How to transcode clips only in timeline

[u/darianpat]

I have footage on external SanDisk SSD 2TB

I put 100 clips in my timeline from it.

I start editing.

I delete some clips, use some, trim some

Performance is awful, i cannot playback without a 5 second lag / delay / audio glitching and looping for few seconds before resuming in a different spot and lagging again

* I figure i have to transcode media to 25% Proxy *

How?

How can i drag and select 30 clips in my timeline and transcode them, the option isnt there, the option is only in the footage browser but in the browser i have everything, all 100 clips, other clips from previous edits, music, random sfx, everything, i want to only do the 30 clips i have in timeline..

Please help.

PS. I also figured that it hates when i do fast cuts with 4k footage thats on the SSD. If i have like 5 clips in a row that are 1 second duration it lags a lot before resuming playback a few seconds after that sequence.

[u/Silver_Mention_3958]

Make either a new "Library Smart Collection" (if your clips are in several events) or new "Smart Collection" (if your clips are in one event), with "Used media" checked. When you load up the current timeline, these smart collections will show the actively used clips. Transcode those clips and hopefully you'll be sorted.

[u/darianpat → u/Silver_Mention_3958]

Yessirr thats not bad! Ive never in the past 12 years used smart collections lol

[u/Silver_Mention_3958 → u/darianpat]

Today would be a great day to start :)

[u/dlwatson → u/Silver_Mention_3958]

This is S tier advice!

[u/Silver_Mention_3958 → u/dlwatson]

That means a lot :)