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reducing file size of imported files in FCP
Hello everyone, I am a mathematics professor and I have been using a Canon HF100 and FCP to make some Calculus Videos for my students. I have upgraded my computer and bought several large hard drives but although I love the quality that the camera provides, I am hoping to reduce the file size on import. The problem is that no matter what setting I choose on the camera, even the lowest setting, when I import the files into FCP it has a data rate of approx 130 mbit/s. This filled up my new hard drives that I bought fairly quickly and even though I am buying some more hard drives I wonder if this can be avoided by lowering the quality of the initial footage some. Is there a setting I can change? Right now it is importing it in “Apple ProRes 422”. Any ideas?
Also, can I compress the files I have already imported into another format that might save me some space? Any suggestions?
I just tried the settings and it lets me import to AIC which reduces the file size by half. Can I safely convert all of my old footage to this format to save space? -
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Same here. This is ridiculous on FCP’s part. Let’s take a 17Mb/s file (at most) and upconvert it into a 130Mb/s file.
What is this all about?
Can’t Apple’s own 8 core computers handle some AVCHD footage? Or must we submit to their weak support for their own hardware and buy more hard drives because they can’t handle native AVCHD on their super computers?
This is weak Apple.
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