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  • correct codec for zi8 in premiere pro cs5

    Posted by Monica Kressman on December 1, 2010 at 8:05 am

    I am having some render issues. A 3 1/2 minute clip is taking 5 minutes to render.
    I’m not sure if I’m using the right codec or if I should convert the file into a usable format for Premiere.
    I want to have the highest quality image with a manageable amount of render time as i have a lot of footage.

    Specs on clip:

    File Path: /Users/mekressman/Documents/videos/homelessvideos/123_0345.MOV
    Type: MPEG Movie
    File Size: 204.5 MB
    Image Size: 1920 x 1080
    Pixel Depth: 32
    Frame Rate: 29.97
    Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz – compressed – Stereo
    Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz – 32 bit floating point – Stereo
    Total Duration: 00:03:11:09
    Average Data Rate: 1.1 MB / second
    Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0

    Sequence settings:

    Sequence 04
    1920 x 1080
    00;03;33;29, 29.97 fps
    48000 Hz – Stereo

    I created a custom codec with help from apple store:
    General
    Editing mode: Desktop
    Timebase: 29.97fps

    Video Settings
    Frame size: 1920h 1080v (1.0000)
    Frame rate: 29.97 frames/second
    Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)
    Fields: No Fields (Progressive Scan)

    Audio Settings
    Sample rate: 48000 samples/second

    Default Sequence
    Total video tracks: 3
    Master track type: Stereo
    Mono tracks: 0
    Stereo tracks: 3
    5.1 tracks: 0
    Submix mono tracks: 0
    Submix stereo tracks: 0
    Submix 5.1 tracks: 0

    Help, please!

    Brian Louis replied 15 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
  • 2 Replies
  • Ann Bens

    December 1, 2010 at 5:59 pm

    Try using another than C: drive.
    Video-editing requires at least two seperate drives.

  • Brian Louis

    December 1, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    You should include your computer specs, and mention if you have a approved cuda card in your system, CPU horsepower is the prime driver in any render, your footage from a Zi8 is AVC1 H.264 in a .mov wrapper, thats the codec, its very highly compressed so less then a 1 to 2 render time is not excessive.

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