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If I archive my projects from an uncompressed drive to one that has a NTFS format with File and Folder Compression enabled, will the compression process reduce the quality of the video? Obviously, I'd like to utilize the space on the archive hard drive as much as possible, but I do not want to lose any quality of my projects.
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No, it will not harm the video but it will slow down your system. Recommendations by many video editors is to turn compression off.

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It will also not compress video files much as they are already compressed. Just as zipping a video file will not reduce the size by very much at all.
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Got it! Quick and specif reply is always appreciated.

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