[Jeff Pulera]

Why alter the frame rate if the source is for instance 1080p30? That is really 29.97 fps

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[Jeff Pulera]

What Dennis says – choose “H.264” as the format, and for preset, scroll all the way to the bottom of the (long) list of options to find VIMEO at the bottom.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Some of the available presets have the SAME specs, but different names (same preset is duplicated). This is just for user convenience.

If all the source clips are 1080p30, then choose ANY preset with those specs, it should make no difference. For instance 1920×1080, 29.97fps, progressive (no fields), 1.0 Pixel Aspect.

You can drag a clip from the bin onto the “New Item” icon at lower right of bin, next to Trash Can. This will select an appropriate sequence to match your source.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Lee,

I also used the RT.X100…then RT.X2…now on MXO2 Mini unit.

Technically, when you capture HDV using Premiere, the extension will be .mpeg while DV is still .avi format.

As for deinterlacing, I typically let that happen upon export and Adobe Media Encoder just does it. Not something I’m doing in Premiere at all, but can’t speak for how CS4 handles things, I skipped over that version as it was overall not a good release.

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[Jeff Pulera]

John is right, export to a quality intermediate and then use AME for the H.264 encode. I don’t know if you’re on PC or Mac, with Mac you can use ProRes to create a master file. On PC, the Avid codec could be used as mentioned, or download the free Lagarith lossless codec. Files are fairly heavy – much smaller than uncompressed, but with same quality.

In AME, choose H.264 for format, and then scroll all the way down to bottom of Presets lists and there are YouTube presets, try them first without making changes and see how it comes out.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Tom,

Export using the “MPEG-2 DVD” format, and choose the “DV Widescreen Progressive 29.97” preset (wording may vary slightly by Adobe version).

Set video encoding to 8.0 CBR

This will create two files, .m2v video and .wav audio. In Encore, use “Import as Timeline” and grab both at once.

Can’t remember the last time I made a looping DVD, but I believe you are correct, direct End Action go back to play the clip again.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Did you use a Vimeo preset or put together your own encoding profile? Under “H.264”, look at Presets and scroll all the way to the bottom of the list and there are specific Vimeo presets.

Did you perhaps start with a QuickTime wrapper for the H.264? Avoid that and go straight with H.264.

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Lee,

DV or HDV video captured in any version of Premiere ought to be the same files and editable in any version of Premiere, or other editors.

There is a free utility called “HDV Split” for capturing and not sure how those files are saved, but should also work with any editor.

Years ago I used a Matrox RT.X2 capture card and it did actually put the HDV into some sort of proprietary Matrox codec/wrapper, but if you are capturing straight into an editing app via Firewire, should all be pretty generic at that point.

DV capture vs. Matrox MXO2 Mini? Well, DV compresses at about 5:1 ratio with 4:1:1 color, at 25mbps. Matrox will also capture at 25mbps (or more if you choose), but using 4:2:2 color. On old VHS material, you’d probably not see any visual difference necessarily. The DV conversion method will likely be more forgiving of tracking issues/glitches in the source video without aborting capture.

If you planned to do a lot of post processing of the file, such as running enhancement filters using Virtual Dub or similar, then perhaps the 4:2:2 source would yield better results.

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Thank you for clarifying. Never heard of 720×400 before. The Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR) important to understand in this case to get the results you want.

The 720p HD video that you mentioned uses square pixels with a 1.0 PAR. Divide 1280 and 720 each by 80 and you get 16 and 9, so 720p is naturally widescreen 16:9 in appearance.

However, widescreen SD video is “anamorphic”, meaning the appearance of widescreen is created by using non-square pixels.

4:3 DV video has a PAR of 0.9, while DV Widescreen is 1.2 (for NTSC video). Both the 4:3 and 16:9 versions of DVD use the same 720×480 pixels, but with different PARs.

If the video source is truly widescreen (NOT letterboxed) material, then edit in a DV Widescreen sequence in Premiere and the video ought to look correct there.

As you mentioned, the DVD player typically figures out how to send the video to the TV screen so it looks correct, whether 4:3, 16:9 or letterboxed. However, for computer viewing, anamorphic video is a bad idea – media players and web players typically assume SQUARE pixels, so your widescreen video will not display properly on a computer/website unless you convert it to square pixels first.

If you wish to encode for YouTube, in AME choose H.264, and then scroll all the way to the bottom of the Presets list to the YouTube options. You will find “YouTube 480p Widescreen 29.97”. Choose that, and notice that the encoding specs show:

854×480
1.0 Pixel Aspect

This creates a video that plays back as 16:9 naturally, without manipulating the shape of the pixels in order to “fake” widescreen.

This workflow will provide the best (correct) results for what you want to do.

Hope this helps

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Al,

I would guess that you’ve not had any replies since the question is not clear. 720×400 is not an “aspect ratio”, it is the dimensions in pixels.

Can you please clarify what kind of files you are working with, and also – what do you want to do for export? DVD, web?

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Jeff Pulera
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