Walter Biscardi
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[Soumendra Jena] “So, I simply made a mp4 file and will copy that to a DVD, so the user can view the 1080p on his PC or laptop with that DVD.
“I’m not sure that would even work, not sure that the DVD would be able to play the file without stuttering playback. If you transfer the file OFF the DVD to the laptop, then it might work but even there, depending on the laptop, that’s a HUGE file.
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[Joe Kilburn] “Is having the Premiere installation on a separate disk from its associated projects slowing things down as well?”
Couldn’t answer that one as we’ve never had to deal with that here. We always have software and project files in one location.
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[Joe Kilburn] “Okay. Also, would it help if the project files associated with the videos be in the same drive? I only put videos on the S drive. All my project files and other associated files (audio, etc.) are on the J drive.”
Project files live on your main system hard drive.
All media files should live together in the same place. Not sure why you’re separating audio from your video. We put ALL media into one folder structure in one place. Video, Audio, Graphics, Exports, Music, etc… One location. Very efficient for the system to pull the media for the project.
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[Joe Kilburn] “Okay… I actually wouldn’t add the S drive to the array until I finish this project. But would that make sense for future reference?”
It will definitely give you more speed in the future. I don’t run any internal RAIDs here in my shop, everything is external.
Your C Drive certainly still has plenty of room on it.
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[Joe Kilburn] “but would it help if I added the S drive to the array and make one big storage disk?
“No because you’re still way too full on both sets of drives so combining them is just going to be one very large RAID with very little room left.
[Joe Kilburn] “Back to the issue at hand, what would you advise I do to make this project work? Just import all the sequences and let Premiere chew on it for a while?”
That seems to be your only option short of purchasing a new RAID and pushing all the media over to that.
Or if you have room for more RAM, that wouldn’t hurt either. We actually have 48GB RAM in the lone Dell we have here and it’s noticeably faster than the Macs with Premiere Pro.
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[Joe Kilburn] “I have 24 gigs of RAM with 6 terabytes in total space on various partitions (although I’m down to 225 GB free on the C drive thanks to this project). To be honest, I’m not completely sure of my disk speed… I”
So you’re running media off your main system drive? Not a good idea at all. And having your main system drive down to that little of space will certainly slow you down. Media spread out over multiple partitions isn’t helping matters. That will slow things down greatly and cause performance issues.
[Joe Kilburn] “Would it help if I import one sequence at a time and completely pre render each one as I go?”
Nope. Still going to have load up all the media. You need more RAID space probably. General rule of thumb is to have twice the RAID space as your raw media. So if you need 3TB for your raw media, you want to have a minimum of 6TB of available space for your project.
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[Soumendra Jena] “Our video is 2 hours long.
1920x1080p at 24fps .
Came around 16GB total.”
The only recommendation I have is to re-render it in two parts and check that “Estimated File Size” when you start the render to ensure the file will be small enough.
But if it’s an HD file, why aren’t you burning it onto a BluRay disc? Those are 25GB minimum.
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We had a similar issue at the office. We have 6 perpetual licenses of CS6 but the Cloud has overtook two of them during updates by simply assigning itself based on my Adobe Login. Still getting that cleared up as it has not been an issue for us, but it was a bit weird that it switched over automatically without any sort of prompt from us.
The fun of new technology!
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System Prefs > Sound Output. Should be set to anything OTHER than Kona for output.
Audio Prefs inside Adobe Premiere Pro. Should be set to anything OTHER than Kona for output.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
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“This American Land” – our new PBS Series.
“Science Nation” – Three years and counting of Science for the People. -
[Joe Kilburn] “Would it help if I first pre rendered each individual sequence before importing to the main Premiere project?”
How much RAM do you have in your system and how big / fast is your media array? Two big factors in large project responsiveness.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author, Chef.
HD Post and Production
Biscardi Creative MediaFoul Water Fiery Serpent, an original documentary featuring Sigourney Weaver. US & European distribution by American Public Television
MTWD Entertainment – Developing original content for all media.
“This American Land” – our new PBS Series.
“Science Nation” – Three years and counting of Science for the People.