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  • Exported avi files are blurry and can’t be compressed

    Posted by Gypsy Taub on August 27, 2009 at 10:26 pm

    Dear friends,

    I just got Adobe CS4 and started using Premiere Pro CS4. It all seems to go well until I look at the final product – the exported avi file. It is blurry and when I play it it shows me the black screen with a small regtangular screen in the middle that shows the file, in other words in does not show me full screen, and it is blurry.

    Also, I tried to compress these files and the Auto GK that I use to compress does not recognize them.

    I would greatly appreciate your advice. If you respond, please spell out every step that I need to make. I have looked at other blog posts, and often times I don’t understand the answers while other people seem to understand them better. Please explain it like you would to a little kid.

    Thank you so much for your time!

    Gypsy

    Gypsy Taub replied 16 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 6 Replies
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  • Vince Becquiot

    August 27, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    First, we’ll need to know your project settings, the type of files you have on the timeline, where the exported video is going to be played, and whether it’s HD or SD.

    Vince Becquiot

    Kaptis Studios
    San Francisco – Bay Area

  • Gypsy Taub

    August 29, 2009 at 5:03 am

    Hi, Vince,

    I just went to “file”, then “get properties for”, then “file”, then I went to the outputted avi file on my harddrive and got the following properties for it:

    File Path: C:\Naked truth TV\Gary and Matt\Gary and Matt part 1 MNT Aug 28.avi
    Type: AVI Movie
    File Size: 6.0 GB
    Image Size: 720 x 480
    Pixel Depth: 32
    Frame Rate: 29.97
    Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz – 16 bit – Stereo
    Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz – 32 bit floating point – Stereo
    Total Duration: 00:28:28:08
    Average Data Rate: 3.6 MB / second
    Pixel Aspect Ratio: 0.9091

    AVI File details:
    Timecode:
    User Timecode: 00:00:00:00
    Contains 1 video track(s) and 1 audio track(s).
    Interleave: 1 : 28.97

    Video track 1:
    Size is 5.72G bytes (average frame = 123.44K bytes)
    There are 51248 keyframes.
    Frame rate is 29.97 fps
    Frame size is 720 x 480
    Depth is 24 bits.

    Audio track 1:
    Size is 313.10M bytes
    Rate is 48000 samples/sec
    Sample size is 16 bits

    I did the same for one of the files I exported into the project:

    File Path: C:\Naked truth TV\Gary and Matt\scene’20090801 20.27.11.avi
    Type: AVI Movie
    File Size: 2.0 GB
    Image Size: 720 x 480
    Pixel Depth: 32
    Frame Rate: 29.97
    Source Audio Format: 32000 Hz – 16 bit – Stereo
    Project Audio Format: 32000 Hz – 32 bit floating point – Stereo
    Total Duration: 00;09;34;09
    Average Data Rate: 3.6 MB / second
    Pixel Aspect Ratio: 0.9091

    AVI File details:
    Timecode:
    Reel name: sclive
    User Timecode: 00;01;00;27
    Reel name: sclive
    Contains 1 video track(s) and 1 audio track(s).
    Interleave: 1 : 14.98

    Video track 1:
    Size is 1.92G bytes (average frame = 121.35K bytes)
    There are 17211 keyframes.
    Frame rate is 29.97 fps
    Frame size is 720 x 480
    Depth is 24 bits.

    Audio track 1:
    Size is 70.10M bytes
    Rate is 32000 samples/sec
    Sample size is 16 bits

    Additional information:
    sclive

    Does this help any?

    Thank you,

    Gypsy

  • Gypsy Taub

    August 29, 2009 at 6:03 am

    Hi, Vince,

    I just went to “file”, then “get properties for”, then “file”, then I went to the outputted avi file on my harddrive and got the following properties for it:

    File Path: C:\Naked truth TV\Gary and Matt\Gary and Matt part 1 MNT Aug 28.avi
    Type: AVI Movie
    File Size: 6.0 GB
    Image Size: 720 x 480
    Pixel Depth: 32
    Frame Rate: 29.97
    Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz – 16 bit – Stereo
    Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz – 32 bit floating point – Stereo
    Total Duration: 00:28:28:08
    Average Data Rate: 3.6 MB / second
    Pixel Aspect Ratio: 0.9091

    AVI File details:
    Timecode:
    User Timecode: 00:00:00:00
    Contains 1 video track(s) and 1 audio track(s).
    Interleave: 1 : 28.97

    Video track 1:
    Size is 5.72G bytes (average frame = 123.44K bytes)
    There are 51248 keyframes.
    Frame rate is 29.97 fps
    Frame size is 720 x 480
    Depth is 24 bits.

    Audio track 1:
    Size is 313.10M bytes
    Rate is 48000 samples/sec
    Sample size is 16 bits

    I did the same for one of the files I exported into the project:

    File Path: C:\Naked truth TV\Gary and Matt\scene’20090801 20.27.11.avi
    Type: AVI Movie
    File Size: 2.0 GB
    Image Size: 720 x 480
    Pixel Depth: 32
    Frame Rate: 29.97
    Source Audio Format: 32000 Hz – 16 bit – Stereo
    Project Audio Format: 32000 Hz – 32 bit floating point – Stereo
    Total Duration: 00;09;34;09
    Average Data Rate: 3.6 MB / second
    Pixel Aspect Ratio: 0.9091

    AVI File details:
    Timecode:
    Reel name: sclive
    User Timecode: 00;01;00;27
    Reel name: sclive
    Contains 1 video track(s) and 1 audio track(s).
    Interleave: 1 : 14.98

    Video track 1:
    Size is 1.92G bytes (average frame = 121.35K bytes)
    There are 17211 keyframes.
    Frame rate is 29.97 fps
    Frame size is 720 x 480
    Depth is 24 bits.

    Audio track 1:
    Size is 70.10M bytes
    Rate is 32000 samples/sec
    Sample size is 16 bits

    Additional information:
    sclive

    Does this help any?

    Thank you,

    Gypsy

  • Gypsy Taub

    August 29, 2009 at 6:04 am

    Vince, where can I get all the settings that you need to know to help me out? Please send detailed instructions.

    Thank you very much!

    Gypsy

  • Vince Becquiot

    August 29, 2009 at 3:48 pm

    Are you trying to export for the web, or viewing on a PC, a DVD perhaps?

    Vince Becquiot

    Kaptis Studios
    San Francisco – Bay Area

  • Gypsy Taub

    August 29, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    Hey, Vince,

    thank you for your help. I need to make avi files that are big. I compress them later for the web but I like to have big files in case I lose the original.

    When you mentioned project setting I went and saw that I had it in HD. So after reading another thread on creative cow I started a new project, made sure it was set to DV NTSC (48kHz) and then I told it to import my old project, then I rendered it again and outputted it. That wokred out just fine.

    I appreciate your help. I will be back if I have any more questions.

    With love,

    Gypsy

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