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
Anything smaller will reduce the quality. Keeping the quality will only inflate the size.
Your best option is to just use the original media.