[Richard Baim]

Check out this link for a short video segment about waveform monitors. It talks about dvrack but the principles are the same for any waveform monitor.

https://www.seriousmagic.com/products/dvrack/dvrVideoTutorials.cfm?tutorial=scopeSecrets

Rich Baim

Rich Baim

[Richard Baim]

Use Premiere Elements 3. It supports a large number of file formats that are not supported by other editing software programs. Here is a link with a list of supported file formats for Elements 3:

https://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=333160

Rich

[Richard Baim]

Here is the procedure for Pro 2. Sorry, my earlier email is the procedure for Elements 3.

File-Export-Export to DVD
There are 3 choices- Disc, Folder, ISO Image. I usually check “Folder”.
Give your disc a name such as “PeaceChurchWelcome”
Next is “Folder Location”. Click “Browse” and select the drive and folder where the MPEG2 file will be stored.
Under “Encoding” click “Settings” and choose a setting that will allow the MPEG2 to fit on the DVD. Go to http://www.video2stream.com and click on “Adobe Mpeg Encoder Bitrate Table” for a chart showing program length and bitrate needed. This is provided by Mike Velte.
You have a very long video so you will probably need to be split in two parts or else use a dual layer disc.
How are you getting a file that is 31 G? That sounds like AVI, not MPEG2. Your max MPEG2 file size for single layer is 4.38 and for dual layer, twice that.
Rich

[Richard Baim]

It would help if you tell me your exact procedure. If you select “Burn DVD”, there are three options: Disc, Folder (4.7G) single layer DVD, and Folder(8.5G) dual layer. If you only need one disc to show progress so far to a client, you can choose “Disc” but that results in a temp file that cannot be used again. The AVI is converted to MPEG2 and then burned directly to a disc. That temp file is not available later so if you burn this way again, you have to create the MPEG2 again-very time consuming. If you are totally done with authoring and you may need to make more DVDs later, choose one of the folder options. You will see a window that allows you to enter a folder name and just below that, you can select a folder location. Click “Browse” and create a folder on your large drive called “ProjectNameDVD” or something similar. This will allow you to use your 500 G drive to store the MPEG2. The default drive is C and that’s usually not a good choice. If you create a folder, you can reuse the file without converting to MPEG2 again, so it’s much faster to make additional DVDs. Since you’ve got a 500G drive, having that folder on the drive taking up space is not a big problem.
Rich

Elements 3 will automatically set your bit rate to fill up the DVD without going over the amount of room available. This is much easier than using Premiere Pro 2, where a little calculation is needed. Let me know if this makes sense.

[Richard Baim]

Most camcorders available now record audio at 48 kHz so the most common audio project setting will be 48 kHz. Some older camcorders, such as the Sony VX1000, record audio at 32 kHz. Just match your audio setting to the video that you are editing with. If you have more than one type of audio, select the setting that most of your footage uses. Once project settings are selected, they can’t be changed. If a mistake was made with project settings, open a new project with the correct settings and import into the new project.
Rich Baim

[Richard Baim]

On the timeline you have a long AVI file that must be converted to MPEG2 before it can be burned to a DVD. Your hard drive must have enough space to temporarily store the MPEG2 file before burning can happen. If your DVD is a double layer and it will take up a total of 7G, you will need at least 7G free on the drive where the MPEG2 file will be written. If you have a large drive other than C with a lot of space available, you can specify that the MPEG2 file goes on that drive. It does not have to go on the C drive. Let me know if you need any more information.

Rich Baim

[Richard Baim]

I have worked with WMV files on the timeline with no problem but I have not worked with MP4s. One solution, if possible, is for the FCP output to be exported as MOV instead of MP4. The quality would be higher because there would be much less compression. FCP could also export to DV tape and that would solve the problem. Is this an option?
Rich Baim
Maybe someone else has experience with MP4s on the timeline.

[Richard Baim]

Premiere definately can control camcorders with firewire. Device control is used with DV and Digital 8 camcorders with firewire. If you have some other source without firewire, you would not use Device control because without firewire, there is no machine control. An example of this would be VHS source going through a camcorder using the pass through feature. You have an analog source(VHS) and you are using your camcorder to convert an analog signal to digital. VHS- converted to DV in the camcorder-sent into your computer via firewire. That’s why pass through is such a good feature. The original source does not have firewire so machine control can’t be used. Let me know if this is not totally clear.
Rich Baim, Adobe Certified Expert & Adobe Certified Instructor, Premiere

Another option with VHS is to use the analog inputs on your DV or digital 8 camcorder, and transfer from VHS. Then you can use firewire for capture but it’s two steps. With pass through, it’s one step. When you buy a new camcorder be sure to look for a headphone jack, microphone jack, pass through, and analog in. Those features are hard to find on inexpensive camcorders.

[Richard Baim]

5.0 goes back a long way. After that, there was 5.1, 6.0, 6.5, Pro, Pro 1.5 and now Pro 2. I suggest upgrading your software to Pro 2.0, or to save money, Premiere Elements 3. Support will be much easier with newer software.

[Richard Baim]

What camcorders are you using and what tape formats do you need to support?
Do you need analog capture capability to support betaSP, etc.?