[Jeff Pulera]

First things first, it is ALWAYS recommended to use a fast, dedicated drive for video editing, not the system drive as that has the OS and the software apps competing for access. So you can change your drive, but you still have a single drive…

On my PC, upgrading from 8GB to 16GB made a noticeable difference in the MPEG-2 encoding times, so I believe that might be the better investment to start with. More RAM is going to help every aspect of system performance overall anyway.

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[Jeff Pulera]

I’ve been delivering 2-hour DVDs for weddings and stage events for many years and I have never had a single complaint about quality, and this is with the 4.7GB discs.

Use 2-pass VBR with a 4.5 average bitrate. If the source is HD, then check the box in AME for “Max Render Quality” as this will maximize the downscaling quality. This assumes you do use AME and not trying the Dynamic Link, not recommended.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Not sure about your question, but be sure to use the “Media Browser” for Import in Premiere and not “File > Import”. This fixes many headaches that can come with AVCHD clips.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Steve,

There has to be a simple answer that we’re overlooking. Not RAM. My old Core i7-2600 ran fine on 8GB for a while and I later upgraded to 32GB, but never any playback issues to this day, so 32GB is definitely not an issue.

On the video and scratch drives, do you have Indexing enabled? If so, turn that off (right-click drive, go to Properties > General, uncheck Indexing box at bottom).

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[Jeff Pulera]

Steve,

What is the video storage setup? Using Media Browser to import media from original file folders?

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[Jeff Pulera]

There are many factors that could contribute to performance issues, but we need a lot more info to even get started.

What version of Premiere?

PC system specs?

Type of footage/length of program?

Effects/filters/plugins being used?

I commonly edit multi-camera HD productions of 2+ hours on CS6 on a 4-yr-old system without any slow downs.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Can’t help with the Avid questions, however most camera and software vendors “round” the numbers for simplicity, so 29.97 becomes 30, 23.976 becomes 24p and so on.

I believe the first Canon DSLR that offered video recording did record an actual 24fps, with later models updated to record a correct 23.976 for video.

In the bin in Premiere, right-click a clip to see the specs. Drag and drop a clip onto the “New Item” icon at lower right of bin, next to trash can. This will create a sequence with proper settings for your media.

For Blu-ray, rather than exporting to “H.264”, choose “H.264 for Blu-ray” and select the correct preset to match your footage. This will produce Blu-ray-ready video that will not need to transcode in Encore. If you simply used an H.264 preset before, Encore will in fact transcode that (re-encode) since it is not “Blu-ray legal”.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Peter,

I found long ago that the best way to “proof” a DVD was to play it in my living room on a DVD set-top player. Computers will play anything, and will hide potential issues with DVDs that might be out of spec.

When you say you made MPEG-2 streams, did you use the correct “MPEG-2 DVD” format and an appropriate preset such as “PAL Widescreen Progressive”?

What format was the audio rendered as? The default comes out as .wav, also called PCM, and Encore will convert this to Dolby Digital if defaults are left alone.

I’ve seen others on the forum having issues in Encore if the audio and video are multiplexed into one file. Encore needs two separate clips.

Perhaps you can post a screen grab of the Media Encoder settings for review?

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Bernhard,

How did you import the clips into Premiere? If you simply used “File > Import” that can sometimes cause strange issues. For best results all around, copy entire contents of SD card to hard drive, then use Media Browser to import within Premiere. This fixes many issues, including spanned clips

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[Jeff Pulera]

If Looping Playback is enabled, and In/Out markers are the same, it can appear that playback is dead, has happened to me recently (and many times over the years!).

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