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I have a 5-minate 360-degree video. When I import it to Final Cut Pro, it takes up about 100 GB space. How is it possible? What happen when I want to edit a couple hours of 360-degree video?
My Mac only has 512 GB of space. I don't see it is big enough for any large 360-degree project.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.3
You are creating optimized media on import. You almost certainly don’t need it.
Select the library in the browser, and do File->Delete Generated Library Files. Check all the boxes.
Quit and restart FCP and you will have recovered a LOT of drive space.
Go to Preferences->Import and UNcheck the creation of optimized and proxy media. Only optimize particular files if you have a reason to. For a lot of people that is never.
You are creating optimized media on import. You almost certainly don’t need it.
Select the library in the browser, and do File->Delete Generated Library Files. Check all the boxes.
Quit and restart FCP and you will have recovered a LOT of drive space.
Go to Preferences->Import and UNcheck the creation of optimized and proxy media. Only optimize particular files if you have a reason to. For a lot of people that is never.
Luis has the right answer, but I just want to add that you should consider getting an external SSD to store your media.
Problem solved! I also I unchecked Copy Files To Library. Thank you Luis!
Why 360-Degree Video File is So Large
