I have a large collection of Mini-DV tapes. My main computer no longer has a Firewire connection. So my guru built me a small, slower computer with a firewire connection so that I can at least download these tapes. I use a copy of my Premiere Elements 2010 on each computer – the two copies allowed with my license. So if I set up a folder for a project and download the footage to that folder through Premiere using my small computer, I get a bunch of .avi clips and a few extra folders which Premiere sets up for itself – all within my master folder for the project. All fine and dandy, thanks to you guys back in 2012.
What I want to make sure of is this – IF I COPY AND PASTE THIS MASTER FOLDER FROM THE SMALL IMPORT COMPUTER INTO MY LARGE DESKTOP COMPUTER, CAN I THEN OPEN THAT FILE WITH Premiere on my LARGE computer (assuming I show Premiere where it is filed)? And will that folder’s contents be ABSOLUTELY IDENTICAL – INCLUDING ALL THE .avi CLIPS IN THE SAME ORDER AS THEY DOWNLOADED FROM THE TAPE - to those that were set up on the small computer?
I need to get to actually editing my tapes – but this first step of downloading from tape and transferring either to my big computer OR to hard drives for archival storage until I get around to editing – has me stymied! It seems not to work for me reliably every time.