Jeff Pulera
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It sounds like you are using Matrox .avi files in a Premiere DV project, right? I work with NTSC, but my understanding is that Matrox DV uses the opposite field order than the Premiere DV preset. I am not in front of Premiere right now, but you should be able to change the field order of clips on the timeline. Try a right-click of the clip and I believe there is an option to reverse field order.
This may be the answer, and then just choose a standard PAL DVD preset for export, do not change the field settings there. Perhaps try a short sample of a minute of two and see if this method works for you
Jeff Pulera
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As the name implies, it maximizes the quality of your render. Adobe has an issue with certain exports, like scaling HDV to DVD or deinterlacing video. For better quality, use the checkbox, but be aware it can greatly increase render times.
Another option would be to use a 3rd-party encoder such as Sorenson Squeeze 6.
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Hi James,
HDV is recorded as MPEG-2 on tape, and runs at the same 25Mbps data rate as DV, creating files of about 13GB per hour of video.
So, you’re not losing any quality capturing through 1394, you are getting the same file that is on the tape, which is Long-GOP MPEG-2 with 4:2:0 color.
If you wish to work with a better codec that will withstand compositing and multiple-generations, then you might consider the Cineform Neo Scene codec, which is 4:2:2 and easier to edit than native HDV. It will require converting your captured HDV clips.
Another option would be to use a Matrox MXO2 Mini adapter (requires CS4). This would allow you to capture direct from camera or deck using component HD or HDMI into Matrox, which would capture using the Matrox MPEG-2 I-Frame HD codec with 4:2:2 color at high data rates. Uncompressed is also possible, but not practical for most uses (requires high-end RAID array).
Jeff Pulera
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Your question is very vague. What are your export settings? What is the purpose of the export – web, DVD ?
Jeff Pulera
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Ditto on MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5, great solution. Not only can you convert DVD back to avi for editing, you can rip straight to .m2v/.ac3 if you just want to re-use assets in new DVD project without any transcoding of material.
Jeff Pulera
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The media player is assuming square pixels, it doesn’t know your video file is made using a non-square pixel aspect. So, we adjust the frame size to look proper with square pixels, problem solved.
Jeff Pulera
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I think you’re referring to a “Rack Focus”, do a search for it. Unless you’re talking about the trick where someone is standing in a hallway and the hallway appears to suddenly get longer in the background. I recall reading once how that works, but it eludes me right now.
Jeff Pulera
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You will want to use .mp3 or similar compressed audio format to fit more on the disc. You can use DVD as a DATA DISC (not “DVD Video”) in order to have room to fit your 40 hours of material.
Plan on the viewer using their PC to listen (or they can transfer .mp3s to an iPod or similar). You may want to use some type of “front end” interface for your presentation that will allow users to select chapters and otherwise navigate.
You might be better off selling these on a USB thumb drive. If you search online, you should be able to find some sort of “front end multimedia interface” that could be included to present the material, adding chapters and navigational features for the user.
Jeff Pulera
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Years ago, an associate brought his Premiere project to me to do some finish work on. I immediately noticed on my edit suite that he had spots in the program where one channel of audio was completely dead. I noticed this because I have stereo speakers on my desk, located left and right of me.
I brought this to his attention and found that he was using only the small, built-in MONO speaker on his 14″ Sony edit monitor and that is how he completely missed the issue on his end. There may have been an RCA Y-adapter in the mix as well 😉
I believe that’s where my confusion has come from with your issue, is that you’re blaming the camera for the DVD sound issue, when in fact you have to edit first, so something is off in either the editing or DVD authoring process. The camera is a couple of steps removed the end result. The DVD can only play back what you gave it from the NLE.
Jeff
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Hi Wilmar,
What I was trying to ask earlier was, HOW are you burning this project? I am confused by your reply about the contents of the DVD –
“On the outside are the encore files that I used to build the DVD with a start action and end action. ”
It sounds like you are using Encore to burn files to the hard drive, then taking the entire “project” folder and burning to DVD as “data” perhaps. There should ONLY be a VIDEO_TS folder on the DVD and not any other project folder or files.
As mentioned earlier, it’s not enough to have the video files on disc to call it a “DVD”. If one were to take the VIDEO_TS folder and burn to disc using NERO for instance, and it was burned as a “DATA DVD”, that will NOT work in a DVD player. It must be burned as “DVD VIDEO”, then the disc is set up to be DVD VIDEO Compliant.
DVD media by itself does not make for a “DVD”, it must be formatted and burned to be compliant, otherwise it’s just data, which I believe is the issue since you say it only plays on computers and PS3, which WILL see the raw data files and try to play them. A DVD player can not do this properly using a “data” DVD.
I hope this is making sense, and from the issues you mention, I think this is the case. You haven’t said if you’ve made successful DVDs before or if this is new for you.
Jeff Pulera
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