David Das
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Q: Minimizing size of old archived FCPX projects

I have a lot of older FCPX projects which I don't anticipate touching again, but don't want to actually throw away.

 

I notice that the sizes of the Libraries ballooned after I did all my editing in FCPX -- I assume it's because of optimized media etc.

 

Is there a way to minimize the size of things like that -- in other words -- what can I throw away? If I ever need to reload those FCPX projects, I don't mind letting FCPX regenerate any analysis/optimized/etc. files that it needs to.

 

1. What can I throw away?

2. If I need to reopen one of those old projects, how do I tell FCPX to regenerate the necessary files to make it fully editable again?

 

Thanks!

Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Nov 22, 2015 8:36 AM

by Russ H,Solvedanswer
Russ H Russ H
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A:

You're on the right track. Computer generated media like render files and transcoded media can be re-created if ever necessary and there is little reason for retaining them.

 

Please see this support doc for some assertional details.

 

Russ

 

edit: clean up computer-generated nonsense

Posted on Nov 22, 2015 10:14 PM

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  • by Russ H,Solvedanswer

    Russ H Russ H Nov 22, 2015 10:14 PM in response to David Das
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    Nov 22, 2015 10:14 PM in response to David Das

    You're on the right track. Computer generated media like render files and transcoded media can be re-created if ever necessary and there is little reason for retaining them.

     

    Please see this support doc for some assertional details.

     

    Russ

     

    edit: clean up computer-generated nonsense

  • by David Das,

    David Das David Das Nov 22, 2015 10:14 PM in response to Russ H
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    Nov 22, 2015 10:14 PM in response to Russ H

    Very helpful, thank you. It seems like it's recommending letting FCP copy to a new library -- basically, it's a "Save As" command and then you specify not to include optimized/proxy media. That makes sense. It does take extra disc space during the re-saving process, but it should work fine.

     

    I'm reading between the lines that it's better to let FCPX do this, rather than go poking around in the Library manually and throwing away specific files.