[Dave Gage]

[Joe Marler] “Under no conditions import bare AVCHD MTS files using “leave files in place”. They should be either (1) Imported from the AVCHD bundle and allow FCPX to copy to the library or (2) Re-wrapped externally with EditReady then imported using “leave files in place”.”

Joe,

Pretty cool, I came here specifically for this topic not knowing there would be a recent thread about it. I haven’t visited or posted here in many years.

I started many years back with FCP X 10.04 on OS 10.6.8 (2011 17″ MBP) and did a ton of editing for my websites and Youtube, but haven’t had any pressing editing needs the last 4 years or so. When I went to Sierra, I also upgraded FCP X to 10.4.

The last couple of weeks I started editing some live music video footage shot in 1080p 29.97 and .mts format. It was really, really, really slow. I figured since the OS and QuickTime Player understood the .mts format now that FCP X must understand the format by default too. I was wrong.

I muddled through an edit or two and tried using a proxy file which certainly did help, but something still seemed wrong. My immediate reaction was that Apple must be trying to force me to buy new hardware (which won’t be happening anytime soon-still have two of the 2011 MBPs). After more thought, I figured I’d try my old ClipWrap app for a quick re-wrap test which was a must do back when I was editing a lot. It worked great!

So, you’ve confirmed what I discovered and I also found out that my old ClipWrap became EditReady2. I don’t see any pressing reasons to upgrade my ClipWrap (for $30), so I guess I’m good to go. Thanks to all and it’s nice to see that Jeff is still around.

[Dave Gage]

Just for old times sake, I went and checked the requirements for the newest Compressor and it requires Sierra, so I couldn’t buy or install it if I wanted to since I’m on El Capitan with no plans to upgrade for some time. (I just left Snow Leopard about 6 months ago.)

After about 30 years, I’m pretty much done with Apple. The next computer I buy will likely be a Dell laptop or similar and then install Linux Mint or similar for business. When I occasionally need FCP or Logic, I can boot up one of the older Macs. It’s too bad because I really like Logic and FCP, but it’s time to move on. Thanks, Dave

[Dave Gage]

Jeremy,

(Hey, long time no type to. I’ve been off doing non-video stuff for a couple of years.)

As I said in the first post, I only have the old FCP 7 version of Compressor. I don’t think that would work without double-export and I don’t want to buy the newest version just for this job or spend extra time. I think that using the the default FCP X Share options should be fine. I’d just like to tweak them a bit if possible. I wish there were a few more options available for data rate and audio choice (AAC bit rate, etc.).

Thanks,
Dave

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Any body have any thoughts?

I guess unless I export and use a separate encoder, it is what it is from FCP. I thought I’d ask in case I was missing something. I just don’t want to take the time right now to double export for what the final product needs to be.

Thanks,
Dave

[Dave Gage]

Except for bug fixes and “Native support for .MTS and .MT2S files from AVCHD cameras” (which I hope includes the Finder), I don’t see anything in there that I need or care about. The big change for my world appears to be Libraries.

Thanks again,
Dave

[Dave Gage]

Noah,

Right now, I’m just looking for a general list of major changes. I don’t think the process of upgrading to Libraries will be that tough, just time consuming. The reason I never bothered to update was that there wasn’t a single feature after 10.0.4 that I absolutely needed. I did follow up through 10.2 and didn’t follow after that.

[Noah Kadner] “I’d go for Ripple Training.”
Maybe down the road, I just need to get started with basics at this point. I don’t edit professionally, my needs are very very simple. I guess I can start by updating my Events and Projects and play around a bit and see if I run into any problems or questions.

Thanks,
Dave

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Gary,

[Gary Huff] “Hey Dave, you won’t see the kind of speeds I am seeing with my 2013 MacBook Pro 15″, but switching from the LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt drive to the internal SSD saw a drop in render time from 40-ish minutes per clip (Sony F55 4K raw to ProRes HQ in DaVinci Resolve 12) to less than 10. Yes, just from switching the destination drive to the internal SSD.”

That’s very cool! I take it that your “2013 MacBook Pro 15” only has one drive in it so your OS and media are on the same SSD.

[Gary Huff] “you’re going to see about half that speed, but it’s still respectable.”
Yeah I’ll take it. As I said, I’m still just working with 1080p clips in a 720p timeline, so it should be great for my needs.

My next purchase after replacing the internal drives with SSDs with be to pick up a Thunderbolt drive dock to speed up the backups, but one thing at a time.

Thanks,
Dave

[Dave Gage]

Eric,

Cool, thanks for the info. I’m on an ancient version of FCPX (and OS and machine), but it’s fine for my needs at the moment. I’ve always been good with organizing data and backup, so I have never run into problems (knock on head, I mean wood). It will interesting to compare the speed difference between media on OS SSD vs. on separate spinning HD.

Dave

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Eric, Bill, and Steve,

Thanks so much for your comments. It is what I thought I remembered reading a year or so ago. And yes, all I do is smaller projects for my web businesses. Media is either screen captures or 1080 30p, but the project is always 720p.

In my post below, my new question is whether or not to move the media when editing to the OS drive or leave it on the Hybrid 750 GB drive. Down the road, I’ll also replace the Hybrid drive with another Samsung 1 TB SSD.

Thanks again,
Dave

[Dave Gage]

Gary, Mark,

Correct. I was not thinking that.

I, like Gary a year or so ago have a very upgradeable i7 17″ MBP, actually 2 of them now. My main machine already has two drives in it, but both are spinning HDs. I hope to replace one of them with a Samsung 1TB 850 Evo 2.5 in the next few months and then when I have more dough, I will swap out the other drive with the same SSD. The 2nd drive in there now (non-OS) is my media drive. When I’m out and need to edit something, I don’t have to take an external drive with me anymore. I don’t edit for a living so my needs are very conservative for space and speed. When I get home, I always back up the media drive and also the main OS drive. The “Media Drive backup” also gets backed up to another backup drive, so I end up with 3 drives with the media on it.

I will likely use the first SSD to replace the OS/Applications drive and then swap out the Media drive down the road. In the meantime, if it makes enough difference, I could move the media for the current project on to the main OS drive and edit there. Unless someone knows for sure yea or nea, I guess I’ll just have to try both ways when I get the new SSD.

Thanks,
Dave