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Best rendering codec?
I’m currently building projects (weddings) with a mixture of 25 fps 720p AVCHD and .mov files. After I finish editing all the chapters I then put them all on one nested timeline and render out the DVD files for the client. I then render a progressive HD master from this timeline so that I can archive it plus render any Blu-ray disks from it if required. I then ditch all the original files. I used to transcode all my footage to Cineform before any editing was done, and simply rendered my masters in the Cineform codec, but i’ve recently got a new I7 PC so don’t have to anymore. Question is – what is the best format to render my masters in?? I can’t see any option to render it all to AVCHD at 25fps (only gives me 50fps option when i select 720p!).
Any suggestions would be great.
Thanks.
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If you have space, perhaps an uncompressed AVI or MOV?
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As will said, nothing beats Uncompressed AVI, Just that it carries
a very large file size.Steve Rhoden
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Filmex Creative Media.
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[Stephen Mann] “Why don’t you just save the original footage?”
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Yea, I never understood why people don’t save the original footage for archive, It’s never going to be higher quality than the original footage. I have all of my memory cards backup up twice, once to a stand alone drive and again to a RAID 5 along with the projects.
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Thanks for the replies. I’m in the habit of saving my masters over a few Blu-ray disks, and duplicating it on an external drive too. It’s all a bit fiddly and time consuming so i was hoping that starting off with smaller files (as i am with not having to transcode) would mean that i’d also end up with smaller files at the end of it!! As for the saving the originals option, is there an easy way to save only the files used on a timeline? I have Vegasaur which has an archive option but i think that needs to re-render the clip and so who knows what it’s going to turn each clip into.
Any suggestions?
Cheers
Chris.
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My original footage is always saved to a RAID 10 array and a separate RAID 0 array. -
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With the low price of hard drives today, why don’t you just buy a large hard drive for each project you’re shooting, and store the original clips on it? You don’t need an SSD- just a basic 5400 rpm Seagate (or equivalent) hard drive can easily be had for under $60 on NewEgg. You can easily get an external hard drive box, plop the drive in, copy the original clips, take out the drive and store it in its original anti-static bag and file it away.
I have done the above with all of my original family video clips. I actually just purchased 5 of these drives a few weeks ago, and they’re 7200rpm drives:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148767Dave
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Some of my archives:
Simple desktop docking station:
To keep them organized, I put an asset number on each drive and when the drive is first formatted, I give it that asset number as the volume name.
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Or buy two 4TB harddrives totalling around £200. have all your backups on one drive, then duplicate this onto another drive for reassurance.
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