I decided to test out the Duplicate Detection function to see just how well it worked. I tried copying material from an SD card, then putting that card back in the camera and then recording some more clips. Just because a program says it does something, doesn’t mean you should just take that companies word as gospel. If your NLE uses this file, you’d need to replace the original with the last copy, and then rename it. For these type of cameras, you really should erase that media after each offload.įor example, if you do multiple offloads of the same Sony SxS card into the same folder, it will result in multiple MEDIAPRO.XML files: MEDIAPRO (1).XML, MEDIAPRO (2).XML, etc. a file that gets updated with each new clip? Well, there really isn’t an easy solution. When incremental backups don’t workĭuplicate detection is very useful for clip and frame based cameras, but what happens if you are using a camera that creates a single metadata file, ie. The good news is that Hedge is working on adding this feature in a future version. In these instances, you may well want to pause the backup you are doing and then be able to restart it again. If you are backing up material in the field you may well find scenarios where you have to suddenly pack up your computer and move, or you may be low on laptop power. Not being able to pause and then restart a backup can be problematic, to say the least. Unfortunately, one of the features I would like to have seen added to Hedge still hasn’t been implemented. If one of these checks doesn’t match, the file is copied with an incrementer in the file name - as Finder and Explorer do. Hedge uses five steps to determine this, in this exact order:
#HEDGE FOR MAC REVIEW VERIFICATION#
For a copy verification program just seeing if a file isn’t already there and then copying it is fraught with danger. All Hedge is doing now is to copy only those files that don’t already exist in that destination. It’s best to think of duplicate detection in the same way you would do an incremental backup. Recopying files that are already backed up is a waste of time, particularly if you have lots of material. The problem with previous versions of Hedge is that it had no idea that all I wanted to do is copy the new files on that card and not recopy everything.
#HEDGE FOR MAC REVIEW FULL#
One the card isn’t full and I want to keep using it, and two, I don’t like erasing a media card unless I absolutely have to. Once this is done I then put that same media card back in my camera and continue shooting. Often when I am shooting I may well stop for a break and then back up what I have currently shot. Now with Duplicate Detection, this is no longer the case. This is a feature I wish had of been included in Hedge from day 1. With cloning, it was not possible to add data to existing folders - each copy needed to be discrete. Until this latest version Hedge cloned data, as in, the destination folder was always an exact copy of the source, no exceptions.
So now that you know what Hedge is, let’s have a look at some of the new features that are in version 18.2. There you can easily set the destination folder or create a new folder.
You just select your camera media, and then drag and drop the drives you want to copy to over to the destinations window. The program uses a very simple user interface that is easy to use. If you aren’t familiar with Hedge, it’s a program that allows the user to make multiple backup copies of their camera media and have those copies fully verified. Duplicate Detection checks if a file already exists in the Destination Folder, and if it does, Hedge skips it.
#HEDGE FOR MAC REVIEW UPDATE#
Well, now they have a new update (Hedge 18.2) that features Duplicate Detection. I have been using Hedge ever since it was first released back in early 2016. Hedge has become very popular with filmmakers who want an easy to use, reliable and cost-effective copy/verification program.
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