It really depends on what you're doing with them. Like most things, you have trade-offs to weigh.
In our particular application, we were tying metadata to each frame, so it made a little more sense to keep individual files. Also, if you corrupt one of the many thousands of files, you don't run the risk of losing the whole video like you would using one big file. But then you have to be mindful of your filesystem so it doesn't take a month of Sundays to process. On the other hand, you do get performance benefits out of using one big file, and it is easier to manage. Just beware file size limitations on some filesystems (FAT32 comes to mind). You can exceed them without breaking a sweat when video is concerned. I don't remember your specific application, and I've already deleted the thread from my e-mail - otherwise I would comment further. Hope this helps. Dave On Thursday 15 November 2007 04:29, E Chalaron wrote: > Thanks for that David. > So in a nutshell, it would be better to transform the all bunch of files > in one big video file. > Cheers > E > > David Kletzli wrote: > > Just to further caution: > > > > 34000 files is OK in a directory - > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > Cinelerra@skolelinux.no > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list Cinelerra@skolelinux.no https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
