Origin and master file

See on which storages a media item lives — and whether its backup or archive copy actually exists.

What origin shows

For every media item, footage.one keeps a list of its physical copies: one row per file on each connected storage. At a glance you can see everywhere an item lives — on the source storage, in the backup, in the archive — and whether each of those copies is actually still there.

Two ways to get there

  1. Asset detail view — open an asset and expand the Origin and master file section.
  2. Asset list — pick the Origin view from the view selector. It shows the origin rows of every visible asset, grouped per asset.

Both views show the same columns and actions.

The columns

Column Meaning
Name Name of the storage this copy lives on
Type Storage type, e.g. WebDAV, S3
Usage type STORAGE, BACKUP or ARCHIVE — this storage's role
File size Size of the file on this storage
File name File name on this storage
File path Path on this storage (not shown for local storages)
Status OK or NOT_FOUND — see below

Reading the status

  • OK — the file is where it's expected to be.
  • NOT_FOUND — the file is expected at this location but isn't there (anymore). Typical after moving or deleting the file on the storage itself.

Checking backup and archive

You can see right in this list whether a backup or archive copy of an asset actually exists:

  • Backup copy present — there's a row with usage type BACKUP and status OK.
  • Archive copy present — there's a row with usage type ARCHIVE and status OK.

If the row is missing entirely, or shows NOT_FOUND, the asset was not (or not successfully) copied.

Actions

Each row has these actions, available through the wrench icon:

Action Description
Check master Checks whether the original file exists on the source storage
Check archive Checks whether the archive copy exists
Copy to archive Places the asset in the archive after the fact
Remove from archive Removes the archive copy

Next steps

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