• Adobe Premiere Pro

  What codec is best for editing from dslr for web/dvd output? I’m a FCP convert and clueless.

  Posted by Luke Christopher on June 1, 2013 at 8:58 am

  I apologize, I have not scrubbed this forum for the answer, but a bit short on time. I’m a Mac Book Pro user who was using FCP 7 and am now using CS6. I have some footage from my 5dm2 that I want to edit. My normal workflow before was to use Mpeg streamclip to convert to Prores 422 in 720 for these projects. Is there an optimal format/codec that Premiere likes? I don’t mind the extra step of transcoding in Mpeg streamclip, or is there a function in Premiere to skip this?

  Any help would be appreciated. I just don’t need to edit or output in full HD and since my Mac Book Pro is older, 2010 model with 8gig ram, 1tb 7200 internal hard drive and 4tb external firewire 800 G-raid running snow leopard I need to have things as light as possible because of old system.

  Thanks in advance.

  Luke Christopher replied 12 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Ann Bens

  June 1, 2013 at 1:57 pm

  CS6 works just fine with the native codec. No need to convert.
  If your machine cannot handle the native format then you are stuck with converting.
  I use(d to use) Cineform which also can be used on a Mac. Cineform is easy to edit and visual lossless.
  Download the free Cineform Studio and have a go at it.
  https://gopro.com/3d-cineform-studio-software-download/

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  Tim Kolb

  June 2, 2013 at 1:32 pm

  Ann, as usual, is right on point. I would also recommend CineForm.

  Keep in mind that Premiere Pro will also read your ProRes files as.long as the Codec is on the machine.

  TimK,
  Director, Consultant
  Kolb Productions,

  Adobe Certified Instructor
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  Luke Christopher

  June 3, 2013 at 6:04 pm

  Thanks, it’s a lot simpler that Mpeg Streamclip. I like how you can pick your in and out points as well. Cheers!
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  Luke Christopher

  June 4, 2013 at 5:51 am

  Actually, I had a bit of a snag, I gave it 32 gigs of 5d Mark 2 files to convert and it did fine with 80% of the files. Then is just froze. I had to force quit, then could not event get the app to start. I had to uninstall it and then install it again.

  Another thing, it seems much slower than Mpeg Streamclip. I want to advanced settings and chose 720p but then moved the slider to “high quality” just wondering if that’s important for web/maybe dvd output.

  Thanks again
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  Luke Christopher

  June 5, 2013 at 10:59 am

  I had another issue, I installed Cineform on my PC and all the converted clips have no audio. Any clue why this would happen?

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