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What editing codec to use in Premiere Pro CS5
I’m confused about which editing codec to use to edit high definition video in PPcs5.
On one hand respondents advise to edit with the same format as the camera puts out. In my case it’s HDV MPEG.
On the other hand, many posters advise AGAINST using MPEG as an editing codec because MPEG is a playback and not an editing codec. (The GOP issue).
So what’s a person to do?
(This question came up when I got random red frames or frames with random red pixels when editing MPEG footage in CS5)
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PPro CS5 is designed to edit many camera formats directly because of the new playback engine. Where long GOP files may become an issue is later down your post-production pipeline if you have to take them outside of the Adobe family of products.
If you need an intermediate codec there is:
Apple ProRes (The encoder is available on Mac only and I think you need Final Cut installed, but there is a decoder for Windows)
Avid DNxHD (MOV wrapped, free https://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=263545)
Cineform’s NeoHD or other intermediate codecs.All three are designed as editing friendly codecs. My studio bounces between ProRes and DNxHD depending on what our third party vendor prefers.
In-house we edit all footage directly from camera. We have Cuda enabled cards to ease the performance burden.
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Advice for not using mpeg used to be for SD-mpeg.
CS5 handles HDV just fine. Or convert with Cineform’s NeoScene to HD-avi/mov a very easy format to edit. -
Perhaps there are other errors in my situation. However, I DID get many random red frames or random red pixels in my project.
I don’t use any programs/plugins other than CS5.
I have a very capable machine.
Thank you again.
Dan Benson -
Capable is relative, what are your specs.
All updates installed as for all hardware and Premiere (5.0.3)? -
The red frames come from either a camera glitch or a capture glitch. I have encountered both cases. If it is a capture glitch, you can just re-upload that portion.
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I’m not sure about this since the red frames weren’t present when I originally started editing the clip.
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AMD Quad core, 8 GB RAM
Four 1TB HDD. One for O.S. (Vista 64 bit), one for scratch, one for video files, one for backup. (no RAID, all SATA2)
thank you again.
Dan -
Many apologies to Chris. I reviewed the captured footage and the red frames WERE there in the captured footage. He’s absolutely correct. I just missed them.
Problem solved.
And thank all the wonderful readers for the help!
Dan
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