Sharing managed media between editors - using FCX lib backups to share projects

Okay, here is my problem...
I started a huge FCX project, hours and hours of XDCAM footage imported and a number of projects created. I imported using managed media option and share with another editor, so we have two complete and separate FCX suites going (with identical media/video clip folders)
Problem is, when he finishes a cut or a project and wants to give it to me to do further work -- there is not way in FCX 10.1.3 to export a project over to me without also exporting the associated media clips. THAT MEANS A 3 HOUR EXPORT, as FCX is sending the 1-hr project plus all the huge media files dealing with that project. Do this a few times a day and you can see the issue.
If I used external media to begin with, the problem would be solved but I didn't as FCX documentation makes it seem as exporting and sharing projects is with managed media easy (managed is the import method Apple seems to prefer).
WELL IT'S NOT EASY SHARING USING MANAGED MEDIA. There is no option as far as I can see, to export a project to someone and have them re-link the media on their own system (export with no associated media). I think several versions of FCX ago, you were able to do this.
So, this makes sharing and exporting projects between two editors even when they are using the same identical media folder on their own individual drives not practical!
Is there a way around this?
I'm wondering if I can use the FCX backups as a way to share projects?
I DON'T WANT TO CONSOLIDATE MY MEDIA, it would take a week.
Any help appreciated.
Moe

Okay, I'll give is a shot.
I tried consolidating a week ago and FCX started doing stuff for like 5 minutes and I stopped the process. Maybe I need to give it a bit more time if it's creating links to all the media. I thought it would somehow move the media, but if it's just generating links that's great and I might have stopped it just before it actually finished the job.
I'll try it.
Thanks.

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Surely this shouldn’t be so difficult! I have a little
LabVIEW program running in the background of PC1. The exe’s task is to collect
and send OPC variables held on a SCADA system and convert them to shared
network variables (as I thought that they would be easy to share over a
network, easier than the nasty OPC and DCOM issues). I have PC2 which runs
measurement studio and I have created a nice test VB program which either
writes or reads the network variables which are on PC1. The PC1 collection
software is working perfectly and when I change the values on the SCADA system
I can see the network variable change on ‘NI Distributed System Manager’. I
When I look at ‘NI Distributed System Manager’ on PC2 I can’t see PC1 on the
list and when I use the basic measurement studio code below to read the network
variable it times out at the TestVariable.connect() line.
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sat on PC1 from PC2 on the network
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Alternatively, the logfile is stored in Twonky's area:
/CacheVolume/twonkymedia/twonkymedia-log.txt
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Restarted iTunes and tested.
Verified iTunes is "Allowed" in each PC's firewall.
Again, I can Home Share between the two wireless PC's but not between either of the wireless PC's and any of the wired PC's. I can Home Share between my iPads and iPhones and either of the two wireless PC's but not with any of the wired PC's. I can Home Share between any of the wired PC's but not between any wired PC and a wireless PC or iOS device.
I hope someone may have had a similar problem and has a fix suggestion. I'm stumped! I have a;so contacked ActionTec and awaiting an answer.

Solution from ActionTec is:
Log into your router.
Click the Advanced icon
Cclick Yes
Click on the IGMP Proxy
Select Disable
Click Apply

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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My home sharing continually fails between mac and apple tv 2.

my home sharing continually fails between mac and apple tv 2, even during watching a movie. I go to the mac to re-turn on home sharing but it is still on. Any tips? I also have to turn off and back on at the mac every time i switch on my apple tv.

Sharing Stopped working again over night.
I went to Apple Support Artical TS2972
As soon as I did this Home Sharing started working
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
Firewall Section
5. Check Firewall Settings
If you have a firewall enabled in your router or computer, make sure that the firewall is not blocking communication between your computers. Home Sharing uses TCP port 3689 and UDP port 5353 to communicate with shared iTunes libraries.
In addition, Apple TV and Mac computers will use port 123 to set the time automatically. Incorrect date and time on either the computer or Apple TV can cause errors for Home Sharing and connections in general.
If you are unsure whether your router has a firewall or the required ports open, test additional devices or another network to help isolate the issue. If the devices tested work on another home network, it is your router or network configuration.
For Mac OS X, you don't have to edit the port addresses, but make sure the firewall in Apple () menu > System Preferences > Security > Firewall are not set to:
Block all incoming connections
Allow only essential services
If you use another security/firewall software on your computer or router, follow this article or contact the manufacturer or check the documentation on how to open TCP ports 123 and 3689 as well as UDP ports 123 and 5353.
It made sense to me, but its still puzzling me after restarting a router would (in my first attempt) resolve the issue for a day. This this time I applied the port forwarding TCP and UDP ports and saved the settings in the DLink DIR-655 and both my iPad2 and iPhone 3GS were now again finding the share. My ATV2 is also now accepting the Share.
Tommorrow will be the true test.

Can I change managed media to external media in FCP 10.1?

I just upgraded to Mavericks and FCP 10.1.1 and I think both are great software so far.
I am working on a documentary with about 250 GB of HD footage. The footage for the project was all on the same external drive where I am saving the Library, and I thought I chose "Leave files in Place" when I imported to save hard drive space.
I have done a lot of keywording, markers, synchronizing clips, color balance tests, etc. though no real timeline editing at this point.
But I discovered today that the Library is huge: ~270 GB. That suggests I imported the media to be "managed media" rather than external. This means the media is taking up twice as much space on the hard drive as it needs to.
Is there a way to remove the imported media from the Library but keep the pointers to the original media and also keep all the keywords, markers, etc. I have already done? I'd like to switch it to "external" rather than "managed" as if I had chosen that when I imported (which I must not have done). But I don't want a new copy of the media files (see Note #1 below), I just want to point back to the source footage on the same disk.
Notes:
I found info about using "Consolidate" and foolishly tried that. Now the Library in question is reduced to ~45 GB and there is a folder I saved the files to that is ~250 GB. So the external drive now has a 45 GB Library, a 250 GB Consolidated files folder and 250 GB of original footage files. I still want to get rid of the duplicates of the original media without losing the keywords, etc.
The footage is well backed up elsewhere (2 copies of the raw footage on separate drives).
Thank you!

Thank you, Luis.
I appreciate your advice but am not clear about a few things.
1.
For some of the clips in the Event Browser, "Reveal in Finder" is greyed out. I did some digging in the "Consolidated" folder in the Finder and confirmed that the three I checked just now are, in fact, there in the "Consolidated" folder and should be accessible from the "Reveal in Finder" (but aren't).
2.
There is no "Show Original" option when I select one of the files in the Finder.
[I'm not sure how the symlink works in Mavericks (or other recent OSXs), but when I "Reveal in Finder" from the Events browser, the items in the "Consolidated" folder are listed with the name in black type and the Date Modified, Size, Kind listings in greyed out text.]
3.
The names of the files that are revealed by "Reveal in Finder" have the date of import into FCPX plus the term "(id)" appended:
for example: "2013-11-15 17_02_44 (id).mov"
I changed the names of the clips in the Event Browser since they had all come in with the default date-time format and I wanted to clarify for myself what the files were (there are 428 files at this point). So that name probably matches what it was originally imported as.
4.
The footage is stored on the hard drive as the raw format recorded by the cameras (a Canon and a Sony). So the original footage is in typically byzantine folder structure.
For the Sony footage it's:
XDCam Raw...>
     BPAV>
          CLPR>
               -03_8354_01>
                    -03_8354_01.MP4
                    -03_8354_01.SMI
                    ... (several other files)
So I'm wondering if FCPX has to import this footage into mangaged media since the source footage is raw.
And I'm uncomfortable deleting the original raw footage (yes it's backed up elsewhere but this is my only local backup).
So I'm back to: Can I save space by changing the currently managed media into external media without duplicating all the media (as I did when I did the "Consolidate" command)?
Or does the raw footage have to be imported and used as managed media since FCPX can't work directly with RAW Sony and Canon footage?

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