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Crappy MPEG2 Export with 5D footage CS5
So I recently installed Premeire Pro CS5 so I could edit my Canon 5D footage without having to convert all the files to a more editing friendly codec.
After editing a 30 second commercial I exported the spot as a HDTV1080p 30fps MPEG2 like I always do, but when it plays back there is at least one spot in the video that freezes a frame for about 1 second.
I tried exporting it several more times but ended up with the same problem in different spot of the video. This never happend with the CS4 AME on the same exact PC system.
Anybody else having this problem?
System:
Pentium 2.6 GH Quad core.
6GB ramNvidia GE Force GTS450 (Hacked to speed up CS5)
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7 Replies
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Hi Danny,
Any particular effects in there? That’s often the cause for these kind of issues.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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Hey Vince thanks,
No, no effects at all, not even transitions. Think of the most basic commercial ever. I have done spots with massive effects in CS4 with my Canon XH A1s HD cam with no problems at all so I’m thinking there is something with the 5D Native format that has a glitch with CS5.
It exports as a WMV fine.
Very strange.
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Now I remember seeing a short thread about this. I don’t think there was any resolution. Digging around, there’s also this, although solutions are limited as well.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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Export as uncompressed and then convert to mpeg2 for distribution.
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Thanks for digging around a little Vince, sounds like Adobe needs to do a little re-tooling to AME.
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Danny, how are you viewing your rendered files? Are you using Windows Media Player? I’ve discovered that I will have issues with media player playing mpeg-2 files. I think it is the mpeg-2 decompressor that microsoft uses – they wrote their own apparently – and you can’t tell WMP to use a different one as default (AFAIK). Unless there really is a problem with the file, vlc should play it fine. Also, if you import back into PPro, it should play fine. I don’t know if the AME rendered mpeg-2 has an error that media player can’t resolve or not, but changing the bit rate and re-rendering usually helps if you want to make sure WMP can play it.
In my case, I’ve found that rendering out uncompressed and converting that to mpeg-2 doesn’t really help either. It really is a pain to go through.
I’ve posted on many forums with little help about this – here, Adobe, Microsoft. Adobe can’t say there’s a problem with the file, because it plays fine in Adobe software. Microsoft claims I need DVD codecs, which I don’t – it would be nice to be able to select a different mpeg-2 decoder in WMP though, I think that would solve the problem. And I’ve got a system with plenty of power to spare.
Hope this helps you.
Good Luck! TC -
Thanks Todd,
Yes, I was playing it in WMP. That’s good to hear. I’ll try playing it in Adobe Media Player if I didnt delete the files.
Very interested in seeing what happens, thanks again Todd!
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