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Limit to the number of Cineon files AE can import?
Hi,
Is there an upper limit to the number of Cineon files AE can import? I need to import about 20 minute’s worth of DPX files into AE. I can easily import small selections of files. But when I try to import 20 minute’s worth of DPX files, the select dialogue box goes away and then nothing happens.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Jack -
3 Replies
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your computer is probly crashing…thats alot of information for it to handle…probly have to do it in sections
lates -
Isn’t that 350 gigabytes? yowza
I wouldn’t recommend importing more than a couple hundred frames at a time. you’ll run out of ram fast. Each frame is about 12 megabytes.
good luck
Pete -
Hi guys,
Thanks a lot for your replies… I figured it out…
I was getting problems when I was selecting the DPX files by shift-clicking in the “import footage” dialogue box. But I don’t get any problems if I just select the first DPX file and then tick the “import Cineon sequence” box. AE happily imports as many DPX files as I give it.
My system seems quite happy with the files. I’ve split it into two sections – the longest is 17 minutes long (at 25fps). Of course, it can only load a few files into RAM at once but it still manages fine (by “fine” I mean it can play back the files at about 2fps!)
Thanks,
Jack====================
Jack Kelly
London
Dir / Prod / Camera
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