[John Baum]

Don’t worry, it will help.
I just installed a patchbay for my audio and didn’t realise I had the audio I was trying to capture routed wrong.

[John Baum]

I use syncback
https://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html

It has tons of ways to backup folders, directories, files…

I usually set up a backup profile when I start a new project. I set Syncback to automatically backup that project folder once every hour.It always works and I’ve never noticed any change to performance when it is running

[John Baum]

You can bring photos of any size in. just don’t bring them in at a larger size then you need as Premiere’s performance takes a big hit if you start adding even just a few large stills.
Using stills larger then your project size allows you to do pan and scan effects on them. The main reason you would import a picture larger then frame size.

[John Baum]

I wanted to recapture some clips that had bad audio levels.
So, if there not used in the timeline I can do this? Or do they have to be unlinked.
What does link unlink mean anyway?

[John Baum]

NTSC DV High Quality 4Mb VBR 2 Pass doesn’t exist for me either…I think it’s a typo. There is a NTSC DV LOW Quality 4Mb VBR 2 Pass which makes more sense since 4Mb is a lower quality setting.
Bit rate refers to how much data is used to describe the frames of your video. Higher numbers, more data, result in sharper, better quality.Lower rates are only neccessary if you are trying to make a file smaller, either for downloading or so that a longer video can fit ona disc.
Constant bit rate means this rate will be the same through the whole video. Variable bit rate(VBR)varies the data rate, attempting to give more data information to frames that have more detail and then make up the difference by using lower data rates on similar scenes.
2 Pass means that in deciding which scenes to use high bit rates on and which to use low on the encoder watches the movie twice to get a more accurate assesment of the scenes. The result is slightly better quality on VBR encoded video.
If space isn’t an issue always use CBR for best quality at 7Mb…you can use a higher setting but some DVD players will stutter and skip trying to play higher rates. Some say that to really be safe don’t go above 6Mb.

[John Baum]

If the video isn’t much over an hour I would use the
NTSC DV High Quality 7Mb CBR 1 Pass.
You only need to use Variable Bit Rate(VBR)if you are trying to fit a longer video on a DVD.

[John Baum]

That works. Very cool, thanks.

[John Baum]

The only suggestion that I could get to work was the first. Loading the clip from the project window.
If I bring a clip to the source monitor from the timeline by double-clicking and then deselect it in the timeline, changing the I/O points still changes the clip on the timeline.
If I select a clip on the timeline or the project window and hit “T” nothing happens. How am I supposed to use this feature?

[John Baum]

Ah, perfectly logical. Thanks for the help.

[John Baum]

I had some time to look into this problem and here is a copy of the email I am sending support:

I have now had some time to explore this further and it seems the problem is related to footage that has a key or alpha channel. Any project that has a key of any kind, whether uncompressed avi