[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Jamie,

If you are deinterlacing all of your footage, then Progressive would be the field option (or NONE), I don’t remember how CS3 puts it.

Thanks

Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Jon,

Truth is, you should not WANT to export to the SAME format you shot in. In order to squeeze as much video as possible onto a memory card, the video is very highly compressed in the camera. While this works pretty well for acquisition, those formats are not very robust for editing and archiving.

You’ll want to export to something better to maintain the integrity of the image. Consider that any titles and graphics in the project have not yet been compressed – you can keep the quality by exporting to something better than what you shot the clips with.

As for the export settings, there are countless options, but H.264 is not one I would use for archiving/mastering, that is for delivery.

See my original reply for codec suggestions

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Any time you add another encoding pass to any video file, there is some degree of loss. Whether it is noticeable or not can depend on many factors. If the source file has a high data rate (good quality) and you re-encode high quality again then might look just fine.

Sounds like you have no other option though so just do it

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Jamie,

If you have Encore, you must also have Premiere. Import the video into Premiere. Check the Properties of the clip there to see what the field order is reported as. HD is Upper field. If it is wrong, you can right-click and choose “Modify > Interpret” and change the field order as needed. Then use File > Export > Media to get to Adobe Media Encoder. Choose “MPEG-2 for DVD” as the Format, and for Preset choose something appropriate, such as “NTSC Widescreen High Quality”.

You can adjust the data rate as needed depending on program length, and at bottom of AME window, check the box for “Maximum Render Quality”, this will improve downscaling.

Import resulting exported files into Encore, they will not need to transcode then.

It is possible that the original file was encoded with incorrect settings and that might be an issue, but try the above. You could always try encoding the MPEG-2 for DVD file using PROGRESSIVE field settings (deinterlace).

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Does the Sequence Setting match the footage? If for instance you put a 320×240 clip into a 720×480 sequence, it will be blown up and won’t look as good then

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Martin,

Depending on the file format used on the memory cards, they may have a 4GB file size limit and therefore the longer video files are broken up into contiguous chunks.

It is good that you are copying ALL folders to the computer drive. Another tip is in Premiere, use Media Browser to Import, rather than just Import direct. The Browser interprets things better for tapeless formats.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Cody,

Does Encore actually say that it is “Conforming” or maybe you are referring to “Transcoding”? The latter meaning “encoding video to MPEG-2 and audio to AC-3 Dolby”. I’ve never seen Conforming in Encore

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Jon,

There are different schools of thought on this. Some might say uncompressed, but when starting with a highly compressed source, this makes little sense due to the huge file sizes. H.264 is a delivery format – if you plan on perhaps re-editing the footage later or exporting to different formats, not a great choice because it is highly compressed already.

On the Mac, ProRes is an excellent archival choice. On the PC, the Avid DNxHD codec is freely available, as is Lagarith or the Matrox MPEG-2 I-Frame HD codec.

Any of these will provide a high-quality master for later use, with decent file sizes.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Hinton,

This is not normal, which is why you may not find any other posts about it.

Please let us know – Mac or PC? Have you updated to 5.5.2? Updates offer bug fixes/stability.

What is the video source and format?

Sequence Setting used?

Is this issue repeatable with different footage, new project?

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Johnny,

When you deinterlace, you lose half your resolution really. Might want to look into parameters for VirtualDub / DeShake that would give you an interlaced output with correct field order. Have you looked at the Lagarith codec? I use that with VirtualDub myself.

Thanks

Jeff Pulera
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