Transcoding

[Jeremy Walton]

I plan on doing all my transcoding through resolve. I've started doing some B roll footage. I've done a few days and each day I have saved the footage to a folder on my HD. From what I've been told I shouldn't change the file names so there isn't any errors when doing the online after editing. My question is when I look in each folder the files start 0001, 0002, 0003, etc. Right now since they are in different folders it doesn't matter, but won't there be an issue later on with files having the same file names? Thanks!

 

[joe hedge]

You have to click on "Use Source Filename" in the Deliver window, you might have to scroll down to get to it.

Yes there will be an issue if the transcodes don't have the same name as the originals

 

[Jeremy Walton]

so is using source filename different then the names on the files? Bc again I have a bunch of clips that are named the same. If I put them all in 1 folder on my hard drive I would get an error bc they have the same file names, 001, 002, 003, etc. So how is using the source filename solve that problem?

 

[Nick Pasquariello]

so is using source filename different then the names on the files? Bc again I have a bunch of clips that are named the same. If I put them all in 1 folder on my hard drive I would get an error bc they have the same file names, 001, 002, 003, etc. So how is using the source filename solve that problem?

You want Da Vinci to use the file name of the source that you are transcoding from. So if you have a clip that is called A001_C001_0927HJ.R3D and it is transcoding to 001.mov, then you are not using the name of the source (A001_C001_0927HJ).

By clicking that checkbox, it will apply the correct name when you transcode.

Otherwise, you'll do all your editing with 001.mov, 002.mov, etc., and when you go to conform back, well, it'll be a nightmare.

Nightmare.

Really, you'll wish Freddy goes into your dreams and just ends your life, because conforming back for the grade will be paaaaaainful. Unless you name the transcodes properly, i.e. "Use Source Filename".

 

[joe hedge]

so is using source filename different then the names on the files? Bc again I have a bunch of clips that are named the same. If I put them all in 1 folder on my hard drive I would get an error bc they have the same file names, 001, 002, 003, etc. So how is using the source filename solve that problem?

Because the transcodes will have the file extension .mov for ProRes or .mxf for Avid, not .R3D. Also you tell the Avid or FCP where the files are that you want to link to.

Tell Resolve to put the transcodes in a different folder than the raw files.


This is all basic, fundamental, common sense file management stuff that generally applies to creating and organizing files on any system with any software. It's not that much different from organizing paper documents with manila folders in metal file cabinets.

You need to learn a little more about how the offline/online editing workflow actually works. Teach yourself how FCP or Avid works ASAP. Doesn't do you much good to do all the transcoding work if you don't understand what it's for.