Grass Valley K2 AppCenter v.7.2 - Manual (Page 121)

05 April 2010 K2 AppCenter User Manual
121
Working with assets
Erasing a clip's unused media
In Summit, you can use the Consolidate Media feature to delete unwanted material
from trimmed clips, subclips, programs or playlists. Although similar to the Erase
Unused Media feature in K2 and M-Series systems, there are some differences in how
material is handled. The following table describes the similarities and differences.
NOTE: One second of media is retained (for editing) before and after the trimmed
clip, subclip, program or playlist.
When you consolidate media, the links between the assets are also removed.
To consolidate media:
1. Select the clip in the asset list.
2. Right-click on the asset and select
Consolidate Media
.
A Consolidating message box appears.
NOTE: To verify that the media has been consolidated, you can check the file size in
the V:\ drive.
After consolidating media, the following is true:
When using...
K2 or M-Series
Erase Unused Media Summit
Consolidate Media
Trimmed clips
(Media not referenced by any
subclip, program, or playlist) Any unused storage is released;
the media outside the in/out
marks is erased. No effect; nothing is erased.
Subclips, programs, or
playlists With the Erase Unused Media
feature, the source clip and the
subclip both reference the same
media. Unused media is not
erased from a subclip unless
the source clip has first been
deleted manually. With the Consolidate Media
feature, the subclip media is copied
from the source material. Once you
have consolidated the media, you
can manually delete the source
media; the subclip is not affected.
Consolidating the media also
removes the links to the assets.
Note: before consolidating media,
make sure you have enough storage
for the newly copied material.