- New Archive button
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Creates a new archive in the location displayed in the file browser.
- View Content button
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Displays basic information about the contents of the selected archive, in a web browser. This does not open the archive.
- Open Archive button
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Opens the selected archive or device.
- Archive Project button
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Adds the current project to the archive; this includes every Workspace of the project, Shared Folders, as well as Batch and
Desktop when available, and all the setups.
- Commit Pending button
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Commits the Pending queue, either to archive or restore material clips. Nothing is archived or restored until you click this
button.
The folder Pending Restore displays a summary of all that will be restored. The folder Pending Archive displays a summary
of all that will be archived.
- Clear Pending button
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Resets the Pending Archive or Pending Restore queues. Does not delete any material in the archive or in the Media panel, only
clears out the queue.
- Restore Setups button
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Restore all of the setups from the archived project.
Only available when a Project Setups folder is selected in the archive. Project Setups is found at the top level of a project's
archive, along side the Workspace folders.
- Close Archive button
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Closes the archive and returns to the file browser.
File-based Archive Options
- Linked Archive Option box
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Select how archive paths are treated when restoring an archive. Use Archived Path is best used when you are restoring the
archive on the workstation used to create the archive. Select Convert to Local Path in other cases.
- Archive Verification box
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Verify Source Media checks the integrity of the source media before adding it to the archive. In case of missing source media,
the archive proceeds without the clip. Verify Archived Data checks the integrity of the data as it is being written to the
archive: archiving stops as soon as it detects an error.
Verify Source Media validates all the media, which can be time consuming.
- Media Options box
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Select Cache Source Media to copy the media to the archive, using the Cache and Renders settings defined at the creation of
the project; this ensures that your archive is self-contained, but requires the caching of everything that was not cached
at import. Select Archive Links Only to only archive paths to the media; this option requires less space, but does not create
a self-contained archive.
- Cache Source Media
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The media is automatically written to the archive and becomes managed. This ensures that material will not be overwritten
accidentally in the shared storage when you restore the media. When you restore the media, the clips will reside on the local
storage as managed frames.
- Archive Links Only
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Only the path to the media is archived. You can later restore the clip in the original form as unmanaged media, provided the
media resides at the original paths saved with the archive. If the source clip is not found at restore time, it is displayed
as a checkerboard pattern image. 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 Archive Links Only, you can archive both
video and audio files.
- Default Resolutions button
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Legacy option. Opens the Default Resolutions List menu, used by the application to restore legacy archives from Smoke 6.0
and Flame 8.5.
These versions did not store resolutions and associated pixel aspect ratios, and the Default Resolutions table fills that
gap.
Tape Device Options
- Block Size box
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Select Auto-block to use the pre-set block size. Select manual to specify a block size, in bits. Refer to tape device documentation
to set optimal value.
VTR Device Options
- Auto/Manual Start box
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Select Auto Start to have the application rewind the tape and then go forward to try and discover the location of an archive.
Select Manual to enter the start timecode and get to the archive faster.
- Timecode field
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Displays the start timecode. Editable.
- Rewind On Close button
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Rewinds the tape after when the archive is closed.
- Open Mode box
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Select whether to open in read only mode or in read/write mode.
- Engineering button
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Opens the VTR engineering menu.
New Archive Creation Options
- Limit File Size button
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Disable to create an open-ended, one-segment archive file. Enable to partition the archive into manageable segments of the
size specified by the Segment Size box. If the archive ends up being larger than what you entered in the Segment Size field,
its content is split across multiple archive segments.
- Segment Size box
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Select a pre-defined segment size, or define a custom one. Make sure to use a segment size small enough to fit in the specified
destination. Enabled when Limit File Size button is enabled.
