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Using Videotapes for Archiving and Restoring Media Files To delete P2 files on a local drive when working in the Avid editing application: 1. In a bin, select the clips you want to delete. 2. (Option) Right-click and select Unlock Bin Selection. 3. Press the Delete key. The Delete dialog box opens. 4. Select Delete master clips and Delete associated media files. 5. Click OK. Using Videotapes for Archiving and Restoring Media Files You can archive to videotape the source media associated with sequences, master clips, subclips, and group clips. Archiving the source media to videotape is similar to recording a digital cut, except that you can reedit the sequence after you restore it. n The archive to videotape process is not available with progressive media projects. You can use the archiving process to: • Archive completed projects that you can restore at a later date if you need to reedit the project. • Provide more space on the media drives for a new project. • Create backups of your project files. • Move a project to another workstation. When you archive a project, the source media files are archived to videotape, and then you save the project files. For information about saving the project files, see “Backing Up Your Project Information” in the Help. You can reconstruct your project with the archived files and your source tapes. n The media files experience generation loss when the media is archived and restored because the target videotape format might include some compression. The archiving process divides the archive into multiple archive sequences based on the lengths of the available videotapes. The archiving to videotape process adds handles to the new clips that allow you to reedit the sequence after you restore the media files from the videotape. 261
