how to make low res video files for off line editing

[Edward Troxel]

Capture full res, File – Render As to a lower res?

Edward Troxel

[Robert Dupper]

do you mean rendering all the captured files?
because that would be way too much…
or do you mean there is a way to capture it and store it in two versions?
that would be great.

[Edward Troxel]

I meant rendering all the capture files.

Edward Troxel

[Paul Gregory]

I seem to recall that some Pinnace products would allow you to capture at low resolution. You could then edit your video & preview it at low resolution. Then when you were finished you were asked to put then original tapes back into your camera & then only the clips needed for your project would be captured at high resolution. At least that was the theory but I could never get it to work this way.

Does Vegas allow you to do this as well?

[Peter Wright]

Vegas DV capture is a data copy from DV camera to Hard Drive, so it automatically receives at the same quality as was shot.

Some of the previous generation cards captured or digitised through analogue connections, into MJPEG video and you could set the capture quality before starting.

Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au

[Steph St. laurent]

I think Ed was right on the button. Why not import all of the captured clips, set regions for the clips and do a batch render to the same filenames into a different folder. You can then edit them easily and then when you want to insert the original avi files you can just swap them out or delete the small files and switch the connections to the new ones.

It sounds like an interesting process for working on slower machines. I’m very interested in how you do it.

I’ve always had better luck working with the DV codec AVIs but if you find something that works smooth it’ll be good to know in a pinch. 🙂

steph

[John O flaherty]

i have a 2.5 hour single shot which i am shooting next week it probally wont fit on a standard dvd so how do i render it as low res file to fit the dvd.
any help appricated.
John in Ireland.

[Mike Kujbida]

[john o flaherty] “i have a 2.5 hour single shot which i am shooting next week it probally wont fit on a standard dvd…”

Sure it will.
Since you don’t care about the quality, customize the MPEG-2 encoder as follows.
CBR of 3,712,000 or
VBR of 6,500,000 / 3,712,000 / 2,224,000
This assumes AC-3 audio.
Add the timecode FX to it and you’re all set.