Using Mimiq - But How Do You Really Know…?

Here’s something Avid Media Composer teams often ask me:

“OK… Mimiq says I’m supposed to have Bin Locking on these volumes, but how do I really know?”

The key is Media Composer recognizing a volume as an Avid NEXIS Drive.

But will Media Composer just… tell you which volumes are Avid NEXIS Drives? Yes indeed:

macOS - Avid Media Composer > About Avid Media Composer > Hardware > Avid NEXIS Drives
Windows - Help > About Avid Media Composer > Hardware > Avid NEXIS Drives

Don’t believe the UI? You can double down on your skepticism using Media Composer’s Console with this command:

DumpVolumes

The result is a list of volumes Media Composer can see, plus this handy bit of info: the filesystem of each volume.

When you see:

That’s how you really know – you have Bin Locking (and now refreshing locked Bins!), thanks to Mimiq. 👌🏽