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mpeg editing in Premiere
I have just completed a job where I was supplied with mpeg footage, this had been captured and exported using pinnacle (i enquired) and I recieved a disc with the footage on. For some reason when I imported the footage into premiere it instantly lost quality noticable in the colour, resolution and artifacting. I also discovered premieres little problem with importing mpeg footage with sound but that is a problem that is well covered. My workaround was using pinnacle which I also have to convert the mpeg files to avi and edit in premiere which did the job, looked perfect. It just irritates me that I should have to use consumer software when I’m using premiere. My only thoughts are maybe pinnacle encodes some rubbish into their mpeg files so you can’t really edit them in other software but I’m not sure. If anyone has an explanation or theory I would love to hear it!!!
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5 Replies
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The source material you use is consumer grade, so why are you surprised PP does not like it? You may be better off with a consumer type editor like Elements, WMM or Pinnacle.
Harm Millaard
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I realise the material I was given is not the most ideal but I was asked to do the best job I could with it which I did. I just believe a professional piece of software should be able to handle most types (especially the very common types) of video as well as consumer software if not better. The editing I did on the video would not have been possible with the very limited likes of WMM and Pinnacle.
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Use the right tool for the right job. If you have consumer grade material, use a consumer grade application. Adobe is right to not try to be a jack-of-all-trades, but specialized is profession editing.
You don’t try to rebuild a house with a multifunction Swiss army knife, do you? I hope you use specialized tools. Same applies to video editing.
Harm Millaard
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Im also having a problem with mpeg2 footage that i had edited with fine in premiere 2.0, but when i upgraded to CS3 suddenly the footage blinks red and doesnt play at the correct points anymore.
Anyways, you mentioned that importing mpeg footage with sound (as my file is) is well documented, can you tell me any more about this, because i cant redo my project, and ive tried the re-encode and replace method using SUPER, but it didnt work, tells me that my file isnt the same as the file im replacing (yeah, thats kind of the point ADOBE!#$@%@). Does pinnacle have some special avi encoding? Any idea on what i could do?
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I found a thread which has a few solutions, the best seems the file swap from encore to allow premiere to read the audio.
https://www.adobeforums.com/webx?14@@.3bc46f4d/21
I personally got around it by ripping the audio from the original file and importing it sepertly and synching them up, before I discovered the info on the problem.
Who knows what the hell pinnacle does to the files!
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