Premiere Pro CS5 unable to export progressive scan

[Vince Becquiot]

Larry,

First, I would use the H.264 direct export (instead of Quicktime). The direct export uses Mainconcept instead. The quality is also superior to the Apple codec.

Now, on the render speed, I have both FCP / compressor and Premiere, and I can’t tell the diference in render times in most cases.

What do you have in your timeline? What machine are you working with?

Both will greatly affect your render, and a simple effect could easily double that time.

Vince Becquiot

Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area

[Larry Andersen]

This goes way beyond what machines I’m using. The render times are, without exaggeration, 40 times slower than Compressor. I might expect a somewhat slower render on my Macbook Pro, but my work computer was the very best mac money could 8 months ago, prior to the most recent MacPro release. My render times are almost exactly the same on that machine.

I just started a test using the H264 codec sans QT per your suggestion. I’m getting the same render time – an hour and 25 minutes for an under 3 minute sequence.

I’m editing with raw P2 footage from an HVX 200. I’m putting the DVCProHD footage into a 1920×1080 sequence instead of a 1440×1080 sequence so my graphics can be full res. I’ve fully rendered everything in the sequence before export. I do have a couple of Boris filters on most of the shots, but again, everything is rendered.

I’m moving this discussion to the main PP thread to get more input. If you have any other notions, please go there.

Thanks.
Larry