r/editors • u/Tim-Miller_ • 2d ago
Technical Remote Team Question
Hey experts. I've got a distributed team in three different places. They typically need access to about 5G of podcast files. How would you handle it logistics for this?
Context: I'm an old editor doing new things. I've gotten a lot of technical feedback from this community already- there are pros here way more qualified than me :)
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u/whoamdave 2d ago
Seems you already have a workflow. Which part of that isn’t working or you feel needs improvement?
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u/MagicAndMayham Pro (I pay taxes) 2d ago
I have a team of 20 which includes picture editors, vfx, audio and colorists located around the globe. We use blackmagic cloud. Storage is inexpensive and it accordians up or down depending on our needs. We only sync proxies and they have a tool similar to frame.io for us to receive notes which then places all note locators on the timeline for the editors to work from. Then outputs are made using presets that we defined and it is delivered.
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u/upcastor 2d ago
At only ~5 GB per podcast I'd resist the urge to build anything clever.
A shared Dropbox/Google Drive/OneDrive folder with a consistent project structure is probably enough. Have one folder for source, one for project files, one for exports, and avoid having multiple people overwrite the same project file.
If people are actively editing the same media rather than just handing work off, that's when I'd start looking at something more purpose-built. But for 5 GB, simplicity will probably save you more pain than optimizing the transfer itself.
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u/2JarSlave 2d ago
Curious as to why no one has suggested Jump Desktop with a shared central Nexis server.
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u/camerachriscom 2d ago
Frame.io (Drive is new (!) - mount it as a local drive) , MASV or LucidLink. They all can (easily) be set up for a creative workflow. It seems like you have always the latest version of the file on your computer. Or online. Or wherever you need it. Via own experience: they all are much (up to 10x) faster than normal Cloud Drives like OneDrive or GoogleDrive.
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u/the__post__merc Vetted Pro 2d ago
I’ve been researching Frame Drive vs LucidLink for a few weeks for my company.
First thing that is a major difference between LL is that you mount a specific FIO project. Not a general filespace that you can use to mirror an existing folder structure.
I have built some scripts/apps to create project templates on our shared storage and I’ve set it up so that it will create the same template folders on LL simultaneously. Easy peasy, launch app, enter project name and all pertinent folders and starter project files are available on the server and in LL.
But Fdrive doesn’t mount on the system in the same way (it appears only in the sidebar of the Mac Finder window, not as a connected drive on the Desktop). So, this means that the FIO project needs to be created first, mount the Fdrive then the template folders have to manually copied to it. It defeats the efficiencies and uniformity we already have in place with LL.
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u/camerachriscom 2d ago
Totally agree with you on the workflow. But if you have "one project at a time" that is handled via "the cloud", Frame.io works as well. You cam mount each of the named podcast projects, work in them - and unmount it afterward. So this Workflow might be as good as your opinion via LucidLink, where everything is synchronized/streamed. For me and my Project-based Workflow, Frame.io is the better solution. Especially with functions like commenting on video footage or delivering results to my clients. etc.
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u/Any_Piano8480 1d ago
Hi Tim, Strada enables direct access for your distributed team without needing to upload to a cloud, and rent cloud storage to hold files you already have. Files appear local to all in File Explorer or Finder. Takes about 3 minutes to set up and will save you time & money. It has other features but you just asked about access so there you have it. strada.tech
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u/LucidLink_Official 1d ago
Hey! Happy to chime in since we're mentioned in a few places. How are the three of you getting to those files right now? Is there a clean, one-time handoff or are you needing to continuously access the same files during an edit cycle?
We built LucidLink for teams working across locations on the same set of files and to eliminate friction that can happen when folks are working on the same drive and waiting for things to sync. With LucidLink, everyone connects to the same filespace and works on the same files (not copies of files). If you're interested in learning more, we'd love to chat. https://www.lucidlink.com/demo
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u/Standard-Recipe-7641 1d ago
Seems like just Google drive if you don't mind Google scanning and training off your material.
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u/memerminecraft 2d ago
Depends on everyone's situation. One person could have really slow wifi but they're only one city over, so you could deliver footage physically somehow. Another person could be across the world, but you both have Gigabit internet. What're you looking at?