[Joel Samuels]

I should add that while this option was available under general preferences in 10.1, it seemes to ave disappeared in 10.1.2 – see: https://www.philiphodgetts.com/2013/12/final-cut-pro-x-10-1/

[Joel Samuels]

Thanks Bret,

I was aware that this was a possible, but is there not a way globally change the default backup location rather than have to go through and set this on a per library basis?

[Joel Samuels]

Thanks for all your help – this was an easy fix but for some reason I hadn’t managed to find the answer anywhere else.

[Joel Samuels]

Matthew thanks for all your advice, I am currently encoding all my footage – it’s going to take a while! I definitely recommend the new go pro cineform studio, it seems to be quite a robust little program, though perhaps it’s a little annoying for people who paid for neoscene. However, options are limited with cineform studio, and it doesn’t support all the formats neoscene does. I’m happy it works for me though.

I’ll update on the progress of the edit with these settings, might be interesting for those on underpowered systems.

[Joel Samuels]

Matthew, thanks for your post.

My initial thought was that as you say, I would be able to encode in DV using it purely as a codec, (and choose my own resolution etc.) however using Adobe Media Encoder, (with PP 5.5) there are no options to deviate from the standard flavours of DV, things like framerate and pixel aspect are greyed out.

I’ve tried encoding in MPEG stream clip aswell, and while there I can force 23.976, I can’t change anything else. My understanding is that, as a broadcast standard DV is much more rigidly defined than other codecs, and as such offers less in the way of flexibility.

However, you can actually encode for free using the gopro Cineform codec, though maybe this is only a recent development. They have a program, Gopro Cineform Studio, available for free on the Gopro website. If you download it, the the codec also becomes available to use in Adobe Media Encoder.

Matthew – what do you mean by not needing an online/offline with cineform? I won’t be able to edit it in HD, so i’ll have to lower the resolution for editing – surely this means creating multiple copies – one for each needed resolution?