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natebayless
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January 16, 2018
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Is the XDROOT folder structure still necessary?

  • January 16, 2018
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Title basically says it all, is keeping the full XDROOT file structure still necessary in this day and age? I do a lot of shooting with an FS7 and I haven't had any issues yet with copying just the .MXF files over without the folder structure into PPro, but is anyone else running into issues doing this with PPro CC v12? I haven't started copying only the .MXF files for most of my projects in case it does become a problem, but I'm wondering if there is any tangible down side to just keeping the .MXF. I've heard that Final Cut needs the full folder structure, but I don't use Final Cut at all (and I guess this is the wrong forum for that anyways!).

Thanks!

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    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    January 16, 2018

    Copy and archive the entire card.  Use the Media Browser for import duties.

    You can't go wrong following that advice.

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    natebaylessAuthor
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    January 17, 2018

    Thanks for the advice, Jim, I know that workflow works without issues, but it doesn't really answer my question. In the past and for some programs that's what we had to do to import this footage, but is that still the case today? Again, I personally haven't run into any issues copying just the .MXF onto my server and drag/ dropping that into Premiere on the few times I've done it, and it does save me some hassle to not have to deal with the full folder structure, but I've been nervous to jump fully to that for every project because there have been issues with that workflow in the past. Is there any evidence that it is still a bad idea to hold onto just the .MXF and delete the rest of the folder structure in this day and age with Premiere v12.0?

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    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    January 17, 2018

    There are times when you can break that rule without issue.  There are times when you can't.

    The only advice I can offer is to not ever break it.  This works in all cases.

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