computer resources arent infinite - it takes time a little bit of time to load new clips. different codecs also load at different speeds.Originally Posted by ping141
if you dont want to A/B roll- make a longer movie with more of your clips in it-
its faster to access frames in a longer movie -than it is to load a new one.
in quicktime you can make a 'reference movie' which has file references but doesnt contain all the compressed frames - it refers to other files.
You do this in quicktime player.
Open all your clips in quicktime player -
then
1. Create a new empty file.
2. Start with clip 1 in front.
3. Type apple-A - select ALL - selects all frames
4. Select new empty file.
5. Type apple-V - paste - pastes all frames from clip one into new file
6. Select window with clip 2
7. Type apple-A - select ALL - select all frames from clip 2
8. Select new file -
9. Type apple-V - paste - pastes clip 2 onto end of clip 1.
10. ....repeat....
You have now created a new movie clip with all the clips in it.
Now save the movie - but select 'Save reference movie'.
This creates a small movie which references the other clips.
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When you do this you must have all the original clips in the same directory as the Reference movie.
And total file cannot be longer than 65535 frames - a dmx limit on in and out frame values - which is about 43 minutes.