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Best practice setup with an MBP….
Hi, I am just setting up a system for myself to learn and use FCP on my Macbook Pro. I would like some advice on best practice, if possible. I know there may be more than one way to skin the cat, but I’d appreciate any help.
Requirements: Video data drive (looking at WD 1TB), a drive or partition for TM, a drive or partition for a SuperDuper clone.
As I said, I will need the WD drive for video data, but I am not certain about the best way to achieve the two other requirements. Ideally, I don’t want to be lugging around too many drives. So my solution was a WD portable FW800 drive for the clone and a partition on the internal for TM.
Then, finally, I know FCP and Motion create several folders and files as I create projects. Where is the best location for these files. On the internal (backed up by TM) or on the external drives?
Have I missed anything out?
Thanks
Rob D -
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I have a two drawer Firmtec enclosure with 1 TB at RAID 0 which is really fast and works very well. I would strongly suggest something like this, and I would not partition it. Get a cheaper smaller FW drive if you want a clone or Timemachine backup, as with the Firmteck card you will still have a FW port for your backups. Also, suggest 4 gigs RAM.
Have a wonderful day.
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Let me put some flesh on our situation.
There are numerous speaker events around the world, all shot on a 2 or 3 camera setup. The cams are XDCAM EX 1080p 30fps. Each camera will produce approximately 60 minutes of video each speaker. The material is then edited down to ~45 minutes.
Up to now, one person has been struggling event by event, mostly ingesting the video from the tapes herself and producing a final edit for uploading to a website.
More editors are needed, but they cannot all be at the events, collecting the video from the camera ops.
What would be a good workflow here.
Would it be simplest to convert the video to a compressed format that FCP can handle comfortably, upload to a secure server and the editor download to MBP. Then as the edit progresses, can the project file be emailed to the main editor for checking etc, since if they have the identical originals, it’s a matter of reconnecting media.
Or maybe, if the final product goes to web, is there a suitable codec that can be edited down and uploaded ready for the web site?
Lots of questions, thanks to all who can help!! -
Would it be simplest to convert the video to a compressed format that FCP can handle comfortably, upload to a secure server and the editor download to MBP.
If it’s just for the web, yes, it can be downconverted to DV on capture.Then as the edit progresses, can the project file be emailed to the main editor for checking etc, since if they have the identical originals, it’s a matter of reconnecting media.
I would work on-line if you use DV. Put it in a ProRes timeline to preserve the quality of graphics.
Or maybe, if the final product goes to web, is there a suitable codec that can be edited down and uploaded ready for the web site?
H264 or SWF, for the latter you’d need one of the conversion apps like Video2Web or Flash.
Have a wonderful day.
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