Jeff Pulera
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When you Import a clip to the clip bin in Premiere, right-click the clip and examine the Properties – this should tell you the specs regarding field order. Make sure then that the Project Settings match.
And yes, keep interlaced video as interlaced unless you have a specific reason to go Progressive on the DVD.
You don’t have to worry about “fields” with titles, just create titles in Adobe Titler or bring in graphics from Photoshop or whatever, project settings will determine proper output for you
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Just below the Program Monitor window, there is a little box. It may say “100%”, or another percentage. Click the drop down next to it and choose “Fit” and the video will scale to whatever size the window is. If set to a percentage, and the window is not large enough, video may get cut off.
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I notice your Export setting for DVD is PROGRESSIVE. Is the source video Interlaced? If so, you may be losing resolution by going to Progressive. I know that in Premiere, when I Deinterlace a clip, it takes a quality hit, perhaps “Progressive” does the same thing, tossing out a field of info? Just a thought
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Check your timeline carefully. Is there a clip (or tiny fragment) around that 1:46:00 point on the timeline that makes the project look longer than it is?
Also, what happens if you use Adobe Media Encoder to create the assets (.mv2 and .wav) for Encore? Use CBR 7 setting to encode for the 70 minute project
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Hi Chris,
The RT.X2 works great with XDCAM EX files, SP or HQ, but keep in mind that the RT.X2 uses HDV resolution, meaning 1440×1080. You CAN use your XDCAM EX HQ 1920×1080 files with RT.X2, but behind the scenes the internal processing is done at 1440×1080. You’d probably never see a visual difference on the output with your eyes, but if doing work for broadcast that requires full-raster, you might have an issue.
Disclaimer aside, you can drop your files into the CS4/RT.X2 timeline and get immediate realtime playback via DVI or component outputs (no HDMI). Most effects are realtime, as is downconvert to SD.
David mentioned exciting news about the next incarnation of CS, but the release may be many months away yet. Another option would be the Matrox MXO2 Mini, at less than half the cost of the RT.X2. Does support full-raster 1080. No realtime effects engine, but provides analog and HDMI i/o capabilities, so main purpose for your workflow might just be getting a full-quality HDMI preview from the CS4 timeline. Matrox provides calibration tools to get accurate color on the HDMI display.
If you would choose to build a new system for RT.X2, be sure to follow the Matrox hardware recommendations for compatibility here:
https://www.matrox.com/video/en/support/rtx2/design/Jeff Pulera
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Click the little arrow-thingy at top right of Effects Controls window to get the keyframe view to open
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For future reference, in Premiere Preferences, there is a check box for “Scale to Frame”. Enabling this feature, clips being imported will automatically scale to the project frame size. Note it doesn’t affect clips already imported, and those can be done via Right-click as Jon suggested.
Also, you didn’t mention whether the DV clips were 16:9 or 4:3. If they are 4:3 in a 4:3 project, your HDV clips will be letterboxed. To avoid the black bars and fill the frame to match 4:3 DV, do NOT check Scale to Frame – rather, use the MOTION effect in the Effects Controls panel and SCALE the clip down until it just fills the screen without showing the black edges. The sides of the image will be cropped off when doing this.
If there is something important on one side of the frame that gets cut off, after scaling you can adjust the horizontal position to “pan over” to the area you wish to show.
If working in a 16:9 DV project, then just Scale to Frame and you’ll be fine
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I believe that the DV tape MUST have some timecode on it first – a blank tape will not record using Print to Tape. Put the camera in CAMERA mode and record about a minute with the lens cap on, then rewind a bit, to :30 for instance, then try the Print to Tape.
This happened to me last week, same symptoms.
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Hi Stephen,
As far as I know, the HDMI port on a graphics display card will be OUTPUT ONLY. If you wish to capture video from an HDMI source, you will need a capture device, such as Black Magic Intensity (internal) or Matrox MXO2 Mini (external).
These units allow you to import (capture) video into various formats to suit your needs, and also provide monitoring (playback) via the HDMI output as well as analog outputs. You can keep your existing display card.
Jeff Pulera
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Good advice checking for NTFS. Also, when moving footage from the SxS card to your PC hard drive, do NOT use Sony Clip Browser – just copy the video folder straight over to your drive. Using Clip Browser will cause issues in Premiere later on.
Jeff Pulera
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