Premiere Pro CS4 capture issue: no black??

Hi... I've been working with Premiere for a while with great success, but the latest video that I'm trying to capture has an issue - some sort of colour channel problem. I'll attach a pic of what the video looks like.

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Adobe premiere pro cs4 capturing issue.

The camera that I have is a sony hdv cam £1200, my pc is a quad core system with a firewire port on the back of the motherboard (new system). My friend who used it previously used it on his apple mac and had no problems in capturing. This is the first problem, I plug in the firewire cable with no notification of new hardware installing(dont know if there usually is). I load up cs4, hit F5 and it states that the device is offline. The settings on the camera, as far as i can see, are all setup aswell as well as the preferences on premiere.
Thanks for reading and if anyone can shed some light on this then thanks!

Welcome to the forum.
I'd suggest starting a new thread, so as to not get folk confused on your particular system and issues. Heck, I have trouble not being confused with but one system.
When you do post, the more info that you can provide, the fewer questions that will be asked. This ARTICLE will give you some tips. In your case, you would add all necessary info on your camera too.
Good luck,
Hunt

Premiere Pro CS4: Timecode issues (Scene Detect, Free Run)

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I am most familiar with Premiere Pro CS3. In the past, I have created multi-camera sequences that are synchronised by timecode. I have been shooting using the Free Run timecode feature across all cameras, as to maintain a sync'd timecode.
Now that I am using Premiere Pro CS4 at work, I am running into a few issues in preserving my timecode values during capture. I have recorded HDV footage using two Sony Z7's. I downconvert the HDV footage into DV upon capturing - this is so that I can use the scene-detect feature, and still supposedly preserve the timecode for each media file. I captured all of the tapes using scene-detect, and the timecode values were correct for each media file captured.
Having saved, closed, and reopened my Premiere Project the next day, the timecode values for the majority of the media files have been reset (ie, they all start at "0:00:00:00". This is very odd! Only a few of the media files have retained their correct timecode values.
Has anyone else experienced this? Could they please shed some light on this problem or quirk? Am I taking the wrong approach in capturing/organising media? I am following the same procedure as I had done in PPro CS3.
I have since deleted the Media Cache/Preview Files, requiring Premiere to re-index, and re-conform the media files. The timecode values are still incorrect. When I select all of my media files and tell them to go 'offline', the correct timecode values re-appear.
Many thanks for your help,
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Does anyone have an answer to this problem?? I think I am having the same problem. I don't have as much experience as the others on the
forum, but basically what I tried to do was filming a multi-camera event in free run timecode, then
captured in HDV split, and assumed I could get Premiere to align the clips accordingly. Anyone have any idea how to do this????
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks,
Aaron

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - Export issue.

Hello to the Adobe Community!
Maybe someone here can help me out with some Premiere issues.
I am using Premiere Pro CS4 4.2.1.
I'm on Windows 7 64 (Ultimate N).
My system is:
Intel Core i5CPU [email protected]
3GB RAM
I have updated all Adobe software, and my drivers.
I've had a good look over the forums and I found this article. It's very useful, and hoping it would be my saviour, I went through all the advice given.
Still no luck!
I'm trying to export the media from Premiere to Media Encoder.
My sequence settings are:
1280 x 720
Square pixel aspect ratio
25fps
48000HZ - Stereo
My render settings are:
MPEG2 - DVD
PAL HIGH QUALITY
Everything else is left to the default setting.
When I try to encode via the Media Encoder, it gets to about 1/3rd of the way through and I get a message:
'Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
Unknown error.
I have also tried, as per previous posts, to use the Adobe Dynamic Link, both from Premiere out to Encore, and importing in from Premiere when I'm in Encore.
Still no luck! I get an 'encode failed' message when I try to transcode it. I'm pulling out my hair with this one.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
NB: This is my first post on this forum, so apologies if I have missed anything out.
Thanks in advance for any advice,
Em.

Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions - Evan I think you might be right on the memory issue.
I tried one last thing - running Premiere in compatibility mode as an administrator.
Again, it failed after about 7 minutes. It's quite a complicated project, but it's only 14 minutes long.
The strange thing is that although it doesn't seem to render on my work pc, it renders on my home pc, which has similar specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5 760 2.8GHZ 8MB
MEMORY: 4GB (2x2GB) PC12800 DDR3/1600mhz Dual Channel Memory
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P7P55-M Intel P55 Chipset
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1GB
I forgot to say that my work pc, listed above uses an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT card.
Do you think that 1GB can really make all the difference?
Sorry if that's a stupid question, I don't have a massive amount of technical knowledge.
Cheers!
Em.

Premiere Pro CS4 having issues with Windows 7

Hello, I've been using Premier Pro CS4 on my new Sony Vaio that is running Windows 7. I experience slowdown occasionally when editing videos and Premiere has begun to crash a lot and I cannot export any of my projects without a complete crash of Premiere. My laptop has all of the required specifications and I cannot figure out what's going on. Thanks for your help.

Welcome to the forum.
This ARTICLE will give you tips on the types of additional info, that will be so useful to us, in trying to help you.
Good luck,
Hunt

Premiere Pro CS4: Output Issue - codec and image size

I am having an issue when outputing a video file from Prem Pro to Media Encoder. The dimensions of the input video are the usual 720x576. The output I need is 390x390 to match my project. By choosing the Sorenson 3 video codec I am able to adjust the size from 720x576 to 390x390. However, it also applies black bars to the top and bottom of the image. I don't want this. If I choose the DV PAL video codec the black bars are removed in the output but I do not have control over the image size.
In Prem Pro 1.5 the media encoder allowed for this and I was able to create a cropped video image (390x390) without black bars. By selecting the zoom option the image was fitted into the window size. There is no zoom option in CS4 in Media Encoder. This is very frustrating!
Any help would be appreciated...
Thanks, Neil

This is odd indeed, and I cannot recall having read of such. The tips were just the general things that one normally checks out, when there are audio issues, so nothing specific to this behavior.
Now, as a test, you might want to try ASIO4ALL, linked in the article above. Usually, it will get audio, where the Realtek, or Creative driver will not. Again, this is as a test, just to see if by-passing the Realtek driver will help. Do not forget to set the Audio Hardware ASIO to ASIO4ALL in Input and Output. Then test. If it has zero affect, then just uninstall it, and change the setting back.
Good luck, and wish I had more to help,
Hunt
PS - other than mechanical/electrical things like the audio chip heating up and a connection failing, I just cannot think of something that would cause this behavior. Maybe download and run SpeedFan, a great little free utility, and monitor the temps for all components with sensors.

Adobe premiere pro CS4 quality issues

Hi there,
i've been struggling with this issue for a while,.
i hope that someone here can help me out!
I am making a promoting movie for a dance school here,
but as i am editing i have to use automatic quality because when i set the preview on high it will stutter,
that's not even the problem because thats only a preview
but when i try to export it,
it makes the quality really bad,
in previeuw i can read whats on the screen
and now there are A LOT more pixels, making the text unreadable,...
this is really freaking me out
i've attatched a file of a screenshot so you guys can see what i'm talking about.^^
i've been trying exporting all kinds of ext like avi,mpg,HD,H.265 etc etc..
Please help me 0_o

To add to Eddie's recs. I suggest doing ALL of the scaling/re-sizing outside of the NLE. I've found that the algorithms used in Photoshop are superior to those in Premiere (through CS3 - do not know if CS4 improved these). The quality difference should be noticable on critical viewing. Re-sizing BEFORE Importing, also reduces the workload on the NLE. Just a few Acitons in PS, and you can batch re-size your entire load of stills.
I take Eddie's advice for the vast majority of my still images, and if I need to pan on a zoomed out image, will re-size that/those up to exactly what I need, above the frame resolution/size. The majority do go with exactly what the Project Presets are.
Good luck,
Hunt

Adobe premiere pro cs4 audio issue.

Whenever I import a full movie i.e Predator, Halloween 2, Total Recal, the video is fine but the audio is missplaced and doesnt import the full audio that comes with the video. It starts playing the audio but is heavily out of sync and only imports a certain amount of the audio with still a fair huge amount of audio missing.
Thanks for reading and if anyone could help then it will be much appreciated
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Welcome to the forum.
This is common with muxed MPEG source files, like from VOB's. Also, there could well be copy protection on those commercial titles, that will mess things up too. I will not get into the © issues here. This ARTICLE will give you some background on VOB's, and make suggestions for ways to address their Import.
For OOS, this ARTICLE will give you tips on fixing it.
Good luck,
Hunt

Using HV30 to capture in Premiere Pro CS4, PLEASE HELP!!

I have cs4, an XH-A1s and an HV30....and a MacPro from 2008.
I have recently narrowed down my issues with a bad firewire port on my xha1s.
Can or Cannot I use my HV30 to captureHD footage in Premiere Pro CS4?
It simply says capture device offline.
If anyone knows the trick, please fill me in.
ON EVERYTHING, project settings, camera settings, any info you can give.
I trust y'alls advice and just need to capture now!!!! lol.
Any other info you need from me, let me know!
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Shay in NC

Hi,
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Use of a capture board in Premiere Pro CS4

For several years I have been using Premiere Pro 1.5 with a Canopus Storm 2 capture card and drivers. It has been working fine for me. Actually I have been doing event video for about twenty years and have gone through a lot of Premiere progams. I went from VHS to S-VHS and then into Mini DV. I don't think I will be going to HD. However, like life, we need to keep up with some of the changes. So I have been considering upgrading to Premiere Pro CS4. I was told that Canopus is no longer working with Adobe and that now it is Grass Valley and they have their own editing software. They no longer want to let the user of their products use Adobe products. If this is so, then what type of capture card is working with Premiere Pro CS4? And what is the cost for my changing my system? At least a ball park figure. I just had a new OS put into my video editing computer and right now everything is screwed up. The Adobe Premiere Pro and Canopus seem to be working okay, but I am not getting anything out from my computer to my editing monitor and sound mixer. I worked all week on it and to no avail. For years I did event video and put out some fantastic stuff, now I just want to do some informational videos and nothing is working right. I am open for suggestions.

Okay Harm, that is part of the problem. Since I put in a new OS I can't get my video editing to do right. Nothing is showing up on my studio monitor that is hooked to the Storm 2 card and nothing is coming in to my Mackie 1402 VLZ Pro line mixer that is connected to a CREATIVE Sound Blaster Live card. I have done everything I can think of and nothing is coming out. I have everything hooked up just like it has been for the past five or six years. I downloaded all of my software - Previere Pro first and then Canopus and then Sound Blaster and the plug-ins seem to go in okay. What I am getting is a sound apperance on the Premiere sound screen and also a wave form on the timeline. In all apperance the Storm card and the Premiere are working, but nothing seems to be coming out. Also I am getting no sound out when I download music in Audition. I did before I replaced my Windows XP SP3 OS.
I didn't know that the Canopus Storm 2 had a conflict with PP 1.5. I guess I never experienced any trounble before.
I just now went into my Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and opened up a capture that I had downloaded into the timeline. Here is what happens. When I scrub the Capture monitor in PP everything works fine in the computer and the studio monitor and sound line mixer. But when I scrub the timeline I get no sound out, and nothing shows up on my studio monitor. It is almost like everything is reverse.

Premiere Pro CS4 (Windows 7) will not (Capture or Record) connect with DV Cass Recorder

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RAM                                       6 GB
video                                      ATI Radion HD 5700 1 gig Memory OpenGL 3.2
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Raid Drive                              1.2 TB 7200 SATA
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DVD/CD                                  writable Disc Drive
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Info from the "forum help group" through adobe. jk

Need Help Fast Re: Problems with capturing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4

I am working on a project with a deadline. I am using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. My camera is a Sony Digital Video Recorder DCR-HC26. My computer is a Dell with OS of Windows Vista. I have been capturing numerous clips from hundreds of mini digital video cassettes. Yesterday, I attempted to capture from a Radio Shack Mini DV Metal Evaporated mini DV digital videocassette. For whatever reason it will not capture. I have never used one of these tapes before. Could it be the tape? After I click on "Capture," the screen shows NO PICTURE of sound, however, it plays on the camera. It can't be the camera settings because all the other tapes work. . . Any advice?

you need to post in the correct forum olivia.
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Hello there.
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Hello
I captured hdv in premiere pro CS4,
the file was mpeg.
I wonder,
Why only mpeg file format?
not avi
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