Export settings (again) SD 30p

My client wants me to export my footage and send on a mini-dv tape. They want it to be SD at 30p. I shot it in 720p60 as my camera does not do SD. I am confused on the formats as I think of SD as being 29.97 interlaced. Can someone tell me what the format and what the settings should be to create an sd 30p .avi file for my client?
If I output directly to a SD camera from Premiere will it convert the footage okay? I'd like to send the client both a tape and DVD in the hopes they will accept a dvd only in the future.
thanks.

Thanks all for great answers! (Kidding...)
After more tests, cursing and frustration, I think I have figure it out. At least to my satisfaction.
I'm posting this reply to myself in case someone else drops by with similar problems:
Since there are so many different codecs and encapsulations, plus various sound formats and even additional subtitles, there isn't one single and simple solution. Instead, you might have to go through two or three steps.
First thing that solved several problems was to start the process by using using Miro Video Converter http://www.mirovideoconverter.com. It takes care of all (?) formats, including the obnoxious .mkv (that Adobe won't recognize). Just select "mp4" and run it.
Then open Premiere Pro, create a new sequence from the preloaded options; NTSC or PAL DV Widescreen 16:9. Import the clip you made with Miro.
Drag it into the timeline. If you get an alert saying that the clip doesn't match the sequence setting, click "Keep existing settings".
Then just export and you'll have a 16:9.
Hope this helps someone.

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Premiere Pro CS4 "Export Settings" window does not show up.

Hello,
I've run into a new problem with Premiere Pro CS4. Basically, when I select "File > Export > Media" my Export Settings window doesn't show up. If I click on the Premiere window I hear the beeping sound and nothing happens, if I hit Enter the Export Data window pops up and then Media Encoder opens. So, it seems that my Export Settings window is still open but I can't see it and make the necessary setting changes. It does not appear to be minimized and I can not locate it on my desktop anywhere. This is really frustrating because I was able to see the Export Settings window just a few weeks ago when I was exporting my last project. I've tried changing my screen resolutions but that didnt reveal the Export Settings window.
Does anyone know what is going on here and, more importantly, how I can fix it? I am really stuck here and am working against a deadline. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
-Ben

Ben,
THANK YOU!!!! For two days I have been struggling with the exact same issue. And of course it was simple to fix, if I had just thought about it. Thank you for taking the time to post your experience. I had tried all sorts of stuff trying to get everything onto my #1 monitor, with desktop & workspace resets, resizing my display, etc. After reading and printing your post,
Hitting ALT+Space,
Down Arrow,
Enter,
and then pressing the left arrow and watching my Export window slide into view, I was laughing so hard, that I was tearing up. It would have been a month waiting for my second monitor to get repaired to get to see what was still being displayed on this ghost monitor. Each week, I video and edit our church's service and then post three versions (Windows Media Player, Ipod-MP4, MP3 Audio) of it to our web site. I would have been four weeks behind were it not for your post.
Again, a BIG Thank You!!!
Tony Salso
[email protected]
Cedar City, UT 84720
Tony—Professional Digital Pictures
--Videographer and Webmaster
Red Hills Southern Baptist Church
Serving Jesus in Southern Utah
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Export settings for RealMedia

Hello everybody
I use PR Pro 1.5 and I created a short video (a collection of .avi source files that lasts no longer than 4 mn) that I need to export in various formats :
WMP and RealMedia for the web, and then AVI, QT and MPEG1 for cdroms, Knowing that the video is meant to be seen by a large audience, and that the original avi files properties are as follows : 720*576, audio rate=1024 kbps, 16 bits, PCM and video image rate 25/s, 29200kbps.
I am really new to all the concepts regarding audio and video codecs, time frame, bit rate etc. so I am a bit at a loss with the export settings.
So far, for each of these formats, my guess would be as shown below :
RealMedia for the web : export / adobe media encoder
codec : "RM9 NTSC download "32"," 62", "128" or "256 "? I don’t know which to choose or why. And just because 256 seems familiar, this is what I would select.
a- for the “Band width” I’d pick up the “56 dial-up” settings because of the large audience it is aiming at, ..
b- as for the “band width rate” I can choose between “variable” (average or high quality) or “continuous”, I’d pick “variable (average) because of the diversity of the audience connectivity
c- and then I have to choose the rate values (default values go from 700 max to 200 average), and here I really have no idea,
d- Then I have two drop down menus (for video and audio), first for a voice codec : there aren’t any voice on my video, so I’d pick the lowest value = 5kbps, second for a music codec : there’s a mp3 soundtrack on my video (rate: 200kbps, 2(stereo) and 44KHz), so I’d go for the “176kbps stereo music” selection in the drop down list, but I keep wondering why not “176 kbps audio surrounding”, or maybe it could be a lower or a higher rate.
e- and then again, I have the same two drop down menus (but this time for video only). Basically for the voice codec I’d make the same selection as above for both the voice and music codec.
a-In the video panel, I can decide to change the dimensions of the images. Default is set to 320*340, but my original files are 720*576. So should I change the default settings to match the real dimension of the images ? If I do so, will that increase the weight of my video and as a consequence the duration of download for the internet users ? Maybe I shouldn’t consider this as it should be a streaming video, … then the weight doesn’t really matter, and I can go for the 720*576 resolution. Except I’ve read somewhere that most servers that host videos are not dedicated to streaming, so in the end, the weight does matter for most internet users wishing to watch a video. … Shouldn’t I on the contrary leave the default dimensions as they are ?
b- and the in the next drop down menu I have to choose the video compression : “Real Video 9” or “Real Video 8” or “Real Video G2”. So … So G2 rings a bell somehow related to servers specializing in streaming (maybe I am completely wrong here … sorry). So I’d pick up that one to ensure that my video will be streamed. Then as an afterthought, as the total length of my video lasts no longer than 4 mn, maybe I can afford any of the two other options in the drop down menu. But which one is best ?
Jeez, this is a lot ! I’ll come back later on with my other formats and check if anybody is brave enough to answer !
Thanks in advance anyway
T.

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Adobe Media Encoder Export Settings Window Dimensions Problem

Any help on this would be appreciated: I'm on a macbook pro, osx 10.6, using CS4 Web Premium. I used to have an external monitor hooked up which had much higher resolution, so when using Adobe Media Encoder I'd click the Settings button on a video to get the Export Settings window, then stretched the Export Settings window to be the size of my external monitor. Now, I'm just using my laptop, and the export settings window does not have the resize buttons at top left to adjust it back to the size of my laptop, and the bottom third of the export settings window is getting cut off so I can't see the cancel/ok buttons etc.
I've tried re-installing media encoder (via reinstalling flash using the CDs) to try to 'reset' the window sizes, didn't fix the problem.
If anyone knows of any other preferences or something I could delete to fix this, I'd be one thankful dude.

Yes, I was getting the same response. It means Adobe is not using OS native windows (shame on them!).I just tried something with CS4 that worked, though. Try this:
Quit Media Encoder
Go to UserHomeDirectory > Library > Preferences > Adobe > Adobe Media Encoder > 4.0 and delete the files called 'AMEPrefs.xml' and 'AppPrefs.xml'.
Then restart Media Encoder. For me, this reset the window size and placement. I tried moving the Export Settings window down so half of it was off the bottom of the screen. Once I deleted these files and restarted, the window was smaller and repositioned.
If that doesn't work, try downloading the demo of this product:
http://irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/
It says that Adobe programs are "trouble" programs, that they probably won't resize, but they should at least move. If nothing else, maybe you can move the window to a negative y value (up) so that the resize handle is visible, then move it back down so the header bar is visible again...

Please help with highest quality export settings...

I have searched the forum and web for hours (no joke!) and I am still trying to figure out what are the best video settings to give me the highest HD quality video in daylight. I am using a Canon HF200 and the latest updated version of FCE. My problem is that I am unable to produce an HD quality video at 1920 x 1080 Full HD without being "jagged". I have two questions; what do you suggest to be the best FCE import and export settings to produce the best HD video, and what settings do you have your HF200 set to (for normal daylight conditions), to produce the best HD video file? The file will be played directly thru my computer to a plasma HDTV.
I have tried several settings, but using anything above 1280x720 16:9, makes the video "jagged". Again, I don't care about the size of the file or how long it takes, I just want the best. Is there something I am missing?
My FCP settings are the following:
I log and transfer the video from the camera into FCP (on a black MacBook; 2.16 GHz with 4 GB RAM) using the AVCHD Apple Intermediate Codec 1920 x 1080i source. I then export the video using the following:
Export using "Quicktime Conversion".
Quicktime options video settings are:
Frame Rate set to "Current"
Key Frames set to every "24" frames
Compressor quality: "best" (Encoding set to "best quality")
Data Rate set to "automatic"
Quicktime options video size are:
"HD 1280 x 720 16:9" (anything higher produces the jags!)
Deinterlace source video is NOT checked
My Canon HF 200 settings are the following:
- P mode
- FXP (17 Mbps)
- 60i framerate
all others are set to the normal default
I have read some reports saying the above is good and others suggesting changing FXP to MXP (24 Mbps) and/or the framerate from 60i to PF30. I don't care about the size of the file, I just want the highest quality HD file.
Any suggestions for the best FCE settings and/or HF200 settings would be very much appreciated!
Thanks for your help,
Evan

Thanks again for the feedback
Let me try my best to answer the above (I'm new at all this and I appreciate you guys taking the time to try and help me out).
First off, I tried rendering and that did not help.
Here is my sequence. I am not going into FCE from the camera directly. I have archived the video file from the camera using iMovie (as well as just making an exact copy of the camera files; they both appear to me to be the exact same, both can be logged and transferred into FCE, and both files give me a jagged FCE result).
Once I log and transfer the file(s), I then take the clip and add it to a sequence file (rendering or not rendering the clip(s) at this point does not make a difference), and then click/highlight the sequence file in the browser and export it.
As for "editing the video in a 1920x1080i60 sequence", I think I am. I am not doing any editing to the clip. It is logged and transferred using the AVCHD Apple Intermediate Codec 1920 x 1080i and then exported using either as a Quicktime Movie or Quicktime Conversion (set for 1920 x 1080 using H.264 compression; both ways still result in a jagged video).
That's about it...log and transfer, add clip to sequence, and then export sequence...
I hope this answers the above, but if not, I apologize; I'm still learning!
Also, if I use iMovie, with similar export (share) settings, I get a non-jagged video (I have tried with deinterlacing and not deinterlacing, and both video results are fine)
Thanks again,
Evan

Best export settings? Post your tips!

I have been using iMovie for a long time. I have messed with settings quite a bit but the files always come out huge. I have seen other people's QT movies with great image quality for small file size. I have no idea how they do it.
My best experience in iMovie is to use the CD-ROM setting for export. This gives it the window size that I want, with a small file size, while maintaining pretty good image quality.
I'm talking about custom settings here. I need something other than the pre-made settings. There are so many custom options, but they're all way over my head. My goal is to use something other than h264, but keep the CD-ROM quality and size.
Does anyone have any good custom settings they recommend for getting a good balance of dimensions, image quality, and file size?
If so, post your tips! Let us know your favorite export settings!
--Timothy

The export settings are determined by the way the file is to be viewed.
"Local" files (those on CD's or fast networks) can be much larger in file size because bandwidth isn't much of an issue. Sent to iDVD and they make great videos that can only play in DVD players or software.
"Web" based files are a new can of worms because each persons opinion of "good" and also "small" file size differ so much.
Best advice anyone can give you is for you to make your own sample export "tests":
Take a minute sample (a part that has high action and motion) and choose the "Expert Settings" to send the file to QuickTime.
Try various video codecs and adjust the data and frame rate to raise or reduce file size.
Try AAC audio (very popular audio format) but set the frequency to "half" of CD quality (22050 Hz). This will be half as large in file size.
If your camera didn't record in stereo (most don't) set the file to mono and you reduce the file size in half again.
Compression is nearly an art form and the options in the expert settings can be a bit confusing.

Best Export Settings For Fast/Low-Res QuickTime Movies

I couldn't find a discussion room for FCP 7 so I figured if anybody is proficiant with FCP X, they could help me.
Hello,
I really could use some help with my export settings using FinalCut Pro 7. Most of my shows are no more than 20 minutes and I pretty much know the best QuickTime export settings for uploading to Vimeo, Exposure Room,YouTube...etc. But now I am trying export a lengthy project at 53 minutes.
The footage is mixed and some of it was not converted to ProRes but it plays great and renders fine in the timeline. The sequence settings were picked automatically at 1920x1080 because of the main footage that was brought in.
This upload is for client viewing purposes ONLY so I really don't care about the quality as much as the export speed. As far as what I’ve tried - I am using the H.264 codec. I tried lowering it to NTSC 720x480, then tried 1280x720 HD. I set the compressor lower than medium and the Kbps (?) settings to AUTOMATIC when I typically set it manually, between 3000 and 5000. My audio is set at AAC.
It’s a crappy project because of the way it was frankenstein’d together in the field (I’m just cutting it), but I'm committed now and have a huge deadline. I'm getting a bit nervous because of how many hours it’s taking to export. The client is going to make inevitablec hanges and will want to see those changes quickly again - online.
NOTE: My Compressor does not work and I’ve never needed to use so far so that option is not available.
I could really use could some wisdom today!
Thanks so much to whomever can steer me in the right path.
`Patrick
Message was edited by: prepstein

Try here
https://discussions.apple.com/community/professional_applications/final_cut_stud io

25 Sony 8mm old Home videos importing as ntsc best import/export settings

I have 25 Sony 8mm old Home videos some over 20 years old importing as ntsc with a brand new mac-book pro and FCE 4.0. What is the best import and export settings to save for the future. Quality is important and time and space is not that important but I don't want to get silly considering the quality I am importing.
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Thanks for your time.
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I was thinking 2TB
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I just want to store it on 2 hard drives one connected to a pogo plug so my family can see them and store the second at my brothers house as the back-up. What would be the best format for that?
Now you know my hardware so should I import the whole 2 hours or batches of like 1/2 hour segments.
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Best PE7.0 export settings for Youtube HD, Vimeo or Smugmug?

Hi all,
I'm really new to video editing and I can't find any recommendations on the best Premiere Elements 7 export settings for Youtube HD, Vimeo or Smugmug. It seems like most of them want you to upload in 1280x720.
My original source is 1920x1080 30p AVCHD from a Canon HF100. Obviously, I would like to keep it at the same frame rate. There doesn't appear to be a preset in PE7 (or a way at all) to output 1280x720 30 into an MPEG container with H.264 encoding. When I go into the advanced properties of a preset like "H.264 1920x1080i 30" or "MPEG2 1920x1080i 30" and choose 1280x720, I no longer have an option for 29.97 fps - the only options are 23.976 or 24 fps. It seems bad to change this, right?
I see the preset for "HD 720p 30" which appears to be MPEG encoding of the video stream instead of H.264. This seemed to work OK, but I wasn't sure about it, because when I choose it I see in the description a line that says TV Standard: NTSC. A number of web sites indicate that H.264 is preferred, but I don't really understand why.
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I'm leaning towards using the "HD 720p 30" preset and working with the bit rate choices, but am open to comments. What do others think?
And on a related question - assuming we choose the "HD 720p 30" preset as a starting point, given the 1GB file restriction at Youtube, it seems to make sense to choose a bitrate that allows both good quality and reasonable file size. I don't know much about whether VBR 1 pass, 2 pass or CBR would be best for this kind of online HD video. Google is a little unhelpful here: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=132461
This page (http://webvideotechniques.com/123/bigger-and-better-encoding-for-youtube-hd) seems to indicate aiming for a bitrate of 8Mbps with a minimum of 4Mbps, including 2 pass VBR.
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Thanks very much E Mann, that was a very helpful thread. I think it actually would apply for youtube as well. For other users, here's a direct link to the settings for Premiere Elements:
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/12/08/exporting-with-adobe-premiere-in-720p/
Roughly, the answer is:
Quicktime container
Video codec: H.264
Quality: 80 (I used 100 and it just takes longer to encode)
Frame Rate: 29.97 (I guess if you are shooting in 24p, this might be different)
Bitrate: 5000 (I might try 8000)
Audio codec: AAC
Output channels: Stereo
Frequency: 48kHz
Now, my own personal changes to this recipe are:
Quality: 100 - takes longer to encode, no file size difference
Bitrate: 8000
Frequency: 44kHz (recommended by youtube)
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The nice thing about this is that you can get a quality video directly out of Premiere Elements and you don't have to pipe it through another program.

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I've had CS3 for a few years now and have never had this issue before. When I go to export through Adobe Media Encoder, the Export Settings window never pops up. Instead, CS3 somewhat freezes in the sense that if I try and click on something, I get a little ding from Windows and nothing happens. If I push ESC, I'm able to click on things within the program again.
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Since mp4/mov is merely a wrapper, use the free http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ to find out what is really inside that file... and use that information to create a new project with the correst settings
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Best HD export settings for YouTube

I am looking for some info on what export settings to use for YouTube with HD video. I want to export everything in 1080 (not 720) so I can also upload to Vimeo. Can someone please explain (or link) to me how I should export.
This is my first time using HD video, I shoot in 24fps onto HDV tapes.
I am not sure what else I need to know (or do) to export in the best quality.
THank you in advance!

Any other input for this topic?
I have been searching around for the past week for a solid export setting.
I've tried the above settings but I have yet to see the final product because it takes FOREVER to export (the estimated time just keeps going up and up, never down).
I found a setting a few weeks ago and used it but I cannot find it again. It did not take too long to export and the final product looked amazing both in Quicktime and on YouTube/Vimeo.
Anyone that would like to share their settings for an upload to YouTube/Vimeo, please do, I am in need.
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What quality print do you want?
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5x7 == 1500x2100 (and again you are better off to do the 5x7 crop)
150 DPI is generally a very acceptable print - so for 150 DPI cut the above number in 1/2
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Export Settings Dialog

I think the Premiere Pro team needs a better promo guy. There were at least two really awesome new features in CC7 that never got promoted. And now with the 7.0.1 update, the second best 'fix' aside from the multicam issue is that the Export Settings dialog now remembers it's size after closing. Up until CS6, we could set the size of that window and it would always open at that size. CS6 broke that, and once you closed Premiere Pro, the damned window would open at it's default, 'way to small' size and we'd have to resize it again.
That same bug carried over to CC7, but it seems the patch has corrected it. YES!!! Even after closing and relaunching Premiere Pro, the Export Settings keeps the size it was when I closed PP.
Man, that should have been the very second item on the list of fixes/features, instead of nowhere to be found.
(It's funny how the little tings can tweak some people just right, and the joy that comes at a resolution. )

Not sure why you're not running into it in CS6, ShooterNZ. Did you fully close and relaunch PPRO between tests? It's not enough to just use Close Project or Revert.
Well I would have discovered it it my 2 years of CS6 and I never ever had to touch the Window - in any version for that matter.
My test was I had Prem CS7 open when Jim posted so I "exported" to check the Window.
I closed out of CS7 and opened CS6 and did the same.
AME Export Windows were identical size and postion in the screen both ocasions.
FWIW - I run the full Premiere GUI on a single screen and the second monitor screen is dedicated to Full screen playback. ( Then BM sdi to a broadcast monitor)

Save Export settings as a Preset?

Is there a way to save the Export settings as a Preset?
I convert QuickTime files to a variety of different formats that use very specific compression, size, and sound settings. It would be helpful to have user-defined presets so I don't have to manually enter them everytime AND to ensure consistancy.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
I found this thread while looking for a similar thing....Requires a little Applescript, but seems to do the job.
It was here:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/QuickTime-Users/2002/Nov/msg00294.html
Re: Custom export settings
Subject: Re: Custom export settings
From: Gary Flint <email@hidden>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:47:45 -0800
I'm looking at developing an Applescript that will take a source Quicktime
file and export several Quicktime versions of the movie using different
compression settings (FPS, quality, codec) for streaming. Applescript can
tell Quicktime Pro to export movies using the export presets already
included in Quicktime Pro, but I am wondering if it is possible to add
custom export presets?
-Rob
The answer to your question is yes, with some caveats. You can preserve any arbitrary export preset using the following process:
1) Open a movie representative of the kind you'd like to export
2) Choose "Export" from the "File" menu
3) Select the desired export kind from the "Export:" popup menu (Movie to QuickTime movie in this example)
4) Click the "Options..." button to specify your custom settings, then click OK
5) Note that the "Use:" popup menu now displays "Most Recent Settings"
6) Start the export by clicking on the "Save" button (if you don't start an export the "Most Recent Settings" won't stick)
7) Cancel the export if it is a long one
8) To double-check the export settings, select the "Export..." menu item again. The "Export:" popup in the export dialog should indicate the last export performed and the "Use:" popup should display "Most Recent Settings". Click on the "Options..." button to confirm that the settings are indeed what you desire (you can skip this step once you gain confidence that this process actually works).
9) Without closing the open movie, run the following AppleScript
tell app "QuickTime Player"
tell first movie
save export settings for QuickTime movie to file "My Volume:Export to Xyz Format"
end tell
end tell
10) Repeat steps 1 through 9 for each export variation. Be sure to provide meaningful names for the export settings files.
To perform the actual movie export, use something like the following:
tell app "QuickTime Player"
tell first movie
-- export various movie versions
export to "My Volume:Movie Xyz" as QuickTime movie ,
using settings alias "My Volume:Export to Xyz Format.set"
export to "My Volume:Movie Xyy" as QuickTime movie ,
using settings alias "My Volume:Export to Xyy Format.set"
export to "My Volume:Movie Xzz" as QuickTime movie ,
using settings alias "My Volume:Export to Xzz Format.set"
-- etc.
end tell
end tell
Keep in mind that there is only one "Most Recent Settings" for each export type so you may want to make note of your settings in case you want to go back and tweak them.
Thankyou, and I hope my ramblings make sense.
I think they made sense (and my answer is predicated on that assumption). That said, I think both your question and my answer will appear as senseless ramblings to the non-scripters on the list.
Gary Flint
QuickTime Engineering

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