I'm editing a 5-camera dance recital and wanted to try out the multi-cam edit but had difficulty with media playback, so I decided to test out an offline edit with downconverted files. The Cameras are 3 DSLRs in the t2i-5D range, a GoPro and a Sony Prosumer Grade Camcorder that makes .mts (AVCHD, mpeg 2). Although obviously file formats very, all cameras were set to 29fps, 1080P.
Using Mpeg Stramclip, I trancoded the files then I put the files back online to their original source files, the quality was still shot and the aspect ratio was off (1 SLR was perfect, while another was pillboxed, The sony and GoPro footage crushed horizontally). It could be because the file I made was super downgraded, but I don't know for sure.
I'm pretty new to Mpeg Streamclip and offline editing, so really to cut to chase, I'm more curious to know what would be a good file to convert these 5 camera footage into to play smoothly in Multicam editing, and then what can I do to make sure the files go back online perfectly.
My offline edit workflow is Convert files, dump transcoded into a new folder, "Make Offline" the original, Link to Transcoded files, "Scale to fit" (because they're 1/4 the size)... Edit through Multi-cam editing... "Make Offline," link to original files. But then like I said, the files are messed up.
Any suggestions? Thanks internet community.