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Choppy video on DVD export
Hello everyone. I’ve been struggling to find an answer to this on my own but to no avail, so I really hope someone can help me out.
I have been using Adobe CS4 (and thus Premiere) for the last few months to produce roller derby video. Everything looks fine in the preview panes. When I make a DVD, however, the resulting footage tends to have a “choppy” look, almost like there are frames missing. I’ve made DVDs by using Encore and a Dynamic Link back to the Premiere sequence, and I’ve also tried exporting an AVI of the sequence and then using another DVD authoring program like Windows DVD Maker. The results are the same.
To drill into greater detail, here’s the full workflow:
* Two source cameras– a Panasonic PV GS-120 (a 3CCD consumer-grade camera) and a Sony PD-150 (a higher-end standard definition camcorder, suitable for TV news or a documentary), both recording DV casettes.
* DV is dumped into Premiere via Firewire.
* In Premiere, the dumped AVI files are synchronized up, then mixed using the multi-camera tools. As an experiment, I have tried leaving them in their original interlacing as well as setting them to “always deinterlace” before I begin synchronizing and editing.
* The multi-cam edited sequences are then lined up in a final mix sequence.
* The final mix sequence is sent to Encore or rendered to an AVI for DVD authoring.
At the end, the resulting DVD has choppy footage. I believe this happens throughout, but it looks choppiest when it’s the footage from the Sony camcorder. I don’t know if it’s just that this camcorder has a much better quality of image so it’s more obvious, but either way things come out looking choppy like frames have been dropped.
Any thoughts on what I’m doing wrong?
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I’m in no way an expert, but I know that on my last project I had that same choppy look during fast motion, and so I went into Premiere and in the Project window right-click on the footage –> Interpret Footage and in the Field Order section I would select Conform to Upper Field First.
I hope this helps. From what I have found, DV should be upper field first in interlaced footage.
Clint
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