[Jon Doughtie]

Is everything in the timeline patch panel set to bring in the video portion of the clip. If video isn’t patched correctly, that can certainly cause it.

System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2015.02 (as of 6/2016)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.

[Jon Doughtie]

How long is the original video time-wise? And was it also originally encoded h.264? What was the bitrate of the original video?

If you don’t know, but have VLC Media Player, play the original video in there and press CTRL+J while it is playing for specs.

System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2015.02 (as of 6/2016)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.

[Jon Doughtie]

If you are using VBR, and the video is stable with little movement, the codec will compress at a lower bitrate.

System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2015.02 (as of 6/2016)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.

[Jon Doughtie]

I think you will need to import the original untouched audio files and do the speed work on them again. The Vegas FX info is not translating to the Premiere timeline.

System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2015.02 (as of 6/2016)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.

[Jon Doughtie]

Hi Christopher. Send up more information about your system and media file type(s) you are using. Without a little more hardware info to help us get started, it is all guesswork.

Many folks place most of that info in their signature (see below). Saves having to put in in repeatedly over time.

System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2015.02 (as of 6/2016)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.

[Jon Doughtie]

Are you using the space bar to start/stop, or the JKL keys? I’ve had playback behave erratically using the space bar sometimes.

System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2015.02 (as of 6/2016)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.

[Jon Doughtie]

Also, here’s a link to an old technique that gets rid of a great deal of the green screen background with a junk matte.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UdeEEppEIA

System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2015.02 (as of 6/2016)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.

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[Jon Doughtie]

Ryan, let me ask something. Please understand that, because I do not know your level of experience, the question might seem simplistic. Know that no offense is intended in asking.

When you are wrestling with Keylight in AE, are you using just one iteration of the Keylight effect on the clip?

Here’s one of the nice things about keying with Keylight in AE. You can use more than one copy of the effect on the clip, with different settings as needed on each one to clear the issues caused by a green screen background shot and lit to frustrate you in post. And it does seem you are very frustrated. If the green screen is not evenly lit, just use multiple copies of Keylight on the same clip, each handling a different troublesome part of the key.

Regarding the hard drives, most of us are using SSD’s for the OS/app drive only, and standard spinner hard drives for everything else. If you wish to invest only in SSD’s, I respect that, of course. It just seems as though “holding that line” really limits your options for than it should have to. It is your system, of course, and your decision.

System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2015.02 (as of 6/2016)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.

[Jon Doughtie]

Hello Yanir, we need much more information to help you.

Computer and specs – version of Premiere Pro – exporting from Premiere Pro or Media Encoder? – Original footage file type – export footage file type – what kind of storage drive – available space on those drives.

System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2015.02 (as of 6/2016)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.

[Jon Doughtie]

There are, of course, a lot of variables. It should work. I personally would bump RAM to 32GB.

System:
Dell Precision T7600 (x2)
Win 7 64-bit
32GB RAM
Adobe CC 2015.02 (as of 6/2016)
256GB SSD system drive
4 internal media drives RAID 5
Typically cutting short form from HD MP4 and P2 MXF.