Work Flawlessly with Remote Video Editors: FINALLY. My NAS Storage Workflow for Video Production!

For years, I’ve struggled with a solution that could help my video team in multiple locations collaborate more efficiently and without headaches. I finally found something that works. Meet the Synology Diskstation NAS system! No more slow transfers, lost files, or headaches. The Synology Diskstation NAS is the answer every video production team needs.

[shanehaley]

I work as a full time editor for a company in an area I’m not super happy about. I might bring this up to them when I move away so I can still work for them but not have to live in the same town as my job. Thanks Scottie!

[zephyrkhambatta]

Thanks for that angle on this topic. I'm just arriving to storing all my media, but that multiple video editor thing is a good idea! Thanks again!

[rcayca]

Instead of keeping the files inside the project, why don't you just keep them inside folders outside of the project and when you import then into the library, just keep files in the same place. That way different people can still access the different video files.

[PostcardsFromJapan]

Thanks for this great explanation. It's really helpful. I'm doing video editing purely as a hobby but storage is always an issue and I've been going through all the stages: using external drives, then getting bigger and bigger SSDs to the point I didn't know anymore what is what, and now finally considering a Synology NAS.

[MrAmirnz]

I would really love an in depth set up video along with how you organize your footage. Also are your editors editing directly off of their NAS?

[MADMURPHMARKETING]

Changing lives over here man! Great video thanks for the info

[imjosephbobadilla]

Brilliant video Scott! Keen to build one out and follow this workflow.

[nathanletteer]

This is a game changer for us. Thanks for breaking it down!

[bulcub]

would've been nice if you had shown diagram/video of the synology remote setup?

[callummckay]

Hey man. We have a Synology NAS setup in the office, with our remote editors running off SSD's that are connected via the Synology drive client to the cloud, so no need to have a big NAS in everyones home. Have you looked into this? and if so what was your reasoning for not going that route?

[guidetheride]

Scott, thanks, good, sincere advice.

[bohemianfx]

nice had this up a while,
got thru it nicely to see. thanks,


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[ReniVision]

Why would you need separate nas drives on the editor side ? You could just have the main nas at the studio upload the footage and send download link and upload link to the editor.

[thewaliiiii]

For remote editors... do they have to sync a folder to the local machine? or do they work on a remote folder? I wish you showed the actual folders/app.

[onsitemedianewzealand]

Hi Scott great video. One question. Does this still work with one NAS. Could remote editors use without a NAS at their location?

[jmlucas]

Scott, you seem so professional. The server was a must have for a post work flow, but I still don't get why you're using FCPX in 2024 for a professional workflow. Apple's whole idea with FCPX was to get out of the professional space. It's for individuals now. Obviously Avid is still the industry standard for this exact reason. Teams anywhere in the world can work seamlessly together. This video was a year ago, so I assume you've moved on from FCP? Let me know. Premiere seems to be really on top of where the industry is going now. Avid is dying, but still the best for pro collaboration. I just went freelance from being a post house editor forever and this was a big help. Love to see how you're running your business. Congrats.

[framewavemedia]

Thanks for sharing Scott. This seems like a great workflow for a lot of production companies. I have a QNAP NAS but its Thunderbolt which allows for reasonably fast read/write speeds. Do you not have any issues with the hard drive speeds for editing directly off these? I think you also mentioned editing the projects wirelessly with WIFI that seems really tough unless maybe they're all Proxies or you're all on M1/M2s.

[hunterlamirande]

Questions:
1. What’s the best way you’ve found to archive your files to Google Drive? Do you just use their interface or are you syncing the files from your NAS somehow?

2. Are you editing directly from the NAS or downloading the files, editing, then reuploading to the NAS?

[mychaelhouck]

Great video! One comment....if you have 6 x 16 TB in RAID5 then you have 80TB of usable.

[hmdoceans]

Thanks for the video. Are you editing full res video files via the network or are you using proxies and do you connect your computer to the NAS directly via ethernet? Thanks.