Is Media Manager broken?

Never tried using media manager before but it doesnt appear to operate correctly.
Yesterday I tried using it on one project. It would create new clips in the target directory fine, but would not delete the original files and clear the disk space. The summary bars showed "Modified" as the reduced amount, but after it finished the "Original" files still remained, in addition to the new modified files. Isn't it supposed to delete the original files and clear the disk space?
Today I tried it on a different project and now it will only create copies of the original files but they are not reduced. The summary section only shows original and modified as the same amount.
what is the magic combo to getting this app to delete unused data? I have tried all options including copy, move, use exisiting, and recompress but the summary doesn't change the qty amount. Also have checked and unchecked "delete unused media" and there is no difference. Tried selecting the bin file, bin sequence, the timeline file, the timeline sequence (all files), set in/outs, cleared in/outs. What else can I do?
I am using FCP 2 6.0 on OSX 10.4.9.
I would appreciate any guidance you can give.
td

My experiencie with Media Manager:
I wanted to make small independent clips from a long master clip starting from subclips, using "Use exsisting", etc. Recommended workflow acording to FCP manual.
Well, it worked when I did the subclips marking in and outs in the master clip, then selecting "modify", "make sublcip".
After the process, I had the orginal quicktime file broken into a couple of smaller files. What I wanted.
But...
If I make my subclips using markers, and then convert those markers into subclips (taking them to a different bin, for example), the process just doesn´t work. It doesn´t do anything.
I have tested this several times.
With subclips made the first way, it works (really slow, btw). With subclips made the second way, it doesn´t.
Media Manager is very unpredicteble. I still don´t trust it for long projects.
Flavio.

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Media Manager: What features do work? What doesn't?

Hi,
For those people for whom the media manager works, what works? What doesn't? What version of FCP and MacOS are you using?
I've just spent the last several hours trying to reconnect clips by hand after FCP 5.0.4 crashed while using the Media Manager to consolidate Media Files into one folder (from the manual volume 4 pg 104-105) for archiving. I am beginning to despair. Luckily I've done this after writing out what should be the final version of my project to DVD, so if I can't succeed, as long as I don't need to edit anything I should be ok.
I can tell you what's not working for me: the workflow of capture-now an entire miniDV tape to disk. I've tried many different approaches, and everything seems broken. I am using Mac OS X 10.3.9 and FCP 5.0.4.
Specifically the aspects of Media Manager which are broken for me:
1) (page 103) Removing Portions of Media Files after creating subclips. "A common logging and capturing workflow involves capturing each tape to a single media file, breaking the master clip into subclips, and then using the Media Manager to create individual media files for each subclip."
That is just plain broken. Even when I delete the master file as recommended, it does not break up the media file into individual files for the subclips. I've seen that problem referenced here before. Creating subclips from the subclips and removing subclip limits gives me the entire 1 hr tape again, when all I want is the smaller portion which does not cross DV start/stop boundaries.
Talking with a creative helper at the Palo Alto Apple store I learned that if you don't delete any media between clips, it doesn't make a file break. I have not tested that, instead I used the alternate workflow he proposed of selecting my subclips (created from the markers made with DV start/stop detect) ctrl-click -> batch export, item settings: make movie self contained. Unfortunately, I discovered the hard way that that workflow introduces errors in the time code, making recapturing the project to reconstruct it impossible.
2) Consolidating Media Files into one folder (pg 104-105) - This is also broken and caused FCP to quit unexpectedly. Both the source and destination disk had enough disk space to hold two or more copies of the entire project. What's worse, although I've been able to reconnect most of the clips created using the batch export process menioned above, some of them complain that they need the complete 1-hr clip to play properly. Those clips were deleted weeks ago, and I was able to edit and work on the project successfully without them. Why are they needed now? The small clips do appear on disk, I can see them but they won't play without the long file.
Nothing I've tried with the media manager has worked. Has anything worked for you? I'm especially interested if you use the "capture now" feature to capture 1-hr tapes and log later.
Thanks,
--Beth
Dual 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 2 MB L3 cache per processor Mac OS X (10.3.9) 2 GB DDR SDRAM

I use MM all the time, but only for certain things. I can share some observations:
If you are using MM to "Create Offline - Remove Unused", the original media all needs to be present in order for the unused media to be removed from the offline clips MM creates. This is they way I use MM all the time - capturing long clips at RT or DV quality, and then removing unused media with MM, recapturing at high quality.
I might try to use MM to copy media used in a certain sequence, but I would never try to move the media in a way that would automatically remove or alter any of my already captured media. If FCP crashed in the middle of the operation (perhaps it hits a file with incorrect permissions) your media will be half-moved, and some of the media might get corrupted. I have reassembled a few projects like this for friends and it was not easy.
Speed adjusted clips - I still see TC issues every now and then when using MM on speed-adjusted clips - here is my workaround: I go through my edited sequence and pick out as many of the speed-adjusted clips as I can find, copying and pasting them into a new sequence, where I remove the speed adjustments. I include this new sequence in my selection when I initiate MM, this creates new master clips for the speed-adjusted material that are guaranteed to come up with the correct in and out points. If during my re-assembly I find that and of these clips have a problem, I know there will be enough media in the master clip to replace the speed-adjusted media without having to log and capture a new clip.
One major bug in MM I have found with FCP5 is that when using MM to convert a DV sequence to an Uncompressed offline sequence, any graphics or animation movie files (animation codec) can no longer be rendered at full quality without replacing them one by one. My last project had 70 of these files in a 1-hour program.

Bullseye Media Manager

Hello,
I just finished a working version of a media manager I use for my personal account to handle my music and pictures collection. I decided to published it on AUR as I assume it might interest some people.
It's a python app with several modules.
Here's a little sum up of what it is about :
Music module
- Inspired by Amarok 1.4 and Exaile
- Library browser show rating sum, playcount sum and burn factor by node (artist, album, track, etc...). Burn factor is high if you've listened a lot to a few tracks of a node.
- Advanced queue managment with several flags to apply on queued tracks :
Stop flag : Once the player is done playing this track it will stop global playback
Temp jump : Once the player is done playing the current track, it will play this track and then go back where it left
Perm jump : Once the player is done playing the current track, it will play this track and then continue playback from here
Bridge source : Once the player is done playing this track, it will move to the bridge dest of this bridge source (if there is one)
Bride dest : Tells that this track is where the matching bridge source will lead when listened
- Passive filters : hide tracks you do not want to see by showing only those matching filters, useful if you have a large collection and at some point just listen to a few tracks. Can be seen as content view modes.
- Session saving/loading
- Last.fm scrobbling with offline cache support
- Function to sync playcounts with Last.fm account
- Function to import ratings from another Bullseye database (including BullseyeDroid)
Other modules (pictures, videos, and later custom)
- Manages files based on what there are and not just where they are on the disk
Basically, what you have to do with these modules is creating categories (~ based on subject form) and universes (~ based on subject content). Then after Bullseye has scanned indexed folders for new files, you load some of these files and drag and drop them in the matching categories / universes. You can create an arborescence of categories and universes. For example, I can create the root category "Characters" and a sub-category "Warriors" to it. I can also create a root universe "Dragon Ball" and a sub-universe "Piccolo" to it. Then if I have a picture of the warrior character Piccolo from Dragon Ball, I'll load it and drag and drop it in "Warriors" and "Piccolo". This picture will then matches the criteria "Characters", "Warriors", "Dragon Ball" and "Piccolo".
- Can move every indexed files to a proper structure. If you just download and copy files, search for them in Bullseye then add them in the proper category and universe, it will work. But it will be a real mess on disk. Bullseye can move every indexed files to a proper structure on disk, based on categories, universes or both.
- Function to check for doubloons
- Video & Music module support multiple backends : GStreamer, VLC, Phonon and MPlayer (not there right now)
Music module browser and flags demo : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5114mLWhQ
Categories & Universes management introduction with pictures module : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3i1plNSpsg
Gtk2 package : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=58903
Qt4 package : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=58905
Theses versions are not really polished but should work quite properly (but they probably contain bugs since no one has used them except me).
Thanks for any feedback.
Last edited by Piccolo (2012-05-21 16:38:03)

Qt Version was broken, and wasn't loading the database (thus no music was showing).
My vim setup trims extra whitespace from files, so I created a diff that ignores white space to allow a cleaner application of the patch:
diff --git a/qt/gui/menubar.py b/qt/gui/menubar.py
index 495b484..0d1189f 100644
--- a/qt/gui/menubar.py
+++ b/qt/gui/menubar.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class MenuBar(QtGui.QMenuBar):
def checkForNewFiles(self):
progressNotifier = self.core.statusBar.addProgressNotifier()
- self.core.BDD.checkForNewFiles(progressNotifier)
+ self.core.db.checkForNewFiles(progressNotifier)
def loadModuleMenus(self, module):
As a side note, there seems to be a lot of differences between the gtk and qt versions. Aside from potentially not having qt installed, is there a reason to maintain two versions? Alternatively, i wonder if it would make since to separate the project into a library and the gui's which implement the library (kind of like xmms and mpd do)? These are just ramblings, so feel free to ignore this part of my reply. the important part is the patch. :-)
edit:
If the above didn't apply cleanly, try this instead:
diff --git a/qt/gui/menubar.py b/qt/gui/menubar.py
index 495b484..0d1189f 100644
--- a/qt/gui/menubar.py
+++ b/qt/gui/menubar.py
@@ -9,22 +9,22 @@ class MenuBar(QtGui.QMenuBar):
self.core = parent
QtGui.QMenuBar.__init__(self, parent)
toolsMenu = QtGui.QMenu(_('&Tools'))
+
toolsMenu.addAction(_('Check for new files'), self.checkForNewFiles)
toolsMenu.addAction(_('Settings'), self.openSettings)
self.addMenu(toolsMenu)
+
parent.moduleLoaded.connect(self.loadModuleMenus)
+
for module in self.core.loadedModules:
self.loadModuleMenus(module)
+
+
def checkForNewFiles(self):
progressNotifier = self.core.statusBar.addProgressNotifier()
- self.core.BDD.checkForNewFiles(progressNotifier)
+ self.core.db.checkForNewFiles(progressNotifier)
+
+
def loadModuleMenus(self, module):
if(module == 'pictures' or module == 'videos'):
pictures = QtGui.QMenu(_(module[0].capitalize() + module[1:]))
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ class MenuBar(QtGui.QMenuBar):
pictures.addAction(_('Check for doubloons'), self.core.managers[module].containerBrowser.checkForDoubloons)
pictures.addAction(_("Move to UC structure"), lambda: self.moveToUCStructure(module))
pictures.addSeparator()
+
panelGroup = QtGui.QActionGroup(self)
+
browserMode = settings.get_option(module + '/browser_mode', 'panel')
panes = pictures.addAction( _('Multi-panes'), lambda: self.core.managers[module].setBrowserMode('panes'))
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class MenuBar(QtGui.QMenuBar):
if(browserMode == 'panes'):
panes.setChecked(True)
panes.setActionGroup(panelGroup)
+
panel = pictures.addAction(_('All in one panel'), lambda: self.core.managers[module].setBrowserMode('panel'))
panel.setCheckable(True)
if(browserMode == 'panel'):
@@ -56,61 +56,61 @@ class MenuBar(QtGui.QMenuBar):
self.core.BDD.reloadCovers(progressNotifier)
music = QtGui.QMenu(_('Music'))
music.addAction(_('Reload covers'), reloadCovers)
+
+
self.addMenu(music)
+
def moveToUCStructure(self, module):
dialog = modales.UCStructureHelper(module)
folder = dialog.exec_()
if folder != None:
self.core.managers[module].containerBrowser.moveToUCStructure(folder)
+
def openSettings(self):
dialog = modales.SettingsEditor()
dialog.exec_()
+
class StatusBar(QtGui.QStatusBar):
def __init__(self):
QtGui.QStatusBar.__init__(self)
+
def addProgressNotifier(self):
notifier = ProgressNotifier(self)
notifier.done.connect(self.removeNotifier)
self.addWidget(notifier)
return notifier
+
def removeNotifier(self):
notifier = self.sender()
self.removeWidget(notifier)
class ProgressNotifier(QtGui.QProgressBar):
+
valueRequested = QtCore.Signal(int)
pulseRequested = QtCore.Signal()
done = QtCore.Signal()
+
def __init__(self, statusBar):
QtGui.QProgressBar.__init__(self)
self.statusBar = statusBar
self.valueRequested.connect(self.setValue)
self.pulseRequested.connect(self.doPulse)
+
def doPulse(self):
self.setRange(0, 0)
+
def emitDone(self):
self.done.emit()
+
def pulse(self):
self.pulseRequested.emit()
+
+
def setFraction(self, val):
val *= 100
if(self.maximum != 100):
self.setMaximum(100)
self.valueRequested.emit(val)
+
The difference is that whitespace edits aren't ignored
Last edited by aspidites (2012-06-07 01:45:21)

Using Media Manager to Cut up Long Media Files

After reading the chapters in the manually quite thouroughly, I still can't make Media Manager to do what I want it to. I need several long media files broken into smaller files, for use in soundtrack pro.
I captured 17 Tapes worth of footage from start to stop, and then logged them and turned individual shots and taks into subclips. After importing each subclip into SoundTack Pro, I realized that it will import the entire original media, and not just the sub clip, thus I decided that I needed to break up all my actual media files, into smaller files. (If there's a way around this, seeing as how working in SoundTrack with an individual Takes audio is my goal, I'd love to hear about it)
So, I tried to use media manager. I set it up with "use existing" media selected, "Delete unsed media from selected clips" selected, "base media files on" set to clip names, and did NOT select duplicate selected clips and place into a new project. I did NOT use handles.
After it was done processing, it did not break the files into individual takes (the way the subclips were made) like I wanted it to. It did break the files down smaller, but it includes multiple takes and multiple shots in each file.
Can someone please point me in the right direction as to what I need to do? Or, if someone can show me a work around for the using subclips in SoundTrack pro (I know this is not the SoundTrack pro Forum) then I would do fine using the clips how they are.
Thanks for your time.

You really need to go to the Final Cut PRO forum.

Quits unexpectedly after using Media Manager / Reconnecting clips

Im having trouble with my project file. I used media manager to seperate all my subclips into independant clips. When it got to 18% it kept telling me that there was a code 12 on a few of the clips and it can't process them, Then it quits. Im sure that it's mucked up some of the clips in the capture scratch. I then opened it again, and it would not open properly, it opened up showe dthe splash screen then closed again inexplicably. All my footage is on my external Lacie, a big one and I transferred it to a small one to see if that would help. It does the same thing and I could not open my project file. I checked with other files, it was def only this one. So I unplugged my external drive and reset capture scratch to the computer HD. It opened fine, but obviously I had to connect my files again. When I did that though the programme crashed again. I have no idea what to do, is it a render file, is it a corrupt file in the capture scratch which Final Cit Pro made out of good files that I had, which is really irritating. I can't continue with my project. I don't understand why it keeps quitting on me. I tried reparing the disc permissions etc. Nothing has worked so far. Any help would be great please!!!

Maybe some of your clips are corrupt. Divide and conquer might be the best approach.
I don't know how much editing you've done, but you could drag some of your clips into a new project and reconnect them, save, then add some more, etc.
WARNING: if you don't have Final Cut 6, then you will find that the linkage between sequences and clips will be broken if you do this. In other words, if you match-frame from a sequence, it won't find the master clip in your bin. Bad news.
So, if you've got some sequences cut, and you're running FCP 5.1 or before, consider moving the sequences to a new project (this will copy them, the old ones will remain) and "Create New Master Clips." Re-link those and add your other material.
You could also re-import material from your media drive, in batches.
If some of your clips are corrupt, you might have to recapture them. "Tools ->Analyze Movie" may be helpful in rooting out bad master clips.
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FIOS Media Manager Video Macroblocking - What format/codec works best?

I watch a video on my PC, crystal clear. I watch the save video in Media Manager, and it is very choppy, grainy, and blocked. I have tried every video format. Does anyone have any advice for overcoming this? Thanks!

You're out of luck, video support is just plain broken in AA3. The beauty is, it was broken in AA2 as well, and they didn't bother to fix it between the releases. Amazing. If I was doing my job the way Adobe do theirs I'd be unemployed by now. So, you either accept AA3 the way it is or go back to AA1.5 where the video playback worked reliably. Or use some other software for audio-for-video purposes.

Media Manager does not work

I have an 8700C. I installed Blackberry Desktop Manager V4.6.0.12 and I have V4.2.1.96 (Platform 2.3.0.79) OS installed on my device. When I go into the Media icon in Desktop Manager I have a split screen with Media Manager on the left and Blackberry Media Sync on the right. The Start button for Media Manager is grayed out. I installed Media Sync, was told to install iTunes, and then told my device is not supported for Media Sync. I have not been able to get Media manager to work since Desktop Manager version 4.1 or 4.2.

Hi and welcome to the forums,
I would recommend doing a clean uninstall of the DN v.6 with Media Manager,using the following:
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB02206&sliceId=SAL_Pub...
Reboot the PC, and download and install DM 4.6 without the media manager. If you search the forums you will see that media manager is not very stable. Personally I use the drag and drop method through Windows (must have media card installed,) very quick and efficient.
Media sync is compatible with your phone and can be downloaded as a separate program here:
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/features/media/mediasync.jsp
Media sync does work well with your music management. However, Itunes with DRM are not able to be transferred to the Blackberry.
Please let me know if you need any assistance!
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Media Manager does not appear on my second stb

I downloaded Verizon Media Manager and installed it without problems. When I checked my HD stb the program is listed and I could use it. I do not have any kind of recorder on the network. When I check my non HD stb the VMM does not appear. This is the unit I want to use as it will allow me to play music through the home theater sound system.
So, am I limited because I do not have a recorder or does the feature not work on non HD stb? If this is the case, I might as well delete the program from my PC.
Solved!
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Hi. I apologize for the inconvenience. Unfortunately at this time, the standard def STBs do not work with Media Manager. It doesn't have to be a DVR, but the stb has to be an HD box. If you do not wish to upgrade the STD box at this time and depending on your setup, you can always swap the STBs and move the media manager functionality to where you want it.

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I've locked picture on a 90 minute feature and I'm trying to export the sequence to an external drive so our colorist can do the grading.
The camera original footage came from various Canon DSLRs. Some of the footage was transcoded (Pro Res 422 HQ) off site and delivered to me. But most of the footage, I transcoded myself, using log and transfer.
I highlight the sequence I want to export in the FCP browser, then right click, but when I click “Media Manager”, nothing happens. The little icon spins for a split second, then nothing.
The same thing happens if I try to open Media Manager from the top menu. Nothing. Won’t open.
Everything in the timeline plays just fine. Exporting the timeline as a self-contained or reference file works without any problem.
It seems Media Manager doesn't like certain clips in the timeline.
I went through the timeline one clip at a time and started to compare the clips MM had a problem with versus those it didn't have a problem with.
It seems the offending clips are all clips that were created in DualEyes, off site, to sync second system audio.
Clips that I synched here, on site, using PluralEyes, do not offend Media Manager.
I don't know that this matters, but...
The offending DualEyes-created files that were created off site include a single, merged file - a video track and three audio tracks (a pair of tracks from the second system audio, and a single track from the camera mic that was used for reference).
One last thing I tried to confirm it was the created-off-site DualEyes files that were keeping MM from working...
I imported two files, residing in the same folder on the HD.
File A had been synched using DualEyes. It has a video track and three audio tracks (one from camera mic, two from second system audio).
File B had not been synched (an MOS take). It has a video track and two audio tracks (camera mic).
I laid both clips in the timeline, next to each other.
If I right click on File A and then click Media Manager, I get an "Error 34" message.
If I right click on File B and then click Media Manager, Media Manager opens normally.
Any idea what's going on here? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'm running...
Final Cut Pro 6.0.6
2.4GHz 8-Core MacPro
6 GB RAM
OSX 10.6.8
8TB G-Tech esPRO RAID 5 (4.8 TBs used)
Cheers,
Jeffrey

I have no idea why this problem is occuring, but you might try deleting the audio from your sequence before doing the media manage. You could then copy a mixed down track to the media managed sequence if you want audio reference.
Also, select one of the problematic clips and hit command-9 (clip settings) and tell us the settings for the clip.

Creating a new project with media manager

This one should be obvious but I can't quite figure it out: I used media manager to recompress my project into a smaller one. Media manager did a nice job with that and placed all the files into a new folder BUT - where is the actual project file?? If I use the actual fcp project file from the original- the settings are all different and it told me that some media files are missing or too short. Doesn't media manager create a new project file that works with the new recompressed files that it just created??

BUT - where is the actual project file??
When you have decided on the settings in Media Manager and then tell it to do the job, the first thing you see is a dialog asking where to save the project file. Use Spotlight to search for it.
If that doesn't turn anything up, start MM again, it might have remembered the last Save location.

Error message when trying to use vcast media manager

I recently downloaded the VCast Media Manager but have been unable to transfer any media from my computer or from my Thunderbolt. I tried signing in to VCast Media Manager on my phone and received an error message:
Server Problem
Abnormal situation code: err_conn/ont-api-vip.newbay.com
Unsure where to go from here. Thanks for any suggestions.

Hello,
Thank you Community Members for providing a troubleshooting tip. It is very much appreciated. First, you want to make sure that your system meets the minimum requirements, which can be viewed at the link below:
VCAST Media Manager Specs
Next, uninstall the VCAST application and reboot your computer.
Then, disable your firewall and antivirus program and download the VCAST Media Manager application again, which can be found at the web link below:
VCAST Media Manager
If you are still having trouble with this service, it will be necessary to contact our Technical Support team directly. Please call 1-800-922-0204, option 3, from an alternate phone and be in front of your computer if you need to call.
Thank you.
KellyW@VZWSupport

BB 8330 Media Manager, Media Sync hanging - not connecting...

(I just know this is treated in depth somewhere but after a couple of hours of searching, I can't find it so appologies in advance...)
I have a BB 8330 from Verizon running v4.5.0.77 - no media card.
Using Device Manager, the:
Driver version is: 4.1.0.4
Driver Node Strong Name is: oem25.inf:RIM:RimUsb.Device.NT:4.1.0.4:usb\vid_0fca&pid_8004&mi_00
Windows thinks the driver is up to date.
I am running Desktop Manager v4.7.0.32[Nov 4 2008]
When I launch DM, I can successfully Back up my BB.
On my Vista PC - When I attempt to launch Media Manager 9, it has found the files in the Library but it goes into a wierd loop where it keeps seeing the F: drive and then removes it and then resets and then sees it again - forever (or at least for the day that I left it in that loop)
I loaded the DM on another PC running XP and observe a similar behavior - it's not quite as zippy so it just looks more like a hang
To try something different, I downloaded Media Sync v2.0.0.22 and, when the BB is connected, I get the error: "BlackBerry Media Sync failed to connect to your BlackBerry device. Click Retry to try again or Cancel to disconnect." - I get the same error with and without the DM running.
Something seems sort of hinky in that, while my BB is plugged in on my Vista system, occassionall I get the lights flashing on my keyboard like someting is resetting the USB every few minutes (unrelated Vista crap?).
Please help...
Message Edited by lgrothe on 05-28-2009 11:36 AM

You are going to want to get a media card if planning to add music-ringtones-pictures-videos. Don't want to use up device memory. It'll go fast.
IrwinII
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It's official! Media Manager is a POS!

I've only had a BlackBerry since early July of this year but I've finally come to the conclusion that Roxio's Media Manager that is bundled with the main application is a buggy POS! The program only seems to open the first time after I've first installed it, if I try to open it up again after that...forget it...it won't open! I'm always having to uninstall and reinstall to be able to use it. I'm now officially taking it off my computer. Why is RIM using this crappy software?

Roxio Media manager works perfectly fine for many people, and is a POS for others. I guess RIM lets it inside the DM so that the first category of people can still enjoy using it's features.
As far as I am concerned, I don't use it. I use my Blackberry device as an external card reader and can drag'n'drop all my media files on my device, by just using the Explorer in Windows.
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/board/message?board.id=BlackBerryDesktopSoftware&thread.id=3...
The search box on top-right of this page is your true friend, and the public Knowledge Base too:

Should I partition my external hard drive for FCPX media management?

Is there any benefit to creating partitions on a single external hard drive for media management purposes?
My thoughts were to divide a 1tb external firewire drive into 3x 300gb slices and leave 100gb as "free space".
Each partition would be dedicated to at least 1 active event + project (using FCPX terms) that I am editing.
My thinking on this is that when dealing with the source media + event database, OSX/FCPX will only work on the partition that has been improving read/write speed.
I could easily be wrong about this.

In my view there is no point in partition the drive. You are wasting space and speed. Events are segregated in the FCP folder structure. There is no need to to it with partitions.

Where is the Media Manager in Desktop 6.0.0.40 ??????

Last night the BlackBerry Desktop Manager wanted to do an update. I've done these updates in the past so I thought it would be safe.
This new version - 6.0.0.40 (Released August 3, 2010 Bundle 42) does not have the Roxio Media manager. I have to be able to copy files between the BlackBerry file system and my PC. Not just from the music, pictures and video directories. I have files in other locations of the file system for my application.
Paul

I too had the same problem not being able to access any of my files in device memory after upgrading to DM6. Mass storage device is turned on. I posted this issue on Aug 12 with no reply from RIM/BB with a fix. I therefore was forced to reinstall DM5 with Roxio Media Manager and can once again access all my files on my device and move them around. Now I have two DM'S running on my desktop. As I stated in my post, I'm not impressed with DM6 at all! Why release something that doesn't work? In my opinion it's a downgrade!

Is Media Manager broken?

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