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client side video scrubbing software?
I’ve got a client that is giving me Huge files. About 500GB worth of captures. Most of them are about 16GB each, but I only need less than a minute from each clip in most cases. I thought I’d mention that in case anyone has some tips.
These guys aren’t very tech savvy, but Are enough that at least one of them was smart enough to get VLC to play them. Others struggled with Quicktime or even win media player.
I’m trying to get them to give me approximate times and descriptions of the clips since they know the videos better than I do. But I’d like to set them up with decent tools to do that.
Is there anything out there with a jog like dial to scrub through a video, like Premiere has? Ideally it would also temporarily convert the files to a format that can be scrubbed, also like Premiere does. If the software also allows you to mark the video, add description, and move to the next that would be an added bonus. They are just listing that out in Excel for now which is fine.
Maybe something that could trim those videos and just send the clips (with some added padding on the front and back for fades of course)?
I’m a bit new to the editing world, I usually use AE and it’s less than 5min. Thought you experts might be able to shed some light.
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You’ve basically described a piece of software Adobe is working on called “Prelude” https://nofilmschool.com/2012/02/adobe-sneak-peak-video-application-prelude/
From experience, I think your approach is slightly flawed. It’s an uphill battle with any client to get them to add software or change their workflow to accommodate someone they have hired. It’s especially gear grinding if they have a strict IT department.
I would say you have two choices:
Adobe Premiere Elements (I’m not wholly familiar with its ability to edit metadata or how compatible its projects are with CS). The learning curve for non-editors I’m sure is huge.
Quicktime Player. You can use the left and right arrows to kind of shuttle (or ctrl+arrow to play forwards and backwards) and it can also display timecode https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/qt_timecode_display_gary.html
There may actually be a program to do what you need, and if so then I’m not aware of it.
I feel like doing it in Quicktime means someone can spend a day watching footage and marking down timecode without a headache.
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