How To Save Time Exporting H.264 Clips From Final Cut Pro Using MPEG Streamclip

[alesorin]

Why you don´t just make a "Quicktime reference movie" ?

File>Export>Quicktime Movie...

Uncheck "make movie self contained" and open the resulting mov file in mpegstreamclip.

I think that this method is faster, you need less space, and there is no recompression.

Best

Alejandro

[CleverNameStudios]

@alesorin Not best. If I export a reference file MPEG stream clip is having to find each file used in the edit, reference the timecode used by each clip and effectively rebuild the edit.

Quicktime dose the same thing with a non self contained movie. I once did a test ware I exported an uncompressed master and a reference master. Quicktime toke 20% more processing power to play the non self contained movie then the selfe contained master.

[alesorin]

@CleverNameStudios Sorry, despite all your explanations are correct, you are just confirming that the quicktime ref method is faster (for this case). I never said "Best" referring that this method is the fastest, it was like "best wishes" :)

[CleverNameStudios]

@alesorin

Since intermediate is the codec apple derived proress from. Intermediate exports quickly stays very pristine and is not too terribly huge a file.

[I3UDDYLOVE]

thankyou

[billtvmacon]

Great video. You're right. MPEG Streamclip is a life saver for many reasons.

[CleverNameStudios]

@billtvmacon This is one of those tools people need to think of as an extension of there editing software.

[adobePC]

Interesting method. 

[CleverNameStudios]

@adobePC It's so much much faster I don't even consider rendering the normal way anymore.