Ervin Farkas
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Harm, do you mean that the free download (that makes PPRO 1.5 work with HD) works in PPRO 2.0 as well? If so, then forget 1.5… I have to check on this… but as far I know, it doesn’t…
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I found one advantage of keeping PPRO 1.5: if you’re ready to “wet your feet” in HDV but don’t have the cash to purchase CineForm – the free 1.5.1 upgrade will come in handy.
And I read some place that keeping 1.5 and installing 2.0 works just fine.
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Glad we sorted this out… just careful with that beer or your audio will get once more out of sync… 🙂
Ervin
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No Mick, I’m sorry, I was not clear enough. What I was trying to suggest is my own workflow: I take the signal (composite or SVHS) out of the player device (VHS-C camcorder or VHS player with adapter cassette in your case) and feed it into my old Sony Digital 8 camcorder. Most Sony camcorders have this feature that lets you record video from another device. But you don’t actually have to record and then play the tape back in order to capture it – the camcorder will instantly encode the analog video to digital and output it via Firewire, you just have to connect your camcorder to the computer and start capturing with Premiere. It just sounds complicated, but in fact it’s a really simple process.
I hope this explains it, if you still have questions, just shoot back, I’d be glad to further assist you.
Ervin
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Personally I would edit in the original mode the tape was recorded in, then export to DV-AVI and use Windows Media Encoder (free from Microsoft) as it will give you better image quality and a lot more options to tweak your compressed video.
Ervin
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It shouldn’t matter as Premiere will conform any file at the time of import. I just worked with a wav file I originally recorded as a CD project at 32 bits.
Ervin
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I scratched my head over this same issue just a few weeks ago. To further complicate things, the authored DVD (Encore) looked 16×9 on the PC but full screen on my TV. Turned out, I had my Philips DVD player set wrong…
Ervin
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It’s not worth waisting your time with external “boxes”. The best and flawless way to capture analog video is to hook up your analog source to your D8 or miniDV camcorder and capture via Firewire. Some newer cacorders won’t have this option, but most older ones have it.
Ervin