[Eddie Vansell]

Sorry Chris, I’m very new to this. Basically you’re telling me that within my project panel I should drag each of my original MOV files into the “New Item” icon. I would then be creating “new sequences” referencing the original clips. Then I would drop these “new sequences” into my timeline and edit these instead of the actual MOV files.

I guess I don’t get it? There is no transcoding happening here. My main sequence is using the HD-DSLR preset chosen at the being of the project creation. I’m not following you, I don’t understand the benefit.

[Eddie Vansell]

Chris, thank you for your input. I don’t understand why I wouldn’t want to edit my footage in its native format? It’s already compressed to H.264. I thought this was the whole idea behind CS5’s Mercury Playback Engine?

Perhaps you could point me to a recommended Thunderbolt RAID setup? The only one that I’m aware of is the Promise Pegasus R4. I don’t think that I could justify the $1,000 investment.

Thanks again!