[Khashyar Darvich]

Thank you, Jeremy.

Yes, I already have a backup of all of the originally shot footage.

I think that once I have all of the footage transcoded, I may back that up as well.

I think that I will go step-by-step with this project, the first step being the transcode all of the footage as ProRes 422.

Thank you for your thoughtful advice.

[Khashyar Darvich]

Thank you again, David, for the expertise and advice.

I think that what I might do is:

1) First, transcode all of the footage (long process 🙂 )

2) assemble a rough cut, and then copy all of the used video clips onto a new single drive, and then copy any new clips onto the single drive that I am using eclusively for editing the project.

Thank you for the kind advice.

[Khashyar Darvich]

Thank you for all of your great advice, Jeremy.

I will take a look at Grinder.

[Khashyar Darvich]

Thank you, Zane…

It is possible that we can use a new Mac, and use FCP 7.

Since this first step will involve A LOT of transcoding (over 200 hours of footage), I didn’t want to use the time of the newer MAC.

Do you think that the newer versions of ProRes available on the newer Macs looks noticeably better than the FCP 6 versions of ProRes?

Thank you again.

[Khashyar Darvich]

Thank you for your suggestions, David, and for sharing your expertise.

I have begun to transcode the ACVHD footage via Clipwrap, and it is taking a long time.

It is better to begin this now than later 🙂

Do you know off-hand whether Compressor can transcode ACVHD files?

Thank you again.

[Khashyar Darvich]

Thanks for your thoughts, Everest.

I producer and direct feature documentary films, the last one an international theatrical doc, and this is the first time that I have worked with footage from Canons or ACVHD.

So, I thought that Final Cut Pro could edit the footage natively, and did not realize they needed to be converted.

This is why these new questions have arisen for me.

Thank you for your thoughts about how we can most efficiently move ahead with editing at this stage.

If we feel that we need to hire a specialist later, then we will. Thank you for that suggestion.

[Khashyar Darvich]

Hi Dave,

I do appreciate yours and his advice.

Thank you.

[Khashyar Darvich]

Another issue is…

If I have 20-25 GB of converted footage, how do I access all of the drives during editing?

Do I build an array?

Do I choose footage for the rough cut and then save only the files I need to a separate drive?

What do you suggest?

Thank you again.

[Khashyar Darvich]

Thank you for your thoughts and feedback, David.

I understand that you are saying that it I will save time, confusion and frustration to transcode all of the footage now.

The cost of the hard drives aside (which, will probably be double since it is probably smart to have a backup of all of the converted footage as well), how much time do you think it will take to transcode 200+ hours of footage to Prores 422?

We will begin ASAP with the transcoding 🙂

Khashyar

[Khashyar Darvich]

Thank you, John…

I am looking on Ebay for a comparable MacBook Pro.

Khashyar