[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Ben,

I also like the Sony, but don’t have the model number handy as I am at work right now. Has the wireless capability for NetFlix, Hulu, Amazon, and many others, has worked very well for online viewing as well as proofing DVDs and Blu-rays that I make.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Janne,

I looked at the PAL MPEG-2 DVD presets available in Adobe Media Encoder, and only 25fps is supported, therefore I believe your 24p source is being converted to 25fps on PAL DVD.

The first thing is to make sure your Sequence settings are correct to match the source footage. Next, could you possibly create an NTSC DVD for festival entry? If you go to File > Export > Media and choose “MPEG-2 for DVD” format and then look at presets, there is a 23.976 preset for NTSC DVD, keeping your original framerate.

If the NTSC disc would be accepted, you can export from AME and will get two files, .m2v for video and .wav audio, and then just Import those into Encore, so you would not use Dynamic Link which is using the settings it feels like using.

No doubt there are folks with experience in this area that might have better suggestions. At a minimum, make sure the PAL DVD is created as PROGRESSIVE and not Interlaced! Again, you can manually see to this in AME.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

I found a detailed guide online for using Ninja with GH2, but unfortunately the guide mentions that a memory card must be inserted in camera in order to get the clean HDMI feed out to Ninja, and therefore the same time limitation that applies to the card will apply to Ninja as well.

Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

I might recommend an Atomos Ninja 2 HDMI recorder for 12 hours of constant recording, would require a 750GB drive using ProRes LT mode. Uses two Sony-style batteries that can be hot-swapped for uninterrupted power.

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Matt,

We have Matrox customers using the HP EliteBook workstation laptops, having Core i7, ExpressCard slot, and Nvidia GPU for Mercury Acceleration. There are a few different models with these attributes.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Some older DV cameras recorded audio at 32k. Something to look at, maybe try a 32k sequence?

Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Aaron,

With CS6, Adobe has switched all upgrades to ELECTRONIC ONLY – you cannot purchase an upgrade in a box. The upside to this is that electronic (download) versions come with BOTH PC and MAC license codes! Therefore you are covered for the cross-grade situation.

Note that while you can’t purchase a boxed upgrade, you can optionally buy the “Install Media” discs for about $25. These are standard install discs, except they are not serial numbered – just plug in YOUR CS6 license key to activate. Be sure to specify Mac or PC for the install media, as the discs are platform-specific.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Is this a licensed version of Premiere or a trial? On a regular Premiere install, it comes with both Encore and AME, and should definitely offer “MPEG-2 for DVD” encoding presets. Something is off here…

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Brian,

If you have a Blu-ray master you had previously burned, the content from that can be copied to the hard drive and edited natively in Premiere also.

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Ben,

An i5 processor is kind of weak for HD editing, a Core i7 being preferred. Have you hacked your 550 display card to enable the Mercury Playback Engine? That should help a lot. And RAM is cheap right now, upgrading from 8GB to 16GB may be beneficial.

I really didn’t see your full system specs in the thread. You said your drive was 80% full – is that a dedicated video drive, or C: drive? In any case, performance is on the decline when that full, and hopefully it is defragged?

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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