Need to create low-rez copy of timeline

[Mark Raudonis]

Not quite sure why you need to rename them. If you could elaborate on that, perhaps someone could have a suggestion for you.

mark

[Ken Zukin]

Well, my reporter is pretty technologically challenged….it’s much easier for him to deal with a video file identified, for instance, as “red-barn wide-shot, than a series of (P2 generated) numbers and letters.

I know that my camera has the feature of being able to simply hand off an SD card full of proxy files. But that isn’t going to work for me here.

I really just need a way of taking a High Def timeline with it’s many GB’s of content, and creating a compressed version of that.

Or, if you have any other ideas for me…….

[Ray Chung]

Can’t you just choose the timeline/sequence, and use ‘Export Using Quicktime Conversion’, and just export a smaller quicktime? H.264 MP4’s work well.

[Chris Tompkins]

Why not a Windows Media File w/ time-code burn? – Web delivery.
It’s what we do now.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta

[Nick Meyers]

Ken,
not sure if you want one single file that is e lo-res EXPORT of your timeline (you said you laid of to tape i the past)

or a low-res version of the timeline with it’s separate clips.

probably the latter, right?
so you need to use the MEDIA MANAGER.

also,i m going to assume that you will want to take the journo’s edited sequence and reconnect to your hires files.

select the sequence in the browser,
or select all in the timeline,

File Menu > Media Manager

– use RECOMPRESS mode from the first pulldown.
– set sequences to: your flavour of low-res. (more below)

– DONT delete unused.
– Base Media FIle Names on: Existing file names

– request a new project

best flavour of low res.
depends on what you can handle.
when you choose one of the options, the Media Manager will show you the size of the new files,
in the green bars at the top.

DV may well be small enough.
if not there is the OfflineRT family of codecs.
if you are both using FCP7, check out the new ProRes LT & ProRes proxy codecs.

when your journo is done editing, they can email the project back to you,
but get them to archive, or compress it first.

right or control click on the file in the browser, and chose archive or compress.
terminology changes depending on the operating system… but does the same thing.
make the file 10 times smaller.

on your end run the sequence thru Media Manager again.

this time:

– CREATE OFFLINE from the pull down
– set sequences to: the original format
– DONT delete unused.
– Base Media FIle Names on: Existing file names

you’ll get a new project with the edit, all clips will be offline,
so you then reconnect to your media.

(any media the journo adds like music or photos will probably not be on your system, of course)

nick

[Shane Ross]

Get PROXYMILL by https://www.imagineproducts.com. This will automatically make low res MP4 files with burned in timecode when you offload the P2 cards to your backup drive. All automatic, matching timecode and window code. Very easy, and all in the background.

Shane

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[Ken Zukin]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions….I am aware of Proxymill, as I own one of Imagine’s related products: Shotput Pro.

My intent here is to be able to re-name files for my producer/reporter. As best I can tell, Proxymill just takes the files my Panasonic camera generates (numbers and letters) and compresses those.

I already have a real-time avenue for this with Panasonic’s native Proxy system (which I bought to the tune of $1500). This system can record compressed images to a SD card — problem (again) is the files are numbers/letters.

[Nick Meyers]

you can easily rename files from within fcp.

Modify Menu > rename > clip to match file & file to match clip.

or right click on the clip itself in the browser for the same functions.

i haven’t worked with file-based media, (As opposed to tape-based)
but i’d ask around a bit before changing the file names.
sounds like a bit of a dead end if you needed to go back to the originals.

the MEDIA MANAGER solution i outlined lets you change the names of the CLIPS,
while keeping the file names untouched.

there are those who would still find this an unacceptable risk,
and would suggest simply using the description column.

nick

[Ken Zukin]

Thanks for the help, Nick. There is a feature within FCP’s “log and transfer” window that allows one to revert back to the original name (or number, in the P2 case).