As one of the people impacted by the demise of the Mill. I have an archive of historical work I’d like to open and export the clips in order to make a showreel. I would only need a license for a day at most, as at present cannot afford to pay for a month. Can anybody suggest a way forward?
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Sorry to hear.
Option 1: Buy flex tokens. Half the price of a monthly license. May still be too much.
Option 2: Setup a new gmail account, sign up for a free trial, download and export. Delete everything.
Because login licenses aren’t tied to system, I don’t think there’s anything that would say your new trial isn’t valid on the existing system. But I could be wrong.
Option 3: Find a good friend that lets you borrow their license for a day.
Option 2 is not ideal, but I think most people would understand the circumstances.
New feature for ADSK: Allow you to gift someone a few tokens… as a token of good will.
I like option 2, however, as far as I know, you can’t use a trial on a system with a full install.
How big is the Archive?
Is it mostly a bunch of spots etc?
If possible for you to upload the archive I would be happy to help in opening it up and kicking out everything.
The Mill NYC was instrumental in my success when I started my Freelance career and all the Artists and Scheduling and Tech Ops people there were great awesome people.
So if I can help anyone from The Mil who was let go like a wet bag of rocks and not a human being. I’m totally down to do it.
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Thanks for the offer Ben. It’s quite large, 200G, it’s stuff I did at my previous company. I’m trying the flame trial route, however I’m not getting a verification email from AD
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AFAIK the trial license allows you to do commercial work so I wouldn’t worry too much
I just want to get my stuff out of my archive, but as I said, I’m not getting any email verification from AD
Isn’t there a way to view and export clips on the local framestore through a web interface? Is it Backburner? It’s been like a decade since I’ve used that but if I’m right, I think it will allow you to export clips regardless of whether Flame has a license.
I might be completely wrong, though. I just tried localhost/Backburner on the Flame I’m using and it didn’t load anything. But maybe somebody with a better memory than mine knows what I’m talking about.
Oh, never mind, I missed that you want to open an Archive.
Yeah that was the case with the transcoding export software for postings, delivery etc. I think it used Wiretap if memory serves correct.
I can’t remember the name at the moment but it was discontinued several years back.
We had used it for a while when I was at Artjail but they stopped supporting it so switched to Media Encoder.
Any luck with the email verification @paul_round ?
If you still are having no luck with getting it up and running DM me.
200G is no prob for me.
EDIT: It was Telestream Episode
No, it never came through, but someone has kindly lent me there login for 24hrs
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backdraft
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Ahh backdraft, I remember(that it existed, lol). Was it a part of Flame Premium before it was discontinued?
Anyways glad you got a license to use Paul.
sounds like ur sorted but reach out if you still need paul. we can round trip something if only 200G
Hey Paul,
If you need to borrow a license the week after next for a few days then I may be able to help you out.
Just let me know.
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Just wanted to say a big thank you for everyones generosity. Someone has lent me their license for the day, ( I won’t name him, just in case), so i can at least now get my stuff out and try putting a reel together.
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Backdraft was a great bit of kit, back in the day.
hey Paul - very late to the table here,. you can drop it all with me if you like and I can load in and layoff for you
Thanks for the offer Jon, but someone helped me out.
On another note, if you need any freelance help, just give me a shout.
will do/
Sorry to hear you were a victim of the Mill closing. Glad to see people helping out! Be well everybody!