Span projects across DVD

Has anyone come up with a solution for backing up projects to optical media? I can make it work with small projects (DVD-sized or smaller) but anything larger than one disk becomes problematic, since I can't both preserve the project file integrity and span across multiple disks in a filesystem-readable format. Most of my projects, as I suspect yours are too, are more like 10-20 gigs.

The problem (maybe I'm doing something wrong) is that
I want to be able to read the files on the DVD
without reimporting to Aperture. iView can read the
project files, but not once they get split.
That depends on what is doing the backing up - if you use a program that backs up files individually and makes sure they are not split across discs (the only sane way to backup, as it's the only way to be able to recover a backup when the backup software is gone as well!) then iView should be able to see inside things. What backup program are you using?
If I could make "smart projects" that were dvd-sized
and then export those subprojects, I'd be golden, but
this doesn't seem to be possible unless I'm missing
something obvious.
Well a different answer to that is to make "dumb projects" that are roughly the size you want - you can figure a rough estimate by taking the average RAW size and dividing possible DVD storage space by it, and dragging that many RAW files into a project as sets until you have enough projects to hold all your images.
Then instead of using those projects as organizational structures, define all image organization outside of those projects in a folder structure under yet another project holding albums and light tables and so on. You can put images in albums under any project, not just the one they are in.
The downside of that approach is your structure and light tables and things will not be exported automatically with any given project holding actual images, but you could simply back that folder up to DVD along with the many projects you have holding images by exporting the folder/album/light table project which would be very small as it has no images itself and could fit alongside the last image project on a DVD.

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Hi all - I'm actually (believe it or not) starting to feel more comfortable about the idea of archiving Aperture projects now that I know iview can read them. The big question though - is it possible to export projects to span across several DVDs? I can't for the life of me find a way to do this - I thought maybe I could export smart albums, but no-go. Any ideas?
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IDVD has the loop feature under the advanced tab. You can also make the DVD play on insert on the map view menu if you need that.
IDVD is about as easy as you can get.

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I would have EACH DVD begin with a menu. Somebody will insert DVD 2 first no matter how you label things.
Yes, you are right! People just don't want to read, but I'm making an animated menu in AE and it'll take about 300MB (rendered in .mpg). That is what I want to avoid on other DVDs to save some space. You just gave me an idea so I'll make some small menu for other one or two DVDs with just a few informations about what DVD is inserted and what DVD you need to insert if you want to watch something else from that project. Thank you!
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Hi,
I'm trying to burn a Blu Ray project to DVD and I'm getting this message when I try to build the project:
The project is an excerpt from a larger one and contains only 2 video files and no menus. However it's particularly worrying because the project from which this is an excerpt is large and complex. I have created it as a Blu Ray project but my final deliverable is DVD. I really don't want to have to rebuild as a DVD project because it took half a day to link up all of the menus and chapters.
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Thanks for your reply John.
It's extremely frustrating that this is the case. I'd have started with a DVD project in the first place had I not read this: http://helpx.adobe.com/encore/using/building-finished-project.html , specifically the following excerpt:
"You can build the same project to DVD and Blu‑ray formats no matter which format you select in the New Project or Project Settings dialog box. Encore makes the appropriate adjustments to transcode the elements to the correct format."
Reading that gave me the confidence to go ahead and build as a Blu Ray. I now have to find another half day to rebuild the project as a DVD.
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I am on the final stages of finishing my first ever HD project, having made the jump Premiere Pro 2.0 to Premiere CS5. Mid-way thru I found it necessary to upgrade to Creative Cloud, so that is where I am working now. The HD world is so vastly different from the old SD flow that every single step of this project has been a huge learning curve for me. I am basically an 'oldie' but for all practical purposes I am a total 'newbie' at this.
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I am working with footage shot on the Red Epic. At my current stage I am working withh ProRes 444 renders from which I have created a full nested 74 minute timeline. Frame rate is 23.976 and the source is1920x1080 with 1.0 square pixels.
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Thanks, this helps. I am currently encoding the feature for the SD version and will take it into Encore as soon as it is finished.
I think I may bypass the bluray for now and go to my next question, which is:
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How can I save previews for old projects, while burning the project to DVD?

I'll admit, I haven't read the user manual cover to cover (or screen to screen for the electronic version), and haven't spent hours combing the discussions here, but I have searched for all the relevant keywords I can think of and can't find a concise answer to this question.
I get the basic idea of Vaults (I think), but haven't found much info about long term storage of projects. I'm fulltime freelance, but not super busy, and I can easily generate 100,000 images each year. I don't have the cash to be keeping all of these images in Aperture projects on external hard drives for eternity, and I'd be surprised if anyone else does. Good thing I'm not a medium format digital shooter producing 50GB each day huh?
I remember seeing a clip of a photographer 2 or 3 years ago discussing the differences between storing digital and film images. He was making the point that throwing away files you don't think you'll need again can be a mistake, citing a shot he had of Clinton and Lewinsky together, before Clinton and Lewinsky were news. "If I'd been shooting digital, that image wouldn't exist today". It was a great pic, and when that whoel scandal erupted, it made him alot of money.
So at present I'm storing every image I take in finished projects on DVD trusting that in the future I'll be looking for a shot of someone I may have shot 5, 10, 15 years ago.
I caught part of a discussion that talked about keeping the preview files for all the images (and subsequent versions) for each project. I'd love to be able to keep lo-res previews/copies of everything I've shot to date, and have them immediately accessible on my hard drive, while my full size projects are safely stored on DVD, taking up space on a bookshelf rather than on my hard drive. Loading 10 DVD's worth of projects to see what's inside them is a headache I'd like to avoid if possible, in favour of instantly checking out lo-res previews to look a shot up.
Is there an easy way to burn a completed project to DVD, but keep only the (lo res, lo size) previews on my hard drive?
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hello, kiwi
quote: "Is there an easy way to burn a completed project to DVD, but keep only the (lo res, lo size) previews on my hard drive?"
yes.
maybe,...
1. you might think of making DVD backups first prior to importing the photos into Aperture. "Store Files: In their current location" once in Aperture make low rez Previews, and export finished Project.
or,
2. bring in the photographs to hard drive first prior to importing the photos into Aperture. "Store Files: In their current location" once in Aperture make low rez Previews, and export finished Project.
the low rez Previews will stay in Aperture but the high quality Versions will be exported onto DVDs and gone from the hard drive (if you delete the originals).
another way would be to export small about 50-70 pixel wide high quality jpegs to a folder on your Desktop and import & keep these in Aperture Library as a reference. make metadata to show where the original Project DVDs are stored and DVD filing system used.
victor

Span Graphics across THREADED text frames

Hello there,
I am working at a 60 page document that includes plenty of footnotes, graphics and tables.
I have a 2 column layout. I need the graphics and the tables to span across the 2 columns.
I need the footnotes on each page to span across 2 columns.
Now.
Indesign puts the footnotes into their own separate column. I found a script that will correct this but will only work if the 2 columns are not part of the same text field.
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Error Message in FCPX when exporting Project to DVD

I am running Final Cut Pro X version 10.1.4 on OS X Yosemite (recently updated to this). Burning 2 Projects to DVD, one was successful the 2nd failed to burn at 33% complete with error message: Com.Apple.Compressor.CompressorKit.ErrorDomain error-1. Any ideas why this is and what can I do to rectify problem?

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We have 5 Cisco sg500x switches. We need to create two vlans across some or all of the switches.
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Create VLAN 2: VLAN ID 2
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