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Videos are not my prime visual format, usually shooting a few short videos at family occasions. Thank goodness, because Lightroom really struggles to import videos. I am thinking perhaps to just catalog still shots with Lightroom. But one primary reason for utilizing Lightroom is its database management feature. I copied my videos to the correct folder and then sync'd the folder with Lightroom. But that requires more "intervention." I just want to basically tell Lightroom to import and sit back and wait. But videos take so long. Do you have any suggestions?
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"Should I use Lightroom to Catalog Videos?"
I do, for what that's worth. Are the videos especially big files?
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Less than 2 min.
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Sorry, I meant file size, and by comparison with other files.
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544 MB
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Well, that would take some time to import from a card, but not a ridiculous time. Exactly what did you mean by "really struggles"?
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I would expect to see the import slider in the top left to display some progress in the copying of the file, but nothing happens. I know it is like sitting at a stop sign. Time seems to stand still. So for now, I am intervening, filtering out videos during import and then manually copying the videos to the target folder and having Lightroom synchronize.
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Then it sounds like it's about the speed transferring off the card. Is it significantly faster when you copy with Finder/Explorer to the hard drive? What options are you setting in Import - eg the second backup copy. How do you know it is the videos which are slowing things down?
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AFAIK there has been a problem with LR and videos especially when the videos are in the same folder as still images.
I don't shoot videos at all so I have no first hand personal experience with them.
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I often have videos and photos in the same folder and have never noticed a problem. One possible issue might be where they have the same name, so LR might treat them as a sidecar.