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Dealing with Xvid file – time jumps/repeats
I’ve got a screen capture from a client captured at 1280×1024 30fps 5068kbps. Based on the EXIF data it looks like they used DVI2USB D4U25308 (if that means anything to anyone).
Premiere choked on the file, but I didn’t need it that big. I re-encoded it using Adobe Media Encoder, but I noticed that occasionally it repeats the same action here and there.
I compressed to 900×720 30fps with Quicktime H.264, keyframe every 30, limit to 1500kbps (looks fine since only portions of the screen move at a time).
I’m recompressing now using Animation codec with keyframe every frame just to see if that’s it.
I’ve never had a problem like this before, jumping back in time.
Do you guys have any tricks for dealing with already compressed files like that? I’ve never been a fan of Xvid or DivX formats. I always seemed to get a few odd compression behaviors here and there. The original plays back fine, so I was hoping keyframe every 1 frame might help.
Any helpful ideas?
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Are you re-encoding from the timeline or are you just running it through Media Encoder? I’ve had things (crazy screen captures/camtasia) work one way and not the other. Try it both ways.
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Agreed on not being a fan of Divx/Xvid – at least for editing. For archiving to my media server in my home theater they’re great. Great compression and great quality.
When I get a project file in a non-traditional format like Divx or Xvid I look to non-traditional sources (ie…consumer) to re-encode to something I can use. My personal favorite is Wondershare Video Converter. I haven’t found a format it can’t handle and it does a very good job.
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I tried encoding from the timeline out of Premiere as well with no luck. What happens is it ends up playing it back too fast while encoding so it jumps back in time and repeats sections often. Well, I think that’s what’s going on.
I imaging that’s common with streaming formats. It’s not a big focus so I just ended up cutting and retiming what I could to fit the sections I needed. It’s not great, but it only needs to get the idea across.I definitely want to figure this problem out though. I’ll try wondershare and see if that works. 65 bucks isn’t bad if it solves the problem. I’ve got another one I purchased at home that came with a bundle for ripping DVD’s. I tried the Microsoft Expressions (good for screen capture actually), but it choked on it too.
The last thing that might work is simply playing the video in a player and doing a screencapture Of the screencapture. If that works out well that might be my go to method. The guy was smart enough to capture audio so I could line up the screen capture with what was going on in the scene, but because of this problem, it doesn’t actually line up.
Capturing the existing screencap would be a last resort though. It’s limited to real-time recording, performance is difficult to control, and the quality usually isn’t as good as it could be. -
See what it does inside After Effects. I’ve come across mpeg2 files that would not play right inside of PPRO but would inside AE.
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