[Nate Weber]

Assuming your project was shot in 1080p24 or 1080p30, your export window output summary should look something like this. You might need to install ProRes in order to export to it. Or you could do DNxHD instead of Apple ProRes (HQ), nothing else would be affected.

with fps being the only variable. (if your source is something other than 29.97, your output should match it.)

This is assuming your sequence was set-up properly to match footage settings as per their “Asset RequireMents”. Also, you can’t have a bug (ie. mtv logo in the corner), credits, or any of the other elements not allowed.

If you do it right, a 3min music video should be about 4-5 GBs.

[Nate Weber]

Works. Quality loss on export is evident, and fine tune cutting sometimes leaves information from unseen frames due to interframe encoding. It works, I use it in a pinch, but still prefer an intermediate codec when I have the time.

[Nate Weber]

cut the length you want him to walk backwards, reverse that then drop it in, match the frames on the outgoing and incoming frame so its smooth.

[Nate Weber]

Image sequences are a bit heavy, good for VFX, unnecessary for video. If you are thinking of updating to PPro6, it will handle whatever you throw at it, just use the original files. Drag one to the sequence and let it match sequence settings, it will likely match and perform flawlessly. Otherwise, use XDCAM, any of the P2 codecs, AVCHD, etc. All are standard tapeless codecs that should be seamless.

In the future, I recommend against using USB, it’s not designed for sustained speeds, but will likely not be a huge issue. Good luck!

[Nate Weber]

Your issue is more in software, Premiere 2.0 is just too old at this point. MPEG-4 isn’t a good codec in my opinion for editing either, not sure if it’s something Premiere recommended.

I recommend updating your software, the hardware sounds more than adequate, your software may not be able to utilize your hardware properly. Also what are you playing the footage off of and what is the bitrate of the files? Does it playback fine in any player app?