Chris Knight
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Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 can import the mpeg-2 data directly from the DVDs into a project. Simply export the files as DV-AVIs (or uncompressed AVIs), and bring them into Premiere Pro.
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After spending a day pricing stuff out, it amazes me how much cheaper the Mac Pro systems are ($500 cheaper than the Dell 690, and over $1000 cheaper than an HP workstation).
Here’s a question – can you run the Multibridge on a mac, running Adobe Premiere in Windows XP? That would be the perfect solution for what I need.
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Are there any other PC brands that you recommend? I’ve looked at the HP workstations, which seem to be a good choice (although far more expensive than Apple’s comparable models).
It seems turnkey solution providers are both over-priced and using CPUs from 2 or 3 generations ago. I would rather be using a current generation CPU, as the system will be in place for 3-5 years. My reasoning for always looking at Dell first, is because they tend to offer a new system within minutes of Intel announcing a new CPU, and they have always worked flawlessly for DV and HDV editing (not having used Decklink hardware, I can’t vouch for their stability in that regard).
Thanks for the advice.
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How did you transfer it to DVD?
Is your DVD player setup to display anamorphic video on your widescreen TV? (all players have a setup menu to configure video output). -
I have a shared folder on an NTFS formatted disk on my XP machine, and my 2 (non-intel) macs (all running OS X 10.4) can read and write to it via ethernet/wifi. Works perfectly for sharing media between Final Cut and Premiere.
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a 250 gig internal drive costs $69.99 these days (taking into account the labour/time involved to back up 20 gigs onto 5 DVD-Rs, you’ll find the drive is far cheaper)…and someone pointed out (on this site, I believe), that the drives fit perfectly in a Beta SP tape case.
If you don’t want to spend the money on a removable drive system, just buy an IDE/SATA – USB connector. This leaves the bare drive vulnerable during the backup/restore procedure, but it works. -
If you are importing files that were recorded on Mini DVD-R, you are better off using Adobe Premiere Elements 2, which supports that format natively. Premiere Pro gets a bit quirky around modern consumer camcorder formats.
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You SHOULD de-interlace for PC playback. If you are still experiencing stuttering, then lower the video bitrate (every PC is different, so you should experiment – I’ve always found 1000-1600kbit to be perfectly fine for Windows Media on most laptops). If the stuttering still won’t go away, drop the resolution to 512×384.
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Not sure if this has been fixed in the last year or so, but you generally can NOT play a video on both the laptop monitor and a projector output at the same time (it’s a limitation of DirectShow). I usually have clients turn off the laptop monitor during playback of a presentation. Otherwise, the projector shows a big black square where the video plays.
As for format, I usually use Windows Media, 640×480 (29.97 fps), encoded at 1600kps. If it’s an older laptop, I drop the resolution down to 512×384, and the bitrate down to 1000. If you have sound, keep the audio bitrate @ 128kbit or higher.
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There’s a very useful application for Mac/PC called Cinematize, which allows transcoding from unencrypted VOB files to any Quicktime codec. You can set in and out points, so you can export only the sections you need. It’s not free, but it’s not very expensive.
Alternatively, the freebie application DVD2AVI does an excellent job converting VOBs to any AVI codec (although it doesn’t support DV). Like Cinematize, it allows you to set in/out points. It’s also very fast.