[Baz Leffler]

Hey Bill…. PPro 2 works as 10 render using Decklink cards as does CS3. It was the big improvement from PPro 1.5 to PPro 2.

Baz

[Baz Leffler]

Yes Mike, I have done it on many occasions including HDCAM projects containing HDV footage.

Baz
(btw. I am using BMD Multibridge Extreme)

[Baz Leffler]

I am running an M15 deck (later version of the M10) and it works OK.

[Baz Leffler]

Danny… if you google the subject you get a link to an official Adobe web page…

https://www.adobe.com/products/plugins/premiere/

“Pro Export PPro
With Pro Export PPro, it is possible to send audio from your Premiere Pro sequence out to OMF for collaboration with Digital Audio Workstations like Pro Tools. Pro Export PPro exports your sequence with your audio media embedded into the OMF file, and even includes your clips’ volume information

[Baz Leffler]

I also had this problem so I just deleted the font and reload it again and it fixed it.

[Baz Leffler]

The Motion JPEG codec is really a great device. I also have cineform but don’t use it much as it has operation deficiencies that cause me to cuss a lot. I mainly use Motion JPEG when off line editing HDCAM originated material.

But with HDV originated material I have found that using the Motion JPEG codec really taxes Premiere Pro 2 as compared to native HDV and selecting the BMD device as the external monitor. With my MBE the advantage of editing with Motion JPEG is that you get the HD on the HDMI and a downconverted analog out for my SD component grade 1 monitor (good for colourgrading) but using native HDV as described above you can not have both. So the HDMI can only be SD and displays on the SD monitor as per normal OR set the MBE to 1920×1080 and get HD out the HDMI and the inability to see a pic on the SD monitor.

So our technique for editing HDV for mastering out to HDCAM is to ‘off line’ in Adobe native HDV with the HDMI set to HD and turn off the SD monitor. Then once complete we open a new 1920×1080 uncompressed BMD project and import the HDV project. It all plays realtime and then we have the use of both HD outputs AND SD outputs allowing us to do our accurate colourgrades. Then it is just a matter of exporting out to HDCAM. This means that the HDV has only ever been “mpeg’d” once which makes for a far better quality.

So as you can see from the above there really is no need for the cineform codec although their intermediate files will play in a BMD project, just not realtime.

Baz

[Baz Leffler]

Now I can add that I am a little impressed with CS3 and a BMD SD project.

I created a sequence with 4 uncompressed 10 bit avi’s on top of each other using motion to create a quad split (each had a frame size of 50%).

The whole lot played real time without a hiccup. Then I added number 5 and centered it. That was too much and started studdering so obviously 4 was the max on my system.

So I copied and pasted the clips into a PPro 2 timeline (yes, both apps opened at the same time!) and the best I got was only 1 clip with the motion filter to play. So it seems the CS3 playback engine has been optimised.

I also created a 1 min 50 sec multilayer dual track motion key sequence that played in real time unrendered. That was…

1 layer base vision avi
1 layer fill vision A avi
1 layer fill vision A matte shape avi
1 layer fill vision B avi
1 layer fill vision B matte shape avi

I then copied the whole sequence into PPro 2 and it didn’t stand a chance of playing realtime.

So as a final test for PPro 2 I rendered it and it took 3 mins 21 secs.

In CS3 it took 2 mins 57 secs.

It should be noted that I am not sure if the installation of CS3 affected PPro2’s performance in anyway.

System tested was…
Multibridge extreme
Tyan Thunder K8WE 2 x dual core 275 opteron
4G DDR
Quadro FX540 PCI Express
Areca RC1220 8 Port SATA Raid card driving 8 x 300g drives;

[Baz Leffler]

‘Error Compiling Movie – Unknown Error’

I get this message often when I am editing HDV using the BMD Mjpeg codec and just rendering. I have discovered it is a memory leak problem and a simple save>close premiere>restart will allow me to continue the render. It is also exacerbated if there are many stills and certainly titler use.

BTW I am talking about a Multibridge extreme on a Tyan Thunder K8WE 2 x dual core 275 opteron and Quadro FX540 PCI Express with and an Areca RC1220 8 Port SATA Raid card driving 8 x 300g drives; so the grunt is there!

[Baz Leffler]

Hey Adrian

Yes I think it would be nice but my mac is a powerPC not intel and I don’t think it would work. And besides, the mac is my only respite from Bill Gates and his buggy software; I go there when I have cussed too many times!
Baz

[Baz Leffler]

“Cross platform” – sorry dave… my little joke… I have a weird sense of humour