• Adobe Premiere Pro

  correct codec for zi8 in premiere pro cs5

  Posted by Monica Kressman on December 1, 2010 at 8:05 am

  I am having some render issues. A 3 1/2 minute clip is taking 5 minutes to render.
  I’m not sure if I’m using the right codec or if I should convert the file into a usable format for Premiere.
  I want to have the highest quality image with a manageable amount of render time as i have a lot of footage.

  Specs on clip:

  File Path: /Users/mekressman/Documents/videos/homelessvideos/123_0345.MOV
  Type: MPEG Movie
  File Size: 204.5 MB
  Image Size: 1920 x 1080
  Pixel Depth: 32
  Frame Rate: 29.97
  Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz – compressed – Stereo
  Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz – 32 bit floating point – Stereo
  Total Duration: 00:03:11:09
  Average Data Rate: 1.1 MB / second
  Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0

  Sequence settings:

  Sequence 04
  1920 x 1080
  00;03;33;29, 29.97 fps
  48000 Hz – Stereo

  I created a custom codec with help from apple store:
  General
  Editing mode: Desktop
  Timebase: 29.97fps

  Video Settings
  Frame size: 1920h 1080v (1.0000)
  Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
  Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)
  Fields: No Fields (Progressive Scan)

  Audio Settings
  Sample rate: 48000 samples/second

  Default Sequence
  Total video tracks: 3
  Master track type: Stereo
  Mono tracks: 0
  Stereo tracks: 3
  5.1 tracks: 0
  Submix mono tracks: 0
  Submix stereo tracks: 0
  Submix 5.1 tracks: 0

  Help, please!

  Brian Louis replied 15 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
• 2 Replies

• 

  Ann Bens

  December 1, 2010 at 5:59 pm

  Try using another than C: drive.
  Video-editing requires at least two seperate drives.
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  Brian Louis

  December 1, 2010 at 8:54 pm

  You should include your computer specs, and mention if you have a approved cuda card in your system, CPU horsepower is the prime driver in any render, your footage from a Zi8 is AVC1 H.264 in a .mov wrapper, thats the codec, its very highly compressed so less then a 1 to 2 render time is not excessive.

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