Deleting source video after editing

Report · Sep 17, 2019

Hello,

I am new to Premiere but am very keen to learn how to use it to its full extent. I am encountering two major problems that are preventing me from what I want to do long-term. I have multiple huge file size (200gb~ each) videos that I'd like to edit, and the first problem comes that when I import footage into the timeline, it takes a very long time for it to 'conform' my footage, even though I only may need about 5 minutes of footage from the video. Is there a solution to make my footage exportable quicker?

Another issue is that I do not have a lot of hard drive space, so I have to cycle out older videos, but I would like to keep parts of the video that I edited in my project saved. Is it possible to save parts of footage but delete the original? Thanks a ton in advance!

Report · Sep 17, 2019

Each time that you open a project, the media in the project is conformed.

Conforming media can be time consuming. Always wait until the media is fully conformed before editing to ensure that the media plays back properly. Editing before the media is conformed can prevent the audio from playing back.

Conforming only occurs when the media has been first imported, or if any changes to the media occur outside Adobe Premiere Pro.onfirming

Files are conformed when Adobe Premiere Pro detects additional changes to the media files. Make sure that the media cache files are located in the proper location.

Important: In Edit > Preferences > Media, make sure that the Media Cache Database is always set to a local, nonremoveable drive.

Also select Save Media Cache Files Next to Originals When Possible. This option allows you to have the Media Cache Files on a network drive or a removeable drive, and reduces the need to reconform the media.

Report · Sep 17, 2019

you can backup your source videos after EXPORT not just after editing so that you do not loose everything.

Never delete, always backup

Report · Sep 17, 2019

If i export and re-use that export in a different project only to export it again later, will that footage lose quality over time?

Report · Sep 17, 2019

not much to a very noticeable extent if you preserve high bitrate

Report · Sep 17, 2019

...but if you do that several times, it will loose noticeable quality.

Report · Sep 17, 2019

exactly, do that only once, no more...