Avid is known for being reliable when it comes to keeping track of its media files, but it’s worth checking a few settings when starting a project to keep your media files in the correct location. I often find renders and titles can end up on an editors C or local drive, this can be a hassle on a shared media job as other suites won’t be able to read the media, so sequences have to be re-rendered and titles re-created.  Having a load of Media Files on a computers C drive might also cause drive problems.

1.     Hit the settings tab at the top of the Project window.

2.     Scroll down to Media Creation.

*You can also get to Media Creation under the Tools menu or by pressing Apple 5*

3.     Under the drive Filtering and Indexing tab make sure all 3 boxes are ticked.

This will prevent media being imported, captured or rendered to any drives that can’t handle the selected resolution (Filter Network Drives Based on Resolution). And filter out the System & Launch drives (these are the drives where Avid and your OS are installed – usually the same).

4.     Under Media Creation you can also specify which drives different types of media are stored on. So for example, you might have a Unity Partition that is just for Renders etc.