-
Restoring Archived AVC-HD project efficiently
Hi All,
Sorry if this has been asked, I am not sure how to effectively search it in the forum.
I am in the process of experimenting with archiving and restoring projects shot using AVC-HD. My strategy which has been suggested here is to archive by deleting all the ProRes files and just keeping the raw AVC files. This works fine, but in a lot of cases I transcode more of the clip that was originally needed. I am curious if there is a way to only restore the parts of the video clip that I used in the timeline to save myself restoration time. Example: I have a 10 minute interview that I only use 4 or 5 bites from. It would save me a lot of time to only retranscode those 5 bites as opposed to the entire interview.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Mark -
2 Replies
-
I don’t believe there’s any way to only “re transcode” only what’s contained in a sequence which started as a full transcode of the avchd material…
Best to just keep the prores.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer, Producer, Writer, Director Editor, Gun for Hire and other things. I ski. My Blog: https://blogs.creativecow.net/Jerry-Hofmann
DVD:https://store.creativecow.net/p/81/jerry_hofmanns_final_cut_system_setup
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO2 with MAX Cinema Displays
-
Thanks Jerry,
Right now keeping the ProRes isn’t really an option. Budget is tight so getting additional drives is tough, being able to store a few extra projects on that drive can be quite helpful. I can wait for it to transcode again as I don’t often restore the projects and they’re all pretty short at this point in time.
Thanks,
Mark
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up