Eric Jurgenson
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Hi, Alex,
This is a guess (because I’ve never tried it), but I’m thinking Premiere might have a problem trimming HDV clips (due to the long GOP file structure). Are you recapturing HDV?
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You can preview HDV during capture with a Matrox RTX2 or Axio LE card installed in your system.
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The DVCPRO100 .mov codec, like the HDV .mov codec, is exclusive to FCP, and not available with Quicktime player unless FCP is installed. You need something like the Raylight plug-in, which will enable the DVCPRO100 .mov codec without FCP installed.
Note that native DVCPRO100 and HDV will work in Premiere without the plug-in.
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To edit AVCHD format, you need CS4, and at least a quad core desktop. Laptops typically can’t handle the real time decode requirements for this format.
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I’d think the easiest thing would be to make a graphic in PPro titler or Photoshop.
According to Wikipedia, for 4×3 in 16×9; action safe is 3.5% vertical, and 15% horiz; title safe is 5% vertical and 17.5% horiz.
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I think what happened is that IPS (ImporterProcessServer), the import module .dll for Premiere, locked up trying to link your project elements, a process that occurs every time you open an existing project. If this occurs, some clips (maybe all clips) come in offline.
The “Dimensions too large” error message is typically displayed when attempting to relink after an IPS lockup.
Maybe it choked on parsing some XML data linked to your sources. Other typical reasons are “corrupt” clips or “unusual” codecs.
One of the major weaknesses in PPro CS4 is the instability of IPS, and the exporter module as well. Both are prone to crashing on issues that CS3 would handle perfectly well. Adobe should really get a better handle on this.
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Disk performance decreases rapidly when it is almost full, because you are writing to holes between the other files. If you have a few audio tracks playing at once, try exporting your audio as one file, and using it (in a copied sequence)to replace your originals. This might take enough pressure off the disk to allow proper playback.
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Mark,
Remember to activate “export to 1394” in (Matrox)playback settings.
Also, make sure deck format is set to HDV and not auto, and cycle the deck power (with FireWire plugged in). Different plug and play drivers load for DV and HDV operation, and you can’t export to HDV if the DV drivers are loaded.
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I would delete the corrupt file, and replace it with another clip or maybe attempt to recapture it. Another option might be converting it with another program, like After Effects (which might be less picky than Premiere).
When you delete a clip, Premiere asks you whether you want to delete the actual source clip. If you say no, you can always relink later.
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DV PAL is upper field first.
DV NTSC is lower field first
HDV is upper field first.