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Match Settings creates MPEG black screen output in Quicktime
I’m one of the those new converts to PP from FCP and need some guidance.
I have been trying to export using Match Setting for a full res file from PP. I need full res clips for my stock agent.
PP outputs the QT file as a .mpeg (the only choice) – the file is robust at 224MB – seems okay – but it’s a black screen for video when I play it back in
QT Pro. Am I doing something wrong? .MPEG is the only output choice for Match Settings. The original file is an H264 shot on a 7D.It plays fine using VLC and plays fine if I re-import that file into a PP timeline. Plus if I encode using any setting…plays fine. Any suggestions? I really need full res uncompressed output that plays on any Mac using Quicktime.
When I export to a full res in FCP, it’s a .MOV and plays okay. One idea I had was to export the XML timeline of clips to FCP and export it there, but that seems so clunky a workflow.
Thank you for any help.
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I don’t understand what you’re trying to accomplish and why you think that it’s necessary to use Match Settings? What are your delivery specifications? You should use those for your output.
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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Technical Support for professional video software
After Effects Help & Support
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Todd – thanks for your response.
I’m trying to export a full resolution file with the same parameters as the clip in the timeline without any compression. Sounds simple enough.
The resulting MPEG Quicktime file does not play the video (I get a black screen) whereas MOV files are okay. The only choice in PP for Match Settings in a MPEG file and nothing else. The client wants a full resolution Quicktime file that they can play. This was easy in FCP since it outputs a full resolution MOV Quicktime file.I hope that makes better sense now. Thank you for any help.
PF
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> I’m trying to export a full resolution file with the same parameters as the clip in the timeline without any compression.
That’s not possible.
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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
Technical Support for professional video software
After Effects Help & Support
Premiere Pro Help & Support
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Well, then I guess i don’t understand what Match Settings means in Export. I just want the same settings as I have in the timeline.
Let’s put it this way – when I use Match Settings the resulting MPEG Quicktime can not play the video and I get a black screen.
Is there anyway around that and match the settings in the timeline?Thank you.
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Todd- I finally figured this out. Newbie mistake.
Set the format to Quicktime and then change the Video Codec to Apple ProRes422 or HQ, change the size to 1920×1080, Square Pixels and it delivers a full res .mov file. I take it that 48 bit depth is better than 24 bit depth?
Thank you.
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“Match Settings” means exactly that – it matches the settings of the sequence. If your sequence setting uses MPEG for it’s previews, and you export with ‘Match Settings’, you get an MPEG coded file. If you change the extension to .mov, then you get an MPEG coded file with a .mov extension. I would seriously doubt that anything ‘Apple’ would be able to handle a .mov wrapped MPEG.
But, it looks like you’ve found the solution!
Steve Brame
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Thank you Steve. All this has helped me “wrap” my head around it better – and I made a nice ProRes “Full Res” preset for Encoder once I figured it all out.
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Guys!
I did the newbie mistake of exporting a project with the match setting option too…
This file is all I have of the project now and I have no clue what to do with it. I have a MacBook Pro with the Adobe Suite and I’m stuck. All I get is a black video file no matter what I try to encode it to! Help!
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