[Rick Connolly]

I have 2 HP 27″ monitors right now. Of course working with that “gap” between the two monitors is a bit annoying. Did you find that going to the one wide display was adequate to work the timeline with?

Thanks

[Rick Connolly]

Yes true but Specs dont always mean no trouble.

But let me add that I’m looking for people who are actually using it to know if it is worth it, if the few extra inches and width are practical.

Did you feel it was useful considering the price for editing purposes, and if you had any issues at all while using it?

Thanks

[Rick Connolly]

I found this. I think I understand what they are saying but I dont understand why it works in CS4 and not CS5. Why would it not be backwards compatible?

“Here’s the deal: H.264 as a codec is supported in Premiere Pro CS5, provided that you are working with the proper/supported container. You can edit H.264 in an MP4 container, or H.264 in an MOV container, but you cannot edit H.264 in an AVI container. The reason is that, since CS5 is a 64-bit application, it requires 64-bit splitter and codecs for playing back various formats. QuickTime is an exception, as it is only 32-bit and Adobe wrote a bridge to allow decoding and encoding to the QuickTime format.

In the case of these H.264 AVIs you have, Premiere has the appropriate splitter and can extract the streams from the AVI (that’s why you can hear the audio portion) but there is no 64-bit decoder for H.264 when it is packaged in an AVI container. I don’t expect Adobe to support this type of container/codec combo anytime soon, as it’s a pretty rotten way of packaging H.264.”

[Rick Connolly]

Jon, thank you for the suggestions. I tried both ways and neither works.

To get around it for now, I’ve exported the entire project on CS4 to an H.264 file, and imported that to the CS5 project.

Of course I am going to lose all my individual clip names but at least I can start editing.

Would still like to get an explanation why these clips worked in CS4 and not in CS5.

I came across something in the Adobe forums that said when Adobe redesigned CS4 to CS5 for a 64bit environment, some .avi files would not transfer. Something to do with .avi being the “wrapper” and inside of it, Adobe might not be able to take some video/audio files from a 32bit environment to a 64bit.

Perhaps someone else can explain….this is above my knowledge level

Thanks for your help.

Rick

[Rick Connolly]

Well, I ordered the supported GTX 470 Fermi card and as soon as I installed it, all the problems went away.

Anyonme wordering about difference in speed on an upgrade:

I went from an HP xw6200 Dual processor, with Premiere Pro CS4 running Win XP Pro 32 bit, using a nvidia quadro FX 3500

….to an HP xw6400 Quad processor running Premiere Pro CS5 Windows 7 – 64bit using a GTX 470 (Fermi).

Exporting 38 minutes of (.m2t)HD footage to H.264 takes the same amount of time that it took me previously to export only 5 minutes of footage.

That to me is well worth the cost of the upgrade.

[Rick Connolly]

Some more info on the problem:

Keeps going to the blue screen of death now when I try to import video. Before it whacks out….I get two or three times a brief “Video Error on Nvidea card has been recovered by Win 7”. What happens is that when I try some of the functions in CS5, such as that update, or now with Importing a file, the screen briefly goes blank, then recovers…then I try to continue clicking on the file I want, and then again it freezes briefly…goes black, then recovers….and then the 3rd time BAM!!! Blue Screen of Death and then a mem dump!

So somehow it is related to video. I have the latest drivers from the Nvidia site.

*****ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT ALL THIS OCCURS ONLY I REPEAT ONLY IN CS5 Premiere Pro

All other apps on the machine are COMPLETELY STABLE…I can run CS5 Photoshop and open a 2 meg photo and edit with no problem, even while running a .AVI movie in the background in Windows Media center.

Thanks again

[Rick Connolly]

I updated the FX3500 on the Nvidia site and installed the latest

[Rick Connolly]

Your right…..this is not such a hard and fast question. The suggestions are good, and I ended up mirroring these by what I charged. Basically I took the production cost and charged them close to what my cost where.

Given this was the second sale of the footage, I now turned a profit on it, so I am happy!

Thanks for all your advice.

[Rick Connolly]

Gerry,

Click on my name and follow my links on crashes. I had the same problem as you.

All problems went away once I changed my video card to one of the approved cards.

I have not had a lock up since.

Rick

[Rick Connolly]

Just wanted to say thanks for the advice….I fixed it just right!