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Multi-Format Editing – Which Format to Transcode too?
Hi Everyone,
I’m a long time reader of the forums on this website and so thankful for this place!
This is my first ever post or question though. So here we go.I just recently given a lot of footage to edit.
It’s a Sheriff’s Retirement party.It was shot on 3 different camera’s.
______________________________________________A JVC Pro GY-HM750
Footage specs: XdCam Ex 720p60 (35 Mb/s VBR)A 70D DSLR
Footage Specs: H.264 720p (FPS – 59.9)And A GoPro
Footage Specs: GoPro AVC encoder 720p (FPS – 59.9)_______________________________________________
FPS and Size are the same.
Formats are all different though.I have an AdobeCC Membership and will be editing everything on PRCC.
Was wondering what format I should transcode everything into in order to edit it all
and keep it the highest quality possible? I have Media EncoderCC as well as Sorenson Squeeze.Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated!
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Why don’t you wanna edit them directly since PPro supports all these native formats ?
You can save time transcoding,and yet deliver a high quality product.
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Yes, I would agree with Shravan. Especially since all of your footage is 720 frame size. However, if you need to transcode (for whatever reason), I would probably go for a either XDCAM in MXF (moderate temporal codec that allows decent scrubbing on a moderate CPU) or a full intra-frame codec like ProRes (Mac only) or DNx (Mac or PC). Remember to use Adobe Media Encoder, create a watch folder and then drag your media there to automate the transcode.
But to reiterate – unless you have a compelling reason why you need to transcode, then I would avoid it.
Dennis – Adobe guy
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ShravanRam & Dennis Radeke, Thanks for your time!
I wasn’t sure if that was a good idea or not because
I’m a bit confused as to what I would export the sequence as??It’s about a 2hr video that i’m gonna send to Encore.
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To amplify what Dennis said
1 – always consider what format is the majority of what you shot in
2 – set your timeline to THAT format
3 – the rest conform to that formateach non “majority” codec footage you edit in to that timeline…you may have to tweak (control click scale to frame size) but you should be in fine shape
it will make your editing easier with no need to transcode a thing
when you export – chose your finishing format and export to that (making sure frame size and rate are similar..although you can take 1080i and turn into 720p etc…
Andy Field
FieldVision Productions
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Remember, if you are creating a DVD (not a Blu-Ray) your deliverables are standard definition.
You can render to a DVD-friendly format for Encore, and avoid addition transcoding there. Your end product will be SD letterboxed on old 4:3 SD screens. It may play full screen (still SD though) on HD monitors.
Media Encoder has DVD-ready presets.
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When the editing is completed, export via Media Encoder. Choose “MPEG-2 DVD” and for preset, “NTSC Wide Progressive”.
You’ll need to change the encoding bitrate. For 2 hours, use 4.5 average, and for min and max, maybe 3 and 7 for instance and use 2-Pass VBR encoding.
This will create two files, .m2v video and .wav audio and just Import both into Encore to author. Encore will convert the .wav to Dolby AC-3 and the video will be left alone since it is DVD-compliant already.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers -
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