kaylee Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 guys, I've got this dark h264 4k smartphone footage that I'm trying to get the most out of do you think I should transcode to a more robust format/etc before opening files in resolve...? what would you do? open to whatever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Sports Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 I would only tanscode if you have a slow PC, turning an h264 file into a pro res 422 file will only make the file size larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfoundmass Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Yeah, you're not going to get anymore out of the original file by transcoding. If anything you'll lose quality. EthanAlexander, kaylee and Geoff CB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 As above - you'll either lose quality or you'll make huge files. However, you'll make them way easier to edit, so that's worth something. 4K h264 files are a pain to edit with. kaylee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shell64 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 The only benefit is playback speeds My i7 3770 from 2012 chokes on 4K h264 100mbps. But transcoding to DNXHR HQX and I get no benefit in quality, but my 7 year old processor that is slower than what is in the base model MacBook Pro now can edit multiple 4K files with a breeze. And my rtx 2060 handles the effects. So performance is smooth. But I have a time and space bottleneck You will get 0 quality benefit transcoding. But if your processor sucks, you will get much better playback. kaylee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 nice! I'm gonna edit on a brand new 2019 base model 13" mbp btw... that lil thing is kind of a deal...! regardless, ill transcode for speed for sure, i was just hoping there could be some magic added benefit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 sun tzu, art of war huh ? not sure i want to play chess against you ? kaylee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfoundmass Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 12 hours ago, kaylee said: nice! I'm gonna edit on a brand new 2019 base model 13" mbp btw... that lil thing is kind of a deal...! regardless, ill transcode for speed for sure, i was just hoping there could be some magic added benefit ? It should be able to handle h264 without any problems. Worse case you can use proxies. As a rule though it's not ideal to transcode for editing unless you absolutely need to. Back in the day h264 and Final Cut Pro 7 didn't play well together at all, making it a real pain in the ass to edit, especially for large/multicam projects. I would transcode out of necessity back then. Now everything handles it well. kaylee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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