[David J]

I’ve suffered from this problem. All was my own source material, yet Premiere refused to allow copies to be exported using FireWire as in your case.

It’s a while ago that this last affected my system, but I seem to remember that re-rendering cured the problem after deleting all related previews.

[David J]

I don’t know of a plug-in that would automate this effect. However, an approximation shouldn’t be too difficult to construct in Premiere.

The filmstrip could be a still image with transparent alpha-channel holes to allow underlying tracks to show through.

Individual clips playing in each window in the filmstrip could be scaled and rotated using Motion, possibly with the application of the Wave Warp effect to bend the picture to match better the bend of the filmstrip.

If you want to bend the filmstrip dynamically, then make the basic composite in a separate sequence and apply the warp effect to the whole sequence on the main timeline.

If you are using all stills, then similar work in PhotoShop to produce a composite image would probably be less fiddly than doing it all in Premiere.

[David J]

As far as I am aware, After Effects only supports FLV export if Flash Pro is also installed on that system.

Those with Flash Pro can use the converter to generate FLVs with a number of external programs, including QuickTime Pro, which is a lot cheaper than After Effects.

Haven’t tried it, but this might also be relevant: https://www.tucows.com/preview/374981

However, of the methods I have tried, I have found Wildform Flix Pro to give the best results in converting DV AVIs into FLV.

The official Macromedia line is at https://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/flv_exporter.html.

[David J]

If you have installed DVdate correctly, then it will appear if you start typing DVdate in the search box at the top of the video effects window.

The plugin needs to go in the Plug-Ins/en_US/ folder in Premiere Pro 1.5. After installation, a folder called DVdate is created in this target folder. If the installation target was wrong, then simply move this DVdate folder into the proper place and then restart Premiere Pro.

Copy your registration file to this same folder to unlock after purchase.

[David J]

You won’t have to start over. Follow Steven’s advice and import this project into a blank one set up with 48k audio.

If you are short of disk space, then delete the old audio conform files first, since a new set will be created at 48k.

[David J]

Me PAL too. DVdate works just fine in PAL.

[David J]

I use Canopus Pro Coder to generate my DVDs from the Premiere timeline. Quality is excellent.

The full version is a bit pricey, but adds a top level of quality above that available from the cheaper Express version.

I haven’t tried the built-in Premiere encoder for serious work because I already had the definitive converter.

[David J]

It’s a matter of organisation.

If you copy the underlying clip into the matte sequence, you can set it all up by seeing the mask without the matte applied overlayting the target clip as you set up the motion keyframes. Then disable the clip track in the matte sequence and apply the sequence as the matte.

[David J]

There is at last a really neat solution to this long-running problem. See https://dve.teletex.ru/en/dvrecdate.shtml

I’ve tried it and bought it. Excellent !

[David J]

I would guess that your project settings do not match the source clips and that Premiere is asking which format you want for the captured clips.