Premiere 6.5 Export Settings

pip · Post by **pip** » Tue Apr 01, 2003 6:18 pm

I am editing short films for music videos using premiere 6.5. The footage is captured via firewire from a JVC mini dv camera. When I play the edited film in premiere it runs smoothly and the transitions are slick. However when I export it as an MPEG-1 (or 2) using the built in encoder the picture becomes grainy and the transitions are jerky and often pixelated. My PC isn't running any background services whilst processing. I have an AMD 2100 XP processor with 256 Mb of DDR RAM, running on Win XP.. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Cheers!!
Pip

Ornsack · Post by **Ornsack** » Wed Apr 02, 2003 10:46 pm

Well MPEG's are highly compressed, and Mini-DV footage isn't, which explains your problems! But I dunno if MPEG 2 should be causing you so much problems unless you have a low bit-rate...

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 12:06 am

That's true. Experiment with compressions and settings. I sometimes have trouble with DivX at times export wise. The audio sometimes rendered does not fit the video, also my VCR will not see the video to tape it but will hear the audio. Dam DivX!

Your system is fine though. You can never have enough RAM though.
I am running at home a XP1800, 16Meg Matrox capture card and 256SD Ram with no issues. Hardly any in program lag at all

pip · Post by **pip** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 6:24 pm

The graphics card I use is an all in wonder radeon with 128 mb of onboard RAM. So I'm pretty sure the system is upto the job.
Is it possible to capture the footage as different file format that will make the final file (which will be exported as MPEG) run smoothly?
Should I use an independant MPEG encoder and if so can anyone recommend one?
Once again all help will be greatly appreciated!!
Cheers
Pip :>

Ornsack · Post by **Ornsack** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 6:40 pm

My favoured MPEG creator is AVI2MPG1 - Freeware, go search for it!

What resolution is your source footage, and does the source footage play ok before you MPEG it?

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:45 pm

I use the LSX suite it has a separate encoder and a plugin for adobe. I have never had a problem as long as you stick to the recommended defaults.

[Edited on 3-4-2003 by Adam]

pip · Post by **pip** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:48 pm

The source footage is captured at DV AVI 568x720 all of the source footage runs perfect. When I capture an hours worth of tape it takes up around 12 gig, which I think is about right.

So you think it would be worth exporting as DV AVI (which is uncompressed) and converting to MPEG elsewhere?

Cheers
Pip

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:59 pm

As an experiment i would try converting some with AVI2MPG to see what happens, although it should work in adobe.

pip · Post by **pip** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:02 pm

How are the 'plugins' added into adobe premiere?

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:15 pm

I basically a separate program with it's own installer. It you watch adobe as it starts up there is a whole load of things flashing up on the splash screen as is loads. If you have a plugin then it appears in that list. When you come export a clip or the movie if you click on the settings button the encoder is listed there then click on advanced settings to select MPEG 1 or 2 and all the other things like VBR and keyframes etc

Ornsack · Post by **Ornsack** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 8:29 pm

Originally posted by pip
The source footage is captured at DV AVI 568x720 all of the source footage runs perfect. When I capture an hours worth of tape it takes up around 12 gig, which I think is about right.

So you think it would be worth exporting as DV AVI (which is uncompressed) and converting to MPEG elsewhere?

Cheers
Pip

Well at least lower the resolution! MPEG 2 wouldn't be so bad with a high resolution but MPEG 1 doesn't like it

pip · Post by **pip** » Thu Apr 03, 2003 9:07 pm

so reducing the screen resolution will improve the quality of the final output MPEG?

can the captured footage be captured at a lower resolution?

Will the final outputted MPEG when converted to VCD play full screen(PAL)?

Ornsack · Post by **Ornsack** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 7:21 pm

You can capture at a low resolution yes... But it's usually best to capture it high and then re-render it at a lower resolution. This takes a lot longer though, most things I convert to VCD I capture at Quarter PAL resolution (352x288).

If you're making a VCD them make sure you use MPEG1 and the resolution MUST be 352x288. An hour long film should take a few hours to render as an MPEG.

pip · Post by **pip** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 9:17 pm

so is it best to capture as DV AVI at 568x720 & then export as MPEG at the lower res?

Ornsack · Post by **Ornsack** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 10:26 pm

720x576, horizontal goes first

But yes that would be ideal. Capturing at half the resolution is fine but sometimes the image jumps up and down by a pixel due to interlacing nonsense that nobody really wants to hear about! A pixel is quite a lot when using Video CD resolution.