[Johan Lundqvist]

I think I will stick to 25 fps and try Handbrake, thanks!

[Johan Lundqvist]

Great answer, thank you!

[Johan Lundqvist]

Thank you for your answer!

I realize my question might be a bit unclear, I’ll try to clarify:
What I want to achieve is an edited, rendered and good-looking movie that I’ll put on my NAS-drive and watch on the media player attached to my TV (currently WDTV Live). I intend to render the movie as an .mp4-file. The media player can play .mts-files, but it becomes a bit laggy (maybe because of the speed on my NAS). If the end-result on the .mp4-file (witch will become approx 2 hrs) can be like 10-15 gb that would be fine.

I’ll take the advice about saving the AVCHD folder etc. for the actual “archive” purpose, but what I’m looking to do is to make a good looking .mp4-file (coded in .h264) that will be the movie I’ll watch with my family.

The original footage is 50 fps at 28Mbps.

The main reason I asked about the 25 fps vs. 50 fps is if it’ll make any difference on a normal 50 inch HDTV if I have “normal” movement in the movie. Or if 50 fps perhaps is overkill/will look somewhat strange.

The main reason for the bitrate question is that I dont know how low I can go and still maintain good looking quality for the mentioned purpose of the rendered movie.

Out of curiosity: The .mts-file contains all movie+sound, right? And the rest of the AVCHD file structure contains just metadata? Why would I need the metadata?

[Johan Lundqvist]

Thanks guys! I transcoded the footage to .mov – and now it works perfectly!

[Johan Lundqvist]

[Jeff Kay] “What format is the Audio? Is it 48K or 44.1k? That difference can cause drift. Is the playback out of sync with the audio waveform? If you start your preview further into the timeline does the audio start at the correct spot (is it drifting only on playback or drifting on the timeline itself)?

If the audio format is not standard and that is what is causing the issue, then transcoding the audio should fix it. Also AE is not the best software to handle audio, so have you considered doing just a video export from AE and laying in the audio in another software?”

The audio is 44.1k. It seems like the audio comes more and more out of sync the longer the clip is. It doesnt matter if I start my preview futher into the timeline – the audio doesnt start at the correct spot anyway.

What I want to accomplish in the end is an mkv-file with 2 hours of footage shot with my mobile phone (HTC One X). I am using Warp Stabilizer in After Effects to make the footage look better. Then I use another application to make the acutal .mkv. I am extremely satisfied with Warp Stabilizer!

If I make a lossless .avi-file in After effects – without the sound – and then make a .wav-file (or something) of the sound using another application, how do I put the .avi-file and the .wav-file together in the .mkv?

[Johan Lundqvist]

[Walter Soyka] “Have you installed all the updates for CS6? What format is your audio and video? Is the audio coming from footage? Does it play correctly elsewhere? Can you transcode it to something else?”

Updates are installed. I am using Warp Stablizer for videos shot with my mobile phone (HTC One X). The video is shot in .mp4. Audio is stereo 44.1 and the audio is coming directly from the footage. The audio/video is in sync if I watch the original files in, for example, VLC-player. But it is out of sync after import to After Effects. It’s still out of sync after rendering. I havent tried to transcode it – yet…

[Johan Lundqvist]

EDIT: This is NOT a rendering problem! When I try to play the movie in RAM preview – I get the same result. Any suggestions?

[Johan Lundqvist]

I figured it out – I selected options/preferences/editing and changed cut-to-overlap conversion from 1,000 to 0,000. The strange thing is that I’ve nevered entered this menu before and still the value must have been changed somehow.

But then my question is – what is the point of this feature (cut-to-overlap conversion)? Is it a bad thing to set it to 0,000?

[Johan Lundqvist]

I can’t find “PAL DV Widescreen” as a template when selecting how to render the movie – I guess you mean DVD PAL with 16:9 selected, or “DVD Arcitect PAL Widescreen Video Stream” (with the sound rendered separately).

Well, the result is the same even after skipping the Match Media settings. I guess it’s my TV that overscans the picture when playing the DVD. I can see that some parts on the top and on the bottom of the picture has been lost…

What do you think – generally speaking – is it a bad idea to use 4:3 media in a 16:9 project, even if you don’t have a 4:3 TV anymore?

Thanks for your help!

[Johan Lundqvist]

Thanks John!