[Tim Thompson]

Thanks for your input. I may need to start from scratch again, reinstall windows etc.. Your comments focused on the raid set up. I need that info as well. Thank you. However, would you mind addressing the following so I know that I’m thinking about this correctly. I need to understand what’s going on with the file so I can make some educated decisions:

“Regarding Video Preview and Audio Preview: Should I have these on separate hard drives? To recap:

c: Windows and CS4 Premier Pro
D: Raw Footage, Set “Captured Video” to this disk.
This disk will also contain audio that I recorded, set “Captured Audio” to this disk.
E: Video Preview and Audio Preview: This disk is an empty disk. Should I set “Video Preview” and “Audio Preview” locations to this disk? This will disk will contain only my preview files.
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[Tim Thompson]

In Premier Pro, consider the following:

Project->Scratch Disks
Captured Video
Captured Audio
Video Preview
Audio Preview

I have my footage on it’s own disk. Should I point “Captured Video” folder to where I have my raw video? Is that the idea? I didn’t capture anything. Everything will be imported to the project.

Same with audio. I recorded separate audio and have that in a different location. Or I could create a folder on the same disk as my footage and store it there. Should I point the “Capture Audio” folder at my raw audio folder?

Regarding Video Preview and Audio Preview: Should I have these on separate hard drives? To recap:

c: Windows and CS4 Premier Pro
D: Raw Footage, Set “Captured Video” to this disk.
This disk will also contain audio that I recorded, set “Captured Audio” to this disk.
E: Video Preview and Audio Preview: This disk is an empty disk. Should I set “Video Preview” and “Audio Preview” locations to this disk? This will disk will contain only my preview files.

Am I thinking about this correctly?

Thanks

Tim

[Tim Thompson]

Okay, Each time I move the scratch files, I get results. Not the most optimal results but I think that this might be the key to get me going. Here’s my setup:

3 1 TB drives
C: Windows and premier Pro
E: This is an empty disk that I can use that is raid 0 with C:
F: Contains my raw video files, Non-raid

Consider the following and note my questions (WHERE….?) with relation to my setup above.

In Premier Pro
Edit->Preferences->Media
Media Cache Files (WHERE SHOULD I PUT THESE?)
Media Cache Database (WHERE SHOULD I PUT THESE)
Project->Scratch Disks
Captured Video (WHERE SHOULD I PUT THESE?)
Captured Audio (WHERE SHOULD I PUT THESE?)
Video Previews (WHERE?)
Audio Previews (WHERE?)

Thanks for the help!

Tim