#Compressing video files for archiving archive#

So, let’s look at what the best way to archive video files is. Additionally, P5 Archive displays thumbnails of media and proxy clips for visual browsing. Metadata can either be technical like camera type, lens, and focal length or descriptive, like who is visible in the video.

It should be mentioned that there are other approaches possible like an ingest archive that keeps all raw footage before and during editing to reduce the load on the production storage that only holds the proxies.Īn archive is planned for years or decades to operate and therefore needs additional information, like metadata, to locate files. The production workflow ends with the media archive where all finalized files move to. The video or media archive is the place where all media come together independent of being digitized film, video, photos, audio or projects. If the archive is for Mac, Windows, Linux or popular NAS platforms like QNAP and Synology, NetGear and FreeNAS/TrueNAS, P5 runs on all those platforms. Where a backup overwrites itself after a specified retention time is reached, an archive is usually forever growing. A backup protects ongoing production by keeping a copy of all files. It's the name that the image will use when mounted in macOS.An archive works differently from a backup.

#Compressing video files for archiving iso#

Volume name: It applies to DMG and ISO compression.All files dropped at Keka will be compressed separately, i.e., if you drop two videos, it will result in two compressed files, one for each video. Archive items separately: Disabled by default.If the compressing fails, no files will be deleted. Will delete the input files after they're successfully compressed.

Delete file(s) after compression: Disabled by default.

Creates archives that look clean in non Mac systems, such as Linux or Windows.

Exclude Mac resource forks: Enabled by default.

Usually results in faster and with higher ratio compression, but if you intend to edit the compressed file later, the process will be slower. Note that extracting a file will give Keka file access to the extraction folder. For detailed instructions, take a look at the Sandbox - Customization page. The 'Next to original file' option needs file access to work without a save/open panel. Keka is sandboxed since version 1.1.0 and thus it requires explicit file access.

#Compressing video files for archiving portable#

You can enable AES-256 zip encrypted files with a command, but those files will be less portable since there's not much support in OSs yet.

Compressed files in Zip format will be encrypted using Zip 2.0.

Compressed files in 7z format will be encrypted using AES-256.

This option is not available on Zip since the encryption is applied per file.

If you're compressing in 7z format, you can choose to encrypt the filenames or not with the Encrypt filenames check, that is enabled by default.

#Compressing video files for archiving password#

In 7z and Zip formats, just set the password you like in the Password and Repeat fields, see the padlock close, and you're set. If you want to share important information or just, like me, are a freak of security, you'll need to encrypt your compressed files. Just choose an item from the split list or set your wanted size, being it in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes or terabytes. It is still used for some purposes, with very big files, and Keka can split files.

#Compressing video files for archiving download#

It was very common in the early internet days to split big files to upload them easily to internet servers and for clients to download them more securely. Depending on the type and size of the files you're compressing, changing to a higher compression method will result in substantially more little files. The more compression level you set, the more time the process will take. You can set the method of compression using the slider, from no compression (for packaging purposes) to maximum compression.

Drag and drop to the Keka icon in the dockĮxamples Drag and drop some files to the Keka windowĭon't forget you have a secondary option in the Keka window, which can be useful for compressing already compressed filesĪlso you can drag and drop to the Keka icon in the dock.

Drag and drop some files to the Keka window.