09-14-2007, 01:52 PM
> What about a workflow where I just capture all this footage on a mac drive as normal,
> then get it onto another PC formatted drive after the shoot?
That's the way I'd do it.
As for your multiple partition-scheme, I haven't done it, myself, on multiple partitions the way that you're planning, but from my own experience I think that it should work. It seems needlessly complicated, though.
A few other thoughts...
Are you familiar with the ways of making FAT 32 volumes from a Mac?
You know to keep well under the 4GB file-size limit on a FAT 32 volume?
My cross-platform headaches usually come from missing codecs and editors who don't know how to deal with files that look unfamiliar. Have you confirmed that your codec choices will be acceptable for the Avid editor (preferably by speaking to the editor, himself)?
You might want to do the client a courtesy and get rid of .DS_Store files and resource files before handing over the drive(s).
I can think of a few things that could get messed up when/after you hand off the stuff to the client. I don't suppose that you could just try a sample before committing to it, huh? Either way, keep a complete backup for yourself.
> then get it onto another PC formatted drive after the shoot?
That's the way I'd do it.
As for your multiple partition-scheme, I haven't done it, myself, on multiple partitions the way that you're planning, but from my own experience I think that it should work. It seems needlessly complicated, though.
A few other thoughts...
Are you familiar with the ways of making FAT 32 volumes from a Mac?
You know to keep well under the 4GB file-size limit on a FAT 32 volume?
My cross-platform headaches usually come from missing codecs and editors who don't know how to deal with files that look unfamiliar. Have you confirmed that your codec choices will be acceptable for the Avid editor (preferably by speaking to the editor, himself)?
You might want to do the client a courtesy and get rid of .DS_Store files and resource files before handing over the drive(s).
I can think of a few things that could get messed up when/after you hand off the stuff to the client. I don't suppose that you could just try a sample before committing to it, huh? Either way, keep a complete backup for yourself.