h264 compressions with Premiere CS5

[Andrew Devis]

CS5 is really good with a very wide range of formats including H.264 and you should find it nice and easy. Issues with multiple layers of H.264 can happen as the processors can get pushed to the limit if you try and do too many PiPs (picture in picture) but even so, if you have a reasonably good machine you should be fine if you keep it to 1 or 2 layers at a time – I’ve seen five layers working – just.

As for export, first thing, select the sequence in the timeline and then choose file>Export>Media. This will open the Media Encoder and you can get any codecs you already have on your machine through that. Have a play and have fun. Andrew

[Pablo Cabezas]

Good day, i am wondering how to edit in premiere cs4 or cs5 a avi file h.264 from the Benq DVM21 camcorder? ftp://files.benq.net/camera/datasheets/m21/m21.jpg
When i import the file by the media browser or just importing directly premiere open it just like avi audio file with no video on it, i really need to edit a entire videoclip that i shot with this camera so please how can i visualize the movie and audio with a real time playback for this kind of format i see a lot of people is complaining about this format in premiere, hope to have a quick answer!

here are the specification on the properties of the video
File Path: C:\Users\Presentation\Desktop\december 23 2010\1-18 a.avi
Type: AVI Movie
File Size: 43.9 MB
Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Pixel Depth: 1920
Frame Rate: 30.00
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz – 16 bit – Stereo
Project Audio Format: 44100 Hz – 32 bit floating point – Stereo
Total Duration: 00:00:27:05
Average Data Rate: 1.6 MB / second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 1.0

the computer specs that i am woking on

Windows 7 professional 64 bits
Intel® Core™ i7 processors
8 GB of RAM
1 tera RAID drive (2 hard drives 7200 rpm)
Nvidia Geforce 285 GTX

i found some solutions to work with H.264 file on some forums
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/3/900429

i tried the solutions to work with cineform and convert the files but it didn’t work because it said is not a compatible file, converting to DV AVI format is still being slow for playback.

The software that came with the camera TOTALMEDIA EXTREME2 has an editor on it and the it has real playback on real time but the editor is so basic and i need to make a music video and professional edits and effects, how can i see real playback on premiere with this files

i upload one file so you can download to see if that works in your computer and hope get a solution to get edit this videos

https://www.mediafire.com/?3724jwboge48kms

[Pablo Cabezas]

the computer specs that i am woking on

Windows 7 professional 64 bits
Intel® Core™ i7 processors
8 GB of RAM
1 tera RAID drive (2 hard drives 7200 rpm)
Nvidia Geforce 285 GTX

i found some solutions to work with H.264 file on some forums
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/3/900429

i tried the solutions to work with cineform and convert the files but it didn’t work because it said is not a compatible file, converting to DV AVI format is still being slow for playback.

The software that came with the camera TOTALMEDIA EXTREME2 has an editor on it and the it has real playback on real time but the editor is so basic and i need to make a music video and professional edits and effects, how can i see real playback on premiere with this files

i upload one file so you can download to see if that works in your computer and hope get a solution to get edit this videos
https://www.mediafire.com/?3724jwboge48kms

[Dario Cincilla]

Hi Andrew, what you exactly mean for “reasonably good machine”? I’m buying a new pc and I would work editing in Premere CS5 the Canon 7D and 5D native footage. Do you think a system like this can work without problem?

Processor: Intel Core i5 – 2,530 GHz
RAM: 4 GB (to 8) – 1.066 MHz
Video Card: Nvidia (model GeForce GT420M) – 1.024 mb (max 3.582 mb)

Thanks