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adobePremierPro cs5 playback lag
I filmed for my scene using a T2i cam. i have a macbook (not pro) and adobe premier pro 5. the footage files were MOV. Im not sure if i did something wrong with the importing or if im missing a setting but sofar when i place my clips on the edit table/timeline a red bar shows up on top (i.e render) so after rendering all footage the playback goes smoothly. the second i make one cut or any basic minor edit to any clip the red bar shows up again. and no matter how small the clip is when i try to play it, the playback lags like crazy. also the rendering process usually takes a really long time. why is the playback from clips on the edit table so slow? why must i render every single small edit i make? and how can i speed up rendering? please i could really use some guidance!
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The H.264 files from your camera are very CPU intensive to playback in realtime. A Macbook will not be able to do this – even my MacPro Octo-core with 32GB of RAM has trouble keeping up with H.264 in realtime sometimes. You have a few options – you can try to preview at quarter-resolution while you are editing and do the render when you are happy with the edit, or transcode the H.264 footage into something that could playback in better real-time – maybe ProRes will work better for you. Unfortunately, the Macbook doesn’t have a lot of firepower for editing.
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[Danny Nieder] “or transcode the H.264 footage into something that could playback in better real-time – maybe ProRes will work better for you.”
OK…question. How does one transcode to ProRes if they don’t have FCP? Say they only have Adobe CS5…or 5.5. What format should the editor transcode to for better editing? As Adobe doesn’t have it’s own ProRes or DNxHD. You would have to buy Cineform. Or is that the answer?
Shane
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Lots of folks have been solving this problem by purchasing Motion 5 for $50 bucks and getting access to all the Prores codecs.
Im in the process of researching Cineform as a viable alternative to Prores, but havent amassed a lot of conclusive info yet.
Tom Daigon
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Ah, I have heard of that. Well, this just shows that Adobe does need a codec of it’s very own. Transcoding still a necessity in many situations.
Shane
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Go Pro (owner of Cineform now) just made their 422 playback and encode codecs available for free (all but the 4444 / Alpha channel one thats $299). Folks can get it here. I have heard lots of good things about it.
https://gopro.com/3d-cineform-studio-software-download/
Tom Daigon
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Shane,
Add your name to the feature request list for a proprietary codec. https://www.adobe.com/go/wishCheers!
Kevin Monahan
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Great news about Cineform, Tom.
Kevin Monahan
Sr. Content and Community Lead
Adobe After Effects
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Great news about Cineform, Tom.
Kevin Monahan
You know, I thought so to. Until I downloaded it and tried to convert something in AME…it crashed. Tried the same thing with Prores 422…it was fine. Then I tried to output something from AE…Cinform crashed. Tried the same thing with Prores 422…it was fine. Im not to impressed with Go Pro Studio codecs at this point to tell you the truth Kevin. I tried all these tests both booting my system in 32 then 64 bit (Snow Leopard). At this point Im sticking with Prores..it works! 😀
Tom Daigon
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You know….I’m not so sure that “Adobe needs a codec of it’s own.”
Why muddy the water with yet another codec?
It seems people have been able to make both Pro Res and DNXHD work with Premiere Pro already.
Adobe should create yet another codec to compete as a standard?
I’m not ruling it out…I’m just saying….while it’s nice to have something out of the box…until it’s widely adopted like those two are…you’re just an island again….and it’s harder to move media between shops…
thoughts?
Alex
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A universal codec is what we need in the video industry. Unfortunately at the current moment Prores encoding is not available to PC users. So that lets that one out of the running.
And I haven’t heard a lot about people mastering to DNxHD, more about people transcoding to it on the Avid platform.
And after todays experience Im not to sure about Cineform.
So that leaves us with…
Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
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Maxx Digita / Areca 8tb. raid
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