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Trimming Source Media when Saving a Project.
For some reason I am able to specify that I would like to trim and copy source media when saving as, but it doesn’t seem to apply. I am trying to save a few different projects. They are all only 1:30 seconds total, and use clips from the source avi. of lengths in between 2 and 10 seconds. However, when I try to “save as” using the trim and copy source media, I end up getting save times of close to 30 minutes and after it has saved, the source media hasn’t been trimmed at all. Some of these projects are totalling 12GB for a minute and a half project. Is there an option or setting I haven’t found? Please help. I have quite a few more projects to finish and need to back up the finished projects to DVD, because I am running out of hard drive space. Thanks.
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If you’re looking at the ORIGINAL files, those are untouched. When you look in the “Save As” folder, you should see a bunch of files which will be pieces from those original files. To truly save the space, you then have to manually delete the original files.
Edward Troxel
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Yeah, that’s the problem.
Example…
Trimmed project: C drive > Extra Space > name of project…
Original project G drive > name of projectThen after creating the trimmed folder in the C drive I go to the G drive, delete the project, then to a folder for all captured media and delete the associated Original Source Media, therefore, freeing up space.
My problem is that the program is not trimming the large avi files and creating small copies. It is performing a “save as” to the new folder in the c drive, creating multiple clips but they are huge. They are the original avi’s. Some 6 to 12 GB.
Wondering if there is a setting or option I am missing? Thanks
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Are you using a velocity envelope anywhere?
Edward Troxel
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Yes. Does this affect the trim and copy?
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[corey679] “Yes. Does this affect the trim and copy?”
Yes it does. It ends up copying MORE than it needs because of the velocity envelope.
Edward Troxel
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The entire portion of avi though? We are talking 6 gigs here. Should I create sub clips of the used media in the project, and if so will those sub clips be useable one the source media has been deleted?
Thanks for your help by the way.
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I would try it with sub-clips. That may work around that problem.
Edward Troxel
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Cool. Thanks again.
Vegas dropped the ball on this feature if you ask me.
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I agree that this is a major hassle that hopefully be addressed/fixed at some point.
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I never use it because it takes a DV-AVI file and breaks it into a DV-AVI file for the video and a W64 file for the audio. I’d rather keep the audio and video as a single file.
Edward Troxel
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