Setup guide

The software package that encompasses local management of
media and the transferring of media between Visual Effects
Stone and
Wire
and Finishing workstations. This package is installed
automatically with the application.
In Stone and Wire, a partition (also referred to as “volume”)
is defined as a volume of media storage. When creating a
Partition
project, the Visual Effects and Finishing applications
permanently associate it to one of the available partitions.
This association means that the project inherits the rules and
media preferences of the partition. You can define up to eight
partitions.
Media is said to be managed when the media assets, typically
DPX files, are managed or “owned” by the Visual Effects and
Managed
Media
Finishing application. The application deletes managed media
it no longer needs. All managed media is stored in a Managed
Media Cache.
Unmanaged media refers to media assets that are used by, but
not exclusively owned by, the Visual Effects and Finishing
Unmanaged
Media
application. Soft-imported clips are an example of unmanaged
media. This is relevant in shared access workflows, where
numerous applications are using the same media. Unmanaged
media is used in projects and clip libraries in the same way as
managed media. However, the application does not delete it
when it is no longer needed.
A directory residing on a standard FS volume, to which all
managed media is written. This includes intermediates,
Managed
Media
Cache imported media, captured video, audio, and proxies. Although
the Managed Media Cache can be accessed by standard
operating system tools such as defragmentation and backup
tools, it is not meant to be accessed by any other application
or user than the Visual Effects and Finishing and Wiretap
applications.
The standard filesystem media database plays a central role
in the management of media residing on standard filesystems.
Media
Database
It is responsible for mapping frame IDs to the location of the
media on disk. Database entries are created for all managed
media and soft-imported media. There is one standard
filesystem media database file per volume.
A clip library is a catalog maintained locally by its Visual
Effects and Finishing application. It is used, internally by the
Clip library
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