[Jeremy_Nicholl]

What is people’s archiving strategy for video shot on HDSLRs? I’m trying to put a rational system in place & this is what I’ve come up with:

Archive:
• All the original raw h264 clips from the camera & the separate audio recorder. That way if everything else gets lost, or better transcoders come along in the future, I still have all the basic material to go back to.
• The transcoded ProRes clips that are actually used in the final edit. These are larger than the originals & have had the audio track replaced, so although perhaps not essential, it seems good to keep these for convenience sake.
• The final FCP project file.
• The final video saved as QT movie; ie uncompressed, that can be done later as needed.

And three copies of everything in separate locations.

Does that sound about right? Overkill? Or have I missed anything?

Thanks in advance,

Jeremy Nicholl