Capturing from sony v1u HD into premiere Pro

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Capturing from sony v1u HD into premiere Pro

Posted by Lillian Fidler on February 20, 2009 at 5:53 pm

Hi:

I’m a relative newbie and this is my first question. Thank you for being a great resource!

I’m going to be editing my project in Premiere pro CS4 and want to make sure that I’m importing the footage correctly.

The footage is in hd format and I’d like to have the final in hd with the ability to convert to dv, etc.

When I capture the footage, what format should I bring it in as? I tried capturing from tape with the option HDV and it brought the footage in as mpeg files. However, I consulted with a professional and they said that that is a compressed format and not correct. Any suggestions?

Also, for editing purposes, I realize that these files are very large and difficult to handle. For example, one of my interviews is about 5 gigs and when I create a sequence the audo plays fine, but the video is choppy. Should I only bring in exactly the pieces of the interview that I want or bring in as a lower resolution? And if I bring it in as a lower resolution, is there an option in premiere pro to be able to replace those clips with the HD clips later.

So many questions :.) One more… I have some footage on a hard drive for the V1U, would I have to capture this footage the same as a video tape?

Thank you so much for any advice and input.

Regards,

Lillian Filder

Lillian Fidler
Jillian Productions
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Canada

Lillian Fidler replied 17 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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Alan Lloyd
February 23, 2009 at 11:59 pm

Import as HDV, output as HDV (uncompressed if you have disk space), then shrink to SD if you need the DV file.

As to the choppy video, there’s many possibilities. System configuration?

Stuff off a disk should come across as a file, not a capture.
Lillian Fidler
February 24, 2009 at 12:06 am

o.k., so I set the project up as HDV?

How do I shrink it after to SD?

I did set up an hd project initially… when I imported the files from disk (m2t format) they came in as mpeg files… is that the correct format to enable me to output uncompressed?

Thanks so much for your help, it’s so much appreciated.

Lillian

Lillian Fidler
Jillian Productions
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Canada

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