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Help!  I'm shooting Salmon and running out of disk space

Nov 21, 2012 11:39 AM

I am shooting video of salmon jumping a waterfall.  I let the camera run for fifteen minutes to capture 2 or 3 seconds of action at the end.  The clips are enormous in size, and I am running out of disk space.  I tried trimming them in Quicktime, but they retain their original file size.

 

Is there a way to reduce the size of the clip, both in time and MBs, before putting the clip into the sequence panel? 

265 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: shooternz, Nov 21, 2012 5:17 PM
 
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  • Jim Simon
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    1. Jim Simon,
    Nov 21, 2012 11:41 AM   in reply to Steve xxxxx
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    Adobe Prelude.

     
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  • shooternz
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    2. shooternz,
    Nov 21, 2012 11:57 AM   in reply to Steve xxxxx
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    Just a little aside.

     

    The perfect cameras for that salmon shooting task... are those with a pre - record buffer.

     

    You push the Record Button after you see the event occur. It records from the buffer to the storage media. 

    Like a time machine...it shows you history..

     

    I have a camera that does that, but never had the need to use it although I have considered a number of scenarios where I could if they arose.

     
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    3. Steve xxxxx,
    Nov 21, 2012 5:13 PM   in reply to Jim Simon
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    Thanks for your reply, Jim.  My only problem with this solution is the cost, $400.  That's almost as much as I paid for Premiere Pro.  I wonder if there is a stand alone software solution, or a less expensive Adobe product that will do the trick.  Or maybe there is a capability to do it in PP that I am overlooking.

     
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    4. shooternz,
    Nov 21, 2012 5:17 PM   in reply to Steve xxxxx
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    Export your section as a digital intermediate. DI

     

    File size will be relative to quality (ie compression or bitrate ...but convenience will outweigh that.

     
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