[Jeff Pulera]

When you say the export for DVD is at a lower resolution, that is to be expected – most people are shooting HD video and DVD is always standard definition (PAL or NTSC). If you want HD video on the disc, then make a Blu-ray which is High-Definition.

Don’t know why you are not getting the entire audio clip. Does Premiere have all applicable update installed? Make sure you are at version 5.0.3 or else download and install update – https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/premiere-pro-cs5-5-0-3-update/

You could try exporting as .wav only and if you get the entire audio clip, use that in the Encore with the previously exported .m2v video clip. They do not have to be exported together as a “set” necessarily if that is causing issues for some reason.

As Ann said, please show us the export settings for review

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[Jeff Pulera]

Try an Unsharp Mask filter to sharpen the out of focus part, but I don’t know what that will do to the actor that is already sharp. Don’t expect miracles, but might help to some degree

[Jeff Pulera]

Now if only I could get this interfaced to Ninja 2, I wouldn’t have to scrounge resale shops to find old cassette tapes to record to…

[Jeff Pulera]

My cameras are several years old – HDV tape cameras – but when recorded by the Ninja, still making beautiful video!

I should note that it’s standard for a lot of camcorders (not DSLR-types) that offer 24p/30p record modes to output as 1080i regardless. This is done because displays don’t always support 24p or 30p, but always work with 1080i so that is the output standard used by the camera makers. So you can tease me about 1080i, but many cameras don’t offer anything else out the HDMI port 😉

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Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

Hi Duke,

Just spotted your thread. All of my cameras output 1080i only, so zero experience with 24p workflows, sorry, but looks like you are in good hands with the other helpful posters!

I would comment on this – “with all this extra bitrate to work with (220 mbps compared to h264’s 24mbps “. I believe I mentioned last week that you should not need to use the “HQ” recording mode, and I bet you would be quite satisfied with “422” mode on the Ninja with files at maybe 150mbps. As you stated, the camera is maybe 24mbps, so 150mbps is a heck of an improvement, and without having a really high-end camera as the source, the HQ mode may not look any better than 422 due to the source material.

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[Jeff Pulera]

From looking at your sample images, the source video clip is of a lower resolution than the Sequence being used in Premiere. For instance, maybe the Sequence is set to 1080p (1920×1080) but the source clip is 720p (1280×720) and that is where the black surround comes from. Think of a Sequence as a picture frame and the video clip as the photo. If the frame is too large, you will have empty space surrounding the photo in the frame.

You must either use a smaller Sequence like 720p, or scale up the video to fill the frame before exporting. Whatever you see in the Program monitor window at upper right is what you will get when exporting, so the result should not be a surprise.

Normally, to get the proper Sequence size, one could right-click the clip in the Project Bin and select New Sequence from Clip, however it is possible that if the clip was shot with the camera rotated that you could end up with a Sequence that might be 720×1280 rather than 1280×720, so you may have to configure that manually by creating a New Sequence and choosing the appropriate preset. Pay attention to frame rate to match the source as well as resolution.

Not that it should make any difference in the end, but you can Rotate counter-clockwise, so you could just use -90 rather than spinning all the way around at 270 degrees to correct the orientation of the image.

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[Jeff Pulera]

An SSD should be very fast, please make sure you are using the blue USB 3.0 connector on computer, USB 2.0 is too slow.

Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

Do you have more than one hard drive? Video should not be stored on the C: drive, video drive should be dedicated and fast.

Are there any effects/filters applied to the video? If it is just a video clip by itself, certainly should not be lagging on a new machine.

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Jeff

[Jeff Pulera]

For Premiere editing, you are usually better off with a fast Core i7 processor than dual XEONs. Also, a GTX 980 display card would be a faster solution than the M4000. That said, your system should certainly be quite fast enough for smooth playback.

What are the specifics of the footage being played, and your video storage drive setup? Those would be factors I would look at.

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It should allow you to transfer the footage to the editing drive inside your computer…s..l..o..w..l..y.

Remember, ProRes makes BIG files.

As for editing directly off the Ninja drive, USB 2.0 is likely too slow for that.

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Jeff Pulera
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