That way i always had everything available for editing, even when we didn't have the storage to hold the full rez copies. Oh, for years I've also maintained a low Rez copy of everything. CatDv will relink to the new storage location for me full-Rez footage. I recently bought some more central storage and I'm moving clips onto it. The tape-based analog of reel name and timecode still works great. Note that over the years at this particular house I've gone from Avid, to Discrete Edit, to Final Cut (to Final Cut 10 for about 2 days) and then back to Media Composer, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7 and now 8. One can also throw together selects lists or basic cuts and export them to the currently available editing systems. I, and several other people, carry around complete copies of all our footage and small external USB drives. It also maintains a catalog of matching proxies. CatDv catalogs everything, including location and a huge list of metadata.

The vast majority if these were pulled off hundreds of videotapes: HDCam, Digital BetaCam, BetaCam, HDV, and DV. Currently I have about 25 independent loose hard drives containing footage as files.

Wincatalog 2014