storing footage

[marthwmaster]

Is it possible to put all of my ripped footage in separate folders within the same main folder, to keep it organized? I seem to recall there was a problem with this, but it could have just been a mistake I was making.

If this is not possible, what are some techniques you guys use to keep it all organized?

[mirkosp]

I don't think there's any problem with that. I personally have one main folder for a series, and then use a subfolder for every DVD. But really, you're free to organize it as you prefer. Sometimes keeping files directly on desktop can give issues, or so I recall reading somewhere on this forum a couple years ago, but that's about all I know as far as footage location is concerned.

[Panky]

I don't think there's any problem with that. I personally have one main folder for a series, and then use a subfolder for every DVD. But really, you're free to organize it as you prefer. Sometimes keeping files directly on desktop can give issues, or so I recall reading somewhere on this forum a couple years ago, but that's about all I know as far as footage location is concerned.

Maybe it's some kind of reference to the fact that having huge size files on desktop could lag the computer a bit, since it's refreshing almost all the time. I sincerely doubt this because size shouldn't do any kind of harm though.
And the same that he said, there isn't any problem in archiving footage in different folders.

[Zarxrax]

The only thing you need to be careful about is moving files around after you have been working with them. D2V or AVS files might use absolute paths, so they could stop working if you move the files that they point to. It's easy enough to recreate them though.

[Kariudo]

Or you can just edit the d2v file in notepad or something to reflect the change in the path (if you're using absolute paths)

[Kanti13]

The only thing you need to be careful about is moving files around after you have been working with them. D2V or AVS files might use absolute paths, so they could stop working if you move the files that they point to. It's easy enough to recreate them though.

Whenever I move something (purposefully), when I open a project I will get a 'missing file' or 'media offline' prompt and just tell the program where you put it and it will be redirected. If I move an entire folder with multiple files in use then when I specify a new location for one it will automatically find the rest too (Vegas and Adobe). I used be really worried about moving stuff until I realized that.
I keep my anime archived and on my external hard drive (occasionally I'll have to move something I'm using to a different hard drive for space).

[mirkosp]

The only thing you need to be careful about is moving files around after you have been working with them. D2V or AVS files might use absolute paths, so they could stop working if you move the files that they point to. It's easy enough to recreate them though.

Whenever I move something (purposefully), when I open a project I will get a 'missing file' or 'media offline' prompt and just tell the program where you put it and it will be redirected. If I move an entire folder with multiple files in use then when I specify a new location for one it will automatically find the rest too (Vegas and Adobe). I used be really worried about moving stuff until I realized that.
I keep my anime archived and on my external hard drive (occasionally I'll have to move something I'm using to a different hard drive for space).

The problem is that if the d2v and avs are using absolute paths, you'll have to manually edit each d2v and avs to reflect the change of location, otherwise when you edit you'll just get black files with a "Couldn't open file X" written in red.

[Mister Hatt]

You usually need to edit even with relative paths, seeing as moving an index or source will still move where it is relative to your script unless a common higher directory is the focus of the move.