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Choppy Exported Video in New Project
OK, I finished a 1-hour video project and had it exported in various formats: MPG2, AVI, MOV. When I open a new project file and place any of these exported videos into the sequence the playback in premiere is choppy. All I wanted to do is lay a new audio track.
The computer has more than enough RAM, internal HD, etc.
I am using Premiere Pro.
Please someone help!
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22 Replies
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Double-check your frame rate on your original sequence and rendered files. Make sure your frame rates match up. Also, in PPro, drag your rendered file ()move, avi, mp2, whatever) to the New Item icon lower-right in the bin window. Then play it. Is it still choppy?
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the exported files play perfect in VLC Media or QT. Let me try this new item icon. thanks
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still choppy. very frustrating. the reason i exported was because the original project had so many hd’s all wired up to computer. video was smooth before the export within the timeline. then when exported, video still smooth. now with a brand new project (after restarting computer) … when PPO asks to ‘match settings’ I say yes … video remain choppy both on timeline and in preview monitor. really strange. no other programs running in the background. no viruses on the computer.
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still choppy. not sure if previous post went up. first time i use this forum. in any case, the files again are smooth when exported but it is nearly impossible to edit because both preview and in timeline the video is extremely choppy. frustrating
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What about frame rates? Have you checked all your frame rates? Frame rate of original media. Frame rate of original 1 hour sequence. Frame rate of rendered files. What are all those? It sounds like the frame rate of your original sequence may be different from what you rendered out.
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what should i do? frame rates should all be consistent at 29.97. it’s not just a bit choppy either … it takes forever to begin. this is a computer where everything was wiped out. again, when put into VLC or QT plays perfectly. file sizes 4 GB and 13 GB for MPEG2
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[Sergio Menezes] “frame rates should all be consistent at 29.97”
They should be, but are the frame rates the same from original media to your 1 hour sequence to final render? I’m just trying to rule out what it sounds like.
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the video we have is direct from the tricaster which gave us a line cut. that line cut is 29.97 frames 1920 x 1080.
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this is really ridiculous. in Premiere Pro CS5 back in the day you could export out and then bring something into a timeline no problem. i have a BRAND NEW MACHINE, NOTHING ELSE on the computer, and now this ridiculous stupid program won’t smoothly play my videos? What the heck is up with Premiere?
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Don’t blame your tools 🙂
Try this. First, don’t Import the media. use the Media Browser to navigate to it, and then drag into the project window. Next, right click it and choose “Make Sequence from Clip.”
What codec are you using? An NLE is not similar to a player. They are doing different things. For example, if your video (and it’s a very long video) is h.264 or some other long GOP format, then the computer and NLE and GPU are working very hard to provide you with an Intraframe codec so you can cut between I-frames. When this is the case in Premiere, the bar above the timeline turns yellow.
If that’s the case, then you’ll need to use Adobe Media Encoder to transcode to an editable codec, like Pro Res or DNxHD.
Additionally, you can change the resolution during playback using the drop down menu on the lower right of the panel (source and or sequence).
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