Transcoding media (proxy files) FROM the timeline?

Tom. Could do that. The issue is that there are hundreds of clips in the Browser. I don't want to transcode everything because it would swallow up too much drive space. I just want to transcode the clips we are actually using in the film. The film is virtually finished ... so I don't want to have to dump the whole thing onto a bigger drive just to make these few changes.

I've broken the film into 20 projects (chapters/timelines), created a compound of each of the 20 'chapters/timelines', then brought the 20 compound clips onto a single timeline to output the film. I'm trying to work with this original setup: meaning going into the compound 'chapter', adding or subtracting a few shots, but then returning to the overall timeline with the 20 compound 'chapters' to output the master. This is the reason I'd love to be able to decide which clips to transcode from within the timeline.

Mmmm. I'm trying something. I'm highlighting the 'project' file, which it looks like I can transcode. If this is the case and it works, I can simply highlight all my key 'project' or 'chapter/timeline' files, in the Browser, and transcode what is IN that project file.

I think. Trying it now.

Ben

Duh. Sorry Tom. You're absolutely right. This was a perfect solution; just wasn't getting it. I struggle with that Filter sometimes, not quite understanding the protocols. I'm going to go and 'learn' it a bit better, right now.

Thank you X 100 ...

Ben

Works just perfectly. Thank you Tom. It will now become one of my favourite go-to things ... the Filter.

That I know. And in this case that's just fine. It's me not wanting to transcode the hundreds of shots-not-used just because I have to do the transcoding from the Browser. My little trick of trying to transcode a 'project' didn't seem to work.

It may have to be a one-at-a-time thing. Grr. Though I'm really enjoying this version of FCPX ... this was a film from a couple of years back and I just went through the whole 90 minutes in an afternoon and assigned all the audio to roles and lanes and in a few hours I'm ready to do a nice tweak of the mix. And! FCPX is letting me flip the lanes up and down with no issues. The last time I was doing that FCPX would crash regularly if I tried to change the order of the lanes.

If I find any magic button for the transcoding I'll report back here. Thank you Tom.