[Bob Dix]

I really think this is poor compression to DVD, trying going to Export to Tape, we find the result is a great improvement.

[Bob Dix]

Note : The problem is not the Canon Videocameras as the LCDs on both are perfect, it is the conversion from 30fps to 25fps . Canon Australia says new Firmware for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II is coming this yaer so that the frame rate can be altered over the internet. I doubt they will do it for a Canon HGV30 from NTSC to the PAL rate.

Hope it helps.

Frankly, I think the problem is in all the compression going to DVD, it is better to Export to Tape in HDV Cineform AVI using the Adobe Media Encoder

[Bob Dix]

Note : The problem is not the Canon Videocameras as the LCDs on both are perfect, it is the conversion from 30fps to 25fps . Canon Australia says new Firmware for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II is coming this year so that the frame rate can be altered over the internet. I doubt thay will do it for a Canon HGV30 from NTSC to the PAL rate.

Hope it helps.

Ps. The video from the HV20 Edited in Premiere Pro with out any fps conversion is perfect in HD on a Sony Bravia 1920 x 1080 HD TV

[Bob Dix]

No it would appear from replies to this and other forums that the larger computers are not solving some of the smoothness problems.

The Canon HV20 (PAL) 25fps if held correctly with fast action has none or very few problems after editing in Premiere Pro, the video we shot in France last year was virtually flawless from this little videocamcorder.

However, when we used the Canon EOS5D mark II which runs at 30fps and we need to convert to 25fps via the HV20 to tape under some circumstances the pixels do not entirely keep pace with the action. it is a problem in the computer (lack of grunt) or with Premiere. But, if you manually do it on fast moving clips on the timeline @84% of 30fps to 25fps the results are near perfect. But, it is time consuming.

Ps. To quote Canon ” You can play back with the HV20 tapes recorded in HDV standard on the CanonXL H1,XH G1 or XH A1(both 50i and 25F mode)and these are +$5000 videocamcorders.

The output from the Hv20 on a Sony Bravia 46′ is simply stunning.

As we found there is a minor problem in transcoding )in difficult scenes)ie., fast action from 30fps to 25fps in Premiere.

The Computer tech here who uses Sony HD camcorders has found a problem videoing football in smooth action. he blames the Sony, I think it is his Pinnacle software ?

all the best…………….

[Bob Dix]

Might be a good idea to render the timeline as is,then go to> Export to Movie> but, I would not attempt to transcode to mov as the files give us a headache

[Bob Dix]

In retrospect all I can suggest that you go into Export to Movie and change what you want to do in there.
An old up-date which should be on the Adobe Support site under adobe premiere Pro 1.5.1 Read me dated Feb,2005 may be helpfull HDV export to Movie: Choose the ‘Cineform HDV format AVI” file type etc, the transcoding and rendering is done automatically.

All the best.

[Bob Dix]

Jeff,

We split an hour project on the timeline mainly for Export to Tape at High definition, but, if you render to DVD you may not have to consider this as the file has been reduced in size by the media decoder.
I think our problem is the size of our processor but, your’s seems to be more than adequate

[Bob Dix]

Jeff,

We had a minor problem with rendering a timeline of mov. files from a Canon EOS 5D mark II ie. mov @ 1920 x 1080. We Exported to Movie and changed the speed to 25 fps to suit the Canon HV20 PAL which runs at 25pfs. Premiere Pro Cineform changed the mov. files to Cineform avi and for 1 hour project it took some hours.

The resulting file was about 125 GB and we had to cut in half to Export to tape to play on a Sony Bravia 46′ High def TV.

The result was stunning apart from some pixel lag in the odd fast moving scenes. But, not bad on a Pentium 4 3.2GHZ @ 800 fsb and 2GB RAM Multi-processor which as my tech said was now a dinasour, but, it works. Ps. We had a problem of the Canon HV2 LCD saying after 37 minutes “Check DV/HDV Input” but, we just transcoded the last 23 min of project and Exported to tape without a join ????????

[Bob Dix]

Jeff,

We had a minor problem with rendering a timeline of mov. files from a Canon EOS 5D mark II ie. mov @ 1920 x 1080. We Exported to Movie and changed the speed to 25 fps to suit the Canon HV20 PAL which runs at 25pfs. Premiere Pro Cineform changed the mov. files to Cineform avi and for 1 hour project it took some hours.

The resulting file was about 125 GB and we had to cut in half to Export to tape to play on a Sony Bravia 46′ High def TV.

Ps. We also chaged the Firewire which was causing some connection problems with a new IEEE 1394A Card and solved the problem of the Export to tape braking down after 37 mins. And did the transcode in two parts.

The result was stunning apart from some pixel lag in the odd fast moving scenes. But, not bad on a Pentium 4 3.2GHZ @ 800 fsb and 2GB RAM Multi-processor which as my tech said was now a dinasour, but, it works. Ps. We had a problem of the Canon HV2 LCD saying after 37 minutes “Check DV/HDV Input” but, we just transcoded the last 23 min of project and Exported to tape without a join ????????

Ps We also changed the Firewire IEEE1394A card to improve the above losing connection, there had been intermittent problems with the HDV Input cutting off mid Transfer of timeline

[Bob Dix]

I must admit on reflection that the specifications of your computer as against our Pentium 3.2GHZ 2GB is disturbing as we were going to upgrade and it would appear that you may have more or greater problems using a higher specified computer ?????????????