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Can QuickTime Pro Do This?
I have an HVX200 with a P2 card – I capture HDV in QT format.
Once I download all my clips I want to use QT Pro to delete the part of the clip I dont need – say there is 3 mins and only 30 secs is usable, I want QT pro to delete the other stuff, so I trim the clip in QT Pro and save it but it does not diminish the file size! I dont want to have to go through and save as and save it as another file name, then delete the original file – I am doing this with hundreds of clips so I want to skip as many steps as possible.
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5 Replies
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Forget it Joseph, HDV is only 13gb per hour and 500gb hard drives are just $190. FCP doesn’t do what you want easily or particularly well either, and your time has got to be more valuable than hard drive space at current prices.
DRW
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The HVX-200 does not shoot HDV, it shoots DVCPRO HD.
Anyway…I would use the Media Manager to do this, not QT Pro.
Shane
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Sorry – My mistake – I am using DVC Pro HD – much larger files – 8 mins is 20 gigs. How would I use media manager for this? I have never used it…
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Start with the Manual and do a search in the PDF for “Deleting unused media”, then post back with your Q’s. There is also a very nice compact article on the media manager on kenstone.net, please check that out.
Kevin Monahan
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[joseph wilkins] “I have an HVX200 with a P2 card – I capture HDV in QT format.”
Umm… no you don’t.
You capture DVCPro HD.
And why are you trying to use QT to media manage? I’m not trying to be crass, but it looks like you don’t really know or understand the process.
FCP has a tool called Media Manger (like most NLEs). Look it up in the manual, & read it VERY THOROUGHLY. Many people are confused by the Media Manager, & it’s easy to get tricked up & miss a step.
Another option is to use the Batch Export feature in FCP. Again, it’s in the manual- look it up. You can set in & out point on each clip, send them to batch export, then create a new project with the new, exported clips, & delete the old ones.
But then, again, hard drives are cheap. Why bother?
Arnie
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