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I only recently got my first DSLR. It's a Canon 600D. Still learning how to use video on it, as I'm used to something like a Sony handicam that does everything automatically.

Anyway, I got some footage, but as we all know, Canon DSLR's use H.264 video codec, which is highly compressed and therefore could make editing video a lot slower.
Any recommended formats that I should encode my footage to?

Thanks in advance!
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Hi ronald - depends on your editor of choice.

The newest Adobe Premiere Pro will chew through your footage without transcoding and have NO trouble. 

Some people claim a slightly better performance using tools like [url=http://rarevision.com/5dtorgb/]http://rarevision.com/5dtorgb/[/url] but the improvement might not be noticeable. 

Have fun!
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As Sara said, it depends on which editing app you are using and whether you are on Mac or PC.

On Mac I use Final Cut Pro 7 - in that I transcode all my footage to ProRes 422LT using FCP's own "Log and Transfer" dialog.

In Final Cut Pro X or Premiere it will transcode for you in the background.

If you are using something basic like iMovie then it will transcode to AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec).
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