Settings in Adobe Media Encoder to convert MP4 into quicktime (.mov) so adobe premiere pro won’t crash?

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Settings in Adobe Media Encoder to convert MP4 into quicktime (.mov) so adobe premiere pro won’t crash?

Posted by Chloe Menk on September 13, 2011 at 8:34 pm

Hey people,

I am trying to edit a project that I filmed with some flipvideo’s Ultra III HD Cisco. It produces short movies in a MP4-format. When I am editing in adobe premiere pro CS4 it crashes sometimes (a lot of movies turn green in the viewer) and it is very slow. Now I understood already that it is not recommended to edit with MP4 in adobe premiere pro, so now I am trying to convert the file in abobe media encoder to quicktime (.mov). But which options should I choose to make this work?

The MP-4 files I use have the following properties:
– 1280X 720
– Framerate: 50
– H.264 AAC HD
– Pixeldepth: 32
– Pixel aspect Ratio: 1,0
– Audio format: 44100 HZ – compressed- stereo

So what should I choose in the adobe media encoder?
Would it work out well, if I choose these settings:
– Format: quicktime
– Preset: custom
– Video codec: Apple ProRes 422
– (1280X720)
– Frame rate: 25
– Field type: Lower First
– Aspect: Square pixel 1.0

Hope someone can help me out!! Thnx.

Chloe

Paddy Uglow replied 14 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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Kevin Monahan
September 13, 2011 at 10:24 pm

Can we get some system details?

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Paddy Uglow
September 14, 2011 at 11:23 am

Those setting sound like they should work, as long as the frame rate change works OK – maybe you could edit at 50fps and convert at the export stage? Presumably you can’t export at 50fps?
I tend to use QuickTime Pro for transcodes; I don’t know how it compares to AME.
Probably best to do a test – but since you’re working with MOVs as a source, you’ll be able to replace them with a different codec if a problem appears crops up at a later stage.
I hope that helps
– Paddy
Chloe Menk
September 14, 2011 at 7:42 pm

Thanks for your responses!

@ Kevin, I am editing on a very new iMac (no details at hand right now, but it is build for things like this:)), and I am editing with adobe premiere pro CS 4.

and @ Paddy, I tried to convert it to 25 framerate in a quicktime format (ProRes422), but that ended up in loss of quality, so i converted it into framerate of 50. Looked really good.
So that having turned out well, I started a new project in premiere pro, using:

Capture format: quicktime

sequence presets: DV-PAL Widescreen 48 hz

editing mode: desktop
timebase: 25 frames
1024 X 576 (16:9)
square pixels (1.0)
preview file format: I-frame only MPEG

But when I exported a test, and also in my timeline during editing, the images turned out flickering in grayish if though there was a dark filter on top of it, or that it was selected with a cursor (hard to explain in words). Does any of you recognises this problem? Still the wrong settings somewhere?

(I exported it in H.264, PAL DV High quality, 1024X576, framerate 25, lower, square pixels)

Thanks in advance if somebody knows how to fix this!

Chloe
Paddy Uglow
September 16, 2011 at 10:12 am

I’d put the sequence settings to 1280×720 (same as the original movie). And I think a DV sequence will try to interlace it – you’ll need a progressive timeline at 1280×720, 50fps. And prores 422 makes sense (I think) for the preview codec since your transcoded footage is in that codec (so less conversion is needed).
I think the weird grey flicker might be to do with the MPEG i-frames preview you were using.
What are you using the final output for (ie web, DVD, archive, computer-presentation?). You might be able to stick to 50fps throughout?
Good luck
– Paddy

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