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Best/Good methods (SW) to organise/manage video clips

Flynnstone

Flynnstone

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What are some good ways to manage video files.
I have miniDV tape imports, AVCHD (not sure if I got that right) from my Sony camera, from my iPhone & other stuff.

I have used Foot Track & that was good with miniDV.
I've tried iMovie and thats not that great.
I looked at Cosmos (I think) & it looks like it maybe ok.

What other and/or better options are out there?
 
nateo200

nateo200

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Feb 4, 2009
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This could be over my head but I'll shoot...I just take all the video I need from my Canon DSLR's SD card and put it in a labeled folder..when I'm ready to use it, I transfer all the stuff onto a striped RAID array consisting of dual 80GB USB to SATA drives and lately that seams to be working allot more efficiently. Then I whip the RAID rinse and repeat :D.
 
musique

musique

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Apr 10, 2009
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Editing?

Are these files that you plan to edit to make videos, possibly for distribution? If so, Final Cut Pro X has many ways to add metadata to imported clips. Although I haven't used it too much, you can have hundreds (thousands?) of clips in your FCP X library.

Maybe this would work for you.
 
Flynnstone

Flynnstone

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Family video.
Lots in MiniDV format and now in 1080p60i AVCHD from my Sony PS camera.
Does FCP X expand the AVCHD like iMovie?
I'd much prefer "archiving" in original format due to size constraints.
But ...
 
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cgbier

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You can set up camera archives in FCP X.
Organizing my miniDV tapes is done by shooting logs.
 
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