported clip:

  1. From a clip library, select a soft-imported clip to be archived.
    TipYou can use the Search feature to easily locate all the soft-imported clips in your library. See Searching in an Archive.
  2. Create an archive or open an existing archive.

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    (a) Backup Set box  (b) Archiving Mode box  

  3. Optional: Click Size Estimate to determine the size of material to be archived.
  4. From the Archiving Mode box, select the archiving mode.
    Select: To:
    Stone Write clip to the framestore and archive the content of the media file.
    Linked Archive only the path to the media file.
  5. From the Backup Set box, select the backup set.
    Select: To:
    Compact Maintain a highly organized archive and save space on the device.
    Normal Archive without using a backup set. Entries are archived directly to the table of contents. Source clips remain in play order on tape.
  6. Click Save.