Re: taking the pulldown out (space issue)

As for the 3rd point Dave. You are, of course, entirely correct :)

But we don't know yet whether it was edited without removing the pulldown. It's possible that this is raw footage or that it was edited somewhere else with the pulldown removed, and had the pulldown re-introduced when it was put to tape (In reality, I find that most 'professionals' manage to miss one of those steps... but I can dream can't I?)

So, where is this footage coming from?

And to answer the original question, the files are most likely larger because you are rendering out to a lossless format. This prevents any generational data loss, but requires a lot of HD space. You could render back out to the codec that your footage was originally. You will suffer minor generational loss, but it sounds like it may be your only option.

Darby Edelen

NVIDIA
Santa Clara, CA