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How to sew together multiple hi-def files?
Hello!
I’ve got a 99-minute show, created as 16 separate projects (each one is one DVD chapter). The project is 1280 x 720, 59.94 FPS. Made it in Premiere Pro Cs5. Running Windows 7 with 4 gigs of RAM (my computer cannot accept any more). Media and scratch is on two external eSATA drives.
I have no problem outputting the separate chapters as 16 DVD files and authoring a really good looking DVD in Encore. But the distributor also wants a single hi-def (1280 x 720, 59.94 FPS) file, one 99-minute file, for Netflix and iTunes delivery. h.264 or standard MPEG is acceptable.
I tried importing all the sequences into one project, it kept crashing. I was able to output 16 separate hi-def files, but they need one file. When I tried a test importing two of the hi-def files into a new Premiere Project and exporting with “Match Sequence Settings” and “Use Maximum Render Quality”, the quality was degraded a bit in the output.
Any ideas for how to sew these 16 chapters together? Perhaps something I can change in Premiere’s export settings? Or is Premiere not the best choice for this…is there another utility that would do it better?
Thank you very much!
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3 Replies
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I would say try this first:
1. Make a copy of all project files involved.
2. Open each copy and run Project > Remove Unused.
3. Import these “cleaned” projects into a single new project.Failing that, what are you exporting your 16 sequences to? If you don’t have access to an intermediate codec, I suggest exporting to MOV with the Animation codec at 100% or the JPEG2000 codec at 100%. If you want to go h.264, I wouldn’t go any lower than 45mbps if it has to go through another round of compression for something of decent quality. You can then export them, bring the 16 files into a project, string them in a timeline, export the deliverable and call it a day.
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Thank you! I removed all unused before any outputting, but will try the second suggestion.
Michael
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Don’t use Match Sequence Settings it’s likely set to the wrong codec. Use a preset or do it manually.
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