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Hi,
I am using this SSD to edit my videos in FCPX. When I first set it up I restored and re-formatted it as ExFat. I believe it came as Exfat but I restored it anyways. My drive is almost full and I've calculated only about 330 gbs used, below says 420.
Do I need to format to something else other than ExFat?
Am I correctly set up in FCPX to edit off my SSD?
Are my footage import settings correct?
Thank you!
This is what the inside of the folder looks like...
Second picture is my FCPX Libraries. I set up separate libraries for different types of videos that I make "Travel" "Real Estate". Then I'll start a new event and within that event I start a new project. Should I not do that?
In Final Cut Pro, open one of the libraries that reside on this drive, select the library in the browser sidebar and choose
File->Delete Generated Library Files...
Check ALL the boxes, including "All Render Files".
Confirm.
Quit Final Cut Pro and look back at your drive. How much space is it using now?
I did notice that several of your events have warning signs.
This often but not always suggests missing files. It could happen if you deleted a file and is not necessarily a problem (though it should be checked).
Click on those events and see what the cause of the warning is.
Oh okay cool. So if I deleted generated files in FCPX, how come it is not deleting the footage in the Final Cut Optimized Media folder on my SSD?
I can just delete all those folders with the dates right? And do I need to wait until the project is complete?
Concerning all the content in the Optimized Media folder: by the names of the subfolders it looks like these are default event names (by default they are named with the date they are created).
You could in principle delete them - provided that the original media from which they were created still exists, or is no longer necessary.
As I was writing when your post appeared, if you do not recognize those as event names, throw them away.
Even if you do, you can probable erase them, but it would be preferable to do with from inside FCP X with File->Delete Generated Library Files..
Of course, it could well be that the libraries from which these were created do not exist anymore, in which case you can delete (unless for some reason you need those clips and no longer have the originals, of course!)
That freed up 30gb.
But the optimized media folder still shows 176gbs. There is footage in there. Should there be? I believe these are copies from the footage I added into the SSD to edit with....
I would suggest it would be better if the drive was formatted in APFS. Everything else looks fine.
You seem to have more than one library which may store media on that drive (Travel? Extermal? others?)
If the media location is the same, that would explain why not all optimized media was deleted.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the way you are organizing your content - libraries, events and projects. That is perfectly fine!
Gotcha. As always, thanks Luis! :)
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