These media files are not accessible from the workstation running Project Parking. On the edit workstation, consolidate the media files onto shared storage and try again, or share the local drive.

To make the analysis as rapid as possible, limit the storage of a project's media to as few workspaces as possible, and unmount all other workspaces on the workstation running Project Parking before starting the analysis.

Because Avid projects are stored in a directory of the same name, Project Parking looks for Avid project files in directories below the directory you set Project Locations to. Set Project Locations to one directory higher and your projects will appear.

Project Parking v1.1.7 and later supports Avid Interplay environments. During project analysis large Interplay workspaces will take longer to be analysed the first time they are seen.

Any media on Avid Media Access (AMA) should be consolidated onto Avid storage accessible from the Windows file system.

Project Parking is not currently available on the Mac, however if the project and media directories are available on the network, Project Parking installed on a PC will be able to archive the projects.

When first started, Marquis Project Parking will automatically configure itself to look in the default locations for your Private and Shared Avid projects. If you wish to archive external Avid Projects, use the Project Locations button on the GUI to select the location of your shared projects. If you have a complex structure of projects, perhaps sub-divided by channel, period or customer, select a location higher up in the folder structure and the Tree View will reflect the structure and allow you to quickly locate your projects.

Marquis Project Parking stores the minimal configuration in the User Application Data folder in a sub-folder called Marquis.

In Microsoft Windows, the Application Data folder can be located by bringing up the Window Run window (Windows Key + R) and typing %AppData%. The configuration can be copied to another machine or removed by simply deleting the preference files.

Archive directories have the same structure as Avid project directories. If you have a project archive in a directory, you need to mount the directory above it as a drive and then tell Avid to include it using the AllDrives command in the Avid Console.

For example if your project is called BAZtest4, and is in directory: D:\BAZtest4 you should mount D:\BAZtest4\_media\OS as a drive (for each folder under _media if there are several).

The most likely explanation is that your license file does not match the Host ID of the workstation you are using. Check this by comparing the Host ID reported on the Licence Screen with the Host ID in your license file.

Marquis Project Parking does not store the archive metadata in a central database, but rather stores the metadata with each archive. This makes the archive truly portable and means that regardless of where the archive was made, if the archive can be seen, it can be restored.

Every project has to be restored to a unique sub-directory, by default this is has the same name as the project. If that directory already exists, it will appear in red. Edit the directory name to make it unique and you can then progress to "Map Media Workspaces...".

A log of actions is available in the Console (this can be opened by toggling the arrow in the bottom left corner. It is possible to copy the entire contents of the console by selecting "Copy To Clipboard". There are also two reports at the end of an archive, one in summary form and one detailed. These can be viewed directly from the summary window at the end of the archive and are stored on disk within the archive.

Notes that you can attach to a particular archive will appear as a pop-up tooltip when you hover over that archive in the Project Parking Restore application. They also appear in the XML files: archive.detail and archive.report. These can be viewed directly from the summary window at the end of the archive and are stored on disk within the archive.

Yes, there is a short demonstration video on our website.

A free 14 day evaluation licence is available on request. Please register your details with us and we will provide you will the installer.