Hi,
I now have finalized my first serious documentary film on Vegas that will be delivered to a broad (but private) audience. There will be a sequel (part two), and maybe a somewhat shorter edited version to be published later.
My project started small, but finally contains lots of SD and HD material, as well as more than 150 stills, and both Cinescore generated and other music tracks.
Now I need to archieve my project - and all related files - to one external HD. The material I have used is scattered on two internal, and on one fixed external HD. I would like to copy all files that are included (or used) in the project into one common folder on an external HD. It seems that Vegas does not have such a function built in?! Well - it does not contain ANY such project backup functions.
Does a script exist that automates this function? I believe such a script would be very handy for many of us Vegas users! Would it be possible to control such a function using scripting?
Additionally, it would not hurt at all if the actual project (veg) file also is modified so that the references to the files are changed so that next time you open the (backed up) project (from its new location) they point straight to the files in the new locations. Thus Vegas would not have to search for any missing files.
Is this a crazy idea or what? I tried to search the forum but could not find anything covering this kind of a backup function.
I know, you should keep all your material originally so well organized that it is not scattered in different hiearchies on different drives, but this is just REALITY and what happens when you concentrate on the editing work and not on keeping everything "tidy". Your HD's are probably not better organized than your workdesk, and mine is a mess ;)
Comments invited, as well as a volunteer for writing such a script ;)
Christian
I now have finalized my first serious documentary film on Vegas that will be delivered to a broad (but private) audience. There will be a sequel (part two), and maybe a somewhat shorter edited version to be published later.
My project started small, but finally contains lots of SD and HD material, as well as more than 150 stills, and both Cinescore generated and other music tracks.
Now I need to archieve my project - and all related files - to one external HD. The material I have used is scattered on two internal, and on one fixed external HD. I would like to copy all files that are included (or used) in the project into one common folder on an external HD. It seems that Vegas does not have such a function built in?! Well - it does not contain ANY such project backup functions.
Does a script exist that automates this function? I believe such a script would be very handy for many of us Vegas users! Would it be possible to control such a function using scripting?
Additionally, it would not hurt at all if the actual project (veg) file also is modified so that the references to the files are changed so that next time you open the (backed up) project (from its new location) they point straight to the files in the new locations. Thus Vegas would not have to search for any missing files.
Is this a crazy idea or what? I tried to search the forum but could not find anything covering this kind of a backup function.
I know, you should keep all your material originally so well organized that it is not scattered in different hiearchies on different drives, but this is just REALITY and what happens when you concentrate on the editing work and not on keeping everything "tidy". Your HD's are probably not better organized than your workdesk, and mine is a mess ;)
Comments invited, as well as a volunteer for writing such a script ;)
Christian