One thing to be aware of that I have read about is that when using the DNG Conveter method of checking hashes, if the file is really corrupt, DNG converter might not recognize it as a DNG file and therefore will not flag it as damaged.  You have to count the # of dngs you have before and after running the conversion. 

I have read that ImageVerifier automates this process: it will use DNG converter to verify DNGs without actually converting them.  I haven't tried it, but it might be faster.  I don't know whether IV will tell whether a DNG file is damaged beyond recognition.

IMO, the fact that LR does not have a way of automatically checking the DNGs hashes across your catalogue is a major fumble on Adobe's part.  Actually, wait, they just had record profits this quarter.  They must know something I don't know about making money. 

Joe

Hopefully, the rumors about NX3 coming out this year aren't completely unfounded. 

Joe

John--that means that you do not save your NX2 edits back to the NEF file, or is it safe to do that?

Joe

Has any one figured out how to use LR with Capture NX2 in a decent workflow?  When I have a lot of files to mindlessly process, I use LR.  But sometimes I use Capture NX2 on a few select files, and it gets confusing.

Joe

What is the Problem?

Did you lose the actual files or just the catalogue?

Good question.  I'd be interested in knowing the answer too.

Joe

I am trying Expression Media 2 for the first time.

I had been under the impression that it pretty much supported every type of media out there.  Out of the box, it did not support .WAV or .DNG files, but installing Quicktime cured that.

However, AVCHD files with .mts extension appear to not be supported by either Quicktime or EM2, and the only work-arounds at this time are (i) conversion and (ii) rewrapping.

I am not eager to invest time and money in either conversion or rewrapping.  One of the reasons I invested in Premiere Pro CS5 is to avoid that stuff.  So it seems the only option is to use Premiere Pro to manage my .mts files until Lightroom, EM2 or some other media manager comes around.  I note that Windows 7 comes with built-in support for .mts files, so I'm not sure what the deal is with Adobe and EM2.

If anyone has any better ideas, please let me know.  At this point, I've stopped evaluating EM2 for the lack of AVCHD support.

Joe

I wonder if it's possible to rent a tape drive.

Joe

What's the latest scoop on ExactFile?  It was mentioned in http://www.dpbestflow.org/data-validation/write-once-media-validation, but I haven't seen much independent information on it elsewhere.  Also, it's in beta and the website has not been updated in months.

Joe

Any updates on ExactFile?  It looked promising, but development seems to have slowed.

Would it actually be hard to write a script that creates an MD5 hash (which I understand is freely transferable) in a separate file for every file on a disk?

Joe

Over years, it's hard to make sure that nothing changes on a hard drive and if something changes then the validation hash becomes difficult to use.  It's so much less brain damage to use optical--but I understand where you're coming from which is why I haven't done it either.  It seems optical capacity is always a step behind.  If blu ray media were 100GB it would be an easy decision.

What programs out there use the embedded preview? 

Lightroom?  [If so, does that mean that there is no need for the LR catalogue to generate previews?]

Bridge? 

Adobe Premiere Pro? 

Any third party? 

Is there any codec at all for Windows 7 64 bit?

Joe

How do you know whether a dng has a hash or not?

I using Vuescan to scan to DNG, and would like to know whether they are hashed or if I need to re-convert them.

The problem with reconverting Vuescan files is that they are 4-channel (Red Green Blue and Infrared) so I am not sure whether Adobe converter will know what to do with the fourth channel.

That would be a good thing!  I predict it would help DNG become a dominating force, which it isn't right now.


Does Bridge understand multiple snapshots?  How do you access them in Bridge?


I did not have the automatic option enabled.  I will try again.  When you update a DNG file, does the catalogue retain the information?  This is very important, in case a colleague (who doesn't have access to my catalogue) messes with a DNG file.

Do you have any insight on whether to convert TIFFs to DNG?  I am referring only to TIFFs that represent the initial scan from a scanner, not works in progress or final output.

Joe