Copying Content Between Projects

The content of a project can be copied to another project using the Projects tab in the MediaHub.

If the Media Cache location of the project from which content is being copied is on the same file system as the current project, and the media cache formats are the same for both projects, hard links are created when copying content, avoiding unnecessary media duplication. If the media cache formats are different, copying content generates new cached media.

Use the following command to validate if a cached content is a new file or a hard link. Hard links show two or more links. New files show one link.

stat <file name of a hard link>

  File: 0x000000000000000a.mov
  Size: 1895424     Blocks: 3704       IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: fd01h/64769d    Inode: 3952935555  Links: 2
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 2242/testing_o1)   Gid: ( 1002/    open)
Access: 2024-11-05 09:04:08.174859135 -0500
Modify: 2024-11-05 09:04:08.174859135 -0500
Change: 2024-11-05 09:10:01.842770941 -0500
 Birth: 2024-11-05 09:04:08.174859135 -0500

stat <file name of a new file>

  File: 0x000000000000000a.dpx
  Size: 8323072     Blocks: 16256      IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: fd01h/64769d    Inode: 4298782920  Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 2242/testing_o1)   Gid: ( 1002/    open)
Access: 2024-11-05 09:20:31.520110791 -0500
Modify: 2024-11-05 09:20:31.520110791 -0500
Change: 2024-11-05 09:20:31.520110791 -0500
 Birth: 2024-11-05 09:20:31.520110791 -0500