Indeed we have many issues reported around Paragon. As far as NTFS is concerned, I had much better results with Tuxera NTFS on Macs. If at all, create the DCP on the native filesystem, then copy to a paragon-managed disc, but leave the machine absolutely alone until the copy is finished. Even a hash check with e.g. DCP-o-matic player on the EXT/Paragon disc will often fail. Luckily, DCP-o-matic 2.15.x is getting it's own ext disc writer tool.
- Carsten
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Betreff: Re: [DCP-o-matic] doubt
Datum: 2020-07-15T18:57:07+0200
Von: "Jim Dummett via DCPomatic" <dcpomatic@carlh.net>
An: "dcpomatic@carlh.net" <dcpomatic@carlh.net>
Just to add one thought. I had no end of trouble with Paragon NTFS + EXT drivers on Mac.
In particular, I found it was a bad idea to encode the DCP in DCP-o-matic direct to an NTFS/EXT drive - very often the DCP was corrupt.
Better to do what you're doing - encode on the Mac to a Mac-format drive and then copy the DCP to NTFS drive after.
Jim
I never had issues with hidden files. All DCI servers run Linux and are aware of hidden files. It's just not 'pretty' if they go into a wide distribution.
If you use a preformatted disc - use Mac OS disc utility to check wether it is MBR or GUID/GPT formatted.
GUID/GPT can cause REAL issues with some servers - to the point that the content vanishes from the disc. Make absolutely sure it uses an MBR partition! If disc utility shows GUID - erase the disc and re-initialise with the MBR option.
- Carsten
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