Answers.Body: <p>the way I do this from my Canon 7D / 100D is pop the CF or SD card into my Mac and copy the whole card to a folder with a very simple structure</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>Project_Name_Date</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>RAW_Cards</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Camera_Name_Card00x      </li>
  <li>Camera_Name_Card00x      </li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>If I would add in a DATE Folder under the Poject_Name for multiple days/Dates, When I get back to the studio to start editing I can then just ingest these into my system.</p>
  
  <p>You probably find the same system will work on a Windows PC as well.</p>
  
  <p>The other alternative would be to use a card copy application to do all of this but might make it to complex for the user in the middle.</p>
  
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Body: <p>What is the recommended way to copy AVCHD data from SD card to a hard drive for later processing? My video camera would be going on an extended trip and the post-processing will be done after the trip.</p>
  
  <p>Should the whole top level folder ("/private" in my camera SD Card") be copied to individual folder on the hard drive? </p>
  
  <p>Or is there a better method so that post-processing would be easier?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: It doesn't matter at all ... why do you ask?
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Comments.Text: Reason I ask is that the camera will be handled by a person with very limited technical understanding about post-processing. I just want them to dump the sd card in to a external drive and bring back to me for later processing.
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Comments.Text: Yes whole cards should be copied to preserve the structure for the NLE later on to import, giving each card a specific naming convention and following that through the whole trip/process/shoot
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Comments.Text: One thing to be aware of is that the camera may produce multiple files with the same name. So keeping the original folders is a good idea.
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Tags: <post-production><avchd>
Title: Archiving AVCHD from camera for later processing
UserDisplayName: Chetan Bhargava
ThreadText: # Archiving AVCHD from camera for later processing
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-31)
  
  What is the recommended way to copy AVCHD data from SD card to a hard drive for later processing? My video camera would be going on an extended trip and the post-processing will be done after the trip.
  
  Should the whole top level folder ("/private" in my camera SD Card") be copied to individual folder on the hard drive?
  
  Or is there a better method so that post-processing would be easier?
  
  **Tags:** post-production, avchd
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It doesn't matter at all ... why do you ask?  
  > **username_0**: Reason I ask is that the camera will be handled by a person with very limited technical understanding about post-processing. I just want them to dump the sd card in to a external drive and bring back to me for later processing.  
  > **username_2**: Yes whole cards should be copied to preserve the structure for the NLE later on to import, giving each card a specific naming convention and following that through the whole trip/process/shoot  
  > **username_3**: One thing to be aware of is that the camera may produce multiple files with the same name. So keeping the original folders is a good idea.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-06-01. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  the way I do this from my Canon 7D / 100D is pop the CF or SD card into my Mac and copy the whole card to a folder with a very simple structure
  
  * Project\_Name\_Date
  
    + RAW\_Cards
  
      - Camera\_Name\_Card00x
      - Camera\_Name\_Card00x
  
  If I would add in a DATE Folder under the Poject\_Name for multiple days/Dates, When I get back to the studio to start editing I can then just ingest these into my system.
  
  You probably find the same system will work on a Windows PC as well.
  
  The other alternative would be to use a card copy application to do all of this but might make it to complex for the user in the middle.
  
  
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