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138 • Workstation Setup & Administration Guide

Chapter 9 • Managing Your Windows 2000 Workstation

The DS Archives Folder The \DS Archives folder is used by Avid|DS to keep track of archived projects.

The DS Projects Folder The \DS Projects folder contains the projects that you create with Avid|DS.

Each time you create a new project, you are prompted to select a location for

the project folder. Although you may store project folders anywhere on a local

disk, it’s easier to manage projects if they’re all stored in the \DS Projects folder.

The project folder contains the clips and sequences associated with a project.

Each project folder also contains the \System folder.

The \System folder contains the following information:

Source models: These data structures allow Avid|DS to manage the

relationship between clips, sequences, and their media. Each time you capture

media from a new source, Avid|DS creates a corresponding source model,

which tracks the time span, quality, and location of the different media files

captured from that source. When you play back a clip from that source,

Avid|DS consults the appropriate source model to locate the media.

Dsprojectinfo: This file contains information about the project format and

other project preference settings. For more information on project preferences,

refer to Creating a New Project in the Avid|DS User's Guide.

The DSPresets Folder The \DSPresets folder contains presets, which you can use to define effects,

transitions, graphics tools, and so on. The presets that are shipped with

Avid|DS are stored in this folder by default.

Avid|DS also creates a \DSPresets folder in each project folder. This lets you

store user presets that are specific to a particular project with that project. You

can also specify, as part of your user preferences, locations for your own and

shared workgroup presets.

The VideoStorage

Folder

The \VideoStorage folder contains individual folders for each project. Each

folder contains the video media and cache files for that project. Each folder's

name is generated by the software and is based on a unique identification

string (called a GUID) that identifies each project.

•Do not move, delete, or modify the contents of the \System folder.

• Never manually move a project between Avid|DS workstations.

Use the Archive/Restore feature of Avid|DS instead.

• The \System folder should be hidden. To hide specific file types,

choose Options from the View menu in the Windows Explorer.

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