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Mixing video types in one sequence/project
Quick question: what’s better between these two, or is there a third way.
My project PPRO is HDSLR native h.264 1080p 23.9fps. I’m cutting in still photography and some other footage I know little about. It’s royalty free video at 640×320 as a .mp4. I don’t know the frame rate (how can I? rookie, I know.). When I export my Master using AME, I’m ticking “same as sequence”. The 3rd party footage plays back choppy. Like frames are missing.
1. I can download the .mp4 at 640×320 with unknown frame rate and put that into the 1080p sequence and scale it up. OR…
2. On the site’s player it plays back at higher res than 320, so I can use QuickTime to do a “New Screen Recording” and use the output file from that. I think I can get it around 720p.
Which is better? I’m away from my iMac and can’t remember which method I did already. I’ll know tomorrow. I am able now, however, to watch the exported movie and see that this 3rd party video plays back choppy. I’m on a tight deadline so I thought I’d ask for opinions before going to do trial and error myself. I’m always blown away by the smarts I find in these forums.
Thanks again!
Mario
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The choppy playback is probably due to a frame rate mismatch. Right-click on the source clip(s) in the project bin and select Properties to find the native frame rate(s). Let us know what you find. There are a few different ways to address this issue.
Selecting the best resolution will depend on your footage. High quality, high bitrate video will probably be OK if scaled 150%-200% from a low resolution (although 200% might be pushing the limits). In contrast, highly compressed web video won’t scale-up well. Take a short sample clip from the different sources and test in Premiere at different settings. Export the test files, import back into Premiere, layer the imported clips on top of each other in the test sequence, and compare frame-for-frame to determine which looks best.
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