Archiving AVCHD

Lijan wrote on 10/7/2010, 8:06 AM
I have VMS 9. I want to archive my AVCHD movies (and original clips/JPEGs) to an external hard drive.
What is best: to render on my computer's drive, then copy to the external? Or just render right onto the external?

Another question: As a test, I rendered a video clip (I named HD Test) via Main Concept AVC and the Default Template. It rendered fine (unlike when I tried rendering as Sony AVC - said "bit depth not supported").
But, the clip was automatically saved in TWO places though: as an MPG4 Movie in My Works/HD Test/Renders - which opens with Quicktime or VMS, and is 8.6MB in size;
AND also saved as a VMS Movie in My Works/HD Test - which opens with VMS or DVD Arch, and is 22.5kb in size.
Why was this saved in two places, and two diferent file sizes?
Which one should I keep, for archiving.......or do I have to keep both?

thanks - I'm a beginner as you probably can tell.......

Comments

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 10/7/2010, 8:22 AM
well, you have the small project file, and the rendered movie.
I keep all the rendered movies in one folder. Keep both for archiving. Most people also keep the original clips.
For best performance, keep program and source files on OS drive, and use a different fysical drive as target drive. (an externa usb drive is fine).
Lijan wrote on 10/8/2010, 7:18 AM
Thanks!