Sync issues after export…

[Peter Berthet]

I dont know for certain whats causing the problem, but to find out a bit more id suggest the following.

Export out of PPRO into some sort of file format, and play it back. Assuming theres no sync problem there, bring the file into your authoring program.
Play the file in the authoring program, if theres no sync problem then continue.

That would at least help you figure out if premiere is doing it, or your authoring tool.

As far as your colourgrading, no there is no easier way than hooking up a monitor to your edit system to check the pictures during the edit.

~Peter Berthet
Sydney, Australia

[Logan Parks]

Thanks for helping out Peter. I guess a direct monitor would pay for itself in wasted DVD’s…eventually. I have decided that whatever the problem is, it happens while Premiere is exporting. I am dropping the entire exported clip into Encore, and from there it already has the sync issue. Everything is in sync in the timeline before export, so whatever it is it definately happens during export from Premiere.

I am hoping that it is just some kind of fluke. I did some color correction, and am currently exporting again. I was told it might be better to export in its original 1440 x 1080 from Premiere and convert it to 1280 x 720 in Encore afterwards during authoring. I guess that will be quicker…or somehow better. Any ideas on that or any other input is appreciated.

[Peter Berthet]

if thats the case its entirely possible that the render files were corrupted, it doesnt happen often but its possible

if it happens again try discarding your render files and re-rendering your timeline

if you want a nice cheap monitoring system, pick up a 30cm CRT TV with an s-video input on it, most modern video cards have at least an s-video out
that will allow you to get an idea of what the final product will look like on a conventional screen, its also a nice easy way to check fields!

~Peter Berthet
Sydney, Australia

[Jon Barrie]

I have strong feeling your project settings are not matching your export settings. If you have a PAL (25fps) project and you just export assuming that first option/s from Media Encoder are going to match the frame rate of your project, chances are it’s some NTSC setting with a 29.97 frame rate. This will create some issues with sync.

Make sure the project and export settings are at least the same.

– JOn 🙂

Jon Barrie
aJBprods
http://www.jonbarrie.net

[Frank Amsden]

With regard to the brightness differential, I’m having a similar problem. What makes this so frustrating is that I am using the same lcd monitor for both the Premiere program monitor as well as to view the encoded mpeg file after output. The picture within Premiere is nicely balanced but when viewed in media player after encoding, it’s dark and muddy. I have two lcd monitors and both exhibit the same results. The differential is so great that it is impossible to figure how much to compensate in Premiere so as to normalize the final. And I don’t know where to look. Is it Premiere? Media Encoder? or Media Player? I’m not at a stage where I can master a DVD or Blue Ray so I can’t test that. Does anyone have a thought about how I can get a handle on this?

[Logan Parks]

To be honest I can’t remember exactly what I did in the end. It was a couple years ago. If I had the same issue now I would just rely more on the Waveform Monitor to tell me how bright it really is.

You might try exporting a few seconds of it to a different codec, and see if you don’t get the same results. Also try using something other than (Adobe?) Media Player to view the final export.

You are comparing the original corrected footage in premiere to the encoded footage in Media Player right? Throw the encoded file back into Premiere, and see if that looks different played there. Hopefully that will help you narrow down where this issue is coming from. Good Luck!

Logan