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[rob at kettridge.co.uk]

Or alternately, have an option (similar to what you suggested Chris), to
export the show once you've got it to a state where it's pretty much
finished, or as a periodic backup, to a single file as Steve suggests.
Then you've only got one file to backup or restore if needed. Even better
if you could then re-expand that file back to the individual files in a
user specified directory if needed.

Just a thought

Rob Kettridge

> Chris, in the design of Qlab, did you consider the option of putting
> all the sound files together with the workspace file, either in a
> folder or a bundle?  i.e. When you select a sound file it would
> actually copy the file.
>
> Advantages:
> 1) No need for a concept of "working directory".
> 2) In the case of a bundle, you can copy what seems to be a single
> file to another Mac, and it'll work straight away, and be guaranteed
> to have the entire show.
> 3) You can backup what seems to be a single file to DVDR or flash
> drive, and it'll be certain to hold the entire show.
> 4) Doing housekeeping on sound files won't have the danger of
> deleting a file that's needed for a show.
> 5) If a sound file is used for more than one show, at present there's
> a theoretical danger that modifying the sound for one show will
> change what happens in another show.
>
> Disadvantages:
> 1) In the case of a bundle, the individual sound files aren't
> obviously available in Finder to manipulate or edit with other
> applications.
> 2) Uses more disk space.
>
> Last month I had my Mac break down, and had to restore from backup to
> another borrowed Mac, and fix every single sound cue in the 30
> minutes before the start of a show.  The concept of a single bundle
> that holds everything and will work no matter where in the directory
> structure it is something that would have saved me a lot of stress.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve.
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