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Editing from HD cam
I have a Sony Handycam w/HD. When I tried to edit the film with Adobe Premier Pro it comes out very jerky. I was told that it might be due to the compression that the camera is using. Can anybody suggest a good editing software that will work with this camera and not loose a lot of quality?
Thank you
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6 Replies
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It is not the software that needs to be changed, only the camera. Your camera is not suited for editing, get a tape based DV camera.
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When I first got the software I posted this same question and had two replies of different software that might work. The problem is that I lost or discarded the replies.
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Do a search of the forum or forums for the name(author) the original posts were under.
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Can you post more information about this camera?
Aanarav Sareen
premiere@asvideoproductions.com
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The camera is a Sony Handycam 30 GB HDD Modle DCR-SR40, 800x digital zoom, one touch DVD Burn, “Hard Disk Handycam records movies in MPEG2 format.” (out of manual. Also states that it uses VBR. Has the option For HQ, SP, and LP recording mode. Hopfuly this helps.
Geo.
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Yes, unfortunately, as Harm mentionned, this is a DVD format, which is not friendly to editing software, and especially not Premiere Pro.
I think you may have more luck with Premiere Elements.
The way Mpeg2 compression works makes it difficult for Premiere to recreate the entire frames, since part of the information isn’t there anymore. The jerky effect is a result of that.
One way you could deal with the issue is using a firewire connection, (Canopus ADVC series), and although you will lose quality in different ways, the jerkiness should go away.
Or you could try to Google Mpeg2 to AVI converter. People also suggested software for that in the Cow archives. Ideally, you want to convert that footage to uncompressed if you have the space.
Good luck,
Vince
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