• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Double Check Media Manager

  Posted by Winston A. cely on March 10, 2008 at 10:10 pm

  OK, I’ve read the manual on this, but I want to double check before I do anything. I’ve got over 436 GB of uncompressed 8-bit footage (BetaSP via Kona) onto a 750 GB SATA drive. Now, playback is fine, even at double speed, but scrubbing is choppy, and I can tell this multi-camera edit is going to drag if i can’t scrub a bit. My idea is to use Media Manager to “Recompress” the footage to DV and “Duplicate” the project. This will allow me a lot more freedom and flexibility in editing (not to mention speed). The thing is, I want to keep the Uncompressed 8-bit footage as well, so that when I’m ready for final layback, I can essentially “reconnect” to the 8-bit footage, in a sequence with the appropriate setup. Does this make sense, and am I doing it right?

  Steps:
  • Selecting the Footage Bin, and right-clicking to get Media Manager
  • Under Media, I select “Recompress”
  • Recompress media using: AJA Kona LH(e): 525 29.97 8 bit
  • Include Master clips outside selection IS checked
  • Based media file names off exsisting
  • Project: Duplicate selected items and place into new project IS checked
  • Include non-active multiclip angles IS checked.

  Thanks for you help on this!

  Winston A. Cely
  Editor/Owner | Della St. Media, LLC

  “If God could do the tricks we can do, He’d be a happy Man.” – Peter O’Toole – “The Stuntman”

  Mac Pro 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
  4 GB RAM | Final Cut Studio 5.1.4 | Aja Kona LHe

  Matthias Halibrand replied 18 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Winston A. cely

  March 13, 2008 at 8:11 pm

  Just checking to see if anyone had any tips?

  Winston A. Cely
  Editor/Owner | Della St. Media, LLC

  “If God could do the tricks we can do, He’d be a happy Man.” – Peter O’Toole – “The Stuntman”

  Mac Pro 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
  4 GB RAM | Final Cut Studio 5.1.4 | Aja Kona LHe
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  Matthias Halibrand

  March 22, 2008 at 8:50 am

  Well, everything seems O.K. but the codec.
  It wouldn’t make sense to recompress 8Bit to 8Bit, would it? 🙂
  I wrote a step by step instruction on how to use the MediaManager for something like this just an hour ago in this thread:

  https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/200/877022#877022

  So you can doublecheck!

  Regards,

  MatzeHali

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