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proRez 25gig to H.264 youtube workflow advice
25 gig ProRes 422 (HQ) to youtube yeah yeah heard it before right…
simple request of needing a 17 minute 1280 x 720 youtube H.264 3 days later.I was handed a 25 GB ProRez 422 (HQ) file 1920×1080 with sound – one fat clip.
I have been processing it a hundred ways but feel like I’m really missing an essential step in my workflow for FCP.I had to run a simple non-keyframed 3 Color correction on the clip which turned the render bar Orange as expected.
I tried exporting (out of FCP) “using Quicktime conversion” that also estimated a wait time of 7 hours which grew exponentially at the 2nd hour. Also Did a In / Out test of 4 seconds and took 5 minutes.
I then tried exporting (out of FCP) using compressor. Found out that takes a ridiculous amount of time.
So the consensus here is create a master file and drop THAT into compressor right? okay, do I need to export out a “self-contained” proRes 422 that will also be 25 gigs (will take 5 hours)? Or can I export using a codec and size that’s a little more manageable than the 25 gigs to drop into compressor?
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How long is the program?
A self contained or reference movie which references a rendered sequence (no matter what the colors above the sequence in the timeline window are) will compress the fastest. But it’ shouldn’t take you 5 hours to export a 25 gig file if it’s rendered. If it’s not, it might though. H.264 on a PPC machine is really really slow I’m afraid, likely three times the length of the program on a dual core intel even. But an 8 core machine with a quick cluster setup is faster than real time and the Matrox technology is really fast on any intel machine.
Gotta say, your real problem here is that old machine… Just to give you an idea read here on the times I get from an 8 core intel: https://library.creativecow.net/articles/hofmann_jerry/matrox_mxo2.php
The Matrox MAX technology is worth it’s weight in gold, but won’t work with a PPC machine.
Jerry
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