Create optimized media question

I have the following .mov clips to import into FCP X:
DV, 720 x 480 (640 x 480), Millions
16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz. (from QT inspector)
Can I assume that I should NOT check "create optimized media"?
There are about 40 of these clips; and I would like to use as little disc space as necessary.
If correct, is that because this format is native to FCP X, and is therefore not necessary?
Thanks,
Sonny

FCP X decides if there is any need to optimize, even if you check "optimize media" FCPX will not optimize if it is native. In my case I use XDCAM EX which is native and it does not matter if I check the option or not. On the timeline it will be XDCAM EX.

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Imported and created "optimized media" but thumbnails and video is missing!!

Hi guys,
My i7 MacBook Pro just spent the last 12 hours importing a selection of h.264 .mov's from my Canon DSLR. I had selected "creat optimized media" to convert it all into ProRes at the start like I have for my other projects in FCPX. But this time, once it had completed, only a couple of the clips have thumbnails/ play video when scrubbed over, and the vast majority of the clips have black thumbnails and only play audio. I tried restarting FCPX without any luck... any thoughts on what's going on? If I have to spend another 12 hours doing it over again, I'm going to have one unhappy client.
Between random bugs like this, freezes, crashes and the lack of ProRes LT (I'm bloating all my Canon video files by converting them into regular ProRes and hogging up hard drive space at an alarming rate), FCPX is really starting to get on my nerves. I've been really patient with the software and wanted to like it so much - I even gave it a positive review on the App Store, but Adobe Premiere is looking better and better every day.
Thanks in advance for any help guys.

Just out of curiosity- what happens when you click 'Create optimized media' off in preferences? Also- are the original clips still visible and working on your hard drive- i.e. the H.264 clips from the camera?

Problem with the audio when creating optimized media...

I am having a problem with the quality of my audio after I transcode the clip to optimized media. It sounds fine originally, and I have listened to the clips when I first import them, and they sound fine, it's only after they're optimized that they sound bad. There is a clicking sound that is randomly distributed throughout the clip. I thought at first that maybe this would be fixed after I published the content, as the whole point of optimized media was to make it lesser quality to improve performance while editing, but even when published the clicks could be heard distinctly. I tried editing the content with out optimizing the mdeia, but the editing is too slow as I am working with high quality media.
Has anyone had this problem? Anyone have an idea on how to I might be able to fix this?

One way would be to make sure the Preferences window under the Import tab says not to use optimized media. Then go to the timeline and Control Click the clip. Choose Reveal in Event Browser. This will select the clip in the event browser. The originally specified in and out points will be represented in the yellow border on the clip. Then in the File menu choose the Import ... Files and specify the original media. The clip in the event browser will be filled in again from the new import, and the timeline clip will also be replaced with the new material. In and out points will be honored and effects will still be in place on the timeline clip.
Now, I use this procedure to reconnect clips all the time ... I have not used it before to switch formats from optimized to original media so there is a little guessing here on my part. The option, of course, is to simply reimport from a camera archive or the camera of the SD card into a new clip then replace everything ... Again, this would need to be done having turned off the preference item to use optimized media. Hope this helps a little. Best wishes.
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Are there any benefits to using optimized media when capturing SD footage?

I am going through old MiniDV tapes and I have to say, going through my first project using FCPX has been very good. I have made use of proxy media, but I wanted to see if anyone might weigh in on if creating optimized media is a good idea with SD footage.
And my question might be answered with a bit of a better understanding of what optimized media is. The way I understand it is that the footage is of the same quality of raw footage but much less smaller in filesize (megabytes wise.) Is that correct? In that case, if I capture footage and check the optimized media box, does it capture raw footage and then also create optimized media?
Many thanks!

Nope, DV footage wouldn't benefit from Optimized. Optimized Media is designed for formats that are not especially well-suited to editing, such as AVCHD or H.264- mostly because these formats are more optimized for in-camera use and don't hold up as well to multiple generations in editing. Plus they require much more CPU power to decode and playback.
DV doesn't have these issues as much, is ideally suited to editing and so wouldn't benefit. Proxy mode on the other hand would help a little as it knocks down the file size and amount of processing power. But to be honest the difference in file sizes and CPU requirements between Proxy and DV in standard definition are so minimal that personally I wouldn't bother to use it. Stick with pure DV.

Optimized media vs ClipWrap

I am shooting with Canon C100 (AVCHD format) and I am a bit perplexed whether it would be better to just import files to FCX and create optimized media or use ClipWrap to rewrap the file to Apple Pro res. I would think that it would be the same thing but reading around seems that FCX is unable to figure out the frame rate of the clips from the C100 and you end up with interlaced media unless you remember to set the timeline manually. Would anyone know if there is any other advantage to to rewrapping the file before it is brought into FCX?

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I'm trying to understand these different workflows, how they work, plusses and minues of each, with a focus on how it relates to file size. Please help me fill in the gaps
Here's what I think I know now.
Optmize meda to ProRes 422
Better for performance, but creates HUGE files. On 30 GB worth of h.264 footage, the optimzed files were over 100 GB, not including any render files, etc. I'm running off a laptop and only use external drives for storage, so I'd like to find a better way that uses less disk space and requires less time to convert (took all night for those 100 GB)
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Creates an easy to edit file that is very poor resolution and quality. You can use this for editing, then before final export, switch back to original/optimized media and it will re-render and reconnect with the good media.
QUESTION: If I ONLY do the Proxy optimization, do I need to also Optimize to ProRes 422 at some point also, or can I just have it refer to the h.264 .mov files and get equivalent results? If I can, this seems like a good compromize.
Editing directly with the h.264 footage
I have read that some people are dropping the footage directly into the timeline and editing without any real problems. Others say it will cause performance issues and to always optimize. Ideally I'd like to do this way as it is the quickest (no conversion) and has the smallest file sizes of all of them.
It would also be useful to start out this way and optimize later if I need to on the smaller sub-set of the footage. But I have found no good way to do a rough cut with little editing and then select only those clips used in the timeline for optimization in case I start experiencing slowdowns. Yes, you can clip-by-clip select them and "show in event browser," but you can't do this with multiple clips as far as I can tell.
So what are your workflow tips for keeping file size down? What am I missing in my understanding of these options?
I'm on a 2010 MBP i7 (dual core) with a 7200 RPM drive for what it's worth since I know the h.264 one largely depends on the hardware.

Proxy Media
If I ONLY do the Proxy optimization, do I need to also Optimize to ProRes 422 at some point also ...
Nope. You don't need to do the "Optimze Media" at all, you can use with the Proxy media for your working edit, then switch the references back to the Original media for mastering/export.
... or can I just have it refer to the h.264 .mov files and get equivalent results? If I can, this seems like a good compromize.
Exactly. And yes it is, an excellent compromise. Start working with the original media right away, but have FCPX create proxies in the background (which it switches to using as soon as each one becomes ready); if at any point you need to check a clip in place in the timeline in full resolution then you can just quickly toggle your general playback preference to "Use original", otherwise just edit away with the proxies and then switch that preference back to "Use original" when you are ready to output.
Editing directly with the h.264 footage
I have read that some people are dropping the footage directly into the timeline and editing without any real problems. Others say it will cause performance issues and to always optimize.
Yep, you can edit just with the original media if you choose but your source footage is H264, a dreadful edit codec by any measure, and certainly you will get much better timeline performance if you work with transcoded Optimized or Proxy media instead.

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I have a large project and I'm running out of space on the drive and since everything has been optimized, I'm thinking of throwing the original raw clips off to a separate drive. But I want to make sure that my exporting is still going to be the same.
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My question is what is that codec? and can that be changed?
The codec is ProRes 422 and no you cannot change it. The codec for Proxy Media is also ProRes 422, but the resolution has been reduced by 1/2 on each dimension (1080 becomes 960 x 540, etc.) ProRes is the best codec you can use for editing (for FCPX). You may edit in the native codec of your video without converting to Optimized, but unless you have a New Mac Pro, I think most people here would recommend using Optimized.

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If there is no HP Recovery Manager installed, then no, you will not have this option. Nor is the program available for download.
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10.1 doesn't seem to want to create proxy media

Now 10.1 doesn't seem to want to create proxying media.
Is this new?.
Will it ever create proxy media.?
Or is that only for like 4K cameras?
I used to create proxy media for everything I shot which is 1080.

My two Canon Vixias shoot AVCHD and my Canon DSLR shoots in .mov format.
I usually import all that I'm going to edit and then choose create proxy media.
10.1 did not create proxy media nor does it seem to when I ask it too.
Maybe with improvements, it doesn't feel a need, but before working in proxy improved the editing process and I'd just switch back to optimized media for output.

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