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Are you importing the files through the media browser?
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What are your multiprocessing settings?
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[Scott Gaskin] “Do I need to change my footage to a different codec like pro-res before I start my editing and post production?”
No
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[Jack Smith] ” is mutli-cam editing a bad idea on my version of the Macbook Air?”
Yes
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[Dave Paterson] “Is this really the fastest way of doing this?”
Make your own presets. Unless you’re dealing with a bunch of weird non-standard frame sizes.
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Here’s a simplified breakdown. If you’re decoding/encoding compressed formats (like h264, mpeg2) it will need CPU power because pretty much all your computer is either reading the data from small file to show it to you or making a bigger file smaller. SSD or a RAID won’t help that much unless your CPU’s can output that stuff really, really fast. If you’re dealing with lossless formats (DPX, TIFF etc) then a fast hard drive will help because there’s less computing and straight up more writing going on. Especially when you are reading lossless stuff a fast hard drive is essential.
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[Oliver Bowyer] “Is it even possible to export 4 channels Mono and 4 channels 5.1 in the same MXF wrap??”
XDCAM HD 422 only supports 8 tracks. With that requirement you would need 28 tracks? I’ll have what they’re smoking.
You might be able to do this in a Quicktime format. Can you post the exact wording of the specs you were given?
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[Chris Simmons] “I also made sure it was pre-renderd (forget the name of this) where the bar turns green and it can fully play in preview.”
This only matters if you use the use previews-checkbox in the export window. This means that it will make the final export with the preview renders (that could be lower quality) and not the original files.
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You can set the default audio import preference in the program preferences.