Hi,
My import preferences are set to "Leave files in place". When I drag and drop media from the Photos sidebar in FCPX, I expect it to only optimize and proxy my selections. Yet for some reason, it's importing the originals as well. Is this a bug? I'll run out of disk space at this rate!
MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.13
If the FCP library and the Photos library are on the same drive and the files are identical, duplicating the files will not use more drive space even if it appears to. However, importing into Photos and then importing into FCP may produce different files because of the way the applications handle the media, which can be different. Of course the optimized files will take a huge amount of space, as they’re high data rate ProRes files.
As I said it might appear to take more space. The OS uses hard links for duplicate files so only one is stored on the drive. The files will both show their actual size in different locations even when there is only one file on the drive.
Yea, you're right. There was no storage increase importing the originals without optimization and proxy creation. There's no lag with clips imported from a local system library, but it does coming from an external hard drive.
WD My Passport 4TB external hard drive using USB 3.0, ehd is reformatted to mac OS extended journaled.
2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB
Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB
Hi Tom, thanks for replying. If I want to access my media via both Photos and FCPX, what do you suggest I do? I was hoping the two would work together without taking up more storage space 😕
That can be a drive issue, what is it how is it connected; or a consisting of system capability, graphics, media specs and the drive.
Yep, MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
These are iPhone footages, 1080p 60fps
What exactly is happening and where? 5400rpm drive might struggle.
No. The application will not access files from the Photos library bundle. Best solution is not to import video into Photos, but to import it directly into FCP from the camera and store it wherever you want. You most probably don’t need either optimized or proxy video with those files. You can always create those files later if you need them.
That's not true. Original Media is taking up 28.03GB. System Information/Storage shows a size increase.
Tom Wolsky wrote:
If the FCP library and the Photos library are on the same drive and the files are identical, duplicating the files will not use more drive space even if it appears to.
It just makes more sense if FCPX can symlink to the media in Photos app.
Depending on the size, resolution and TIFF it should work cleanly. this some MacBook Pro?
FCPX import bug causes low disk space: Imports from Photos App Do Not "Leave files in place"
