Where to put proxy files, same place as original footage?

[Shane Ross]

[Vince-Patrick Mitchell] “What would the ideal place for the proxy files to go? Same hard drive as the original footage?”

Ideally you should have your original footage archived on a separate drive than the media you are cutting with. If you lose the hard drive, if it dies, then you lose EVERYTHING. So first, have a separate hard drive for the camera masters. Have two copies of this…redundant backup.

THEN…if you want to switch from offline to online via a toggle, you can have one of those connected while you also have your proxies on a media drive. OR…you can copy those camera masters to your editing drive (third copy) and make the proxies as well, so you can toggle on the fly easily. I personally prefer that they be separate from the camera masters…in a single folder. Not buried inside the duplicate camera masters and hard to find…although that is the default location for them…oddly.

[Vince-Patrick Mitchell] “Would it impact performance if one would place proxy files elsewhere than original footage? “

Nope. Might be better…less media on that drive.

Shane
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