Chris Knight
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To create a sequence, based on the properties of a clip, drag it to the NEW ITEM icon at the bottom of the project window, or right-click the clip (the latter only works in CS 5.5).
To target tracks, just click the tracks on the left column (where it says Video 1, Audio 1, etc). When they are highlighted, they are targeted. If you target multiple video tracks, and paste a single clip, it will always target the lowest track. BTW, you can rename the tracks if you don’t like “Video 1.”
I’m not sure what you mean by splitting the audio and video? In the timeline or source monitor?
There is no default keyboard shortcut for “Send to Source Monitor,” but you can easily add one. Go to the Edit Menu, select Keyboard Customization. Click the drop-down menu that says Application, and change it to Panels. Open up the Project panel, and scroll down, until you see “Open in Source Monitor,” and assign any keyboard command you want.
BTW, you should be able to view and edit MTS files from the Media Browser, so importing first is not a necessity.
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Yeah, the NEW ITEM trick only works with CS5+. To answer your first question, you can have as many sequences in a project as you want, and each can be different.
CS4 is also a bit clunkier at playing back HDV and AVC footage, which might be your issue. What are your system specs? -
Drag one of the clips onto the NEW ITEM icon at the bottom of the project window (looks like a page turning, next to the garbage can). Premiere will create a sequence that matches the settings of the clip.
If it still plays jerky, try lowering the playback quality to 1/2 (This is done in the program monitor (the right video window). Just right-click in the middle of the window, and go to the Playback resolution sub-menu.
If it still plays jerky, your system performance may not be up to playing back this footage in real-time, and you’ll have to render previews to see smooth playback (hit ENTER).
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You could trash the preferences, which fixes SOME of these problems. When you click the icon to load Premiere, hold down SHIFT. Doing so will remove and custom settings (like window positions), but you won’t lose any project files/media.
Additionally, you may be running low on disk space. Check your scratch disk and medie cache folders (the location for these are specified in the preferences).
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Well, it’s an MOV. You really should be working with the original MXF files, and not transcoded P2 media before editing in Premiere.
However, this was a simple fix. In the project window, right-click the file, select Modify->Interpret Footage. In the Pixel Aspect Ratio box, click “Conform to”, and choose DVCPROHD (1.5).
When I dropped this clip into a DVCPRO-HD timeline (1080), it fit perfectly. You can select multiple clips to perform this process, so if you have a folder full of them, it’ll take 2 seconds to fix.
Again, you will never have this problem if you use the original MXF files from the P2 card, rather than media brought into your computer via Final Cut.
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You can import sequences from other project files using two methods.
1. Copy/Paste. This is simple enough, if you’re dealing with a single sequence. You are not.
2. Start a new project. Import the original project file. Before it imports, you’ll be asked to select the specific sequences. Pick the two that you’re currently working with (the work sequence, plus the nested sequence). Premiere will bring place the two sequences, plus all relevant media, into a folder in your project window. Just double-click the main sequence you were workng in, and everything should look as it did before.
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That is an interlacing problem. Your footage is jumping between odd and even fields, and it’s usually noticeable on thin lines or small text.
When you make the DVD, are you choosing progressive or lower field dominance? Check the preset before you output the MPEG-2. Try both and see if one looks better than the other. If neither looks good, you wil have to de-interlace the footage (right=click clip in timeline, select Field Options, and experiment with Always Deinterlace or Flicker Removal). Try those options as your last resort, because there will be a loss of quality in the process.
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If you’re running Windows 7, you can edit MTS natively in CS3, but you need the CS3 Mainconcept plugin for Premiere to import the files. If they still have it available for download, it would be here:
30 Day trial should be long enough to let you decide if the solution works.
There’s also a very convoluted way of doing this through AVISynth, where Premiere will remotely access the footage through an external decoder. It works, but requires a lot of steps to get it working properly. Instructions for this are here:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/273967-Editing-AVCHD-in-Premiere-without-intermediate-codec
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Would you mind posting a short clip for me to download, so I can try and replicate this problem? It would be infinitely better than trial-and-error.
Not seeing MXF files in the Media Browser is a head-scratcher.
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I’ve had to export a video for an AdTec Duet box, many moons ago…the trick was to select TS from the Multiplexer tab (in export settings). Audio worked fine after that. Give it a try.
Audio should remain 16-bit, 48Khz.
The only 8-bit reference should be for the video data (which MPEG-2 is).