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I was following the discussion on using intermediate files when editing, in another thread and gave it a try. Either I am doing it wrong, or it is just a pain or both.
I used Green Valley HQX AVI, but I can't get it to convert multiple files at once (in excess of 3 or 4) without an error message 'Conversion has failed. (Codec cannot be used)'. The 'failed' files can be converted on a second attempt, but no more than two or three at a time.
My clips are not particularly long, and a typical edit will involve around 200. Not an unusual situation I would have thought, but a slow conversion at 2-3 at a time.
As has been said it is a very slow process anyway, but it wouldn't be so bad if all the files could be selected and it could be left to get on with it, without rejecting more than it converts.
I did persevere with one project but couldn't see any real differences, the panning and zoom were no better in edit and the finished film rendered to an AVCHD file, and also burned to a DVD, didn't appear any better than normal results.
I am using an i 7 processor with 8gb of memory on a newish machine, so it is possible that it doesn't need intermediate files and copes with the normal editing workload anyway, but that doesn't feel right, it certainly seems to be working hard.
So is there a workaround to select all files at once for conversion, and is the advantage in using intermediate files just in the editing process or also in the finished product?
I used Green Valley HQX AVI, but I can't get it to convert multiple files at once (in excess of 3 or 4) without an error message 'Conversion has failed. (Codec cannot be used)'. The 'failed' files can be converted on a second attempt, but no more than two or three at a time.
My clips are not particularly long, and a typical edit will involve around 200. Not an unusual situation I would have thought, but a slow conversion at 2-3 at a time.
As has been said it is a very slow process anyway, but it wouldn't be so bad if all the files could be selected and it could be left to get on with it, without rejecting more than it converts.
I did persevere with one project but couldn't see any real differences, the panning and zoom were no better in edit and the finished film rendered to an AVCHD file, and also burned to a DVD, didn't appear any better than normal results.
I am using an i 7 processor with 8gb of memory on a newish machine, so it is possible that it doesn't need intermediate files and copes with the normal editing workload anyway, but that doesn't feel right, it certainly seems to be working hard.
So is there a workaround to select all files at once for conversion, and is the advantage in using intermediate files just in the editing process or also in the finished product?