Chris Knight
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I wanted to upgrade last week, but then I started a new edit. The next day(!), AJA released the drivers for CS3.
I may upgrade tomorrow (I need to import a bunch of non-AJA quicktimes into Premiere – and the 2.6 drivers won’t recognize them), otherwise, I won’t get to it for another 2 weeks.
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Exporting to DV is your problem. If you want quality, export using the Animation codec (or if that’s too big, use Photo-Jpeg or PNG).
If you need to use DV, and you’re seeing artifacting when playing back in QT player, make sure the High Quality check box is enabled in the visual settings tab (located in Movie Properties). This makes a huge difference.
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Is there a specific budget you had in mind? I’m not sure you’re going to find anything decent for less than the price of that JVC (maybe a Toshiba HD-DVD player, which can play HD content burned to DVD-R).
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I’ve used a JVC HD disc player for many playback situations…works like a charm, and it’s dirt cheap:
https://pro.jvc.com/prof/attributes/features.jsp?model_id=MDL101546Lately I’ve switched to BD playback, as the burners and media have dropped in price quite fast this year.
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I had this same problem today. I hooked up a brand new Xena system, and playback/capture went off without a hitch. However, when I imported some existing QT files (PNG and Photo JPEG codec), I just got black, and the audio tracks were also non-existent (not flat-line – simply not there).
I noticed that the conforming wasn’t happening (something I’m used to with Premiere, so it was odd to not see it). I’m running the latest version of Quicktime (downloaded it from Apple.com this morning), Adobe Premiere Pro 2, and the latest Xena codecs. Not sure about nVidia drivers (the system is a brand new Dell Precision 690, and is otherwise performing better than any editing system I’ve ever put together).
I didn’t have time to do any troubleshooting, so I’ll look into this some more tomorrow.
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you can import Premiere project files using the “Import” command in AE. Alternatively, you can copy a clip, or as many as you want, in the Premiere timeline, and paste them into AE. Drag & drop does not work.
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whenever I’ve tried, I get truncated FCP file names. I then have to re-link each file one-by-one in Premiere. The last time, it was actually quicker to simply re-edit the video in Premiere…
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Elements is geared to consumers with little or no editing experience. It walks you through the entire process of capturing, editing and exporting. I’ve found it very intuitive for beginners, and certainly powerful enough for some pro editing. It can even do some tricks that Pro can not, including importing footage from DVD (non-encrypted), cell phones, and other odd consumer video formats.
However, as a pro editor, it isn’t something I could use every day. It lacks integration with other Adobe applications, and the simplified interface actually slows me down. It also lacks many import and export abilities that aren’t consumer-oriented. I’ve found it very useful for producers (who have little technical experience) to put together storyboards/animatics with Elements. It’s a very small investment, so if you are a beginner – give it a try.
If you’ve really found a place charging only a $100 difference between Elements and Pro, you’re either paying way too much for Elements, or way too little for Pro (in other words, make sure you can trust the seller). -
DVD2AVI is a free solution that can convert VOB files to uncompressed AVI files (or any other non-DV avi codec).
Cinematize is a $60 application that can convert any VOB file to any Quicktime Codec.
Squared5.com has a free application that converts VOB files to any Quicktime codec (but requires the Quicktime MPEG-2 plugin).
Adobe Premiere Elements 2 and 3 will import VOB files from DVD directly into a project file. You can then export them out as anything you want.
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I used to edit Media 100 clips on a non-Media 100 mac using a system extension that enabled quicktime to see the m100 codec as M-JPEGa clips…I wonder if it’s still around…(this was YEARS ago)…