1 Reply Latest reply: Oct 19, 2013 5:28 PM by JSS1138 RSS

    Editing/Archiving Codec

    Shane P Community Member

      Hello,

       

      I have been searching through various forums and can't really find a possible suggestion/answer for what I am seeking. Additionally I apologize in advance if this is posted in the wrong forum, not sure if I should post here or in the Prelude forum.

       

      I have been getting the hang of Prelude and I am really liking the workflow and want to include Prelude in my daily workflow.

       

      Right now I have a Sony handy cam which shoots AVCHD. I have a folder that has about 15 minutes or so of AVCHD footage straight from the camera and is just under 11GB in size. I want to use the Prelude workflow to ingest the footage and transcode it to one file with a unique name...rather than 20files of  00000.MTS, 00002.MTS, etc.

       

      I am really struggling to find a decent codec. Just to compare file sizes with different codecs, I have imported the entire folder and did several transcode tests. All of them of are anywhere from 30GB on up in file size.

       

      I have tried DNxHD, and various settings of it, AVC Intra and various settings of that as well but the file sizes they have produced are anywhere from 3 times to 6 times larger than the original AVCHD footage.

       

      Can anyone recommend a codec that can be high quality for editing yet is not so ridiculous in file size? I really want to use PL to transocde my video to usable file names, etc but it's not worth it if I have to go from approx 11GB of storage space to 30-60GB of storage space for the same footage.

       

      Footage is AVCHD 1080P / 59.94

       

      I hope I have explained this correctly.

       

      All the apps are CC with latest updates.

       

      Thank you,

      Shane