Internal vs External SSD editing.

[@FilmedByStryker]

Hey guys,

So per the recommendation of a friend and what I felt was increased performance on my PC I've been editing with my files on an external SSD as well as the project files. I don't edit in proxies and I'm utilizing 4K files. I don't particularly run into playback issues at all unless I'm doing something intensive after color grading when I'm towards the end of a longer edit with a lot of key framing.

Anyways with what I'm doing what is the best location for my source files I'm editing on as well as the project? Don't plan on utilizing proxies as playback is fine 99% of time even with 4K. Should I pull the files from the SD cards and leave them local and have the project on the external? Or keep them both internal? Looking for what the most efficient route. I've been lead to believe having them external won't bog down my PC as much as having the files local. Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[Ann Bens]

Imo a local drive is preferable over an external one

Make sure you copy the entire card to sdd first before ingesting into Premiere.

[@FilmedByStryker]

What about the project itself. Do you keep that on your internal as well because those projects add up over time. So they'll slowly fill my hard drive up unless I move them. So does it make sense to just house them on the external to begin with? Or do you believe it would significantly improve the results to have everything internal and then move external after?

[calarco]

I run 2 samsung ssd T5 2T on may mac book pro. Been about 3-4 years now.

Rock solid.

[R Neil Haugen]

Having multiple internal drives is always better. I'm running eight with two externals used for certain backup situations.

And most of those are SSDs, 500Gb to 2Tb. Including a pair of Nvme drives mounted directly to the mobo.

That said, if your workflow is working fine ... you're fine for now. Get the work out.  😉

Neil

[@FilmedByStryker]

I should've prefaced with saying this is a high end laptop for when I'm traveling. So I don't have the ability to plug in multiple SSDs. So I only have the one. Do you keep the project and the  project files on the same SSD or do you keep them on separate drives? Also for me with only 1, what do you recommend? Internal drive and then move external afterwards?

[Peru Bob]

Keep only what is currently in use in the project on the internal drive.  Copy from the external to internal as you need to add media to the project.

[@FilmedByStryker]

What about the project cache itself?

[Peru Bob]

Internal would be best.

[@FilmedByStryker]

Okay thanks!

[Andy 1968]

Did you know that I can edit faster with a mechanical hard drive than I can with an M.2 SSD depending on how I setup Premiere Pro? My M.2 can read and write well over 2000 Megabyte Per Second. Infact going from a SATA HD to an M.2 did not speed things up at all. Premiere Pro is the bottleneck not the HD. Having said that I will post a video soon because Premiere Pro has a some serious issues. I also think it is why some people have slow and sluggish computers.

[@FilmedByStryker]

Thanks! For sure send it when you do it I'm def interested. 

[Andy 1968]

I should have the video ready by Sunday. I don't regret buying an M.2 but it is not any faster than my mechanical hard drive for  editing H.264/265. Pro Res, BRAW and R3D files are a different story. Premiere Pro needs a revamp of the coding. My video will demonstrate this.

[Andy 1968]

The video below shows what is going on under the hood of Premiere Pro. Is the media cache file the bottleneck or is the CPU the bottleneck? Watch the video below to find out.

[Ann Bens]

Moved to video hardware.