Reduce disk space project

Djdjdj wrote on 9/4/2023, 2:20 AM

When I create a project, it happens that I use small parts of larger videos.

I use maybe 10 seconds of a 20-minute long video.

As I would like to keep these projects for future editing, is it possible to cut the original video from Vegas to create a new clip of the length I need and consequently much smaller in terms of disk space occupied?

I use Vegas 19, thank you.

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Dexcon wrote on 9/4/2023, 2:29 AM

Select the section of the long video that you want to use and then from the Tools menu, select "Render to New Track" and the normal render window will appear. Make sure that "Renmder loop region only" under the Render Options button, and then render to folder of your choice using the render template of your choice.

Others on the forum may be able to advise of 3rd party apps that, outside of Vegas Pro, can split a video in to short independent video clips.

Djdjdj wrote on 9/4/2023, 2:36 AM

It was just the function I was looking for, I knew it was there but couldn't remember where, thank you very much.

Yes, I know it can also be done from outside using third-party applications, but I preferred to do everything from Vegas.

It's much easier, so I only render the part I'm interested in and quickly.

I guess this rendered clip will be put in the same folder as the project.

Dexcon wrote on 9/4/2023, 2:45 AM

I guess this rendered clip will be put in the same folder as the project.

The destination folder is the folder that you select in the render window.

Djdjdj wrote on 9/4/2023, 3:11 AM

True true, I'm stupid sometime 🤣

Thank you very much!!!

FayFen wrote on 9/4/2023, 4:54 AM

Side Q on this issue,

Back in the days, some 30 years ago, I recall we consolidate AVID MC projects to external drives. The MC consolidate feature allow us to set "extras" before and after the used clip, so on later time we could change things a bit if needed, usually we set them at 2 sec.

VP has any such feature?

Jack S wrote on 9/4/2023, 8:53 AM

VP has any such feature?
Yes. When you Save As, there's a check box labelled 'Copy media with project'. Check this and select Save. A dialog will appear giving two options. Select 'Create trimmed copies of source media', then specify how many seconds to leave on the media head and tail.

Be prepared for a long wait though. Also, I'm not sure whether this degrades the copied media.

Djdjdj wrote on 9/6/2023, 12:03 PM

VP has any such feature?
Yes. When you Save As, there's a check box labelled 'Copy media with project'. Check this and select Save. A dialog will appear giving two options. Select 'Create trimmed copies of source media', then specify how many seconds to leave on the media head and tail.

Be prepared for a long wait though. Also, I'm not sure whether this degrades the copied media.

I tried this, but it don't trim videos to preserve quality.

FayFen wrote on 9/6/2023, 12:16 PM

VP has any such feature?
Yes. When you Save As, there's a check box labelled 'Copy media with project'. Check this and select Save. A dialog will appear giving two options. Select 'Create trimmed copies of source media', then specify how many seconds to leave on the media head and tail.

Be prepared for a long wait though. Also, I'm not sure whether this degrades the copied media.

I tried this, but it don't trim videos to preserve quality.

Correct, I did a short test with a project I have, and it saved the full raw 24min clip and not just the ~5 min used