I would highly reccomend NOT doing so. You never want to compress Program Files. In the end the best you are going to save is a few gigs, but that may not be worth the trouble.
Sandra,
If you do choose to go the MPEG2 route, make sure that you reduce the quality of the encoding from ‘5’ to ‘3’. Unless your video has fast motion, you shouldn’t notice any difference in quality.
Brian,
As of this point there isn’t a way to print clip notes files. However, there is a plugin that I am testing that will do this exact same thing. If you can send me an email, I will be happy to get you a pre-release copy directly from the author.
a) Create a NON-Matrox project
b) Import the QT file into the project
c) See if the problem repeats itself.
d) If you still notice the problem, post back.
Warren,
Yes, HDV is an MPEG2 variant. However, MPEG2 content from DVRs are not the same as MPEG2s generated from HDV cameras. Also, MPEG2 can have a lot of different characteristics. To help you out better, please answer the following:
There are some issues with capturing and previewing in Premiere pro 2.0. I have seen this before on similar system such as yours, but the only thing that helped was replacing the firewire card and modifying a few software settings. To see what settings I modified, check out Adobe.com and search for the term ‘Can’t Activate Recorder’ in their Knowledge Base.