Hats off to adobe for updating Premiere pro CS4 4.01 beta to 4.1 beta

now it runs close to what its supposed to.

I haven't tested rendering but my big projects load 10x faster and I get realtime playback with Magic Bullet looks. Also get twice the frame rate when Dl to AE. I then now having to interpret every damn file.
4.0 was beta...I agree but 4.1 is what CS4 should have been. I knew I had a fast computer but know it finally feels like it.
Also great better BCC suport...cool and even better it only takes less than a second to to click back to Premiere from any other program. 8 times faster at least.
I'm happy.

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Dear Adobe, please patch Premiere Pro CS4

Dear Adobe
How come there's a minor patch to Adobe Reader or to Flash every few weeks, yet no patches at all in the automatic updates for Premiere Pro CS4?
I am extremely annoyed with Premiere Pro CS4. It crashes for some dumb reason or another every single day.
The biggest problem of all is the Adobe Media Encoder. Should it crash when I click to change the location of a render? Why does it ask if I want to overwrite a file (say, "test.mov"), then makes a new version of the file anyway ("test_1.mov"). Plus the far more serious problems documented in the forum.
I like the new features, but CS4 is not reliable. No one can work in a product that they can't trust.
People have asked me if CS4 is worth the money for an upgrade. I have been kind and polite, saying, "Well, I have found some bugs, but it has a lot of nice new features".
My tune changed last night. I'm tired of the bugs, crashes, and lack of patches.
I will now say, "CS4 is absolutely not worth buying until it is fixed. Stay away. You'll only be aggravated."

I assume that Adobe considers these sorts of problems "installation" issues and does not charge for support. Is that correct? Yes, that is no guarantee of success, but that has appeared to me to be an important step in their fixing issues: dealing with specific hardware/OS issues. After all, it only takes one problematic driver to create some of the problems that are reported. And some problems will be Operator Error.
I agree that details can be helpful, but as we've learned before, there can be an amazing list of things that are potentially relevant. Bill Gehrke, I've forgotten what you said about the status of your benchmark, but I think your system is a very important way to translate "Premiere CSx is slow" etc to meaningful information about various computer subsystems. Adobe should hire you to set this up as a troubleshooting aid. (Wil, I'm serious.)
In addition to a list of hardware, there's also the list of troubleshooting steps. E.g. have you turned off "whatever you call that nasty thing in Vista that wrecks your performance".
And, in the case of CS4 (perhaps CS3 was no different), we have to be sure we are talking about the same "task" - SD, vs the many flavors of other video.
One step in this is for Eric and others that have working systems to list their hardware and setup, and for those with very similar systems that are not operating to see if they can sort out differences.
I don't have CS4 yet - CS3, WinXP SP3, P4 2.8, 2G Ram. It's not that I'm waiting for you beta-plus testers to iron out the bugs, I just can't afford it and the new computer I need for it. But, I sure hope you get them ironed out by the time I'm ready....

I need a definitive answer for using Premiere Pro CS4 to work with .m2ts and .mts files

I have a Canon Vixia HF20 and a Sony HDR-XR350V. The Canon gives me .MTS files and the Sony produces .M2TS files. What do I need to do to be able to work with these files in Premiere Pro? I've searched and gotten that I'll need to purchase a codec. But are both file types going to be good with one codec?
Also, what are the steps to getting started? Purchase the codec, load the codec...Will there be any other steps to working with the files in Premiere?
I'm sorry for the basic questions, I'm a photographer! I've never worked with video before, and this is HARD!
Thank you for your help,
Michelle

Hi, Michelle.
I'm nowhere near the authority on this stuff that many of the others are here, but I have Premiere Pro CS4 and I work directly with AVCHD .mts files from my Panasonic camera. I simply browse to the directory where the .mts files are located and drag them into the project. I didn't need to purchase any additional codec, this is natively supported in Premiere CS4.
I can't speak to m2ts files as I don't have any gear that generates them.
One thing you do need to know, however, and this is important. Whether you're running a Mac or a PC, if you're going to work with high def footage such as AVCHD, you're going to need a fairly high performance computer with sufficient RAM, good performing hard drives and a fast CPU.
I tried this on a PC that was fine for my recording studio (audio), fine for professional software development, but choked and stuttered working with HD material. That's not a problem with the Adobe software, it's just the nature of the beast. HD is extremely demanding stuff, so you need top flight gear to work with it. I bought a higher performance PC and now it runs just fine.
Hope this helps,
Chris

Resources for Using Premiere Pro CS4 and Encore to author Blu Ray DVDs

I am getting ready to author some Blu Ray DVDs consisting of HD video of various aspect ratios and formats on the same disc. I have Premiere Pro sequences that are either 720p30 and 1080i (60i). The 720p video is 1280x720 (1.0) 60fps. The 1080 footage is mixed with some of the 1080i (60i) sequence video being 1440x1080 (1.3333) at 29.97 fps and some at 1920x1080 (1.0) at 29.97 fps. I haven't mixed the formats into the same project. I've kept them in separate projects because I'm unsure what would happen on export and whether I'd suffer degredation of one or the other if I dumped them together into the same timeline.
The final Blu-Ray project would consist of a bunch of menu items with each item going to a specific exported video of a specific format and/or aspect ratio. After playing around the Media Encoder for a couple of hours looking for an export setting that would preserve the video quality as close as possible to the original source video, I've settled on using the MPEG-2 Blu-Ray format using either the HDTV 1080i High Quality or the HDTV 720p 59.94 High Quality presets, depending on the format of the original video that I'm compiling.
Before I start firing up Media Encoder though, I need to figure out a couple of things pertaining to authoring Blu-Ray and what I can and cannot do. For example, can I have mixed formats on the same disk (720p and 1080i) as long as the the 720p video exists in one file and the 1080i exists in a different file? Looking over the Blu-Ray settings in Encore CS4 it's not clear to me and so far I've found nothing in the help file that says definitively that I can't have multiple file formats/aspect ratios/frame rates in the same project, though the way the New Project menu functions it suggests I can't.
Another question I have is would it behoove me to upgrade to CS5 or does it not make a difference whether I use CS4 or CS5 in terms of trying to accomplish what I want to accomplish? And if anyone can point me to other resources on this subject, that would be helpful as well. Thanks.

I use BD-RE disks.
First i make an iso and test it on the pc. (virtual clone drive and Power dvd)
Then burn with Nero to RE and test it on a standalone BD player.
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Adobe Deployment Toolkit - premiere pro CS4 with sms 2003

Hi I have followed all the Adobe Deployment Toolkit instructions and
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can't get it work in sms 2003.I have the program path as suggested \AdobeUberInstaller.exe but I see an error exit code of 1 on the failed install ie failed to parse command line.
Any ideas, or anyone had success with this depolyment?

I have only 12 GB. There is however a sound reason for that amount and not 24 or even more. A PC is only as good as it's weakest link. Usually that are the mechanical parts, meaning disks. And there is always a budget limitation. And there is availability of parts.
With all these restrictions, only 6 DIMM slots, and the limited choice of DDR3-10600 sticks in anything other than 2 GB sticks (just looking today I was not able to find any 4 GB sticks, apart from Kingston Value RAM in ECC edition with CL9 at triple the price of 2 GB), I considered it better to invest in disks than a long search for very expensive memory sticks.
These considerations make that the most logical amount of memory today is 12 GB and not 24 or more, at least on mobo's with only 6 DIMM slots.
Would Adobe use more than 12 GB, even up to xx GB, well I don't know, but the diminishing returns of the extra memory at very high prices make it more logical and economical to invest in a good disk setup.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 4.1.0 update not working!files wrong size too?

when i go to download Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 4.1.0 update it says that file size is 30.5MB but when it starts downloading it it says thats the file size is 110mb and once installed it wont let me import VOB files. Has anyone got a solution?
Thanks

Other users have reported having trouble with VOB files from DVD recorders. Properly authored DVDs work.
Where did you get the VOB files that won't work for you?
-Jeff

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Cannot Export to Encoder Cannot find Updates

I am trying to export my movie from Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, I get a window that reads: An Adobe Media Endocer update is available for this version of Premiere Prol To download the latest update, please run the Adobe Updater from the Help menu or visit htt://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates. When I go help menu and select updates, It only comes back with the Adobe Reader 9 update. When I visit http://www.adobe.com/downloades/updates I cannot find the update anywhere, all updates seem to be for CS5.
Everytime I have used this program in the past the Encoder programs opens automatically when I export from Premiere Pro. But not anymore.
When I open Encoder then open Premiere Pro and export my movie, It loads into Encoder but I get these two error readings. Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library, Assertion Failed! Program:... File:..\GUI\Editor.cpp, Line: 391, Expression: false, For information on how your program can cause an assertion failure, see the Visual C++ documentation on asserts (Press Retry to debug the application - JIT must be enabled
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Adobe Media Encoder for Premiere Pro CS4 stops working on the same frame every time...

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Hi Jim! Thank you for your reply. I think you are right -- and that it lies in the audio somehow!
It turns out that if I choose to only export the video, and uncheck audio, it will export very well and smoothly. That's great news for me!
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What's the best DIVX file conversion solutions for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Windows XP OS.

I am on a PC with CS4 Adobe Premiere Pro using XP OS.
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What is your best recommendation on how to convert (and what format to convert to to maintain the best quality) and can you recommend a good converter program? Free perhaps if I don't have to buy one.
I have spent days looking for a solution and reviewing posts but to no avail. I have tried MPEG Streamclip, Virtual Dub, Digital Media Converter, Prism and many selected others.
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http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html
Any insight is very much appreciated. I must get on with my editing project!!! Thanks,
Aaron.

Jeff, thanks so much, but I'm still not quite there! Agreed, codec packs can be dangerous but apparently the DIVX one is OK!
So I downloaded the DIVX pack, and the VirtualDub did work and converted via VirtualDub to AVI,... then tried in PremierePro. Again no luck viewing... sound OK but the video freezes on the first frame or two. I can view those outputs in MediaPlayer or DIVX player though. So I tried rerunning the UT codec installer and the logarith but still can't view the outputs from VirtualDub in PP.
I tried (in VirtualDub) converting the previously converted AVI file I did in Prism converter and again, can see the output in PP (still minor artifacts here and there though).
?Maybe I should just be happy with a the DIVX converted to a .wmv file but I think I will be sacrificing quality on already pretty grainy footage that I'm inserting into a largely HD film project so kinda shotty?
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Aaron.

Where can I download a trial for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Middle East version

Hello
I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
Now I am working with new project which requires me to add some titles in Arabic (I mean from right-to-left direction)
Please how can I do so?
Does it requires me to get a new copy for middle east? or I can do it with some how using my current version?
Please consider it important and needed.

I do not mean the interface or anything a like.
But I only mean to suport or enabling titles written in Arabic language like this (بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم)
We do have Adobe Photoshop CS4 ME (not mine but my company has it and it support adding Arabic as I've mentioned above)
So I was looking for to see Adobe Premiere have the same thing.
Thanks,
I'll add the feature request as you recommended.

Help for adobe premiere pro cs4

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Lidia,
Welcome to the forum.
I would start by reading this FAQ Entry, on what information to provide, when asking a question in the forum: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/961741?tstart=0
That information will provide a good starting place for others to begin helping you.
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Video Transitions for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 contains/includes very few useful video transitions for my work. There were many very useful, sophicticated and great third party plugins for video transitions for earlier versions of Premiere (i.e. Premiere 6.5), but most of these no longer work with Premiere Pro CS4. Adobe kept changing the plugin architecture so that third party plugins for earlier versions of Premiere would stop working with newer versions of Premiere.
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Richard,
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I cant update Premiere Pro CC on Adobe Creative Cloud. Im getting impatient. Please help me.

I cant update Premiere Pro CC on Adobe Creative Cloud. Im getting impatient. Please help me.

A few customers reported a similar problem in this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5847024#5847024.
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I don't know how to sign into Adobe Anywhere through Premiere Pro. It says I need a server, username, and password, but I don't know where to find these things. What is a server, and what username and password do I need? Thank you.

While Premiere Pro CC comes ready to work with Adobe Anywhere, it is a separate product that you need to have licensed and configured on a specialized server. I'm guessing you do not have this hardware & software configuration and therefore you will not have access to Adobe Anywhere. If you are interested in purchasing the license and the hardware feel free to contact me and I can help direct you to an authorized reseller. Beyond that you have a fully functioning professional editing tool in Premiere Pro so if you do not need the features of Anywhere then don't worry about the sign-on and make use of all of the other great features.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 4.0.1

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