Premiere Pro CS4 Default Capture Format?
Okay, this is probably a really dumb question but how do you change the format premiere is capturing in? I have a canon HV20 that I'm trying to pull the video off of tapes and the default format is mpeg and I can't seem to figure out how to capture avi for the best quality to edit in. I can export the clip in anything I want but the capture seems to be locked into mpeg.
Thank you, happy new year!
Ann's answer is correct, but only partial.
Premiere can't change the format of what's captured, as capture is just a transfer of what's on tape. In your case, MPEG is what's on tape, so that's what Premiere captures. And while you can have the camera do the conversion as Ann suggests, you will end up with standard definition media. If that's what you want, fine. But there's no way to end up with a high definition "easy-to-edit" AVI during capture from that camera. If you want HD material that's easy to edit, you'd have to pick up a Panasonic HVX-200A or an HPX-170. No other cameras in the sub-$10,000 range create easy to edit HD media. They all create the more difficult to edit MPEG type of files.
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Hi there.
Finally I decided to post this.
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Hardware bug or incopatability?
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I believe everything is Adobe PPro supported... so... where the hell is the problem?
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I have been these days arround this issue. Done many troubleshooting... trying to understand problems. Here is what I got:
Getting the hauppauge board off the PC seems to have stopped the "halt" of the encoders and renderings in Premiere and AME. Hope it won't happen again, but, It's kind an exclusion game... What was diferent from the setups I have seen in many forums and posts was this ancient board. Adobe shoulde analyse this one against Premiere CS4 and AME: Hauppauge WinTV-Go bt848 conexant board (or it's a lost of time... as it's not supported anymore in Windows, but is in Linux :] ).
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Before: Processing of video with the timeline in view (default workspace) was allways 100%, skipping so many frames that even entire clips coundln't send a sigle frame. Where only the output frame (ç shortcut) playback was almost aceptable, with processing at 100% and some times going leaving a tiny space for other things to process.... The fine tune of graphics board, was able to get in default workspace the insertion of may more frames in there, and with ç shortcut - output full mode, it was 95-100 spiking frequently between them.
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This is good and aceptable for the computer setup...
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Kodak videos lag in Premiere Pro CS4 timeline
Hey all,
Apperently there's a bug in Adobe Premiere Pro which makes it difficult to edit videos that were captured in a Kodak camera.
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I've been trying to convert these files (.mov) to many other formats and codecs with no success.
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General
Complete name : D:\100_0314.MOV
Format : QuickTime
Format/Info : Original Apple specifications
File size : 12.5 MiB
Duration : 7s 376ms
Overall bit rate : 14.2 Mbps
Movie name/More : EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY KODAK EASYSHARE Z950 DIGITAL CAMERA
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-22 22:37:14
Tagged date : UTC 2010-09-05 15:01:09
Origin : Digital Camera
Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : AdvancedSimple@L3
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : 20
Duration : 7s 375ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 14.1 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 30.102 fps
Minimum frame rate : 30.000 fps
Maximum frame rate : 31.579 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.508
Stream size : 12.4 MiB (99%)
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-22 22:37:14
Tagged date : UTC 2010-07-22 22:37:14
Audio
ID : 2
Format : ADPCM
Format profile : U-Law
Codec ID : ulaw
Duration : 7s 376ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 16.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 115 KiB (1%)
Encoded date : UTC 2010-07-22 22:37:14
Tagged date : UTC 2010-07-22 22:37:14
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General
Complete name : D:\100_0314.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom
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Duration : 7s 374ms
Overall bit rate : 9 635 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Writing application : Lavf52.61.0
Comment : EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY KODAK EASYSHARE Z950 DIGITAL CAMERA
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 7s 374ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 9 558 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.346
Stream size : 8.40 MiB (99%)
Writing library : x264 core 93
Encoding settings : cabac=0 / ref=1 / deblock=0:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0 / me=dia / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=4 / chroma_me=0 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / wpredp=0 / keyint=12 / keyint_min=7 / scenecut=0 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=cqp / mbtree=0 / qp=30 / ip_ratio=1.25 / aq=0
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Format settings, SBR : No
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 7s 314ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 66.15 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 60.1 KiB (1%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
I'm looking for another way to convert this file correctly so it will work well in Premiere.
Does anyone have any idea about this?
Thanks in advance,
-Moshe.Hi,
If CS5 handles this right than I guess that's about it.
Thanks again for both of you.
This is CS3...with the mainconcept plug in trial ....as mentioned earlier...your original source loaded GREAT into the project...and plays great...etc....
The plug in trial gives that logo thing and has a limit of 5min video I think....although I've exported stuff with this and the logo was NOT on the final export...or was much smaller .....dont know if that would influence you on trying the plug in...
But what I mean to say is with cs3 it works great with the original file you supplied as a sample...
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Media Pending with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
First of all guys, I know this is not a brand new issue but please help me out as am providing details. Thank you.
I have JVC Everio jvc everio gz-hd5 60GB camcorder. As you probably know that it records file into .TOD format, I converted them into .MPG format. This is how I am importing to Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 before it's showing me golden little screen displaying PENDING MEDIA forever.
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Operating system detail
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p.s - I read some forums but the way they explained is too confusing.I dont think I have enough info about your computers and hard drives and so on to tell if you can really edit HD stuff , but at this point you should really convert the TOD file first anyway. I don't think just renaming the extension will make it work OK, but I found some info on the internet that might help you convert to a more editor friendly format...
Standard definition video is stored in MPEG program stream container files with MOD extension; in most other systems these files have extension MPG or MPEG. High definition video is stored in MPEG transport stream container files with TOD extension; in most other systems these files have M2T extension.[2] Transport stream files can be converted into more common program stream files without recompressing the video itself. For example, FFmpeg, a free software program, performs the conversion on Windows and Linux systems with the following command: ffmpeg -i myclip.TOD -acodec copy -vcodec copy myclip.mpg. Software, included with TOD camcorders, performs this conversion as part of capture process. A similar command is used for MOD files: ffmpeg -i myClip.MOD -vcodec copy -acodec ac3 -ab 384k myClip.mpg -acodec mp2 -ab 192k -newaudio.
You Gspot screenshot is good, and it shows that it doesn't recognize anything about the codec and codec name..the right side of the GSpot is usually full of information about the video file...like the frame size, FPS , aspect ratio, and so on. As you can see from the above paragraph you would probably benefit from converting the TOD file using FFmpeg or some other program like streamclip ( also free program )
That's your first step I think...
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Exporting Settings (Premiere Pro CS4 with Matrox)
Premiere Pro CS4
Canon XHG1 camera (HDV/Mini DV/NTSC)
Matrox RT.X2
HP Z800 with 2.4GHz Intel Xeon processor, 12GB RAM, and running Windows 7
I have experience with digital video editing in Premiere, exporting up to 40-minute videos (that took maybe 2 hours to export), but the last version I used was maybe Premiere 7 and I didn’t have the Matrox card (and was using a computer much less capable than this one). I was also just using a consumer-level camera, not the big Canon. Now I’m trying to export video and there are way more choices than I had before, and it seems like the estimated time to export is quite high, despite having a good machine and the Matrox card.
So my question is, is there a chart anywhere that says what settings to use for the particular output you are looking for? For instance, what should I pick for the web that is good enough quality but not a giant file? What should I pick if I want to make a DVD? Is there a way to directly export to a DVD if you aren’t manipulating the video at all? I’ve been told I should be able to utilize the Matrox card to reduce the export time, but it seems like it takes at least 5 times the length of the video to export no matter what.
I guess an important question here is, what is the normal amount of time I should expect something to take to export? I have a 2-hour video that just needs to be transferred from the mini DV tapes and burned to a DVD – no effects necessary. The lowest export time estimate I can get is around 10 hours, and I have no idea what that will look like in terms of quality when done.
In the future I will be doing mostly short (2 minutes or less) videos for web, so export time should be short, but I’d still like to know what the best settings are and how long it should take.
I hope this makes sense – thanks for your help!
GenevieveThanks for your help. I have copied and pasted my results below. It seemed to get through that queue very quickly, so perhaps the slowness is do to something more specific in the project I am working on. Perhaps a large mismatch in what I am capturing vs. what I am exporting? The camera is recording in HD.... I don't know much about hardware at all, and only know very basic stuff about exporting, so I know it is probably difficult to understand what I'm looking for. The last version of Premiere I had basically allowed you to choose format, size, quality, and codec whereas this version has so many different export settings I can pick from, it is hard to just guess and check which ones work best.
Hewlett Packard, Computer Manufacturer
HP Z800 Workstation, Computer Model
132.2, secs Total Benchmark Time
32, secs AVI Encoding Time
46.2, secs MPEG Elapsed Time
54, secs Rendering Time
Intel, CPU Manufacturer
Xeon E5530, CPU Model
2.40, GHz CPU speed
1, Number of CPU chips
4, Total Number of Cores
12GB, GB RAM
Premiere Pro CS4, APP Version PPBM4 DV
Win 7 (64), OSVersion
SAS, OS Disk Interface
500xR1E, GB OS Disk Capacity
15,000, OS Disk Speed
Same as OS, Project Disk Interface
Same as OS, GB Project Disk Capacity
Same as OS, Project Disk Speed
Same as OS, Preview Disk Interface
Same as OS, GB Preview Disk Capacity
Same as OS, Preview Disk Speed
Same as OS, Output Disk Interface
Same as OS, GB Output Disk Capacity
Same as OS, Output Disk Speed
NVidia Quadro FX 1800, Graphics Board
Using a Matrox RT.X2 Capture Card, Comment -
Quality loss when importing/exporting in premiere pro cs4
Hi, I am fairly new to premiere pro cs4, but have some experience in final cut and after effects cs4, and I have a problem thats been bugging me for awhile.
I decided to try out premiere pro again [only used two or three times] I made a new project and sequence then imported a screen capture of a game I had on my desktop. when I dragged it into the timeline and looked over the footage it was blurry and not very clear at all, so i just did a quick edit and exported it, thinking the final product would have better quality. turns out the quality of the final product was even worse than it was when i was editing it.
I used DV-NTSC widescreen 48khz preset and didn't change any of the general settings.
the screen capture is a .mov file, 114mb, its dimensions are 762 x 502, animation codec, and 4,970 bit rate.
i used the program ishowu you record my screen, i set it to have a 25 frame rate, max quality, and animation compression.
I used the youtube widescreen HD preset H.264 format [I had planed to upload it as a quality test.]
Another question is can i set my own dimensions for the sequence instead of having to choose a preset? I hope I didn't leave anything out, and thanks in advance.
here's what it looks like before i edited it.
and heres after:I use a lot of 3D animations from Mac-artists, and request the same files, MOV with the Animation CODEC. I have never had any issue with those, in my SD DVD Projects. Not sure what is going on in your case. My guess would be that it's the Scaling to the DV Preset, that is causing you an issue. In my case, the animations match my source footage, 720 x 480 w/ appropriate PAR @ 29.97 FPS, so there is no scaling taking place.
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Premiere Pro CS4 and BlackMagic Drivers 3.0
My first effort with the new Black Magic drvers 3.0 did not work.
Here is the system information, project settings and the problem:
XP Pro SP3
QX9650 3GHZ
3G Ram
Nvidia GeForce 8800GT
Capture via both BM Media Express and PPro Capture (F5)
Project Settings are BM HD 1080i 59.94
Motion JPEG
Sony HDR HC7 Camera set to 1080i
Whenever I open a BlackMagic preset as above, PPro crashes when I try to import files captured via either Media Express or PPro.
I get this message every time:
[..\..\SRCRemoteImporter Module.cpp-25]
I also have CS3 on the same system and when I open a BM preset with the same settings as with CS4, all is well.
It must be something with CS4. Any ideas?
MartyThe solution is very simple,:
This update resolves the question.
This update install modification in dynalic link to support adobe autition3 instead of soundbooth.
This updaye , also adds support for AAF import/export, Apple Final Cut Pro XML project import, and OMF export, along with
numerous other stability and quality improvements. The update is recommended for all Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 users.
An important detail is that this feature only works in Windows. Sorry ´bout the poor MAC software.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4088
The home page of all updates for Premiere Pro CS4 is here :
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=98&platform=Windows
Reinstalling all the apllication and if the aplication is standard CS4 (4.0) this acti0on will not resolve the issue.
My recomendation is to install update 4.0.1 and 4.1.0
Others like 420, 421 is apllicable only if demand use of large avc intra, red format and p2 with h264 and other improvments
Best Regards,
Leon Unger
Adobe Certified Professional -
Sync when compressing HD FLV and F4V in Premiere Pro CS4
Hi. I'm trying to create PSAs for You Tube that were originally created with a small camera that produced HD Quicktime files. For YouTube they don't have to be perfect but that is what I'm working with. My computer only has 4gb of ram so I can't watch the video to test for syncronization since it just gives a slide show while editing. It never does anything but a slide show with HD video.
When I watch the original unedited Quicktime file the sync was way off. When I render out the original file in an FLV and F4V format just to test the sync it is PERFECT. Then I edited the first video taken from that session and used FLV and the sync was PERFECT. So I'm doing the second video, tested sync on the original footage, and its PERFECT.
So I thought it was okay to keep going. Everything was perfect after Premiere rendered the raw footage. The first video worked, right? The second video's raw footage sync was fixed, right?
Now that I spent all the time to edit the 2nd video, sync is TERRIBLE. I have no idea why. F4V was worse than FLV, but neither was great for video 2. So I guess I have two questions:
1) What format can I use to upload to YouTube that won't give me an unusable sync problem
2) Is there something I can do to see continuous synchronization within Premiere Pro CS4 without updating my hardware? I am using Vista 64 bit, 4gb ram, dual core intel. Do I have to make a major hardware upgrade just to get HD video not to be a slide show while running Premiere?
Thanks!Dave,
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You might try this "TEST" at some point if you're using equipment to record sound as outlined in the following article....at any rate you might find the article interesting anyway for the future...
----------------------sorry I should give credit to who wrote it but you can google the first line and find it maybe -----------
sync demuxed sound The Problem -
Miniature audio recorders, be they minidisc or solid state, offer a very attractive, cost effective, alternative to the traditional use of radio microphones, for the capture of remote audio sources in video recordings
These machines record the audio in a variety of different formats - MP3, WMA, WAV, ATRAC -- and in a variety of qualities - but they all suffer from the same problem. It can be difficult to synchronise the remotely recorded audio, with the camera recorded audio.
Although the time honoured tradition of an audio 'clapper board' works well enough to align the beginning of the two soundtracks, there is a tendency for the two tracks to appear to 'drift' out of sync over time - and the longer the recording, the worse the problem. In fact they do not actually 'drift', but the gradual loss of sync is a function of the camera and audio recorder sample clocks being slightly different frequencies.
The simple reason for this loss of 'sync' therefore is that the audio is being recorded at different speeds. Although the recorder will specify the sampling frequency, the accuracy is then dependent on the internal crystal oscillator of the recorder - which is, of course, a different oscillator from the one controlling the camera timing. Although these crystals may typically be accurate to within 0.005% or better, even this degree of accuracy can cause the two recorded audio tracks to be out of sync by up to 300mS after 30 minutes. Even after 5 minutes, the 2 tracks can be some 60mS different in length, in a worst case scenario.
60mS difference will cause a distinctly audible 'echo' between the two audio tracks. (Even 20mS is detectable as a separate echo).
This difference is of course totally unacceptable, and corrections need to be applied. It is important to remember that even if your audio recorder crystal is absolutely accurate, and it is the camera clock that is slightly wrong, it is still the remote audio track that will have to be corrected. The 'wrong' camera audio track is the one in sync with the video, and has to be the 'master' track.
The Solution
It is important to realise that although the sample oscillators may vary with regard to each other, they tend to be remarkably accurate over time, referenced to themselves.
This means that if you know by how much the frequency your audio recorder sample 'clock' differs from the camera 'clock', then a single correction factor will bring both tracks back into sync.
A simple procedure is outlined below, using free programs, to enable you to calculate the correction factor required for your particular recorder.
Programs required (all free):
1) AoA audio Extractor --- (not necessary if you can extract the audio track from a video recording in your NLE)
2) Audacity , a free audio editor
3) Switch , a free audio file type converter
Step 1: Set up your camera and audio recorder next to each other, and start both running
Step 2: Make a good audio 'clapperboard' point by tapping a pencil firmly onto a hard surface, as close to both camera and recorder mics as possible. This will cause a fast 'edge' to become the reference point, which will be useful later.
Step3: Let both devices run for at least 10 minutes. 20 minutes are better, but not essential.
At the end of the period, (timing not critical), make a second similar 'clapperboard' reference point. Allow a few more seconds recording, and then stop both devices.
Step 4: Download the video from the camera, and the audio from the recorder to your computer.
Step 5: Open the video file in 'AoA audio Extractor', and extract the audio from the video. Convert this audio file (if necessary) to a 48KHz 16 bit LPCM (wav) file, using the 'Switch' program linked to above. This file will be your reference audio file.
Step 6: Open the WAV file saved in the previous step in 'Audacity' - a free audio editor.
It is now necessary to save only the part of the file between the two 'clapperboard' references, which hopefully stand out clearly (if you hit the pencil hard enough in steps 2 and 3!).
This must be done accurately, to within 100th of a second, or better.
Click and drag the file to highlight the beginning section, including the first 'clapperboard' waveform. Use the 'fit selection to window' tool (immediately to the right of the 'zoom' tools) to magnify. Delete as much as possible before the 'clapper' reference. Repeat the operation until you can clearly identify the first distinct waveform of the 'clapper' reference waveform. Click, hold and place the cursor directly over the first full (clipped) waveform, where it crosses the centre line. Delete every thing to the left of that point, by clicking and dragging to highlight, and then deleting with the scissors tool.
Step 7: Repeat the above procedure for the end part of the waveform, again using the start of the second 'clapper' waveform as your reference cutting point. In this case, cut everything to the right of your selected reference point (not the left, as in the first case.)
Step 8: It is necessary to record the exact length of this new cropped waveform. This information is listed at the bottom of the window, but in a rather inappropriate format. Locate the toolbar at the top of the window, click 'Edit'-'select all' and then 'Effects'-'change tempo' . Note the length of the file in seconds in the right hand box (the left hand box is greyed out).
Record this figure. It is the reference file length
Step 9: It is necessary to convert the file recorded on the audio recorder into an identical format to the camera audio track, namely 48 KHz 16 bit PCM. If the track is not already in this format, open it in Switch, a free file transfer program, and select the output encoding as 48 KHz 16 bit, mono or stereo to fit your audio file. This program will then convert whatever format your input file is (MP3, WMA, 44.1 KHz PCM, etc) into the required 48 KHz, 16 bit format required.
Step 10: Repeat the procedures in steps 6 and 7 for this new file. Edit the 'clapper' points with as much accuracy as before, but notice that the 'clapper' waveform will appear different from the first, although hopefully with as clearly defined first ' zero crossing' point.
Step 11: Repeat the procedure in step 8, and you will notice that the overall file length is different.
Overwrite the original file length into the right hand box, and take careful note of the resulting figure in the percent change box. Make sure you record whether it is a plus or minus value - it could be either! This is the most important figure, because it represents the percentage variation between the two units.
Once you have obtained this value, simply apply it to all files recorded with the same recorder and this camera. Providing you can align the start of the file with a single 'clapperboard' mark, there is no need to repeat the rest. Simply change the length of the external audio file by the correct percentage value, to allow the two audio tracks to remain synchronised.
It may seem a long winded process, but it only needs to be done once, and could then save quite a lot of time, against the option of trying to align tracks manually in your NLE, in small sections.
You may of course wish to use an alternative audio editor, and the details of this procedure may then be slightly different, but the principle remains the same.
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