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Stuttering footage help please
I desperately need help with one of my projects. I filmed a friends birthday with my sony hc1 and edited it in premiere pro 2. I exported the file as an avi and then used another dvd maker program which converted it to mpeg2 with no probs.
The issue is when I play the dvd on TV it stutters only when the camera is moving. Now, I went back to PP and chose ‘Lower Field’ option in the export menu (prior to this I had none selected). The intro image is a freeze frame so I right clicked it on the timeline and selected ‘flicker removal’ from the field options (to test if it fixed it). The footage turned out the same (except for the intro image that I changed to ‘flicker removal’ turned out fine).
What am I doing wrong? Do I need to manually change all the files in the time line to ‘flicker removal’ for it to play right on my tv? If it means anything, some footage is slowed down (no lower than 60%) most is normal- both display the same way..
hope someone can help
thank you
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I forgot to add, when I hook up my tv to my camera and watch the avi file via PP2, it comes out perfect on my tv. Is this maybe because I’m previewing the computer version? I know this has something to do with my settings.. hope someone can explain it to this dummy 🙂
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[peter_student] “watch the avi file via PP2, it comes out perfect on my tv”
Suspect your export setting is for Upper Field first. If your home DVD player has a one frame forward option (mine is the pause button) you can advance one frame at a time and see either a smooth progression (lower field first) with each click, a jerky back/forward jump (upper frame first) or a frame advance with every other click (no fields).
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Thanks for your reply Mike. I will give ‘upper field’ a go and see how it turns out. I think (hope) its the fix. So, in regards to dvd players, will my dvd playback vary on different dvd players? If that’s the case, that’s a problem when you want to give it to more than one person..
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When your field order is right, it should play OK on all DVD players.
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Thanks mate, it worked! Just a question, in future if I have a project with lots of graphics,flying effects etc should I click the ‘flicker off’ option in the timeline? Does this even do anything or does the Upper Field option take care of all of this?
Thank you again 😛
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Flicker removal is nothing more than a blur that reduces flicker caused by thin horizontal lines…like the mortar between bricks in a building’s exterior.
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