The move to 64 bit

[John Rofrano]

[Antonio Salva] ” after I import the files using device in Vegas, it saved it to the local drive, how would I then export it to an external drive?”

You can set the location by going into the properties and changing it. You can have it import anywhere you want. Having said that, you can certainly copy the files to another drive once you have imported them. This important part is that they are imported so that the file fragments get properly stitched back together.

[Antonio Salva] “I was always under the impression that is was better to have your media files on another hard drive and then render to yet another drive-is this a work flow from a time when computers weren’t that robust?”

Yes, you want to keep your video files off of your OS drive where there is a lot of disk contention. Whether you render to yet another drive is up to you. Most renders are CPU bound so using another drive doesn’t buy you much.

[Antonio Salva] “I was confused by one of your earlier posts on this thread, because you said you copy files to two drives, then in another post you said I shouldnt just copy the files to a drive. Could you explain your workflow?”

I back up my memory cards to two external drives. I do not just “copy the files” I copy the entire AVCHD folder from the card to two separate drives as backup. Then when I’m ready to use those source files in a project, I import them to my project drive using the Device Explorer. At no time am I copying the individual video files. I’m always working with the entire AVCHD card structure. I also archive all of my projects to a third drive when they are complete.

[Antonio Salva] “Finally, I’m working on a long project that will end up being an hour or longer, it will be too big to work on my local drive-when I make a final edit should I work on the local drive using nested projects assembled into the final edit?”

It sounds like you need a larger local drive. I would buy a 1TB or 2TB USB 3.0 drive and work on that if your local drive isn’t big enough (assuming your computer supports USB 3.0) It’s best to keep the whole project on one drive. Make sure you buy one with 7200RPM drives.

~jr

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[Antonio Salva]

John, thank you for all your help : ) I think I finally understand your workflow for capturing the files. One question though, when you say local drive, do you mean the C drive? Do you import your files to the C drive to work on a project, then export back to a media drive? Or is the local drive you describe another media drive that is not your C drive. Last, I imported the files for a project to the local c drive, thinking this is what you described, how would I export these files keeping the “stitching” in place? Just save the project to another file and check include media? Thanx again for all your help. You’ve got me back on track in the world of Vegas?

[John Rofrano]

[Antonio Salva] “One question though, when you say local drive, do you mean the C drive? Do you import your files to the C drive to work on a project, then export back to a media drive? Or is the local drive you describe another media drive that is not your C drive.”

When I say “local drive” I really mean my internal video editing drive. My Windows PC is set up with a C: drive that contains OS and programs, a D: drive that contains stock media and music, and an E: drive which contains my current Video projects. On my Mac Pro I have a drive for / the root filesystem for OS and Applications, another drive for /Media which contains stock media and music, and a dive for /Video which is RAID 0 that I use to edit on. So both my PC and my Mac are set up the same way with three drives. Video files are copied to my E:\Video drive on my PC or /Video drive on my Mac. Never to the OS drive (C:).

[Antonio Salva] “Last, I imported the files for a project to the local c drive, thinking this is what you described, how would I export these files keeping the “stitching” in place? Just save the project to another file and check include media? “

Yes, that would work. Once the files have been stitched together, you can copy them any where you want by an means you want. The important thing is that you stitch them together by importing them from the Memory Card or a folder that contains the content of the memory card, and that you do not copy them directly from subfolders on the memory card. If you keep all of the files for a project under one main folder, then you can copy that folder to any drive you want to work on it or archive it.

Just to clarify. I now have two ways of working: Sometimes I will copy my projects onto my internal Video drive to work on them. Other times I will use external USB 3.0 drives to work on them. I only started using the USB 3.0 drives because they are now fast enough to give me the speed that I need to edit. I would have never done this with a USB 2.0 drive because they are too slow. One thing that will make me use a USB 3.0 drive is if I need portability. If I’m working on a project that I want to edit on both my desktop and my laptop, I will use a USB 3.0 drive. If it’s a project that I’m only working on my desktop computer, I will use my internal Video drive.

Hope that helps,

~jr

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