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HD multiclip too large to edit. Bandwidth problems ensue.
I’m cutting a four camera shoot on Final Cut 6 and my system can’t handle the workload. I need some sort of workaround solution.
The four clips are all 1440 x 1080 (Apple ProRes 422) clips; approximately 3 hours in length. The project is ~800 GB in size and is accessed from an Avastor HDX via Firewire 800. I am cutting on a Macbook Pro with 2.66 GHz Intel Core Duo with 4 GB memory. The multiclip grinds to a halt after only a few seconds of playback. All Final Cut playback settings are at the lowest choice.
The final project will be submitted at a 4×3 aspect ratio in SD (to play on public television.) Can I convert these clips to some other format to make them read smoother? I would access them from an internal drive (to increase bandwidth), but I don’t have 800 GB of space. 🙂 Does anyone have an idea to try? Thank you in advance! This is my first post.
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Go to the store, buy a FireWire raid with two internal drives striped together. Or, if your MBP supports an express card, buy a SATA express card and a SATA drive. Then edit…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
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David, Faster drives will do it. Or, you could also batch export ProRes Proxy versions of the clips for SD frame size and cut with those. That should get your bit rate down to about 5-6 MB/sec. per clip with an aggregate bit rate of about 20 MB/sec for 4 clips.
To finish, reconnect your locked picture to the HD files and compress from there.
Good luck.
Mitch Jacobson
Producer/Editor: Avid & FCP
New York City -
I love the faster drive idea, but the bank roll isn’t really allowing it. Tonight I am installing Final Cut 7 and will attempt the “proxy” workaround tomorrow during the day. I’m not familiar with the process so I will need a good day of troubleshooting (aka: yelling!) 🙂 If you know of a good walkthrough of the process I’d eat it up. Otherwise, here we go!
Thanks for the response.
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