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How to work with HD footage – tips/tricks?
Hi,
What is the proper way to handle HD footage for editing? I have a bunch of HD video shot, 1920×1080 at 60fps. The original .mts format was not supported in any of the editing applications I had, so I converted and deinterlaced them to a 30p mpeg-4 quicktime .mov format. Would image sequences be more appropriate?
Maybe my computer is getting old, but trying to use a couple clips in Premiere Pro 2.0, it is incredibly choppy and lags behind, to the point where its practically unusable. I have 8GB of ram, running XP 64-bit and an AMD Athlon 64 quad core.
Is there a better way to use and edit these HD clips? Any tips would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance.-Aaron-
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Your issue is more in software, Premiere 2.0 is just too old at this point. MPEG-4 isn’t a good codec in my opinion for editing either, not sure if it’s something Premiere recommended.
I recommend updating your software, the hardware sounds more than adequate, your software may not be able to utilize your hardware properly. Also what are you playing the footage off of and what is the bitrate of the files? Does it playback fine in any player app?
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[Nate Weber] “Your issue is more in software, Premiere 2.0 is just too old at this point. MPEG-4 isn’t a good codec in my opinion for editing either, not sure if it’s something Premiere recommended.
I recommend updating your software, the hardware sounds more than adequate, your software may not be able to utilize your hardware properly. Also what are you playing the footage off of and what is the bitrate of the files? Does it playback fine in any player app?”
Thank you for the quick reply. I’ll look into updating, that could help a lot.
The footage and project files are on an external USB HD. The footage plays fine in quicktime or vlc, both the 60i and 30p versions.
When I converted and deinterlaced the footage, I had tried different bitrates, ranging from 8,000-12,000 kbps.What would be the preferred, or most general format for editing? I’ve had luck with jpeg/png image sequences for short vfx shots, but nothing more than a couple shots.
-Aaron-
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Image sequences are a bit heavy, good for VFX, unnecessary for video. If you are thinking of updating to PPro6, it will handle whatever you throw at it, just use the original files. Drag one to the sequence and let it match sequence settings, it will likely match and perform flawlessly. Otherwise, use XDCAM, any of the P2 codecs, AVCHD, etc. All are standard tapeless codecs that should be seamless.
In the future, I recommend against using USB, it’s not designed for sustained speeds, but will likely not be a huge issue. Good luck!
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