Transcoding Video

My question is I was give a FCP project the video codec HDV at 25 frames. I would like to transcode this to Apple Pro Res 422 but with a frame rate of 59.94 for NTSC. Do I have to exit FCP and use compressor is there a way in FCP to transcode the video?

Just use Compressor. It was designed for tasks like this, and is the best solution. Or buy Nattress' Standards Converter software and use that.
Don't try to use a pliers to do a hammer's job.

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Transcoded video and audio folders contain a .ses file - why?

Using Encore DVD 1.5 (how is it up there in CS3 land?)
When transcoding video or audio files in Encore DVD an Audition session
file is created in the transcode folders. When I open these sessions in Audition they are empty. They even show up in the transcode folders
for Video that contains no audio. What are they used for?
Also, can I delete these .ses files after the transcode is complete without affecting the project?
tia, Scott

The SES file contains chapter data.

Petition: Make creative centrale able to transcode videos without a conected pla

Afaik you can only transcode a video via transfering it to a player thus you need a conected player to do that (I've tried to disconect the player once the transcoding had started and that cancels the transcode proccess). It would be nice if you could leave the pc working in the transcoding proccess while you're in the school/work enjoying your player so when you arri've back at home you can load your new fresh videos with almost no waiting time

hi,
if your player is Zen X-Fi,you can do the video converting works with Zen X-Fi Video Converter which can be download from here.
it's can convert the video files into the file type your player can play.
hope it hel
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Converting/Transcoding video files

Hi,
I need to import video that is from a variety of different tformats into my Premiere Pro CC project to all be edited in the same sequence. The majourity of the footage is native h.264 from Canon 60D's and Canon 5D's - I will however need to include shots from already compressed and endcoded files from a variety fo different formats and sources.
What should I transcode or convert the extra video footage into to make sure that I can work with all the footage in the same timeline as the Canon native h.264 sequences I am currently using?
I have tried using mpeg Stream clip to convert the files into the native h264 files from the camera's, but that doesn't work (something maybe to do with the software???) - the files skip frames and crash my system. What program or software should I use to convert/transcode?
Any help would be very much appreciated!!!
Thanks
Pat

You should try editing your footage natively first. If it is smooth, then great! If not, it may be a good idea to convert everything to an easier codec for the computer to process. You may lose some quality, but you may be able to edit without tearing your hair out by the roots.
It depends on the footage. It depends on how full your drive is, it depends on if you edit like I usually do, pretty much one track at a time, or if you edit like I am doing on my current project, stacking footage 5 or 10 tracks high.
It just depends.
But start editing natively on a test project. Throw some footage on a sequence, put in some cross dissolves between clips, and see how it works for you. If it is bad, convert, if OK, then give it a try on a real project.

Encore insists on transcoding a transcoded video file from media encoder

I've authored a bunch of Blu Ray and SD DVD's in Encore and once in awhile as in right now Encore insists on trnascoding a Blu Ray file that i already transcoded for Encore in Media Encoder on my MacPro which is running CC 7.1. Anyone have any ideas how to solve this little, but frustrating time consuming issue?
thx...jw
MacBook Pro (Mid 2009) 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo
Ram 8 GB
Premier CS6.05
Encore CS 6.05

It seems reasonable since Encore is supposedly not affected by CC updates since Adobe considers DVD's dead technology, though I really would like to meet the misguided soul who sold that,concept, that the only program affected would be media encoder.
That's why I thought I could encode on my cs6 MacPro running Snow Leopard and the encode on mt laptop running cc7.1. I did a test on my Snow leopard CS6 system in Encore and it worked just like it is supposed to, so that's where I'll do my DVD/BluRay work .
Though this concept of the cloud and fast updates seems like a great idea, I think what is happening is that those of us "in the trenches" making our living using these programs are now the beta testers for the programs that should have been beta tested before reaching the market. In Adobe's rush to release they're skipping beta testing. We're it!
Red frames in Premier Pro; direct to Speedgrade crashing; external monitor in Speedgrade not functional on release....just to name a couple I've encountered. Adobe techs are not the problem it's Adobe management rush to market culture which is causing the problems.
I really appreciate and admire the Adobe tech staff who are trying to make this work under unconscionable pressure and unreasonable demands by their misguided management team.
Sorry for the rant.
Thx....Jim Watt

Simple, Easy Tutorial/Guide on Transcoding Video Clips into DVD-Video

I have purchased the combo of Photoshop Elements 9 and Premier Elements 9. I am new to these programs. I printed the entire 300 + pages of the Premier Elements 9 user guide off of the adobe website. I am totally overwhelmed by all the features and have given up on creating a project, fearing that the program is too complex to attempt.
If I tell you what I want to do on my project, is it possible to distill all that 300 + pages onto just the essentials of what I need to do?
If there is a simplied tutorial in this forum, perhaps you could direct me to it.
I have various video clips on my hard drive and simply want to encode them into the DVD-Video format and then burn them into a DVD-R so that I can watch through my DVD player.
I would like to create a menu and submenu. Also, creating buttons with thumbnails and labeling each thumbnail with text. I would also like to create a backgrounds for the menu and submenu and the ability to extend the duration of the background image or video. I also would like to create chapters within the submenu.
I'd really appreciate if you could help in this matter. I'd really like to be able to use my new Adobe program.
Thank you in advance for your help. I'll check back to this thread on Tuesday to see if I received any responses.
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Hi Steve,
I went to your website looking for the Basic Training Tutorial for Premier Elements 9 and didn't see it. Do you have it for Version 9?
Thank you
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Transcode audio without transcoding video

I've got a big pile of clips that are ProRes 422 encoded, sizable, and numerous. However, as a result of a button not pushed in Compressor, they all have audio encoded using AAC - which we know FCP cannot edit without rendering again and again. (Original footage came from Flip, Zi8, Xacti and other minicams)
My question is, is there a way to reencode the clips with 'video passthrough' so that the process is quicker and I don't have to double my storage needs in the interim? Just reencode the audio, keep the video, and replace the old file? In Compressor, I see there is an audio passthrough option, but no video passthrough. I can create new audio files, add them to the movies in QT, but then I have a lengthy and not very batchable re-export of each clip to go through...
Any suggestions?

The only way I can think of to do this is in QuickTime Player, deleting the unwanted audio tracks and pasting in the new audio...
Patrick

Transcoding video for a vertical display

I've been assigned the task of transcoding 16:9 for a flatscreen that is to be turned on it's side. To tackle this problem I've rotated the image to fit into the "portrait" format, and exported to ProRes. Here's the kicker, the client has requested DVD's. When I transcode from Compressor to the DVD format, I get terrible interlacing
I understand that when creating a DVD, De-interlacing is not necessary, however that coupled with the flat screen being on its side, I'm not really sure how to tackle this. Is it because I've rotated the image that I'm getting this? Any help is very much appreciated.
With respect,
Josh

I see you have posted in the Compressor forum, that's where it's best placed.
Final Cut Express does not use ProRes.
Al

How to edit a multiple audio video clip on Premiere

Hello everybody
Maybe this is a dumb question, I'm sorry if I'm asking what is obvious for you, but I swear I tried to find on the web and on this forum, but I couldn't find anything.
Well, I made a video using a screen capture software called Dxtory, that provides me the ability to record my PC screen, with multiple audio tracks.
Ok, now I have a 15gb avi file. When I open this file in the Media Player Classic, I can play one or both channels. The first channel is the original audio captured from my PC. Every audio generated by my PC is in this track. The second track is my voice, with my commentaries. I have all of this in one single file. They are not splited. It's just one file.
Then when I import into Premiere, the software just recognize the video track and the first audio track. I can't find the second, with my voice.
I know I can split the clip into 3 files (1 video and 2 audios) but it would take longer. I just want to drop the file on Premiere and edit the audio volumes quickly, because when I talk I would like to low the volume of the PC audio.
Now, the question: Is there a way to Premiere recognize both tracks in this single file? How?
Thanks in advance for any help.

I'm actually surprised that Pr can import this at all--the video is Xvid. Maybe it's some variant that Pr's importers can handle, as Jeff suggested. I dunno--it doesn't play well for me, regardless, and I'm not going to install the Dxtory codec to find out.
Anyway, to the matter at hand: while AVIs can, apparently, contain multiple audio tracks, Pr's importers are limited to a single track. However, Pr has other importers than can handle multiple audio tracks. QuickTime--which is a wholly different process--supports multiple audio tracks, as does MXF (some flavors). However, Xvid in QuickTime (which is feasible) won't import in Pr (at least on a PC), and Xvid won't go into an MXF file at all; that means you'd have to transcode. Personally, this would be my choice--but I found that the original clip played back pretty terribly, so that would be why I'd go that route.
Additionally, you could extract the second audio track to a separate WAV file, import both the AVI and WAV, and then use the Merge Clips feature to marry them together as one pseudo-clip. Not perfect, but it would work. The benefit is that you don't re-encode anything.
So, I've got solutions for both the re-encode/MXF option (my preference) and the AVI/WAV option. Here's proof of the MXF (transcoded video to XDCAMHD422 50Mbps) with four audio channels (stereo must be split to dual mono):
At the end of the day, these (or a variation of them) are your only options. Pr simply won't import multiple audio tracks (even dual mono) in an AVI container. Let me know if you're interested in either of the solutions.

[Windows] Video conversion for iPod Touch on 2.0

I have recently purchased an iPod Touch 16Gb - cost £242 -, on software version 1.1.4. Immediately installing the latest iTunes (7.7.1.11) with Quicktime (7.5 Build 861), I upgraded the Software version to 2.0. Cost £6.99
Then I went to transfer videos I had on my Nano to my new Touch, and gave me the error:
"Some of the songs or videos in your iTunes library, including "xxxxxxx", were not copied to the iPod "xxxxxxxx iPod" because they cannot be played on this iPod."
So I did some googling and saw that Quicktime could be upgraded to Pro to transcode videos for the iPod. So £24.99 later, tried to save the videos and got the same error. I'm a bit miffed now.
More googling and got the Jodix Ipod converter download - free. Converted into a format Quicktime recognises, added into iTunes and still gives the same error.
So I have paid nearly £280 (est. $500) for hardware / software which wont do the job its built for... Any Questions?

Strangely enough, I have managed to get my videos working. The solution to the problem at the mo is to use low-quality videos. I encoded my videos at 1500kbps, after transcoding them down to 700kbps they seem to run fine and no further converting in iTunes needed. Interesting, seems Apple don't want us putting our own videos on at a HD watchable bit rate - nice.

Can NOT update video automatically with selected playlists!

I just bought my iPod today and when I try to put some video on it, the movie does not appear anywhere.
when I click on the Video button, the "automatically with selected playlist" option is hidden and I cant click on it, and no video title can be observed.
Do you have to put video in to certain folder to add them?
And how come the Automatlcally with selected playlist is hidden?

I had the same issue, however I used this program;
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/
I'm pasting this from the Videora site, the settings worked for me when others didn't, enjoy:
Configuring videora converter
0) Start Videora iPod converter.
1) Click setup in the left nav.
1.5) Click the profiles tab.
2) Click new profile.
3) Now, configure that profile:
profile name: ipod
in the video settings section...
mode: MPEG-4 > CBR
resolution: 320x240
passes: one
bitrate: 768 kbps (384 kbps also works)
framerate: 29.97 fps
in the audio settings section...
bitrate: 128 kbps
sample rate: Input
channels: stereo
4) Click apply to save the profile.
Now, you're ready to transcode.
1) Click convert on the left nav.
2) Click the transcode new video button.
3) Pick your source video. Mine was an AVI from a torrent.
4) Under quality profile, choose "ipod", the profile you created using the steps above.
5) Click start.
Now you're ready to get the video on your ipod
1) In iTunes, under the File menu, select add file to library. Find the transcoded one. By default, the transcoded videos pop out under the Videora install directory.
2) Drag and drop to your ipod.
Questions/observations:
1) I haven't been able to get H264 anything to work. Is it broken? How much smaller than MPEG4 is it?
2) 768 kbps video was about 400 megs/hour; 384 kbps video was about 231 megs/hour. I could readily see a difference in video quality.

Compressor setting so it won't output a video larger than source?

Hello.
I am sending a whole library of videos (most Apple ProRes, but varrying video dimensions based on the project) through Compressor 4 and I'm having an issue where, for some of the videos (with smaller video dimensions), the settings I'm choosing result in the transcoded videos being larger (in terms of dimensions) than the source (ie. if the source is 720p, the resulting video is 1080p).
I am using the following two settings:
- HD for Apple Devices (5 Mbps)
- HD 1080p for Video Sharing
Example 1 - I fed a 640 x 360 (Apple ProRes) file into Compressor 4 and selected the "HD for Apple Devices (5 Mbps)" preset. The resulting transcoded video was larger than 640 x 360 (I can't remember the actual size anymore, sorry). There is no option available, that I can see, to modify the preset to NOT create a file larger than the source?
Example 2 - I fed a 720p (Apple Animation) file into Compressor 4 and selected the "HD 1080p for Video Sharing" preset. The resulting transcoded video was 1080p. I though because the preset is marked "Up to 1920 x 1080" it wouldn't go beyond 1080p (ie. scale down anything larger to 1080p), but also thought that it would maintain the source dimensions and not enlarge a 720p source to 1080p?
Maybe this is how Compressor is supposed to work (ie. making resulting videos larger than source), but I'm hoping there's a way to modify the presets to not do this "ie. an option to not create a video with dimensions larger than the source)? Is this possible?
Thanks,
Kristin.

Apple devices have a standard frame size they encode to, so yes, this is how it works.

A tip how to make iMovie '08 rescan the iPhoto library for video clips

I could not figure out how to easily force iMovie '08 to rescan all iPhoto library video clips. My problem was that my Casio S880 videos had the audio format DVI ADPCM which is not supported by iMovie '08. I made a script which transcoded all my iPhoto library videos' audio track to AAC. But after this was done, the iMovie didn't still show them in iPhoto videos. iMovie checks only for NEW entries in iPhoto Library after last scan.
One simple workaround is to duplicate the transcoded video in iPhoto and then delete the original. But if you have a lot of clips here is a better way to do this:
NOTE: This trick does not reimport already imported clips. This trick is useful only if you want to force iMovie '08 to recheck old iPhoto movie clips if they are now valid for iMovie '08 or not.
1. Close iMovie '08
2. Open file HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iMovie7.plist with the Property List Editor application (I think the application is part of Apple Developer Tools, I'm not sure if included in default installation). You may want to take a backup of the property file before opening it!
3. Find "lastiPhotoXMLDate" property and change the date value to be some older date, for example if you want to scan all files just change the year part to 1980 or similar.
4. Save the property file
5. Open iMovie '08, it should now check all iPhoto movie clips again if they are valid for iMovie '08.
The same thing can be achieved by just deleting the HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iMovie7.plist file, but then you lose all your other settings.

I apologize for my confusion on your question. I find that depending on the principal of each photo and my target audience to determine the time frame for each photo. It seems most people get impatient with viewing one photo for more than 1-2 seconds if the photo is not complex.
If there are several things that interests the viewers in any one image, they want to look at it a second or two longer. If the movie of images is a training aid, the images may need to be more than 3 seconds. For intro's, or a trailer for a training movie, no longer than 1-2 seconds.
That was a long answer to say, generally speaking, I find 3 seconds to be an average time length.

Creative ZEN Vision:M or 5th Generation iPOD Video ?

So which one would you pick? The ZEN or the iPOD. Yes, I know most people would say the ipod since this is an apple board but this ZEN Vision:M business is pretty awesome.
If you had the option to return your ipod and get the ZEN Vision, would you ? I mean, come on, look at this thing. Its a beast !
I also wanted to ask if anyone owns this thing ? i wanna ask a few questions about. i.e. battery life (since the ipod totally wreaks in that subject), compatability, other things..
Windows XP
Windows XP
5th Generation iPOD 30 GB Windows XP

Re: 4 hours playback... See my explanation about how Creative arrived at their playback times vs. how Apple arrived at theirs. If you want to listen to 64kbps WMA files, and watch 500kbps MPEG4 video, go right ahead. You could get the same result on your iPod listening to 64kbps AAC files and watching 500kbps MPEG4 video.
Re: double the songs... again, see my explanation about how Creative arrived at their 15,000 number vs. how Apple arrived at their 7,500 number (hint: 64kbps WMA files vs. 128kbps AAC files)
Re: more audio formats... yes. the Vision:M adds the ability to play WMA files (the iPod can play MP3 and WAV files)
Re: more video formats... yes. The Vision:M adds the ability to play MPEG1/2, WMV9, Motion-JPEG, and XviD.
Re: FM radio, recorder, voice recorder, yes. Points to Vision:M.
Re: iPod's batter turning red with 2 hours left to go... the battery meter is an estimate, nothing more. If it really bothers you and you can't ignore it, put a piece of black electrical tape over it. My battery meter is fairly accurate, but I've ran my iPod completely dead and charged it up completely 2x since I've bought it. Seems to have helped.
Re: scratching issue.. seems like there were a few people on those engadget posts that were complaining about their Zen (non-vision:M) scratching up pretty bad. My guess is the Vision:M will have the same problems (but that's a guess).
So, summary... If you need a FM radio/recorder, or a voice recorder, or don't want to transcode video you already have in a supported Vision:M format, or have your audio in WMA format, and are willing to deal with the extra width and cost, then the Vision:M might be for you. Be aware that Creative's battery life numbers are even more unapplicable to real-world use than Apple's are (I don't know of anyone that listens to 64kbps music anymore, and who would encode their video at 500kbps MPEG4?).

Video's not showing up... Help!

I got the video file to go onto my ipod and it's recognised as a video, but it's not playing (the video) it plays as if its a song. Any idea what's causing this? oh, and the program i'm using to convert these files to be ipod friendly leave this fugly watermark. do you know any that dont?

I had the same issue, however I used this program;
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/
I'm pasting this from the Videora site, the settings worked for me when others didn't, enjoy:
Configuring videora converter
0) Start Videora iPod converter.
1) Click setup in the left nav.
1.5) Click the profiles tab.
2) Click new profile.
3) Now, configure that profile:
profile name: ipod
in the video settings section...
mode: MPEG-4 > CBR
resolution: 320x240
passes: one
bitrate: 768 kbps (384 kbps also works)
framerate: 29.97 fps
in the audio settings section...
bitrate: 128 kbps
sample rate: Input
channels: stereo
4) Click apply to save the profile.
Now, you're ready to transcode.
1) Click convert on the left nav.
2) Click the transcode new video button.
3) Pick your source video. Mine was an AVI from a torrent.
4) Under quality profile, choose "ipod", the profile you created using the steps above.
5) Click start.
Now you're ready to get the video on your ipod
1) In iTunes, under the File menu, select add file to library. Find the transcoded one. By default, the transcoded videos pop out under the Videora install directory.
2) Drag and drop to your ipod.
Questions/observations:
1) I haven't been able to get H264 anything to work. Is it broken? How much smaller than MPEG4 is it?
2) 768 kbps video was about 400 megs/hour; 384 kbps video was about 231 megs/hour. I could readily see a difference in video quality.

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