[Jeff Pulera]

I believe it is for convenience for the user to find something similar to what they are working with as a source.

Try this – right-click on one of your video clips in the Project Bin, and select New Sequence from Clip. You will find that Premiere simply assigns the first matching preset that it finds, going alphabetically, so you may end up with an ARRI preset for instance. In fact, this is the safest way to start a project, let Premiere match your footage to a preset, then you know things will be correct.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Jirka,

It will be difficult to build a decent machine for 1000 euro. 1500 might buy the parts for decent self-built. You want a larger power supply, like 700w at least. Look at a Z170 chipset motherboard, and a Core i7-6700 Intel processor. 16GB RAM minimum, 32GB if budget allows (more RAM benefits AE).

The GTX 1060 display card is available for the 200 euro budget.

Go with an SSD boot drive if you can, and you will need a separate, fast, dedicated drive for video. Either internal 7200rpm SATA (64mb cache) or maybe an external USB 3.0 solution. A RAID 0 setup (2 drives) will improve performance. A RAID 0 can be set up easily in Windows or there are many external USB 3.0 RAID 0 drives available for media editing, such as Glyph, G-Tech, etc.

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Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Roei,

In reality, it doesn’t matter what codec you are editing, such as DNxHD, ProRes, or AVCHD. What matters is the settings inside the Sequence Preset, which should match up with your source footage. Meaning:

[Jeff Pulera]

I zoomed in on the image and doesn’t look like macro blocking/compression artifacts at all! The lower half of screen has a waffle pattern on it. Almost like a sensor issue of some sort. See t-shirt for instance.

I don’t know the cause or the fix, but if this same thing is on the original footage, it would not seem to be a compression issue in my experience.

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Hi Chris,

I’ve been a Matrox user for many years, but unfortunately the life of the MXO2 series is coming to an end. Yes, there are drivers for CS6 and Windows 7, and maybe 8 now (finally), but as far as I know there will be no further development.

Therefore, I would side with Kannan and suggest something from Black Magic. The least-expensive solution will be a Mini Recorder, a small PCI-e card with both SDI and HDMI inputs. Or move up to an Intensity Pro 4K which has HDMI and Analog capture, but also provides output meaning you can connect a video monitor and see the Premiere output while editing/scrubbing/playing timeline.

Either of those solutions will require an available PCI-e slot in the PC. Black Magic also has its own capture utility, so you could use that rather than Premiere, your choice. These capture devices will also provide input for live streaming such as vMix, Wirecast, Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder, etc.

Not sure what your intended workflow is, but one benefit of “live capture” in studio is that the captured file will be more robust than what the cameras typically record internally – you will have an intra-frame 4:2:2 codec at a high data rate, great for keying.

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Jeff Pulera
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[Jeff Pulera]

I will add regarding Preview Format – this is used when you render in the timeline, to change red areas to green for smooth playback preview. When Exporting, unless you specifically check the Use Previews box, those rendered preview clips are NOT used, all material for export is generated fresh direct from source material.

It is recommended to not check Use Previews as it bypasses generational loss from rendering twice. Just use default render formats. Looks like you chose an Uncompressed avi option for preview, which generates huge files that require fast drive arrays to even play smoothly. You don’t want that.

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Jeff

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[Jeff Pulera]

I see several anomalies straight away:

1. In Sequence Settings, Fields are set to Lower. Interlaced HD is always Upper, however, that only applies to 29.97 frame rate (1080i format). Since you are using 24p, that would indicate Progressive video (1080p) so Fields should be No Fields (Progressive).

2. Sequence audio is Stereo, but output is set to 5.1 Surround

3. Max Render should not be checked, that only helps when scaling output (which you are not) and it slows the export.

4. Export data rate seems excessive – what is the delivery destination?

It is best to NOT mess with Sequence Settings. When starting a New Project, Import some video clips, then right-click one of them and select New Sequence from Clip

This will create a proper sequence to match the footage, no guesswork/errors involved.

When exporting final video – what is the intended audience? If for YouTube or Vimeo, there are presets for that. Try one that matches the footage, such as H.264 > Vimeo 1080p and change the frame rate to 23.976 in Export Settings, but touch no other settings.

Being on these forums every day, one of the main causes of user frustration is changing settings without knowing the ramifications. Use the Sequence and Export settings provided by Adobe – they just work. As you become more experienced, you might start playing with settings to tweak things, but do so at your own peril.

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[Jeff Pulera]

Rule of Thumb – the defaults are the defaults for a reason. Go with them for starters. As you become an expert with Premiere, then start experimenting. But understand what exactly those buttons do before just checking them

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[Jeff Pulera]

Please post a screen shot of your Export Settings panel so we can understand the workflow being used

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[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Bob,

You said the video is 1080p, but what is the frame rate? My understanding is that the Blu-ray spec supports discs that are 1080i, or 1080p24 (23.976). If your content has a progressive frame rate of 25, 30, or 60, that may not be Blu-ray legal, meaning hardware Blu-ray players may not support playback of those frame rates, being out of spec. Software players may be more flexible.

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Jeff Pulera
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