Can I Convert Media?

[Tim Kolb]

There really isn’t an elegant way to do this. Most of us use a transcoder like ProCoder, but then PPro would need to change project settings as well to match the new media.

This sort of thing does happen to be an area of obvious strength on the FCP side…

TimK,

Kolb Syverson Communications,
Creative Cow Host,
2004-2005 NAB Post Production Conference
Premiere Pro Technical Chair,
Author, “The Easy Guide to Premiere Pro” http://www.focalpress.com
“Premiere Pro Fast Track DVD Series” http://www.classondemand.net

[Mark Linthicum]

Thanks for the info Tim,

I was thinking of opening the project in After Effect and then making a Proxy of all the clips.

Do you know if this will work?

we are trying to get HDV footage captured to the CineForm codec in Premier to open on a MAC so we can take it to the Facility I work at for Color Correction.

It might be cheaper to get a HD card for the PC and bring the PC to the facility and just finish in Premier.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Mark

[Tim Kolb]

It sounds as if you may be right about the HD card…though it may not be as bad as it sounds, depending on how sensitive you are about the workflow.

First, I’m curious if you are using Premiere 1.5.1 alone, or do you have Aspect HD running as well?

There are several display cards with Y,R-Y,B-Y analog HD component output for the PC. If you have a monitor already, the nVidia FX 540 (250 USD street, give or take) is a dual head card and will run one desktop monitor and one analog HD out. With less Open GL acceleration but one more output head, there is the Matrox APVe card (around 300 bucks US street) which will run two desktop monitors and a video monitor.

The nice thing about these two cards is that an analog component HD monitor will do the trick vs. a wallet-draining HD-SDI monitor.

TimK,

Kolb Syverson Communications,
Creative Cow Host,
2004-2005 NAB Post Production Conference
Premiere Pro Technical Chair,
Author, “The Easy Guide to Premiere Pro” http://www.focalpress.com
“Premiere Pro Fast Track DVD Series” http://www.classondemand.net