AVCHD to FCP big file size?

I know it says that converting to Apple Pro Res codec will increase file size by 4 times using log and transfer in FCP, but I've converted using the Apple intermediate codec which is supposedly the lesser of the two, and what was originally 25g worth of original media is now 150g in the new quicktimes. 6 times the size??!
Is there anything that can be done? Thank you very much
Nick

Convert to ProRes instead of AIC. It's a much more efficient codec. Oh yeah ... buy some more hard drive space.
-DH

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So I've been exporting out a 21min sequence out of fcp 7. In past edits and on the same project file, the export has been fine, rendering out at a healthy 6gb. But recently the final file size has become 29gb. This is obviously not right. My question is, what is going on and how can I fix it?
The only thing that has changed is I've done a color grade (from Color). So some of the files are different, but the new color graded clips aren't any bigger than the origianl ones, so I don't think thats the problem.
Another random thing that happend is: When exporting I give the file a name, e.g. Helloworld And I select show file extension. The weird thing is when it's completed its export, the file name then becomes Hellowordmov.mov I have not idea where that extra mov is coming from, (and it doesnt appear when I select show file extension). What is going on here?
Below are my sequence settings. I chose File - Export - Quicktime Movie... And keep it on Current Settings.
Any help is much appreciated.

The Digital Rebellion Video Space Calculator shows 28.23 GB.
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/webapps/video_calc.html?format=prores_422_hq_108 0&frame_rate=f25&length=21&length_type=minutes

Strangely Big File Size

I don't understand why some of my Pages files are so big. I have a series of about 20 reports, all produced from the same template. They are generally about six to eight pages, have a couple of tables, maybe a few MathType equations, and the occasional graph. Two-thirds of them are in the neighbourhood of 2.2 MB and the rest are about 200 KB. The smaller size makes sense for this type of report. Why the big ones? I've looked through the files but can't find anything to explain the differences. I also find a Reduce File Size choice under the File menu but it is dimmed. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Back to 200 KB. Peter was right. I guess, for those of us who've used templates fairly frequently, it might mean going through a bunch of files and purging that stuff. Not that space is a big issue for many people anymore, but I kind of feel that bloated files represent a kind of waste.

Big file size

Hi. I notice some of my files are 8 times bigger than others.
Average size for some books is 250 kb. Similar files in other books is 2000plus.
I import referenced graphics.
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Only 1 or 2 graphics per file.
Number of pages similar (5-10)
Any idea why some are so big and others arent?
Any idea how to down size the big ones??
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Mike,
The Save FrameImage option forces FM to always embed an uncompressed
copy of any referenced image in FrameImage format. This is a sure fire
way to bloat your file.
Note, if you have any OLE objects, then they will also be stored
internally in an uncompressed manner.
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I have been using .csv files to store my data. Since I have a long time test to do, I begine to learn using TDMS files to save hard disk space. But I found it generates two files, one of them is a index file. Both are big sizes. Any one is about 8 times greater than .csv file within first 2 hours. TDMS files are supposed to be small size on disk. I must have done something wrong?

is TDMS more fasted as binary files ?
it depend !!
it depend how you build your binary file.
If you make a simple binary modèle (ex : double) the tdms file is very much faster in writing, and very solwer on reading.
After a deframentation, the tdms is faster in reading.
When you create a complex binary file with size reservation, the binary file is faster.
(increase a file size need a lot of time, so increase it for a big value, write all your date, and at end schrink the file to the good size).
For more a 1 channel it can by comple to developp this binary modèle, but a have tested it and it always more faster as tdms (in read or write and befor or after deframentation).
Other consideration, the TDMS driver lost memory when you don't record datablock with the same size.
ex : you use hight spped daqmx channel, low speed channel and serial data.
ex : 5 channel at 10000 sample/channel/cycle and 10 channel at 20 samples/channel/cycle and 30 channel at 1 sample/channel/cycle
(typiquely SCADA value)
during my test i lost 2Mb/h (i don't remeber the CAR number,sorry).
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best regard's
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Ingénieur d'Application / Développeur LabVIEW Certifié (CLD)
Application Engineer / LabVIEW Certified Developer (CLD)

After Effects Fails to render due to a big file size?

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FCP file sizes are twice the size of Quicktime's - any advantage to FCP?

When I capture footage from my Canon HV40 MiniDV using FCP, the file sizes are almost twice the size as when I capture using Quicktime's Device Native setting. Is there any advantage to capturing with FCP, as the quality seems the same in QT? Or is there a way to reduce the file size being captured in FCP?
I'd like to be able to capture in FCP because if there is a dropped frame in the recording, Quicktime stops recording, whereas FCP keeps going and starts a new file. But the larger file size in FCP puts me off.

Not all codecs are editable...meaning, not all work in an editing application. I'm not sure what "device native" captures as in QT. Does it say in GET INFO? But FCP captures HDV and DV native, but in a native format that it can work with. HDV comes in as HDV...Dv as DV.
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Folio article file size increases massively with more buttons

Hello,
we are about to finish up a DPS project and now have some serious problems with the folio sizes.
We did all the usual things to make folios smaller (cropped every image to the trimmed size, pdf articles, vektor overlays etc.)
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First we tried to experiment deleting images from the MSO but this had no effect on the file size. But as we deleted the seven buttons the file size changed from 10MB to 52MB!
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I'm filming with a GoPro camera on 720p 60fps.
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Can anyone tell me how to export my movie in a smaller file size.
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One troubleshooting technique would be extract pages to separate files and look at the details of each page to see what is causing the issue.
Need to go. Good luck.

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