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  • Limitations on Capture Length?

    Posted by Bob Delano on March 18, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    We want to use FCP as the record engine on a server for some live events. Are there any limitations on the maximum duration of a clip? What if you wanted to record a 6 hour event? How about 12 hours??

    Bob

    David Smith replied 18 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Chris Borjis

    March 18, 2008 at 10:46 pm

    I think it might be 20 hours.

  • David Smith

    March 21, 2008 at 1:10 am

    I don’t know the answer to your question, but just have a few observations as I routinely record live events of several hours between intermissions. You might want to consider having two recording chains with the same feed and overlapping your recordings. Otherwise, if you have clips of the length you are talking about you’ll have huge clips to deal with. It can take a lot of time to back up and move such huge clips. Also, if you have a recording problem, and they do happen, you won’t know it until you stop the recording at the very end of your event.

    Regards,
    David

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