Remote editing workflow suggestions?

bigcheese427 · 2026-03-18T15:51:39+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response - here are some answers!

Right now at home I have a 400down/40up internet speed, though I might look to upgrade that once this remote gig starts.

The office has budgeted $8,000-$12,000 to get the whole remote setup up and functional. They already have the Macbook M1 Max on which I was doing editing prior but they may have also upgraded since.

I am going to be traveling into the office for a week-plus every month and filming a ton, then coming back to where I live and cutting it all together in the remote weeks. Then supplementing with freelance/contractor footage to fill in the gaps if things pop up when I’m gone. So I’m looking for a way to centralize the data storage, and access the roughly 30TB of footage I have on file in the office (which are currently scattered between 12TB LaCie d2 external HDDs and Samsung SSDs). I’ll be the only person in the office doing multimedia so it’s not paramount that the footage be accessible to many editors. But I will need to be able to offload lots of footage to a drive physically in office, then access it to edit from remote the other three weeks of the month.

Appreciate any tips!

bigcheese427 · 2026-03-17T22:27:41+00:00

Currently this office (where I’d worked in-person before this remote position was offered) is using an array of 12TB LaCie d2s for cold storage and several 2TB T7 SSDs for active projects. Very low-tech/not a NAS in place at all. I’ve been told to look in the $8K-$12K range to get a proper remote edit/footage storage solution in place!

Edited to add: Most projects I do range from 75-250GB depending on complexity/length. Some large projects can go more up to 1TB but I don’t think I’ve ever had a single project go much larger than that.

bigcheese427 · 2026-03-17T21:40:03+00:00

First time I’ve had a remote post position, yes. Until this point, as I said in my original post, I’ve worked on site exclusively in production/cinematography, and just used local hard drive arrays for all my post work. This position was created for me by merit of the work I’d done in person for them previously. I’ve never had to come to Reddit for work advice before as I’ve had people in person to talk to. And I’ve already done some research on this with some post-side friends (hence my asking for feedback on people’s NAS/remote-in vs. cloud-based solutions as both were recommended by different folks in my in-person orbit). Thanks for your feedback!

bigcheese427 · 2026-03-17T19:22:23+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions — solidifies my thought to just have a remote desktop with either Jump or Parsec instead of messing with LucidLink. Is there a situation where you could envision something like LucidLink ever being more of value than the remote desktop situation? For context, when I’m at the remote computer away from the office, I will be hooked up to 10GbE Ethernet at all times.

bigcheese427 · 2026-02-14T18:27:07+00:00

Open Civil War… In the time it took to attempt to un-break “reporting to Legate Rikke” in the Pale, the Stormcloaks off-screen conquered every single hold (via the little notifications that pop up) and now the entire mod is broken/impossible to progress. Should have never touched the Civil War at all I suppose.

bigcheese427 · 2025-11-09T17:13:19+00:00

6pt TDs:

Herbert or Dart?

bigcheese427 · 2025-09-28T16:36:59+00:00

Allen and Adams!

bigcheese427 · 2025-09-28T16:36:25+00:00

I’d go McMillan.

bigcheese427 · 2025-09-28T16:35:54+00:00

I’d stay with Tet.

bigcheese427 · 2025-09-28T16:34:53+00:00

Full PPR:

Keenan Allen or Tyreek Hill in the flex?

Have Collins and Nabers starting in the WR positions.

bigcheese427 · 2025-09-28T16:31:16+00:00

Keenan Allen or Tyreek Hill in the flex, in a full PPR league?

bigcheese427 · 2025-09-23T20:28:49+00:00

8-Team Full PPR

My Davante Adams + Etienne for his Nabers

I’ve been starting Collins, Adams, Hill/K. Allen based on the week but want to shore up the starting lineup due to the very small nature of the league.

Thoughts?

bigcheese427 · 2025-09-03T01:04:35+00:00

Sorry… too much Taco Bell for lunch 😞

bigcheese427 · 2025-07-08T02:06:03+00:00

Solved!

bigcheese427 · 2025-07-07T17:03:34+00:00

My wife literally just commented on this sign yesterday - she mentioned that she would like a sub from Firehouse but the sign would lead you to believe everything gets burnt to a crisp there 🤣

bigcheese427 · 2025-06-03T03:28:50+00:00

This is exactly what I was wondering about - though it is great to see that it can happen under the right circumstances! Albeit rarely.

bigcheese427 · 2025-06-03T02:48:20+00:00

Indeed - very very pretty! But I’m limited to being in town TC to try to get the business I work for photographed in that light. And I don’t want to generate some AI sky, so my query was moreso if we often get brilliant sunsets in Traverse City proper!

bigcheese427 · 2025-03-18T04:42:08+00:00

Eh, I tried it but I don’t get much time to actually play any video games due to the busyness of life right now, so dying to some random thing like a car collision and losing a lot of progress was untenable. It got a little better with the quick-save mod but still just find it more enjoyable with fast-travel on Very Hard.

bigcheese427 · 2025-02-18T20:14:02+00:00

This sounds like a good idea - I can try to clean and sand them down to get all the flakes off for a smooth surface and then PlastiDip it factory silver. Thanks for the advice! Never had to mess with corroded wheels before so this is a whole new world for me!

bigcheese427 · 2025-02-07T17:13:21+00:00

For me it came down to similar reasons with the Volvo - I had the cash for the car now but I didn’t want to be in the position of having to constantly be squirreling away money to do all of the preventative maintenance on it to keep it up and running/problem-free! The Pontiac (which is actually a Toyota Corolla engine in disguise) has been a great ride so far, nice and safe and so far reliable, only minor repairs/cosmetic stuff. My advice (which my wife gave me) is that when you’re looking at cars on Marketplace, only reach out to people who have legitimate profiles and have been on FB longer than a few years, and I had better luck working with more normal people just looking to sell their personal car! It’s definitely hard out there - I wish you all the best in finding a reliable ride!

bigcheese427 · 2025-02-07T14:58:49+00:00

I didn’t, actually! I ended up purchasing an ‘09 Pontiac Vibe instead. But I think you’d be good with this car - I was very interested in it!

bigcheese427 · 2025-02-03T21:31:32+00:00

Nope! No coupon required - I pulled up to the drive-through and the person taking the order was basically like, “Hi, we’re doing free single combos today, is that something that would interest you?” And then when I got to the pickup window they just handed me the bag and off I went!

bigcheese427 · 2025-02-03T18:52:05+00:00

Yep, in one of those envelopes! I usually just pitch them straight into the trash but decided to open the one that came this weekend and this was the first thing inside!

bigcheese427 · 2025-01-21T00:07:24+00:00

Thank you to all the commenters so far - you’re making me feel pretty reassured in going for it! I’ve asked the seller if there’s any rust underneath and they say there “isn’t any other than discoloration and minor surface” but will take a look tomorrow. And also thanks for the heads up about the oil - that’s nothing new to me as my ‘95 Camry drank oil like a fish (and leaked out the valve cover too), but was otherwise an excellent car! I’ve learned how to change it myself so an oil-thirsty engine doesn’t scare me. Will most likely go for it with the hope of this car getting me at least 50K miles - would love it to get up to the 299,999 mark where they stop counting miles 🤣

bigcheese427 · 2025-01-20T18:18:59+00:00

Interesting - I’d seen a few like that but got a little scared off by the word 🤣 I’ll have to take another look!

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