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Converting Online Hi Res footage to Offline Low Res
I realize I am going about this backwards, but I wanted to capture at Hi Res to store a digital archival copy on a separate hard drive, but I’d like to convert these files to low-res to use while editing on a scratch drive.
Is there a way to compress the Online version to Offline without having to recapture?
Has anyone tried this?
Perhaps recapturing is faster than compressing, but I was hoping to preserve my master tapes from any further abuses 😉
Thanks in advance for any advice!
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What format are you editing?
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Yes, you can do this with the Media Manager. Look up the procedure in the manual. It is all laid out there.
Shane
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That’s not backwards, it’s a good way to do it if you have the drive space and don’t own the deck you are capturing from.
Use the media manager like Shane says. Basically you want to select the recompress option.
Jeremy
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I’m using DV format.
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Oh good. Yes, fortunately hard drive prices keep falling… (and I keep buying them) 😉
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Excellent! Thanks again, Shane.
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Annie,
DV video is just 13gb per hour. Thats nothing. Why the heck would you want to waste your time doing conversions? In the old days when hard drive space was at a premium that was necessary, now its just a huge waste of time.
DRW
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It is true. And I am aiming to capture it all high-res, but I’m afriad that my 7 year project has resulted in over 200 tapes
… granted, not all constitutes brilliant material… so I do like the idea of offlining some of it.
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I am sure your final project is not going to be X days long. That is why you (or an assistant) can log your tapes and only capture what you need. You are wasting time and hard drive space by capturing all 200+ hours.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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[Annie] “my 7 year project has resulted in over 200 tapes”
Annie,
Gosh, I once had a project that took 5 years. National Geographic paid me 15-cents on the dollar after risking my life and the lives of every person on the crew. We were shooting underwater, at night, in the open ocean, 120 miles offshore. Whats taking you so long???
DRW
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