[Joe Bandy]

Ok, I was able to get one of the versions of my project open that had both timelines on it. I saved it last night and opened it this morning and it still has both timelines.
After opening and closing it three times and not losing any timelines I think this version is ok.
I also saved a copy of it from the file menu as a backup just in case.

I’ve never used an xml wrench before is it a good solution or just a last chance effort to save a corrupt project?

[Joe Bandy]

Ok, I was able to get one of the versions of my project open that had both timelines on it. I saved it last night and opened it this morning and it still has both timelines.
After opening and closing it three times and not losing any timelines I think this version is ok.
I also saved a copy of it from the file menu as a backup just in case.

I’ve never used an xml wrench before is it a good solution or just a last chance effort to save a corrupt project?

[Joe Bandy]

The Velocity system can export:
MPEG 1 and 2,
AVI,
Quicktime and
WMV.

I have been trying to stay with AVI to keep the quality high.

[Joe Bandy]

I don’t know if there is such a thing. The Velocity software is all proprietary.

[Joe Bandy]

Just checking in

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

[Joe Bandy]

Yes the footage is NTSC I haven’t tried anything different since my last test. Importing Mpegs from one system to the other works fine but I would rather use AVIs because of the higher quality.

[Joe Bandy]

Here’s what I’m trying to do: We have been working on a PC Leitch Velocity Q NLE system for the past couple years and just got 2 new Matrox Axio LE NLE’s with Adobe Premiere Pro CS3. We are trying to get all our old projects from the Velocity system onto our Matrox systems and not sacrifice any of the video quality. I’ve been thinking that the best way to do this is by compressing old projects to AVI format from the Velocity system and move them over to the Matrox using an external hard drive.

I was actually able to bring in an AVI from the Velocity system onto the Matrox yesterday using the same Velocity settings below, except that I changed the aspect to 720 x 480 and the audio sample rate to 48,000. When playing the video on the timeline in Premiere the video looked great on my computer monitor but on my external NTSC monitor all motion in the video looked a little jerky as if frames are missing. I tried importing the test clip into both Matrox uncompressed 8-bit and uncompressed 10-bit projects and had the same resulting jerky looking video. Even after rendering the clip the video looked the same. Then I tried exporting the clip to mpeg using the Matrox media encoder but saw no change in the jerky movement. Here are my project and export setting for both systems.

The AVI was made on a PC Leitch Velocity Q NLE system. My project settings on the Velocity system are;
29.97 drop frame
720 x 486 24 Bit
Interlaced field order B
Sub pixel off Cropping off
Audio:
16 sample
44 / samples / second
2 channel

Export settings are; (These are the settings I was trying the first time that didn’t work. All I changed the second time was the aspect ratio to 720 x 480 and the audio sampling rate to 48.)
AVI
Frame rate 29.97
720 x 486
No Compression
Color 24 Bits
Field handling interlaced field order B
Audio:
16 sample
Sampling rate 44
2 channels stereo

Do you recommend compressing the video coming out of Velocity?
There are a couple other options other than No Compression in the export dialogue such as: Microsoft H.263 video codec, Microsoft H.261 video codec. I definitely want to maintain the highest quality possible.

Matrox Axio LE project settings
Editing mode: Matrox NTSC
Timebase: 29.97 fps

Video
Frame Size: 720 x 486
Pixel Aspect Ratio: D1 / DV NTSC (0.9)
Fields: Lower field first
Display: Format 30fps Drop Frame Timecode
Audio: Sample 48,000 Hz
Display: Audio sample
Video Rendering: Maximum bit depth is Unchecked
Previews: File format Matrox uncompressed 8-bit NTSC (tried Matrox uncompressed 10-bit too.)

I think the jerky video might be due to dropping frames but I’m not sure.
Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Joe Bandy]

Jon,

Thanks for the info, it’s much appreciated. Right now my manager and I are in the midst of making the transition from our old edit system into Adobe Premiere Pro. We have been trying to learn as much as possible and were wondering if you have any tutorial videos or DVDs other than the ones that are posted on the cow? If not, do you know of any good learning resources (books, people or schools) in our area that you would recommend? We are located in Los Altos California 30 minutes South of San Francisco USA.

Joe